Have You Heard About "From The Herd"?

From The Herd is a really cute stamp set from Stampin' Up! and it can be found in the Occasions Catalogue. We had lots of fun colouring and stamping this set at Crafty Tuesday daytime meeting this week. 

As you know I loooooove Blendabilities. I love experimenting with them and I love the brilliant colours I can achieve - they are perfect for this stamp. 

We had lots of different results today, depending on the individual persons style of colouring. I always like to leave room for everyone to express their own individuality and this can be done through choice of colours, application methods and the finishing of the product - base card colours and matting. 

Here is a close-up of my card.

We also used the Hardwood  Stamp to create a frame around our image. I chose the Ovals Framelits to cut a hole in the top layer - others chose different shapes.

This background is achieved by stamping with Soft Suede ink  onto  Crumb Cake card, then sponging lightly around the edges with Soft Suede.

 I wanted this to be a card for a young person, so went with bright, unrealistic colours. I also coloured in the background with Blendabilities.

Highlights on the animals are achieved by using the Colour Lifter Pen. I think that is an essential addition to the Blendabilities collection.

Did you know you can get lots of Blendabilities sets for free through our Sale A Bration promotion? You can also get additional product of your choice in your Starter Kit if you join my team during Sale A Bration. This is for a limited time only so contact me today to find out more information. 

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Stampin' Up! Sale A Bration - A Happy Thing

A Happy Thing stamp set (139131) is just one of the free offerings in the 2015 Sale A Bration catalogue by Stampin' Up! ... and it is indeed a happy thing. 

At first glance this stamp set shouts out to be coloured with Blendabilities, and that is exactly what I did with it. I also had a class on flip cards, using the Stampin' Up! Circle Card Framelit (#133480) so combining the 2 criteria, I came up with this sample.

It is such a happy card, and the lovely colours and patterns in the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper (#137784) match beautifully. You'll find these gorgeous papers in the Occasions Catalogue (p. 19) plus you'll see lots of ideas of how to use these papers. 

Notice how the card is held together with a belly band made from Melon Mambo card stock with some adhesive lace on it? You can see a video on You tube that shows details of how to use these framelits to create a card with extra length. 

This photo shows the opening mechanism of the card. Simply slip the belly band off and open up - the circle will then flip to reveal the greeting on the other side.

If you would love to own this set, you can place an order for $90 of Stampin' Up! products from any of the current catalogues and you can choose it for FREE.

 This is only available during the Sale A Bration  promotion (until March 31, 2015) and you cannot buy the set.

You can order via my on-line store, or you can contact me with your order. Either way you will have your goodies within a week. How easy is that?

I hope this card has inspired you to take a look at the fabulous opportunities available during the Stampin' Up! Sale A Bration promotion.

If you are looking for a hobby or home based business that pays you to have fun, then Sale A Bration has something extra for you too

Best Wishes

Blendabilities Ornament

It's been a while between postings this month but I have still been doing plenty of creative work. Classes and workshops, plus preparations for our annual couple of months at the Old Bus Depot Markets here in Canberra, have kept me busy. Plus I've been renovating my office at home - a very slow process that should be finished by next week. 

I am so in love with Blendabilities by Stampin' Up! 

They have many benefits, no matter what your experience or expertise at colouring. 

For example, the colour goes on smoothly and you can add layer after layer of colour without the surface of the card stock being effected.

You get 3 different shades of the one colour so blending is simplified.

You can create different effects by referring to Art Movements such as Pointilism

and 

you can work on a variety of different surfaces. 

Here is a card I made using the Christmas Bauble stamp by Stampin' Up! It is great for colouring and gives plenty of room to practice your shading techniques.

I used the Night of Navy set of Blendabilities for the colouring and punched out the centre of another image and raised it up with dimensionals. I also used the Silver Dazzling Details for highlights and a bit of glitter. This can be seen more easily in the next photo. 

The entire image is hand cut and adhered over a silver embossed sunray image from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set - also by Stampin' Up!

I've tried this image in a number of different colours but I think the blue is my favourite. 

If you would like further information or if you would like to order the products used, you may do so on my Demonstrator Business Website

Christmas Card In A Box

I have a somewhat whimsical Card In A Box for you today. I started this project last year, but put it aside as it needed something else. With the release of the Holiday Catalogue by Stampin' Up!, I found just what I was looking for in the "Holiday Home" stamp set and matching framelits. 

 

 

You might recognize the lovely snowflakes from last year's Holiday Catalogue, and altho' the proportions are not correct, I do like the end product.

 This is how the card looks when it arrives in it's envelope. Flat, but creating a cute Christmas scene. Open it up and ......

you get a nice display to go on the mantel. 

It is a little hard to see all the details so I have a close up photo for you to see all the little extra glittery bits.

Hope you like it and get some inspiration to create your own Christmas scenes.

 The houses have been coloured with Stampin' Up! Blendabilities - the new alcohol markers that give a beautiful smooth application of colour whilst allowing for gradation of colour and shading. If you haven't tried them yet you should - they are brilliant. 

Until Next Time...

 

Ornamental Pine with Blendabilities

My second "Blendies" Master class was on this afternoon and we enjoyed experimenting a little more with the Blendabilities. One of the techniques we used was colouring embossing powder with the Blendabilities. I saw a wonderful example by Billie Moan and thought I'd give her technique a try.

I used the Ornamental Pine Stamp set by Stampin' Up! 

Working on Brushed Silver card stock, I embossed the pine branch in white, coloured the the under part of the stem with the Medium Old Olive and the Dark Crumb Cake Blendabilities. I also added the Medium and Dark Old Olive to the pine needles. 

Next I heat embossed the pine cones over the top of the image and coloured them with  Bronze and Dark Crumb Cake Blendabilities. I love how this turned out.

You might be able to see some of the texture from the pine needles running through the top pine cone, but I built up the colour, then wiped it back with an alcohol soaked tissue, then added more colour. I love the texture!

Lots of fun for us today and this technique opens up lots of possibilities with other stamps.

The card is then matted onto Whisper White and Mossy Meadow card stock.

I hope you enjoy my card

Quick Stamped Backgrounds for Christmas Cards

One of the cards I designed for the September Christmas Card Stamp A Stack uses the CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS stamp set that can be found on p. 15 of the Holiday Catalogue. I've also used the greeting stamp from the same set.

 It is a simple task to ink and stamp the image randomly over the page. Hint: stamping off the edge of the page gives you a better overall coverage.

You can add variety by stamping multiple times without re-inking thus obtaining different tones of the one colour. 

For this card I used Coastal Cabana, Memento Tuxedo Black and the Dark shade of Coastal Cabana Blendability (to colour the rhinestones)

I placed a Tea Lace doily to the right side of the card base, then matted the greeting onto Silver Foil. The corners were shaped with the corner rounder punch from the Project Life selection and the Rhinestones are coloured then applied aver the large black dots on the greeting stamp. A few strands of Pool Party Bakers twine have been tied in a knot and adhered with a glue dot. 

Very quick, very easy and very effective. I've made these in a variety of colours and will be making more as they are so much fun.

You can purchase any of the products used through my on- line store or feel free to contact me for further information

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Blendabilities and Corner Garden

Oh those Blendabilities from Stampin' Up! have won my heart, and I've been having so much fun playing with different techniques to try to get the best effects for my style of colouring. 

Being a colour lover I didn't want to just stop at using just one colour so I decided to try using one of Stampin' Up's new large stamps - Corner Garden. This one caught my eye when I first flipped through the new catalogue. So check it out on page 175.

 The detail shows a little of what I was thinking with the colouring. The first flower used the Cherry Cobbler range of Blendabilities, but I wanted some more depth and light in the petals, so laid down some yellow from the Daffodil Delight Assortment before proceeding with the lightest to darkest Cherry Cobbler colours. 

I really enjoyed this project. Who does not love colouring in? It did take a couple of sessions to complete, but it was fun and relaxing and somewhat experimental! 

Here is the completed colouring, now I have to decide how to use it in a project.

I will be holding a class on Blendabilities on August 12. at 7.15pm. If you would like to attend, please contact me for details via my Demonstrator Business Web site

I'm looking forward to receiving the next batch of Blendabilities colours to try other combinations. 

Until Next Time

Happy Colouring!