Nicole Wilson Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Just Add Ink 472 #JAI472

Just Add Ink Challenge #472

This weeks challenge is

A sketch.

It feels like ages that I have done a sketch challenge.

I have fallen in love with some of the new products in the new Holiday Catalogue and here is a card with some of them along with a stampset from the Annual Catalogue.

I am pretty sure that I will be giving this to a very special friend of mine, who if I didn't start Stampin' Up! I would never have met.

The background layer was made mixing a drop of Highland Heather reinker with the Shimmery Embossing paste and spread over the Basic Pattern Decorative Mask.

I found that the Feels like Frost DSP tended to "blend in" with the layer of Seaside Spray so I placed a super thin border of whisper white in between to break it up.

Stamps: Beautiful Friendship
Ink: - Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Seaside Spray and Gorgeous Grape
Card: Highland Heather, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Seaside Spray and Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP
Tools: Stitched Shapes Die and Christmas Layers Die with a die cutting machine, shimmery embossing paste, highland heather reinker and Basic Pattern Decorative Masks
Embellishments: Dimensionals & Rhinestones coloured with Dark Highland Heather Stampin' Blend

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

http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com.au/

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Colour INKspiration 62 #CI62

What is Colour INKspiraton? – a Facebook based bi-monthly colour challenge.

Anyone with Facebook can join in. You don’t need a blog and you don’t need to be a demonstrator.

I have joined in these challenges and love them as Colour challenges for me are actually a real challenge.

Click here to join the Facebook page which now has over 2000 members and see what it’s all about.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then you have a 12 day period to upload your own creations using the colours provided.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook. The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

Welcome from my lovely friends page (who lives just down the road) Jackie

I hadn't cracked out my cute new cow set yet so here was the perfect opportunity.

Isn't she adorable? These colours were just perfect for this challenge.

I punched lots of the small Daisy punch flowers, glued them together and placed them randomly on the background of this card for a bit of a textured effect.
The Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Nested Labels actually work well together.

Stamps: Over The Moon
Ink: Memento Black
Card: Whisper White, Call Me Clover, Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake.
Tools: Colour lifter, Call Me Clover, Basic Black, Smoky Slate Light and Dark Stampin' Blends, Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker, Medium Daisy Punch, Stitched Nested Labels & Stitched Rectangles Dies with a Die Cutting Machine
Embellishments: Dimensionals, Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots & Googly Eyes

http://stampingt.com.au/blog/colour-inkspiration-62/

Now off to check out Tanya's card

Sunday, 25 August 2019

ESAD 2019 Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek

Welcome to yet another wonderful ESAD blog hop!

I am so lucky to be in this group of talented demonstrators (friends) and I hope that you enjoy all our projects using items from the amazing Occasions and Saleabration catalogues .

Hello and welcome from Lou's project

I instantly fell in love with the stars from the new catalogue and I had to have them so they were first on my pre- order.....

I decided to do something a little different this hop and attempt to make some sort of Triple Easel Card. It took a bit of fiddling around but I finally made something I was happy with.

It does fold flat to go into an envelope which is a bonus.

I have so many ideas swimming around in my head for this gorgeous bundle so stay tuned for more to come!

Stamps: Itty Bitty Christmas & So Many Stars
Ink: Versamark & Night of Navy
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Copper Foil and Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper
Tools: Stitched Stars & Stitched Rectangles Dies as well as Swirls and Curls Embossing folder with a die cutting machine and Copper Embossing Powder
Embellishments: - Dimensionals

I did purchase a few things in the preorder and so I made a second card (only today mind you so I have had to quickly take pics and load up)

Another triple easel card that was actually hard to photograph but aren't the Elves so super cute??

Again I based this on my previous card and measurements to get the triple fold and then decorated with the Elves that have been coloured in with Stampin' Blends and a bit of the Ice Stampin' Glitter added.

Cute!

Stamps: Itty Bitty Christmas & Elfie
Ink: Memento, Cherry Cobbler & Night of Navy
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Shaded Spruce and Wrapped in Paid Specialty Designer Series Paper
Tools: Brick & Morter Embossing folder with a die cutting machine and Ivory, Dark Pineapple Punch, Colour Lifter and Light & Dark Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy Stampin' Blends as well as Shimmery Crystak Effects with the Ice Stampin' Glitter.
Embellishments: - Dimensionals