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This months Workshop could be described as more like a kit than previous months. It includes the stamp set, ink pad, and a pad (60 sheets!) of 6 x 6 designer paper, as well as all the cardstock, envelopes and embellishments to make the three designs. I am also going to include extra cardstock and envelopes so that you can be creative and make a further three projects.
Come join us this month with a workshop in your letterbox.
Happy stamping,
Happy Saturday everyone, and thank you to every one who has left a comment so far for my Freebie Friday giveaway, I am overwhelmed by your lovely words.
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made this card last night and just couldn't decide what else it needed! There was something missing, but I just don't know what, so I added the flower where I would normally add some words and left it at that!
The stamp set is from Inque Boutique and is called French Quarter. I stamped a smaller image along all four sides to make up the border print, and I used a trusty post it note in the corners to give a nice angle to them.
The embossed cardstock was made using one of the Cuttlebugs embossing folders and then lightly sponged with SU! Close to Cocoa.
Finally the main image was stamped on a Spellbinder oval die cut and matted on to the scallop oval. You will notice that the Spellbinders die allows you to keep the die in place so that you can add colour and leave the hidden section untouched - I love them!
All the cardstock for this project is from Stampin' Up!
Thanks for joining me today, we are hoping that it is going to rain.
Happy stamping,
Supplies : Stamps - Inque Boutique; Ink - Stampin' Up!; Cardstock - Stampin' Up!; Accessories - The Little Online Card Shop.
Everyone else seems to call it Blog Candy, so I thought I would go for something different. Freebie Friday will come around once a month, on the last Friday of the month, and is open to Australian residents only - sorry, postage costs prevent overseas entrants. At the moment I only get a few comments, so your chance of winning is high! And yes for this month all you need do is leave a comment, how easy is that.
So what do I share with you this first time round...it was a hard decision. I looked through things and decided on this...
It's the mini set 'Mini Bouquet' and a Lil' Stamp from Inque Boutique, and a metre each of the five different Polka Dot Ribbons.
I have included a better image of the stamp set, just to make it a bit easier to see!
This mini set is so cute, and comes with 19 individual stamps - can you believe it!
I hope you enjoy, and just remember all you need do is leave a comment and say 'Hi!' and you are in the running, and if you are the only one....then you win! You have until Sunday night midnight AEST.
Thanks for stopping by today,
Yet one more card using the JustRite stamper for this week. (I have a new stamp set I am playing with).
I used the smaller C-30 self inking Monogram stamper today and made a very simple Thank you card.
The flourishes in the background are from the Inque Boutique set 'French Quarter' - my new set, along with the designer paper I have used to stamp the letters.
Thanks for stopping by today, and hope to see you tomorrow for the First 'Freebie Friday'!
Supplies : Stamps - JustRite Monogram Stamper C-30, French Quarter (Inque Boutique); Cardstock - AED Smooth White, Basic Black SU!; Ink - Whispers (Inque Boutique)
Watercolouring with markers is a quick and easy way to get the watercolour look, and most of us probably have some sort of water based markers we can use.
I have used a stamp from the Stampin' Up! set Bloomin' with Beauty and designer paper from Inque Boutiques 'Cabana' series. The brads are from FTI and also available from TLOC.
To begin stamp your image on water colour cardstock using a permanent ink like Staz-on.
Using your marker lightly shade where you want the image to have shadow or appear darker.
You can use a paint brush and dip it in water or an aquapainter to move the colour on your image. I like to draw the colour out to where it needs to be in straight strokes, and to give a graduation in the colour.
With the flowers I coloured them completely using a light colour.
I then added the darker colours I wanted to give to the flowers.
Using your paint brush once again, spread the colour outwards and blend.
I have added some shading to the base and side of the vase as well using a soft grey colour.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Supplies : Stamps - Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink; Cardstock - Desk Top Papers, Stampin' Up!; Accessories - SU! markers, Inque Boutique DP.
Well it looks as though it could spin....it doesn't though, I am simply not that clever. Here is another JustRite Stampers card. While I am having such fun with these products, I cannot not wait until my shipment of new goodies arrive...and it won't be long now! They have brought so many fantastic new products out it is simply incredible.
But back to todays card. I used the C45 self inking stamp as well as the large numbers set and Little Alphabet. I have used this little alphabet so many times now, I just love it.
The Designer paper is from Stampin' Up! as well as the Regal Rose and Basic Black. The card is White linen pre-cut square card, and ribbon is pink polka dot grosgrain, both from TLOCS.
I have sponged the centre lightly with Regal Rose to take the 'whiteness' away this time, as it just needed to be softened a little. Then I went round with my trusty paper piercing tool.
I hope you enjoyed your weekend, and have a wonderful week ahead.
See you tomorrow for our 'Tutorial Tuesday'.
Supplies : Stamps - JustRite Monogram Stampers; Cardstock - Stampin' Up!, The Little Online Card Shop; Ink - JustRite Monogram Stampers, Stampin' Up!; Accessories - The Little Online Card Shop
I have given my JustRite Stamper another go and put together these three co-ordinating projects. The first is simply a birthday card, and I have used Alison Ellis Designer paper. The Spellbinders are fantastic to use with the JustRite system, and make life easy with the varying sizes.
I have used the little alphabet set as well as the font from the Curlz kit to make up my words. The border is also from the Curlz kit.
The scallop edge was made with a rotary cutter as I can never get scissors to go in a straight line...that's probably just me. The ribbon and brads are from The Little Online Card Shop.
The second card I thought I would make as a set of gift note cards. I have used the recipients monogram initials in the centre, and it is very hard to tell in the photo but the black scallop circle has also been pierced.
Once again I co-ordinated with AED designer paper and SU! Cameo Coral which happened to go really well with this paper.
For the last part of this gift (chocolates still to go in!) I replaced the Curlz border with the little alphabet making the words 'Happy Birthday' and the Curlz font for 'To You'. I have once again used one of the Cameo boxes from The Little Online Card Shop, and if you are waiting on the JustRite Curlz kit they should be back in stock next week - fingers crossed!
This beautiful ribbon is from Papertrey Ink.
I hope you like my little gift set, and that you have a great weekend.
Supplies : Stamps - JustRite Monogram Stampers, Papertrey Ink (dots on box); Cardstock - white linen, SU! Cameo Coral and Basic Black; Ink - SU! Cameo Coral; Accessories - Spellbinders
I didn't realise how hard it was going to be to fit a DL card in to my shot! You could nearly see that I use a plain piece of paper held up by my Dream Kuts - which is why it is cropped so closely to the top!
So today I made a card using my JustRite Stampers, and I have to say this is not how the card started out. It was square, and green was no-where to be seen. But I am glad that I added it in the end.
I used the Curlz font and little alphabet set - both of which I will have back in stock next week - and the little cupcake is from Papertrey Ink.
Take a look at the JustRite Monogram Stampers blog, as they have a fabulous competition running at the moment, with gifts to give away when you submit your JustRite art work!
Happy Stamping today,
Supplies : Stamps - JustRite Monogram Stampers, Papertrey Ink ; Cardstock - White Linen, Ruby Red & Summer Sun SU! ; Accessories - Spellbinders, brads, SU! punch, dimensionals, paper piercing tool, white gel pen, DS paper SU!
I had intended to do Crayon Resist today, but some how I had Emboss Resist on my mind, so that is what I did!
Emboss resist is a great technique, that can lead to some beautiful backgrounds.
I started with a plain white piece of cardstock and stamped my image using Versamark.
I coated the image using clear embossing powder, and heat set it. (At this stage you could brayer or sponge a light colour over your entire piece of cardstock, using a tissue or paper towel to wipe off excess ink on the embossed image, this will show up the colour of the cardstock underneath. Then repeat the process of stamping an image with Versamark and heat setting clear embossing powder. Then brayer or sponge another colour over the top. This makes for a spectacular back ground.)
With this image I have next stamped the stems first inking my image with Versamark and then the colour ink and then stamping, coated with clear embossing powder and heat set. I did this so that the stems wouldn't be 'lost' once I brayered colour on. I also place a post-it-note so that the image was only stamped where I needed it to be.
This is the image with my brayered colour on. I then finished the scene by drawing on some grass at the base of the flowers. Punched some small round centres and flowers for the grass. The Ric-Rac is new stock I have in from FTI, and I simply knotted it in a couple of places to add some interest.
Stamp sets used today were Mini Cabana from Inque Boutique, and Shapes by Design from Papertrey Ink.
Have a great day,
Good morning! This is the second card from Fridays workshop, and it was a request for a card similar to the August 5th post 'Birthday Stars', that I based it on. This shot was to show that it can stand on it's own, even though the sides are different lengths - I can never be too sure with things I do!
I have used some of the same beautiful paper from Stampin' Up!, and the stamp sets are from Papertrey Ink and Kitchen Sink Stamps.
I try to be very practical with cardstock, and with this card I knew how wide I wanted the outside flap to be, so that just left the inside to measure. Using A4 cardstock I could get more by cutting the 21cm width, but that left a large gap at the other end, so to finish the inside off I added a strip of stamped white, and I was very happy with that, it just gave the inside a little something.
Have a great Monday, and I shall see you tomorrow for the 'Tutorial Tuesday'.
Happy Stamping,
Supplies : Stamps - Papertrey Ink, Kitchen Sink Stamps; Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope your day has been special.
I held a workshop on Friday night, and thought I would share one of the cards we made.
It uses one of the new Inque Boutique mini stamp sets called Cabana, that are now available at The Little Online Card Shop. I am loving that you can get these little sets for such a great price. As well as Papertrey Inks Boxes, Bags and Tags, and Limitless Labels.
The ribbon is called celery and is from Finishing Touch Ideas.
This card comes together very simply. The Cabana border is stamped along two edges and the stem on a seperate sheet of linen cardstock. I stamped the flowers and cut them out, and using my rectangle spellbinders to matt the image on.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I shall be back tomorrow with the second card from our workshop.
Happy stamping,
Supplies: Stamps - Inque Boutique, Papertrey Ink: Cardstock - White linen, SU! Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Well I have been waiting all week for my Inque Boutique products to arrive....and they're here! I have already put some in the shop catalogue, but I have lots more to come, and so many projects in my head to do.
If you have never heard of Inque Boutique before then take a look at the introduction video above which just gives you an idea of what they have to offer, and what you will now find atThe Little Online Card Shop.
I am going to have sooo much fun this weekend, I hope you do to!
Pink is always a good place to start when making a card for someone that loves the colour, and we think of this person it is always the colour we choose.
I have used the stamp set Pick a Petal from Stampin' Up! and Boxes Bags and Tags from Papertrey Ink. The petals were gold heat embossed on vellum and then coloured on the reverse side with Copic markers to add a slight tint. The half 'pearl' is from SU!'s Pretties Kit.
I am off to make another now as I am not sure if this is the right card for the person I have in mind!
Happy stamping today,
