The Paper Players Challenge #146 - Masculine CAS

This week at The Paper Players, the theme is Masculine Clean & Simple.

Well, I have taken that quite literally & made my card really "clean" by using bleach as the colouring medium, lol:-

I punched some 1/2", 3/4" & 1" cardstock circles & temporarily adhered them to the card panel.  I mixed up a 50:50 solution of bleach & water in a spray bottle & misted the panel.  I removed the circle masks, gave the panel a blast from the heat gun & this is the outcome.

A popped up banner sentiment & some white baker's twine made it a quick & simple creation.  (A tip re the twine - you can't see it in the photo, but I used my scoring tool to create four vertical lines to lay the baker's twine in.  This keeps it nice & straight!)

You can check out the fabulous projects from The Paper's Player Design Team, peruse the Gallery & play along here:-

(Click on the graphic)

Card Components

All SU except for the bleach solution.

Whisper White & Bravo Burgundy cardstock, Itty Bitty Banners stamp set & dies, 

1/2", 3/4" & 1" Circle Punches, White Baker's Twine

Mother's Day Box - Sent With Love ♥

I made this project for my Mum for Mother's Day.  I just had to make a little box, tied up with string (aka Calypso Coral baker's twine), using the stamps & papers from the Sent with Love products from SU.  It is 3" x 3" x 3":-

It opens like this & holds a gift card holder & a mini photo album:-

Here is the mini album:-

& here is the gift card holder:-

The Paper Players are hosting a Mother's Day challenge this week so I have joined in the fun!  You can find the fabulous DT inspiration projects & challenge here (click on the graphic):-

Project Components

All Stampin' Up!

Oval Framelits Card

I love SU's range of framelits & have used the oval & Secret Garden ones to make this card for my Mum for Mother's Day:-

When you take off the vellum band, the card opens out like this:-

This week the awesome team at The Paper Players have a Mother's Day theme, so I am adding it to their gallery.  You can find the DT inspiration projects & challenge here (click on the graphic):-

Card Components

All Stampin' Up!

In case you were wondering....

....I haven't totally disappeared, I have just been having a little break since Still Addinktive wound up recently.

I was inspired by the colours at The Paper Players this week, to create this card.  The only trouble is the challenge required Baja Breeze, not Pool Party, lol!

Here is the card anyway:-

I wanted a nice clean layout with minimum fuss.  I stacked 3 layers of cardstock to create the die-cut letters & then coated them with Crystal Effects to get the glossy finish.  I absolutely love this DSP which is from the Sent With Love ensemble.

Card Components

All Stampin' Up!

Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Pool Party & Rich Razzleberry cardstock, Whisper White textured cardstock, Sent With Love DSP, Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die, Itty Bitty Buttons, Twine

still addINKtive - Spot That Stamp Set - Easter

This week at still addINKtive, we are celebrating Easter by incorporating any current Easter set in our projects.  You can link up any old or new project that features a current Easter set.

Unfortunately, I don't own any Easter sets, so I found an appropriate sentiment in Wacky Wishes & a sweet little bunny in Little Additions.  I teamed them up with some fun, bright colours & some strawberry (primrose petals) jellybeans to create these:-

I used my oval framelit dies (again, ♥ them!) to create the card:-

I had originally planned to dry emboss the turquoise panel to recreate the patterned surface of an easter egg, but I was concentrating so hard on layering the ribbon (a la the gorgeous Christine Blain), that I totally forgot to run it through the Big Shot before adhering it to the base card.  Oh well, lol!

The little beanie bags have toppers made from the Hearts a Flutter banner die, teamed with concentric & scallop circle punches.  I even added one to the inside of the card:-

We hope you can play along with us at still addINKtive this week.  You can find the challenge, as well as the beautiful inspiration pieces from the DT here.

Recently I received a Liebster Award from the lovely Suzanne Barnard (thanks Suzie).  

Now I would like to pass this on to my fellow SA Design Team members, to say thank you for all your wonderful inspiration, it's been great working alongside you these past three months:-

Bronwyn Eastley

Kathy Tanner

Debbie Henderson

Lisa Young

Susan Joyce

Vicki Burdick

Card Components (all SU)

All Stampin' Up! except for a circle punch.  :)

still addINKtive Challenge #7 - Colour & Sketch with a fancy fold!

Hithere, sorry I am a bit late with my post this week!

Bron & Kathy have a fabulous sketch/colour combo that you can play along with at still addINKtive this week.  You can use the sketch OR the colours OR both together!

I have used both to create this card:-

Here are the challenge components (I squished my circle into an oval shape, lol):-

I have had this concept floating around in my head for a while, after playing around with some scrap paper to create the fold.  The crumb cake base is cut from a single piece of paper.  Here it is without the belly band:-

& here is what it looks like front on:-

I've included lots of piercing & sponging!  The secret garden stamps & dies made the flowers quick & easy.

We hope you can play along with the Team at still addINKtive this week.  You can find the challenge & their beautiful samples here.

Card Components

All Stampin' Up!  

Please leave me a comment if you would like any further details.

STSS - Secret Garden

This week at still addINKtive we would love you to share any projects you have made (new or old) using Secret Garden or Hearts A Flutter.

I thought either of these sets would lend themselves nicely to the inlaid embossing technique - seeing as the matching dies take out all the work of the fussy cutting!  I have made a bright, floral number with Secret Garden:-

I even blinged up the envelope & a little purse to match:-

We hope you can join us this week.  You can find all the details as well some beautiful inspiration pieces from the rest of the Design Team here.

Project Components

Whisper White & Basic Black cardstock, Basic Black, Old Olive, Melon Mambo & Pumpkin Pie Inks, Secret Garden stamp set & dies, Sweet Essentials stamp set, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Lattice Embossing Folder, Petite Purse Die, Basic Jewels - Rhinestones, Silver Mini Brads, Glue Dot & Dimensional