Welcome to the Ink & Share Scrapbook blog hop, we are group of international Stampin UP! demonstrators sharing our ideas and creativity with you.
You will have either arrived from Alison’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME. This month we have a cosy Christmas picture as our inspiration.
Once again I have chosen to use a 12 x 12 page – mainly because Stampin’ UP! has 12 x 12 card stock in all its colors which gives me a fantastic choice
Continue readingHappy Halloween Everyone! We love to see the ‘teeny tinies’ and ‘littles’ from the neighbourhood coming around in their costumes to collect candy.
Today’s card is my final Halloween theme for this year and has some quick and easy techniques to create a ‘Spooktacular’ card. Featuring the Ghoulish Goodies Stamp Set with the Essential Tag Punch building up a spooky mosaic of halloween images.
Continue readingOn page 174 of the 2020 Annual Catalog are a set of dies that produces the most stunning effect. The Many Layered Blossoms Dies along with some Copper Foil and Adhesive Sheets allowed me to create this beautiful card.
I used Grey Granite for my original sample, my husband’s choice ~ I use Basic Black in my video to which produced a more dramatic effect. While I did a tiny bit of stamping with the coordinating Blossoms in Bloom Stamp set I think I could have got away without any stampin’ at all!
I have a real love of flowers, my dear Mum and dear Aunt both had ‘green’ thumbs, were enthusiastic gardeners and had beautiful gardens. The green thumb skipped a generation – I enjoy the garden when it is blooming but am certainly NOT an enthusiastic gardener, I am inspired by their example because I love the result – not the doing!
We have the power to inspire people just as they inspire us so creating today’s card was easy with the beautiful Inspiring Iris Stamp Set.
I cannot remember a time in my life that I have been bored – there has always been something for me to do ranging from reading, weeding my flower beds, baking bread or cakes, sewing on a button, even clearing out a cupboard or drawer or crafting – I think all of these are ‘creative’ in some way so I have really loved the Crafting Forever Stamp set particularly the ‘Do Something Creative Every Day” greeting.
Today’s card uses just this stamp along with the Daisy and Medium Daisy Punches. The Crafting Forever Stamp set is about to retire along with the Gold Faceted Gems I used for the center of my daisy!
Oh, I am so excited with today’s card – I made it for my sister’s birthday last week , I wanted to do something ‘vintagy’ as that is very much her style. Unusually for me I have used two stamp sets for this card, Very Versailles and Artisan Textures (soon to retire – so order yours now!)
I am not sure whether you call it vintage or shabby chic – what is the difference or is it the same thing? ! Anyway I used a number of techniques and materials to create the effect – sponging, distressing, multiple layers of stamping, then lace, twine, pearls and vellum.
Interactive cards are a lot of fun to make and receive. I was reminded of this style of card when I got a Christmas card from my sister last year. Basically the front of the card has a large hole in it where another panel is attached using Bakers Twine. You turn the panel so the twine is twisted then put the card in the envelope when the recipient gets the card and opens it the front panel twirls around!
I used the Peaceful Poppies DSP and Poppy Moments Dies to decorate my card – but it would work for any of our decorative papers and dies – can you imagine a child receiving this style of card?
A couple of weeks ago I introduced the idea of a ‘Patch Card’, where I found a piece of card laying on my workbench or by my paper trimmer, then built up my design on that piece before attaching it to a regular size card base.
Today’s card started with the piece of HIghland Heather – not surprising as those of you that have been following me recently will know, I have used this color quite a bit for some reason! The Very Vanilla oval is also something I had in my little bin of ‘stuff’ which has punched shapes, bows, etc that I have left over from other projects that when I tried to use them it did not work – but I could not bear to throw it away!
Once again I have reached out for the Positive Thoughts Stamp Set, I think this really appeals to me under the circumstances we found ourselves at the moment – I am sending positive thoughts to you all as well.
I like to try new things and as I browse through the Stampin’ UP! catalog ‘stuff’ takes my fancy and I will order ‘it’ to try. Then to my shame ‘it’ will sometimes just sit there for a while waiting its turn to be used. The Basic Pattern Decorative Masks are one such thing – it has been sitting there for a while and earlier this week it was their turn to play a starring role in my video today!
When I started to write about this card I realized I had used the same inspirational greeting from the ‘Here’s A Card’ stamp set as my card on Friday – just shows you what a great sentiment it is! My video also shows how you can color ribbon with a Stampin Sponge.
The Power of Hope Stamp Set is one of the sets available for FREE during Sale-a-bration, I used it for today’s ultra feminine card, this set has some very pretty images as well as some inspirational greetings that are perfect for that ‘just because’ card we might sent when we are thinking of someone who would just love to know we are thinking of them.
