Try Stampin' #221 - A Quick Card

Hello! It's time again for a Try stampin' On Tuesday challenge. Today we are mixing things up with a colour challenge.

 Yellow, Blue & Green

A great colour combo, but one I don't use too often.

So the story behind my card was: I thought about what I wanted to do, got a sketch in my head, then left it really late to get it done! So I do apologize for the quality of the picture :)

I made this card and photographed it within 20 mins! 

The good creating a card so quickly, is there is no time for ahing and uming about what you are doing.

So my extra challenge to you is to create a card which is made quickly.

As always, post your card to the TSOT Blog or the TSOT Facebook Page, its fantastic seeing all your creations!

Thanks for looking :)

Fresh Vintage

Ok, so when going through my 'to blog' folder I came across this card. I know I have shared this design with you before here, but in my defense, this uses a different colour combo and stamp set :)

I love creating my own paper and I did this to get the right result in this card. I used the long retired SAB set Fresh Vintage. My colour combo is rose red and very vanilla and the sponging is in crumb cake. The background has been stamped using my stamp-a-ma-jig to get the best results, then run through my big shot using the square lattice which has been inked for effect. 

I love the look of this card. If you have any question just ask and thanks for looking

Floral Butterfly

Hi, thought I'd pop past quickly and share a card I made a fair while ago.

This was actually made up from a few things I had on my desk and wanted to use, so it came together quite quickly :) The flowers are from Elements of Style stamp set (retired), stamped in staz on and I used my blender pen to quickly colour them. Once again I have used the Curly Cute stamp set )also retired) stamped in soft suede. 

Thanks for looking

Wedding Card #4

Ok, so now Im going to share one of my favourite cards.

This card I created using an old Mojo Monday sketch. I have used paper and card are from my stash and the flowers are made using one of the boho punch flowers, which I crumpled to give a bit more texture. The sentiment is from the Fabulous Phrases (no it's not retired ;) but I stamped it off once for a more subtle look. 

I love this card so much I have used the design a few times since. The most recent was my brother in laws wedding. I also made them a money slider as well.

Any questions just ask and thanks for looking.

Wedding Cards #2

I'm back to share the second wedding card I made last year. 

This card was inspired my my cousins wedding, which had a black and white theme. I think these colours are classic and classy together.

I used the vintage wallpaper EB folder, which has since retired, but you could use any ornate looking one. The sentiment is from curly cute, which is also retired, but this is a sentiment set I dont think I'll be parting with :)

Any questions just ask and thanks for looking

TSOT #139

Hello, well it's time again for another sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday and this has to be one of my go to sketches:

The theme this week is 'give thanks'. Here in Australia, we dont celebrate Thanksgiving, so I decided to use one of my Verve scripture stamps. This was so easy to make and I think I did it in 20 mins - that has to be a recored for me at the moment!!

Now I know you'll want to see the other designers creations, so click here. And remember to link up your creation.

Thanks for looking.

Baby Girl

So I'm back to share the two baby girl cards I made.

I must admit, I'm not a fan of this one, but I think it's healthy to share cards, even if they make me cringe :)

I love the simplicity of this one. The felt hearts are from Kaisercraft and I've had them forever! I used perfect polka dots to add texture and overall this was very simple to create.

So do you have a favourite? Any question, just ask.

Thanks for looking

Black & Red Engagement

Good morning! I'm trying to publish a few of my cards, which I have had in my 'to blog' folder for way too long, so here is another card for you.

This card went to my Hubby's cousin, who got engaged. They had a black and red theme engagement party, so thought I'd use that colour palette as my inspiration. It was a fairly simple card and came together quite quickly and a design that I have used for may different occasions. Any questions, just ask.

Thanks for looking :)

Fresh Vintage Butterfly

Hi all! I was cruising around on Pinterest the other week and came across this card which someone else had pinned from my blog. I thought it was awesome seeing my work pinned and re pinned :)
Any ways, I had made up a few more of these beauties, but I used the fresh vintage stamp instead and thought I'd share...

The vanilla panel is stamped using the biggest stamp in rose red, using my stamp-a-ma-jig. I've then inked up my square lattice EB folder in crumb cake and run it through. All the edges are sponged and the butterfly is also stamped with rose red to create a ton on tone effect. I made the same card in: not quite navy, elegant eggplant and cherry cobbler.

Thanks for looking :)

TSOT - Pocketful of Posies

Hello every one! Did I get you singing the nursery rhyme? :) 

It's time again for another sketch for Try Stampin' On Tuesday! Here's the sketch:

And my creation:

When I saw the sketch I was a bit stumped in what I wanted to do. SO I started to pull out all my DSP to get some inspiration. I came across the paper in 'Pocketful of posies' - I bought a few of these packs while they were on the SU clearance rack, as I love the colours and patterns, but on the other side of these patterns, they have these super cool graphic designs. Now because I'm not really a scrap booker, the graphic designs would never really see light of day.

So after that long thought process :)... I decided to use them in a card. Once I knew where I was going, this card took very little time to create. I used one sheet of DSP. I cut the section I wanted for my main image, then cut the panel of rich razzleberry (the opposite side) and matted both onto soft suede. I added a plain strip of soft suede, as I thought it would be too busy if I embossed it. My sentiment is stamped in soft suede and is from 'On your birthday' and punched out with my 1 1/4 square punch and matted onto soft suede. I added a butterfly cut out in rich razzleberry from my Beautiful butterflies die. I dont know why, but all of a sudden rich razzleberry seems to be my go to colour. I have a few more creations I have made with it, but I cant share them yet :)

So now it's over to you - have fun with the sketch, we love seeing what you create!

Thanks for listening (reading) and looking xx

TSOT #106 - More Butterflies!

Hello! I feel horrible that I've been a little MIA this week. I'm working on some things, but I'm not able to share them just yet :)

Anyways... onto this weeks Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch and CherylAnn bring this beauty to us.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my creation:

I went back to where I am more comfortable. Still not sure about last weeks submission :) I used floral district dsp and pulled out rose red, daffodil delight and rich razzleberry as my colour combo. I love these patterns and dont know why it's taken so long to use these. I added some rhinestones to the centers of the butterflies and the ribbon is thin lucky limeade organza. Not sure if you can see the scallop trim along one side of the daffodil delight panel. My sentiment is from teeny tiny sentiments - my favourite set at the moment :) Here's another view:

If you have time, come past the Try Stampin' On Tuesday blog and check out the other amazing creations the design team have come up with and join in with us! We love seeing what you create.

Birthday Butterfly - TSOT #104

Well I'm not sure about you, but I feel like the weeks are flying by. Once again it's time for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch. Here's the sketch...

 Isn't it a beauty?! Here's my creation...

I went with a crisp, clean look and love how it turned out! My colours are rose red, so saffron, pear pizzaz and white. And want to know the best thing? I managed to make this card (minus the base) completely from scraps or off cuts - love it when that happens :) I used some retired so saffron DSP from play date, the pear pizzaz strip is from nursery nest and I just cut to size and flag cut the end and  stamped the sentiment in rose red and flagged to match the layer. The butterflies are from beautiful butterflies and the smaller butterfly is from beautiful wings.

So how does this sketch inspire you? We would to see your creation and if you have time, go here to check out the other designers amazing creations.

Thanks for looking :)

Festive Friday #24 - Fabric

Good morning! Today I'm filling in for this weeks Festive Friday. The challenge is to use fabric in your Christmas creation. I decided to go non-traditional colours and used cherry cobbler, basic black and very vanilla.

I used the fabric from the timeless portrait to create my butterfly (I used an adhesive sheet to stick the fabric to my card) Then I added a cherry cobbler butterfly cut from the beautiful wings embosslit. I pulled out my new framelits dies-how awesome are these?! to create a mat for the butterfly sit on. Then I embossed the very vanilla panel with the perfect polka dot EB folder and tied some cherry cobbler seam binding. I added my sentiment from curly cute and stamped it in staz on, as I find it gives a better 'black' finish.

So now over to you, go past Nicole's blog and see the other great creations from the other design team members and why not join in?

Thanks for looking

Blissfully Vintage

Well I'm here to show you a card which I have duplicated so many times since first seeing it. I LOVE this one so much I made one for myself for my craft space. I initially saw this card and was in love. But I realised that I didn't have the paper or the stamp set that was used, so I used my retired 'Bliss' stamp set.

The colours I used were 'cherry cobbler' and 'very vanilla'. I pulled out my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the stamps for the back panel and then ran the whole panel through the square lattice embossing folder, which had been inked with crumb cake, just so I could have more definition. The middle panel has been stamped with the 'bliss' stamp, then I sponged the edges with crumb cake. I cut the butterfly from 'Beautiful Butterflies' die cut and partially stamped it in 'cherry cobbler'. 

As I said, this card has become my favourite, and it is also a little vintage which I'm also proud of!

Thanks for looking!

Wedding Theme Sketch - SC 026/12

Hi all, Sorry it's been a little while since I've popped past - life - it gets busy!
Anyway I have been meaning to play along with Sunny Challenges & Creations for a while now, but just haven't found the time. Their challenge this week is to use the sketch and have a wedding theme... perfect! I needed a money slider for a wedding which is coming up. I flipped the sketch and this is what I've come up with:

Here it is open:

The theme of the wedding this is going to, is black and white. I used my much neglected vintage wallpaper embossing folder. The butterflies were made using the smallest butterfly on the 'beautiful butterflies' die and the black one is from the 'beautiful wings' embosslit. I was pretty happy with the end result, as I struggled to use just two colours. You can find the tutorial for the money slider here. 

Thanks for looking!