Watercolouring & Honey Bee Bundle

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Hello! Today, I am sharing a project made for a TGIF Challenges with one of my favourite card making techniques….watercolouring! I just love playing with ink colours in water, as there are so many looks that can be achieved. The neat thing is that each look turns out uniquely different and no card looks the same. It completely depends on how the water and the ink come together on paper, each and every time.

I have chosen to showcase the Honey Bee stamp set and dies from Stampin’ Up’s mini spring catalogue. One of my favourites! I am a sucker for anything related to honey and bees! Something to do with my childhood love for Winnie the Pooh, I think!?

So, lets get started…. here is the challenge:

Drum roll for the result please…

The background was made, with some help by my 8 year old daughter! She loved doing all the smooshing, painting and splattering, using Crushed Curry and Whisper White inks mixed with water. She did a fantastic job, didn’t she? Sometimes children are the best at watercolouring because of the fun and open creativity, that comes natural to them!

The sentiment stamped was stamped and heat embossed on Basic Black. The bees and honeycomb were stamped and cut from the stamps and matching dies. Finally, I added a natural twine bow, to complete the look.

I hope you enjoyed this creative challenge card post. To see more of my designs, please check out the Ideas section. If you’d like more information, please check out my About page or e-mail me. I would love to hear from you with any feedback.

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Well Said Handmade Thank You Card

5 / 17 / 205 / 16 / 20

I’m participating in this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge, where their talented designers create a sketch for us to try. The challenge is to follow the sketch while keeping the project clean-lined and fresh. What I love about this, is that there are so many ways to interpret the sketch and be creative! With further ado, here is this week’s sketch:

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The card is made with a Whisper White base. The diagonal line design is incorporated using a piece of the whimsical Bird Ballad designer series paper (which is on sale right now!) and a Pool Party stitched scalloped border.

The horizontal line design is incorporated with the sentiment label. “FOR EVERYTHING” is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in black powder. This stamp is from the Well Said stamp set – a super versatile set with all the popular card greetings. The Well Written “thanks” die is used to add some layering and pop-out interest.

Here is a close-up of the card:

I had so much fun with this sketch, that I created another card using the Best Dressed DSP. Not only is this DSP super stylish but it can be used to create so many different looks, using its florals, handbags, stripes and polka dots.

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Creative Challenge with Pinwheels & Purple Posy Handmade Card

5 / 16 / 205 / 16 / 20

Time for me to share a handmade card creation from a design challenge! I love these challenges because it gives me a great way to create and have fun doing it. I also love to see what others come up with too!

This challenge came from the Global Design Project and this week was a CASE Challenge from card the designer Kerstin Kreis! Pinwheels and polka dots were so much fun to incorporate!

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I used a mixture of Stampin’ Up products for this one but I wanted to showcase the Purple Posy colour, which is one of my favourite In Colours.

The background is made from the pretty Best Dressed designer series paper and a fun stitched scalloped border die from the Stitched Be Mine dies. The sentiment is from the Daisy Lane stamp set and was heat embossed in Silver.

I incorporated a fun pinwheel, which was made with vellum paper. The stitched heart and ribbons were added to creating a nice layering effect. To tie it all together and add some bling…Rhinestones as my “polka dots” from the original CASE card design!

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We’ll Walrus Be Friends Handmade Birthday Card

8 / 31 / 198 / 31 / 19

I’m participating in this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge, which is a sketch to inspire a card layout…something I totally appreciate, when I start a new project. I also chose to use a super cute stamp set from Stampin’ Up…’We’ll Walrus Be Friends’ – one that I’ve been dying to play with since I picked it up because of the cute walruses.

Drum roll for the result please….

I used a mixture of Stampin’ Up tools and techniques to make this card!

The card is made with a Whisper White base. The larger matted white background was created using the High Seas 3D embossing folder, matted on Coastal Cabana card stock.

The smaller background was created with 3 ink colours: Pacific Point, Balmy Blue and Coastal Cabana, using a watercolouring spritzer technique. Then I layered on Silver Metallic ink splatters for extra shimmer (because who doesn’t like shimmer?!) I just love how the colours in the background all came together to create a water look for the cute (sleeping?) walrus!

The walrus and sentiment were stamped from ‘We’ll Walrus Be Friends’ set and coloured using Blends markers. I added a Poppy Red stitched heart from the Stitched Label dies. To tie it all together and add some bling, I added a few Basic Rhinestones and a white twine ribbon.

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Creative Challenge with Little Twinkle & Stitched Labels Handmade Card

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This challenge came from the Global Design Project and this week was a Theme Challenge….Sun, Moon and Stars! Since I’ve been looking forward to the end of summer, I’ve been dreaming about my end of summer vacay. So, my creation is inspired by good dreams.

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I used a mixture of Stampin’ Up tools for this one! The embossing and stitched background frame is cut from the Stitched Labels dies. The sentiment is from the Little Twinkle. I used the Starburst, Pretty Label and Twinkle Builder punches for lots of layering effects. To tie it all together and add some bling, I added a strip of Metallic Edge Ribbon and Rhinestones.

Oh how I love the soft colour combination too! Thank goodness for Stampin’ Up’s colour coach of Purple Posy, Smokey Slate and Pool Party. What a “dreamy combo”!

UPDATE: I’m super excited to announce that this card was chosen as one of the Challenge winners. I’m so humbled to be chosen by such a talented group of artists. Thank you so much GDPC! Please check out the winning announcement here.

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Colour Challenge with Perfectly Plaid SNEAK PEAK

8 / 25 / 198 / 31 / 19

Hello! Today, I am sharing a handmade card using the Perfectly Plaid bundle from the 2019 holiday catty, as a SNEAK PEAK! I am also following a create challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments using one of Stampin’ Up’s new In-Colours: Pretty Peacock. I’m so thankful for these challenges as I find colour matching to be so hard at times. Here is the challenge…

And since the new Stampin’ Up holiday catty is coming out soon, I thought I would share a sneak peak of some of the items. Drum roll for the result please….

This card uses the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and Pine Tree Punch from the soon-to-be released holiday catty by Stampin’ Up. The background is created with the aqua painters for a water colour washed look.

Can you see the ice shimmer glitter on the sides of the trees? I just love how it completes the look by adding some dimension and shine to the card. It reminds me of fresh snow, sitting on evergreen trees, just after a snowfall. (Is it too early to think about snow?!)

Finally, the Scalloped Lace Trim ribbon adds a nice touch behind the popped-up trees. I know it’s still summer, but it’s not too early to think about the holidays, my favourite season for making cute paper projects!

UPDATE: I’m super excited to announce that this card was chosen as one of the Challenge Artist Picks! Thank you so much HSS! Please check out the other design picks here.

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Creative Challenge with Meant to Be & Stitched Be Mine

8 / 19 / 198 / 25 / 19

Hello! Today, I am sharing a project made for a super cool TGIF Challenges black background challenge. What’s cool about this challenge is that I don’t typically work with dark background colors, let alone black, so this one really made me think “outside the box”! However, I loved playing along and now, I’m in love with using darker backgrounds! Here is the challenge….

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This card uses the Meant to Be stamp set from Stampin’ Up, with the hearts and sentiment stamped in Melon Mambo. I also heat embossed a vellum sheet to make the white heart design pop up for texture. The heart shapes are cute from the matching Stitched Be Mine Dies using Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pineapple Punch and Bermuda Bay cardstock.

The Basic Black card stock background was embossed using the Subtle embossing folder for a nice textured effect. I like how it adds some texture without overtaking the card design and allowing the colours to really be the star and pop out!

I had so much fun, that I used some of the extra “negative bits” to make a second card. This time, using a traditional white background and textured Stitched Labels dies. What do you think of the difference? They were both fun to create, but I really do like the look of the black background!

UPDATE: I’m super excited to announce that this card was chosen as one of the Challenge winners. I’m so humbled to be chosen by such a talented group of artists. Thank you so much TGIFC! Please check out the winning announcement here.

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Sketch + Colour Challenge with Sailing Home

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Hello! Today, I am sharing a creation from combining 2 design challenges! The first one is from Freshly Made Sketches and is a sketch challenge. The second one is from TGIF Challenges and is a colour challenge. By combining the challenges, I get to effectively “kill two birds with one stone”! I created one card that follows the sketch design while using the challenge colours below.

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This card uses the Sailing Home stamp set from Stampin’ Up, with the boats, birds and sentiment. The background is where I focused most of the attention of the card. The background was sponged with the 3 challenge colours to create the look of a sunset meeting up with a horizon of water.

The sentiment was stamped and cut out with a circle stitched die. I added some fun vellum “waves” behind the circle to create the banded look, from the sketch.

I also stamped the 3 boats onto the background and coloured them with Blends markers. Wink of Stella adds sparkle to the sails, as I imagined real sails would have reflections from the water. Rhinestones add some ‘bling’ to the card and finishes the look.

This card can be given as a nice thought, for someone going through rough time. It would also be great for the water or boat lover. Wouldn’t it be nice to be out sailing, now that it’s summer?

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Global Design Challenge with Tropical Chic

7 / 6 / 197 / 6 / 19

Here is another creative design challenge post for you! I love these challenges because it gives me a great way to create and have fun doing it. I also love to see what others come up with too!

This challenge is from the Global Design Project and this week is a CASE challenge!

CASE = COPY AND SHARE EVERYTHING

This week’s card designer is Connie Collins and here is her beautiful original design that we will be CASEing. The guidelines were to use the card layout, colours or theme for inspiration.

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I used the layout and flowers as inspiration for my card design. The card uses the Tropical Chic stamp set and Tropical Dies from Stampin’ Up.

The card base is Basic Black. Layers include a Whiser White stitched border frame, designer paper with black dots and various leaves / flowers from the stamp set and dies. I had so much fun making all the leaves and flowers which is the main focus of this card! I used multiple layers to add depth and sponging in Shaded Spruce ink to add colour variety.

The sentiment ‘You are the Greatest’ was stamped and heat embossed in White for a pop up effect, which I just love on a contrasting Black background! Rhinestones add some ‘bling’ to the card and follows the original card design’s sequins.

This card can be used as a Thank You card or appreciation for someone special!

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Creative Challenge with Balloons

6 / 30 / 197 / 4 / 19

Time for me to share a creation from a design challenge! I love these challenges because it gives me a great way to create and have fun doing it. I also love to see what others come up with too!

This challenge came from the Global Design Project and this week was a Theme Challenge….balloons! Who doesn’t love balloons, especially on a card!? They represent pure fun and celebration to me. So it was only fitting that a Birthday Card came right to mind.

Drum roll for the result please….

I used a mixture of Stampin’ Up tools for this one! The ‘Wish’ comes from the Broadway Lights dies and is the focal point of the card. It was die cut from Whisper White paper and 3D-mounted on Calypso Coral paper embossed with the Subtle folder.

The ‘Birthday’ sentiment comes from the Family Party Stamp Set and punched out with the Classic Label punch.

Last but not least, the balloons! They were punched using the Hot Air Balloon punch, twice om each side, to make them thinner. I wanted them to look like party balloons vs. hot air balloons and felt that thinner would help achieve this look. Paper is Old Olive, embossed with the Subtle folder and the Bird Ballad DSP. White twine was added to create the look of strings on the balloons.

UPDATE: I’m super excited to announce that this card was chosen as one of the Challenge winners. I’m so humbled to be chosen twice! You can see the previous winning design here using the ‘Rooted in Nature’ set. Thank you so much GDP! Please check out the other design picks here.

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