The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 97

Welcome from Mercia's blog this week.

I love colour challenges.

I sat and thought about this for a while and I really wanted to use the new Thoughtful Branches bundle on this card. I finally made it work.

I had a little play with the New Sponge Brayers and this is how I came up with the background using all 5 colours.

This bundle is only available for the month of August.

• Stamps: Thoughtful Branches
  
• Ink:  Emerald Envy, Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry
• Card: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Mint Macaron and Sweet Sugarplum
• Tools: 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 circle punches, Beautiful Branches Thinlits with the Bigshot
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals, Sweet Sugarplum Ribbon & Wink of Stella in both clear and gold
  

Next on the hop is Leah

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 96

Welcome from Jane's blog this week.

A sketch challenge this week

I just received the gorgeous Flourishing Phrases bundle in the mail so I had to get it out...

This is what I made with it

The labels framelits sizing was a little too big for this card so I cut the white from the second smallest framelit and then traced around the outside and fussy cut the yellow for the border.

The red flowers were cut with the thinlits and then I cut them to place over the cucumber crush stamped image.

• Stamps: Flourishing Phrases & Sentiment from Sprinkles of Life
  
• Ink:  Memento Black, Cucumber Crush & Daffodil Delight
• Card: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Basic Black and Daffodil Delight
• Tools: Flourish Thinlits and Lots of Labels Framelits with the bigshot
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals
  

Next on the hop is Mercia can't wait to see her great project. 

Pals Paper Arts, What Will You Stamp? and TGIF Challenges

Well it's been a while since I did a challenge but when I looked at a few this week I could actually combine 3 together WOW this is great. And this card is going out to a special fellow Stampin' Up! friend too.

These are the challenges

Pals Paper Arts #PPA310 

What Will You Stamp? #WWYS74

and

#TGIF65 

The meaning of this particular picture is all about cutting! 

Fussy cutting or die cutting we don't care, we just want to see you Cut. It. Out.

I have combined all 3 challenges here 

The sketch, the stampset and fussy cutting as the leaf, heart and the flamingo are all fussy cut!

• Stamps: Pop Of Paradise & Timeless Textures
  
• Ink: Melon Mambo, Emerald Envy, Versamark
• Card: Whisper White, Shimmery White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo and Pop of Pink Specialty DSP
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits with the bigshot and copper embossing powder
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals and fine Copper thread
•  #PPA310
• #WWYS74
• #TGIF65

To see the other cards in these challenges (or to enter cards) head on over to

 http://palspaperarts.com/

http://whatwillyoustamp.blogspot.com.au/
http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com.au/

Card Class July

Well I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks due to our camera going to camera heaven....
I am very sad as it was a brilliant digital SLR camera but we did have it for 9 years...
Time to start saving again

I grabbed out our Nikon underwater camera and thought it may work but the quality may not be as good.
I am pleasantly surprised!

I have a small monthly cardmaking group of ladies whom I adore.
They are such a lovely group and generally we make two cards in one of our cardmaking sessions.
We made a shaker card as our first card (see previous post to this) using my daughters 6th Birthday card as the inspiration. (I usually do one more involved card or a card with a different fold/layout first and then the easy card second.

This card above is the easy card using Jar of Love Bundle and it was super quick to make too.

• Stamps: Jar of Love
  
• Ink:  Dapper Denim, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky
• Card: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Dapper Denim, Real Red and By The Shore DSP
• Tools: Everyday Jars and Layering Circles Framelits with the Bigshot and Confetti Hearts Border
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals

What Will You Stamp #WWYS73

What Will You Stamp? Challenge #73

I have been lucky to be included in this challenge as a guest stamper this week and I just received this set in the mail so it was perfect timing.

This is just gorgeous this set and I had plans on making my daughters birthday card with it alongside with a couple of other stampsets so here it is.

She turned six last Monday and loved this shaker card I made her.
Unfortunately she wasn't well all day so we celebrated a few days later.

Just a little tip though if you are putting a bit of the Dazzling Diamonds inside the shaker.... be very very careful when you seal it so it doesn't get on the mounting foam and not seal the shaker properly.

I saw the jar and thought that this is exactly what I wanted to do with it.

• Stamps: Jar of Love, Fairy Celebration and Number of Years
  
• Ink:  Staz On Black, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi
• Card: Whisper White, Shimmery White, Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits & Large Numbers Framelits with the bigshot, Silver Stampin' Emboss powder
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals, Foam Adhesive Strips, Rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Silver sequins, Wink of Stella and Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
• WWYS73

To See the other cards in this challenge head on over to

http://whatwillyoustamp.blogspot.com.au/

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 93

Welcome from Jane's blog this week.

A sketch challenge this week

I have been away for the weekend and only arrived home last night so I whipped up this card to go with this sketch but I made it a little more symmetrical by putting a flag in the right hand side of the yellow slightly different to the sketch.

I had also been in the craft room till nearly midnight creating a gorgeous card for our daughter who turns 6 today.

Bright and cheery I think.
If only wink of stella showed up better in pictures..
My daughters card will be revealed next week....

• Stamps: Mixed Drinks and Playful Backgrounds
  
• Ink:  Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango
• Card: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight
• Tools: Triple Banner Punch
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals, Rhinestones & Wink of Stella
  

Next on the hop is Anna  

The Artful Stampers Blog Hop Challenge 92

Welcome from Annette's gorgeous work.

It's colours this week

My daughter had a sixth birthday party to go to on the weekend and I hadn't yet made a card for her...
Operation 1 hour to to till party!!!
I pulled out the colours needed and whipped up a card with the new Fox bundle.

I think it turned out pretty cute.

• Stamps: Foxy Friends
  
• Ink:  Basic Grey, Island Indigo and Flirty Flamingo
• Card: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Flirty Flamingo and Basic Grey
• Tools: (i haven't bought the new circle framelits so I used the ones that I currently have) Large Numbers Framelits and softly falling embossing folder with the bigshot, Fox Builder Punch
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals & Wink of Stella
  

Next on the hop is Anna

Lets see what she has been up to this week!