#CTC177 - Favourite Retiring Project

What's yours??

A hard one to pick but I've gone with page 162

Rose Wonder and the co-ordinating Rose Garden Thinlits are a multi occasion item in my stash, so I'll definitely miss them and more!  In fact today's project uses four retiring items.

I've used thick Whisper White with the fold at the top of the card for this set. I've chosen the ombre pattern papers from the (retiring) Color Theory DSP. The largest die was used to cut out  the silver Although this glimmer paper is going, there will be a new thinner model in the next catalogue to replace it. As you can see these cards can be whipped up pretty quickly. The strip of sparkle under the greeting is the (retiring) Myths and Magic Specialty washi tape the greeting itself is from (also retiring) Teeny Tiny Sentiments, with silvery heat embossing. Silver seqins from the Metallic assortment.

Feel the urge to play along? Please do! Create your card and use the link over on the right...  Now time to pop over and visit the talented Liz Gross with her stunning card using the same greeting set as I did.

CASEing the Catty - #CTC148 Kits and Memories & More

This week you can CASE either catalogue using Kits or Memories and More.

I've chosen the Soft Sayings kit on page 10-11 of the main catalogue. Although I don't own this set, I think it is so versatile and it remains on my 'wish list' at the moment.  I think you can work out which card I chose to copy and it came together quite quickly.

Delightful Daisy DSP and Thick Whisper White cardstock helped me create the base along with the faux washi at the top - don't forget from 1-31 October, you can buy 3 packs of DSP and get 1 free!! I then created a pocket shape from Whisper White and used a Tranquil Tide marker to make a border. (If you want to try this, I'll give you a hint, it was way easier ruling off the area with the thin end of the marker, then going back and painting it with the brush end, when I tried to speed up by using the brush end against the ruler, I got a bit of smudging happening and you don't want that). Gold Glimmer Paper with the smaller Rose Garden Thinlit became my focal point  (removing the plastic layer off the back makes die-cutting this paper super easy). I used the leaves from the larger rose in Lemon Lime Twist to tuck under the pocket shape.  The greeting is from the Hostess Set Background Bits and stamped in Dapper Denim. Whisper White Baker's Twine bow and done!...

Thanks for stopping by. A little diversion, if you want some more ideas for the Watercolor Christmas Project kit in the picture at the top of the post, click here. 

Want to play along? Feel free to add your project by using the link on the sidebar. Meanwhile, time for you to check out what the lovely Julia has been up to

Sunburst Birthday Cards

These cards met the brief for two challenges this week, and suited for two birthdays I had cards to make for.  I hate waste and often make two card bases (or more) when I break out the Sunburst thinlit.

The colours may not be to everyone's taste, but you could use the idea and try it with your favourites. The chosen array for Colour INKspiration #CI04 were Delightful Dijon, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White and Crushed Curry, while the Global Design Project #GDP075 topic was "Winged Creatures". 

Base card is Delightful Dijon, and I cut each out of Elegant Eggplant and Crushed Curry with the Sunburst Thinlit. As I still had some retired sticky sheets, I utilised those to piece the opposites together - voila two backgrounds, trimmed and matted with Whisper White.  I used a Layering Circles scallop with a Stitched Shapes Framelit circle for the Butterfly card, and a Swirly Bird shape for the Dragonfly Card. An Elegant Eggplant frame die cut with matching Rose Garden thinlit and Rose Wonder greeting stamped in Crushed Curry.  The winged creatures were raised with Stampin' Dimensionals.  If you want to know how I made the pattern on the butterfly, I used the Timeless Texture background stamped onto a scrap of Whisper White before die-cutting. The dragonfly was stamped after die cutting with the same image and I sponged around it with the Crushed Curry.

Hope you are feeling inspired, and thanks for stopping by.

Rose for a Friend

Talk about leaving things to the last minute!  Another colour INKspiration challenge card - #CI03 which finishes tonight.  Colours to use were:  Marina Mist, Peekaboo Peach, Soft Suede, Whisper White and Soft Sky.  

I made the background by using marker pens scribbled onto an acrylic block and spritzing with water - Soft Sky at the top, Marina Mist then Soft Suede, I lay a sprtized piece of Whisper White onto the block to pick up the colour.  The Rose Garden Thinlit cut out the rose in Peekaboo Peach and the leaves in Soft Suede.  Prior to sticking the rose on I decided I wanted some specks of Soft Suede and am rubbish at the flicking the end of your marker, so reverted to the now retired Colour Spritzing tool.  It made a lovely even and light spritz where my flicking often ends in blobs of colour.  I spritzed the top corner of the stamped image and curled it back to dry.  The greeting comes from Dragonfly Dreams Layered onto mat of Soft Sky and a card base of Marina Mist.

The background really does lend itself to a beach theme, but I'd already decided I was using the rose and this will be a great card ready to have on hand. When needed I can personalise, as the greeting lends itself to a number of follow on words.

Busy Birthday Month

Although today's post is a little late, I liked how this card for a special young lady, turned out.  I saw a similar design online from Bluetenstempel and this is my take of it. I wanted a hint of colour so it may be misleading because the photo was taken on the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper, however the colours I chose were Pink Pirouette and Sahara Sand. All stamped images were from Touches of Texture. The Thinlits used were Rose Garden, Detailed Dragonfly, Stitched Shapes, along with some Layering Circles. The finishing touches were the rhinestone and the heart from the Subtles Enamel Shapes.

I decided against a greeting and opted to use her age for the inside:

A Learning Curve

Today is the first official post from my new blog!  Fingers crossed it all works.  I have copied over all my posts from my Demonstrator Web blog so you should be able to see all my posts on either site now. 

Recently NZ Demonstrators were invited to submit content to decorate the walls of the Auckland Stampin' Up office.  I opted for one of my go-to projects for a little bit of Wow, and incorporated the Canterbury colours of Red and Black (my go-to being a Tri-Shutter card). I have also used a technique called Inlaid Embossing, where you adhere your layers together and then emboss.  I used the Rose Garden Thinlits to cut some flowers and stems from Whisper White, and glued these to Real Red, then ran them through my Big Shot with the Petal Burst folder. I also cut a Real Red Rose image for the front of the card and added it to the oval cut using the Layering Ovals framelits.  Another oval to compliment it had the greeting from Rose Wonder - "For some things there are no words".  The bird in Basic Black is from Birds & Blooms Thinlits and I added a little Real Red behind it.

Thoughtful Thanks

Have had the need for a few Thank You cards recently, and felt this fitted the cause nicely, Super easy to make using the Thoughtful Branches bundle.  I selected Elegant Eggplant for the contrast against the Whisper White and Garden Green for the stem.  The background was embossed with the Petal Burst TIEF, I liked the debossed effect for this (turning it to the reverse side after embossing). The greeting was from the Thoughtful Branches stamp set and I used a die from the Project Life Cards & Labels to cut it then mounted it on a diecut from the Rose Garden Thinlits.  And the bow?  It came from the Everyday Jars Framelits...

Clean and Simple for #GDP026

The Global Design Project has again inspired me.  The last time I think I entered was also a Teneale inspired sketch (it was a while ago though).  I used the Thick Whisper White for my base and standard Whisper White for the top layer which was embossed with the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder.  A strip of silver glimmer down each side and the rose was reverse cut from Silver Glimmer Paper with the Rose Garden Thinlit Dies. The banner is stamped in Smokey Slate from Number of Years and die cut using the Large Numbers Framelits.  The sentiment came from (and could have been swapped out for several of) the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set.

Rose Garden Time

Another popular set from the new catalogue is the Rose Garden Thinlits Dies which bundle with the Rose Wonder Stamp set and I have seen some amazing products created with them both.  Today I am sharing one which evolved from a little blip with my glue.  I used one of the DSP pages from It's My Party as the background and adhered a Basic Black rose, then I cut another in Whisper White and used the 'discard' pieces to fill in my black rose.  So after the blip, I decided to add glue to different sections of the flower and leaves and use my Gold Stampin' Glitter...  The greeting is from Sky is the Limit and stamped directly onto the DSP so it didn't overtake from the rose itself.