Eight

My youngest daughter is turning 8 this week!

I just can’t believe it! My baby is growing up way too fast.  I told her to slow down but she hasn’t. :(

Anyway this is the card I’ve made for her.





My sister bought me this cute Pure Innocence girl for Christmas but I still hadn’t got around to stamping her. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity, she’s very cute just like my little (big) girl.

I used some dsp to paper piece her dress and make the banner and I used another new stamp on this card too, Distressed Dots. It’s bound to retire now that I finally caved and bought it :)


I have used this week's MFT sketch challenge for my card.




Ingredients :
Stamps : Something special just for you (MFT), distressed dots
Card : pool party, island indigo, calypso coral, white, sycamore st dsp
Ink : white, pool party, memento black
Other : copics, bakers twine, sycamore street ribbon, square scallop die, big shot, timeless type alpha


Kathy

Wisteria Love

 

In my first month on the Dirty Dozen the challenge was Diamonds and Pearls.

This is one of the cards I made for it and it showcases one of the in colours that is staying Wisteria Wonder.  Yay!

 

For the background I scored a diamond pattern and then used the very vintage wheel over the top. I then sponged crumb cake over the piece to highlight the diamonds.
The butterflies are stamped with stazon onto vellum, coloured from behind and cut out.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Very Vintage wheel, Kindness Matters, Field Flowers

Card : crumb cake, vanilla, vellum card

Ink : stazon, wisteria, crumb cake

Other :  big shot, framed tulips ef, two tags die, crumb cake seam binding, square punch, cropadile, jumbo brad, pearls, crumb cake marker

Kathy

Not Quite Baja

 

Well I’m having a little break from creating at the moment.

After Still AddINKtive folding, I’m not on any design teams any more and I’m just taking some time out for a bit.

Last year I was extremely honoured to be asked to be on the Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen Design Team.  It was a 6 month term and was exciting and challenging at the same time.  It was a wonderful experience.  Anyway, as I’m having a little break I thought I would start putting my Dirty Dozen cards on my blog.

 

 

Ingredients:

Stamps :  forever young, whimsical words

Card : NQN, baja, white, subtles dsp stack

Ink : stazon, pool party, turquoise, pip, wisteria, crumb cake NQN

Other : big shot, finial press ef, scallop trim border, labels framelits, brayer

This one wasn’t actually made in my first month there, but I chose it to show today because of the colours in it. 

If you haven’t already heard, Stampin Up are changing their colour families.  We are getting a few favourites back like blushing bride and pear pizzazz :),  a few in colours are staying longer like pool party and wisteria wonder :), but some are going like Baja and Not Quite Navy :(  :(  :(  :(

I am so sad about that!  I do love Pool Party, but Baja and Not Quite Navy are my favourite Stampin Up colours of all time!

I’m not sure how I’ll create without them but I’ll mourn them for a bit and then I am going to start playing in lots of different challenges again to try to ease the pain :)

 

Kathy

Book Bunny

 

At still addINKtive this week we are showcasing Stampin Up Easter stamps.

You can make a new card but you can also share past Easter creations with us.

I made this card with my wonderful club ladies last week.

The hostess had asked to do an Easter card. She also loves to colour and was interested in learning more about SU wheels,  So this card was born.

I also thought I would show them how to make a magnetic bookmark using the two tags die.  So it’s a cute little gift as well.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Every egg wheel

Card : crumb cake, shimmery white, watercolour paper, pink pirouette, starfruit, primrose, print poetry dsp stack

Ink : stazon, crumb cake, primrose, starfruit, raspberry

Other : big shot, two tags die, vintage faceted button, bakers twine, scallop and circle punches,corner rounder, aqua pen, honeycomb ef, primrose ribbon, magnet strips

 

Please take a look at the Easter cards the rest of the design team have created.  They are all very beautiful!

And please share your Easter cards with us.

 

Kathy

Shopping and Crafting

 

Did you notice the cute fox on the right hand side of my blog?

Well that takes you to my very own Stampin Up store where you can buy supplies at any time of the day or night!  Yes, Stampin Up now has online ordering in Australia.  WooHoo!

You will still get all the same benefits and special offers as usual and it is really easy to do. And if you have been thinking about becoming a demonstrator you can sign up that way as well.  You can do both your crafting and shopping in your pyjamas now if you like!

And there was even more Stampin Up excitement today because we now have mds (my digital studio) too!

My Digital Studio is an intuitive digital design software featuring Stampin' Up!'s exclusive artwork, colours, and templates. Be your own digital designer and create an array of photobooks, cards, calendars, and more--which you can then print or save to DVD, e-mail, or upload to the Internet.

Learn more about My Digital Studio by clicking on the fox (actually my SU store).  There is even a 30 day free trial so you can see whether you like it before buying.  You’ve got nothing to lose!

I hope you’ll click on the fox, check out my store and download the free trial.

And let me know what you think of it all :)

 

Kathy

Kind Poppies

 

This week at still addINKtive we have a sketch and colour combo for you.

You may choose to do either colour, sketch or both!

 

Bronwyn designed a very pretty circular sketch which I have been inspired by but I have made mine a square card instead.

 

 

I haven’t used my copics for quite a while now and I was really having withdrawals!  So I thought I would use copics similar to the stampin up colours in the challenge and colour the poppies.  I love this stamp, it is so beautiful and lots of fun to colour. 

I also stamped the Kindness Matters butterfly onto vellum, coloured it from behind with a marker and cut it out.

Ingredients:

Stamps : Pleasant Poppies, Kindness Matters

Card : sahara sand, black, x-press it, vellum card

Ink : white, sahara sand, pip marker, copics

Other : pip satin ribbon (ret.), linen thread, vintage faceted button, white pen, big shot, fancy fan ef

 

Please take a look at what the rest of the design team have created this week and we’d love it if you would play along with our challenge too.

Kathy

Still Warm

 

This week at still addINKtive we have a great sketch and colour challenge.

You don’t have to combine the two challenges, you can take your pick, but I decided to use both.

 

 

Yes, I used my By the Seashore set again.  I have really enjoyed playing with it but I’ll give it a little rest now :)  We have had our hottest summer ever recorded in Tasmania this year.  We are now into Autumn and yet we are still getting temperatures in the 30’s which is very strange weather for us Hobartians!  A sign of global warming unfortunately. Anyway it still feels summery here and I thought I would make a beachy card.

I sponged some crumb cake at the bottom and some pool party and indigo at the top and sponged a little on the squares too.  I also used the splat stamp from French Foliage in crumb cake and added some pearls too to kind of make a shoreline.

I used naturals ivory card for the base and embossed it with the Delicate Designs folder.  I liked the added texture this gave the card and it reminded me of sand at the beach when it’s raining or when droplets of water make little indentations in it.  Although I’ve never seen rain leave as pretty a pattern as this I must admit :)

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : By the Seashore, Cheer and wishes (ret.)

Card : naturals ivory, white, crumb cake, first edition dsp

Ink : crumb cake, stazon, pool party, indigo, cherry

Other : big shot, delicate designs ef, pearls, square punch, decorative label punch

 

Please take a look at the wonderful creations at still addINKtive and we’d love it if you’d play along with us too.

 

kathy