Paper Doll Design

I have a few birthdays coming up, so I set about creating in order to get ahead of the game and be ready to post them out. I had my dish of die cut flowers tempting me so I decided to make one of them the star of the show. I kept the card neutral and used a pop of colour. I finished it off with a beautiful bling button. I love the lace finish from the Delicate details and how effective it is when gold emboss. It, along with the Avant garden set, are retiring but I thought I would make good use with a birthday card for my mother in law. Let's see what else I come up with for the next few up coming birthdays.

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I am very excited about being picked in the Top 5 for the Colour Inkspiration challenge! This was my first time entering any challenge where I had to show off my work amongst some very accomplished designers. As I only joined Stampin' Up recently my stash is still growing - at a steady pace I might add! So not only did I have to work within the  colours, I also had to work with what I had in my new supplies. Sometimes, having less to work with can make us more focused. This was the card I created with the colours: Calypso Coral Bermuda Bay Night of Navy Touch of Gold Looking forward to the new colours in the next challenge and hoping I have them in my stash to participate.   If not I will play along at home with what I have!

I love having my crafty friends over for a day of crafting. The first hour is always crazy with catching up on what everyone has been up to, how things are and what they have planned for the day. I try to create some sort of challenge. It could be follow a card sketch or map, maybe a colour challenge where we draw colours from a hat and have to use them to make our creations. As Easter is just around the corner, I thought I would try a couple of easy make and takes. The first was like a simple origami folded pocket. Take a 6x6 in or 15x 15 cm square of paper. Turn it on it's point. Then fold one corner to meet the opposite. Make sure your triangle has the long edge at the bottom and fold one corner across to the other edge. Then take the other corner to the opposite edge, meeting with the first fold. Take one of the pieces at the top and fold down over the crossover. This will hold it all secure. It gives you a place to decorate or put a sentimen...

Making cupcakes to eat can be creative with all the flavours and toppings to choose from.  The end result is yummy!! As is this stamp set from Stampin' Up - Sweet cupcakes. This is a layering stamp set.  When using the layers you get a 3-D type of result - a cupcake with frosting that is almost good enough to lick! I had fun with this one! Some finished cupcakes waiting to be made into cards. There are endless combos for the icing and the base - is it vanilla or chocolate cupcake or is it in a cupcake liner? Here's how they turned out.  

What a great name for this stamp set -  Beautiful You! Two sets in one as well!! It has a vintage, nostalgic touch to it that fits many occasions. Reminds me a free spirited friend that I used to work with that could carry off a modern vintage look so well. The sentiments are lovely too especially with that mix of font. There are two stamps that look like a scribble, but, in fact, are the dress and the skirt.  This free form gives it a lovely fluid, water coloured look - made easy peasy !! Instead of using the "scribble" I decided to stamp and cut out the dresses. The red dress paper had a pattern that actually made it look like a brocade fabric, making it very vogue looking! The yellow dress was inspired by my friend.  I could see her in this dress, doing this pose, singing this sentiment as her mantra.  To bring out the sunny yellow, I sponged a border that would sneak out from under the image.  I did this by lightly mark...

Never entered a challenge before!!! This was something new for me, but I thought I would give it a go. The colours set for us from Colour INKspiration  were : Calypso Coral Bermuda Bay Night of Navy Gold foil I was inspired by these colours  - don't they look so exotic, so fun???!! My mind went into overdrive with ideas. Some worked, some didn't! I tried the "smoosh" technique, where I pressed my card against the inks that have been watered down on a block.  Uh-ah, no, that didn't come out too good.  Ended up with a, sort of, brown mess. I knew I wanted to use the Delicate Details stamp set  in the gold or the sentiment in gold.  I have limited Stampin' Up sentiments but enough to make this work, I thought. I ended up with two very different cards - and I love them both!! My first card using the Delicate Details with some paper roses to finish it off.     The second is using the Falling flowers stamp set and M...