JAI #27 Sketch Challenge

This week over at Just Add Ink it's a sketch challenge.

I had lots of ideas for this great sketch - one kept sticking in my mind, however trying to get it to work took way more time than I would have liked.  In the end, after filing lots of stuff in the round file, this is what I came up with.

Supplies Used: Stampin' Up! unless noted otherwise

Stamps:  Turning a New Leaf, Take Three Trio - Spring (PaperTrey Ink)

Ink:  Versamark, Black Staz On

Cardstock:  Basic Grey, Urban Oasis DSP

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Black Brad, Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (PaperTrey Ink)

JAI #26 - Design Team Debut!!!!!

Oh My Goodness - it's finally here, my design team debut!    I'm so excited and nervous all at once.  Thank you to all of you who have left me messages of congratulations, it's so very much appreciated.  *hugs* to you all!

This week's challenge is Just Add - EMBOSSING.  Heat embossing is one of my favourite techniques.  It was the first thing I tried when I started stamping.  I still remember how cool it was watching that powder melt before my eyes. 

Anyway, this is what I came up with

I thought I'd also add in a little dry embossing as well, so I dry embossed a 'frame' on my watercolour paper.  I then masked the edges and stamped the daisies using Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.  I then made up a wash of water and a couple of drops of Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive reinkers and brushed it all over the watercolour paper using a paintbrush.  Then I waited for it to dry, which took AGES.  When it was dry, I matted it onto some Basic Black, wrapped some Linen Thread around a few times and added the sentiment.  The sentiment is from Tiny Tags, stamped using Black StazOn onto watercolour paper and punched out using the Jewelry Tag punch.  I also dry embossed a couple of lines at the bottom of the card base and added the main image using dimensionals.

So that's it - first assignment over!  Thanks for visiting and look forward to seeing your challenge entries.  Hope your day is a good one

Supplies -  All from Stampin' Up!

Stamps:  Inspired by Nature, Tiny Tags

Ink:  Versamark, StazOn Black, Old Olive Reinker, Kiwi Kiss Reinker

Cardstock:  Kraft, Watercolour paper, Basic Black

Accessories:  Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Bone Folder, Ruler, Linen Thread, Jewelry Tag punch,

Part 3 - Things I've made and not yet shown

Here I am, back again with more things that I have yet to post here.  Sad thing is, I will still have more to show after this. *blush*

Anyway, here's the first

This was a case from here, with a few minor changes - I used Fox and Friends from the current Autumn/Winter Mini as I didn't have Cheep Talk when I made this card.  I also decided to cover the whole front of the card with patterned paper.  I won't tell you how pieces of paper I wasted until I realised that the easiest way to achieve this look was to use Dotto to hold the cardstock and patterned paper together, run it through the BS and, remove the paper, THEN trim it to size.  I know, DUH, right!

Supplies Used:  Stampin' Up unless noted otherwise

Stamps:  Fox & Friends, Trendy Trees

Ink:  Pacific Point

Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, So Saffron, Good Morning Sunshine DSP

Accessories:  Movers & Shapers Curly Label Bigz Die, Big Shot, Word Window Punch, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon

This was supposed to be a case from pg 197 of the US 09/10 catalogue.  The patterned paper is from the Patterns Pack II DSP (Level 1 Hostess) in Garden Green.  The 'thanks' was diecut from Garden Green cardstock, using the Timeless Type Alphabet.  Turns out this is slightly larger than the Many Thanks sizzlet SU used in their sample, which messed up the whole design.  I made the flower by punching 3 scalloped circles from Very Vanilla and scrunching them up really, really well.  By doing this, you break the fibres in the paper, allowing you to be able to pull them apart, it also give them a kind of faux suede look.  A brad in the middle holds them all together and the edges have been distressed using Tea Dye Duo from PaperTrey Ink.

Supplies:  Stampin' Up! unless noted otherwise

Stamps:  None

Ink:  Tea Dye Duo (PaperTrey Ink)

Cardstock:  Kraft, Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Pattern Prints II DSP

Accessories:  Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlet Die, Little Leaves Sizzlet Die, Big Shot, Brad, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder, Crafter's Tool Kit

Last one for tonight

This set uses the cutest little set from Sassafrass Lass.  Can't remember the name of it but I loved the fact that the flower is almost the same as one featured in the Good Morning Sunshine DSP.  I inked it up using my Pink Passion and Kiwi Kiss markers (which I made up myself from a tutorial I found here).

Supplies:  Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps:  Sasafrass Lass, PaperTray (PaperTrey Ink)

Cardstock:  Whisper White

Ink:  Pink Passion, Kiwi Kiss markers, Stazon Black

Accessories:  Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon

Just Add Ink #24

Well, here I am, back a little later than anticipated, but I guess you get that, lol!  Lucky there is some sort of football program on tonight, otherwise I'd still be fighting with my OH over the use of the laptop.

This week's challenge at Just Add Ink is a sketch challenge,

Cute, hey.  I actually have  a non SU! set that would have been perfect but as I have to refrain from using 'contraband', I came up with this instead

I was so happy with the way this one turned out, I made another using the another sentiment from Upsy Daisy!

I have a lot of stamps that I purchased when the catalogue first came out that I have yet to use *blush*, so I have set myself a little challenge to use them all, at least one, before the new catalogue comes out in September.  In this case, I've used 2 - Inspired by Nature and Upsy Daisy. 

I also need to apologise for the quality of the photos.  I think I mentioned that I got a new camera for Mothers's Day and I forgot to adjust the settings for these photos.  I've left the aperture open too wide and have ended up with too shallow a depth of field, which has meant that the sentiments are not as sharp as they should be.  Lesson learned.  Check settings before you start!!!!

Have a good night!

Supplies Used: 

Stamps:  Inspired by Nature, Upsy Daisy

Ink:  Versamark, StazOn Black

Cardstock:  Basic Black (smooth & textured), Basic Grey, Whisper White

Accessories:  Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, dimensionals, Embossing Buddy

July 2010 Stampin' Up! Promotion

Stampin' Up! have a fabulous promotion for the month of July.  I thought I'd add an update here, even though I have my great SU! Demonstrator Website that updates automatically, just in case you missed it!

I already have a few of these sets - Big Bold Birthday, Cottage Garden (which I was lucky enough to win at Convention) and Tiny Tags.  Cheep Talk has been on my wish list for ages, so I decided this was a GREAT time to get it. 

If you'd like to take advantage of this great offer too, just email me your order!   I can ship direct to you, Australia wide.

I'll be back a little later with my entry for JAI24!

Toot Toot *Insert Mega Shocked Face Here*

You may remember a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I applied to a design team.  Well, you'll NEVER guess what - I got accepted. *Add shocked face here*

I am now a member of the design team for Just Add Ink.  I am so excited and nervous all at once, I'm still pinching myself.  Along with myself, another 7 very talented girls are joining the existing design team.  Click here to see who else is about to burst with excitement!

I also want to send out a big Thank You to Amanda and Danielle for taking a chance and choosing me.  I am extremely grateful and hope I can live up to expectations and provide some sort of inspiration.

I thought I would get a couple of 'test' runs in before I start for real, so here is my card for JAI#23 - Just Add Patterned Paper.  Now, this was kind of easy for me.  I says this because I have a LOT of DSP to choose from - some of which has never been opened *blush*. 

This is a design that I was going to use for one of my convention swaps, but I just couldn't get it to work with only current SU! products,  so I put it in the too hard basket.  This challenge was just what I needed to see if I could 'make it work' (yes, I love Project Runway)! I'm happy with how it turned out.

Supplies Used:  All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps:  Occassional Greeting, Tiny Tags, Linen (retired)

Ink:  Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede

Cardstock:  Not Quite Navy, Very Vanila, Bella Bleu DSP

Accessories:  Build a  Brad Pewter, 1/2" RD punch, Very Vanilla 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Ovals Die, Cutter Kit, Sponge, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Button (PaperTrey Ink)

Part 2 - Things that I've made and not shared yet

OMG I can't believe there are so many!  Enough for another day *eek*

I've always wanted to have a go at stamping on candles, and after Simone Bartrum's fabbo presentation at our Mebourne Regional event, I was inspired!  The fact that Harry's carer from Childcare was getting married a few weeks later, gave me the push I needed to actually do it!  Here's the finished product:

Supplies Used:  All supplies from Stampin' Up! unless specified otherwise

Stamps:  Friends 24-7, Fresh Alphabet (PaperTrey Ink)

Ink:  Real Red, Black StazOn

Accessories:  Red Gems (Kaiser Craft), Tissue Paper, Heat Gun, GladBake

I also made a card to match

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Friends 24-7, Congrats (retired SAB set)

Cardstock:  Whisper White

Ink:  Real Red, Black StazOn

Accessories:  Red Gems (KaiserCraft)

This was a card I made on commission for my haidresser.  My brief was to make something for a 40th and that it should have some bling!  It also needed to be big for a group to sign it so its finished size is A5.  It's very hard to see, but the white has been stamped with the damask from Friends 24-7 using Versamark.  I then sprinkled on some Heat & Stick powder, heated with my heat gun and then applied some Dazzling Diamonds to make it really sparkly.

Supplies Used:  All from PaperTrey Ink unless specified otherwise

Stamps:  Vintage Frames, Background Basics: Text Style

Ink:  StazOn Black, StazOn White, VersaMark (Stampin' Up!), Plum Pudding

Cardstock:  Stampers Select White, Bitty Dots

Accessories:  Black Satin Ribbon, On Boards Lots of Letters, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Vintage Button, Thread, Scrap Acetate, Butterfly Punch (EK Success), Purple Gems (KaiserCraft)

And the final card for tonight started off as a wedding card for some friends but ended up being a bit too 'blingy' so I changed it into a thankyou card and gave it my real estate agent, who got a absolutely fantastic price for our unit that we were renovating for the better half of last year - it was only on the market for 2 weeks, 2 weeks prior to Christmas!

Here's a close up on the sentiment, can you see the glitter around the edges?

Supplies Used:  SU! unless noted otherwise

Stamps:  Baroque Motifs, All Scallops (maybe - not sure???)

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Versamark

Accessories:  Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way Glue, Chocolate Chip Satin (retired)

Well, that's it from me tonight, have a good one!