Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

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Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

So I don’t usually do ‘shabby chic’ but I stepped outside my comfort zone thanks to the Fusion Card Challenge inspiration image. These flowers took forever!!! I experimented for a while with different layers and combinations. :)

Here are the essentials:

• The background is tone-on-tone stamping with the Hardwood stamp using Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock. I sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake ink and even did direct ink pad to paper to get a stronger depth of colour on the corners. 
• The DSP is from the Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. This paper is thinner than most card stock and is very pliable for 3D features like flowers etc. There’s some lovely patterns - newsprint, diagonal strips, number typography and a gorgeous flourish print. 
• Die Cuts! I trotted out the sadly now forgotten Flower Fair Framelit Dies - yes, they are still current and still fabulous! 
• The sentiment is a lovely wooden element from the Expressions Natural Elements pack. It complements the Hardwood background and neutral tones. 
• It is difficult to see in the image but I went to town with my clear Wink of Stella pen. I painted the wooden sentiment so it is lovely and shimmery. I also ran it around the edge of the Crumb Cake base so there is a gorgeous glint of shimmer under that Hardwood layer. I dabbed it onto the largest flower too onto the black petals and the newsprint. 
• Embellish! Embellish! The centre of my flowers looked a bit bare, so I got a black sequin from the Metallics Sequins Assortment and adhered them to the centres with the Fine Tip Glue Pen. To finish off I added the tiniest Pearl to the middle of the sequins. I wrapped some Linen Thread around the layer three times before tying off.
• No shabby chic card is complete without the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I stamped the ‘splatters’ onto the base after I stamped with Hardwood to give a slightly weathered look. I also used the same stamp inked in Crumb Cake and then Basic Black onto the Very Vanilla layer of the smaller flower (punched with the Pansy Punch).  

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here’s the inspiration image from Fusion:

Card recipe

Stamp - Hardwood, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink - Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Pansy Punch, Big Shot, 
Flower Fair Framelit Dies, Fine Tip Glue Pen
Accessories - Pearls, Wink of Stella Clear, Metallic Sequin Assortment, Expressions Natural Elements

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Cucumber Crush Birthday Card

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Welcome to this week's Artful Stampers Blog Hop and welcome from Anna’s blog.

Yes, this card is VERY GREEN!!!!!!

You may need to wear protective eyewear....

Here are the essentials...

• The striped Cucumber Crush paper in the background is from the In Color Envelope Paper pack....it isn’t just great for envelopes but the patterned papers make great background pieces. 
• The birthday cake image is from Amazing Birthday - punched with the 1 1/4 inch circle punch and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals to a Whisper White layer punched with the Label Bracket Punch
• The greeting is from the Tin of Cards stamp set. Heat embossed onto Cucumber Crush card stock. 
• The cute accents are the White Perfect Accents - glossy and great to add fun to a birthday card!

Here’s our theme this week:

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Stamp - Tin of Cards

Ink - Cucumber Crush, Versamark 

Cardstock - Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Cucumber Crush striped page from the In Color Envelope Paper Pack

Accessories - White Perfect Accents

Tools - Stampin’ Trimmer, SNAIL, STampin’ Dimensionals, Label Bracket Punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Build A Birthday - Clean & Simple Card

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Welcome to this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge.

I wanted to make a Clean & Simple card as I knew this colours would be bright enough to carry a design by themselves.

What is “Clean & Simple” you may ask?

Well, for me, it is a card that uses lots of white space, minimal layers and embellishments and a simple unfussy stamped design. It is my favourite style of card as I like how sometimes just colour and clever design can make a card dance!

I hope that is what I have achieved here. This card uses just ONE stamp set...in fact each stamp from this stamp set is showcased across the card and the envelope. :)

Here are the essentials:

• Build A Birthday is a photopolymer stamp set which is great because it makes placement of the cake layers SO easy! Use the Stampin’ Pierce Mat under your card stock to get a perfect impression with photopolymer stamps. 
• The candle and the cake topper bunting don’t have very long ‘stems’...but if I just stamped them as they were then the cake looked too cluttered at the top...I wanted the bunting to be higher. Solution....use a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker to extend the stems down to the cake! Similarly use a Hello Honey Stampin’ Write Marker to extend the candle stick down to the top of the cake. 
• Rhinestones Jewels....if you seem to collect/hoard the long strips of the tiny rhinestones, then be a crafting boss and use up a WHOLE STRIP! It’s empowering believe me. This stamp is perfect for it and it brings the eye down to just below the sentiment. I balanced it with a tiny rhinestone in the centre of the candle. 
• Double mounting. What’s this? Add a second very narrow white mat behind your main stamped layer and it will make your card look SO professional and finished. The top layer should adhere to this narrow layer with dimensionals so it floats. Trust me on this!
• Stamp your envelopes! Make full use of your stamps and stamp your envelopes. It is also a beautiful little hint to the recipient that they are about to receive a hand-stamped card from a master crafter! ;)

Here are our colours for this week:

I took card inspiration this week from Seize the Birthday - Clean & Simple is the theme!

Card recipe

Stamp - Build A Birthday

Ink - Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Real Red

Cardstock - Whisper White

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL, Stampin’ Pierce Mat
Accessories - Rhinestone Jewels

I hope you will join in and create a card with us.....and please feel free to leave me and the other CCMC participants some comments! :)

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