Perennial Birthday Stamp Set Easel Card

This lovely Perennial Birthday Easel Card - was a fun way to make a reasonably simple card with a difference... and once a gain I only used the one Stamp set.. Perennial Birthday (C Mount - 145760 - $38)..

With just a few different mat sizes of card stock and layering them you can make a simple easel card... adding a bit of bling and a few dimentionsals and Whoot Whoot.. there you go one pretty cool little number right there..

The flowers were stamped in Blueberry Bushel Ink (147138) and then using a dauber to colour in with Bermuda Bay Ink (147096).. then to colour in the leaves and the little flowers I used an aqua painter pen (103954) and the ink from the ink pads (Bermuda Bay and Shaded Spruce 147088)

I simply cut the A4 card stock in half long ways (10.5cm x 29.7cm) and folded it in half.. like a normal long opening card.. then taking the top layer you fold it back in half again..  and that is your easel part.. Adhere your card front onto it and you are in business...

 Here's a diagram of what I mean...







Have fun getting your Easel on!!

Simple Peek-A-Boo Card

This was a fun way to make a Peek-A-Boo card.. and super easy... It's a bit deceptive as it had the Peek-A-Boo bit adhered to the back of the card opening..  but it is a cool way to make a Card that moves...

With some simple Dsp and some random stamping you can make GREAT backgrounds and add a little colour and texture...  then stamp your feature image and whalah you've created a lovely little card..

In this card I used the only Petal Palette (C Mount 145788 A$61) Stamp Set.. Which is REALLY unusual for me to only use one stamp set.. but it just goes to show you that this set is GREAT.. and very versatile... Of course I had to dress it up a little with the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch Strip (143721 - A$28) and a bit of bling.. non SU.. because this was my community class.. and Budget is tight.. but you could imagine how AWESOME SU BLING would be!!!
And by simply using your aqua painter pens to smudge the colour in the stamping you can colour the image ever so slightly...

Stampin' Up! Stampin Blends

How does one explain how AWESOME Stampin' Blends are???

Well you just gotta sit down and play with them..
They are TOTALLY AWESOME!!!  And I love them..

I've never been really good colouring in with pencils.. or felt pens.. but man these are so great.. Even I feel a little like a professional!!!

My First play with them (about 8 months ago) was to colour in the Garden Girl stamp.. She is so cute.. then I thought I'd do some swaps with some Blend colouring in to hopefully inspire others to catch the Blending Bug!!!

And now with the FANTASTIC New Annual Catty there are more colours to collect.. and If that wren't enough for you then take a look at the Holiday Catty (Sept 2018) there are HEAPS more colours.. Wahoo!!!! I'm LOVIN' them!!!

Want to learn how to use them?? come to a class... And I can give you some pointers...

Clear Block and Ink Backgrounds

Your Clear Blocks can be used to put colour on so that you can come up with some awesome interesting backgrounds for your cards... here are just a few examples of using your blocks as a stamp to get and interesting look for your cards..

I put Tranquil Tide ink onto an F size block and then spritzed with water.. then I laid the Lemon Lime Twist Card mat onto the block allowing it to sit for a little while to soak up the water and the ink then I lifted it off and daubered around the edges to finish it off a little... 

With this one hear my Mat was actually White Card stock and I put both Tranquil Tide and Lemon Lime Twist ink onto the block then spritzed with water... let it run a little and then put the card stock on top of the block to soak up the ink and water...  I have found this to be a really cool way to get different effects for a relaxed looking background...

For this Lovely card I used a D sized Clear Block  and stamped teh block into the light blue and then rolled the edges into a darker blue and then spritzed...

Once i lifted up the card I noticed that there was a little more ink/water combo on the darker colour.. so i just blew it with a straw to get the splotch look...



It's so much fun to experiment with colours and arty techniques.. I hope you have fun experimenting too!!

Colour with Brusho - MAGIC!!!

Have you discovered the MAGIC of BRUSHO???

When we were introduced to it at the On Stage Event I knew I just had to get it!!! I love the random effect of colouring with it..  there are so many tutorials on the net for how to use it but what i have discovered is it is just through playing with it you learn what you can do... It is so much fun watching the colour magic happen right before your eyes... If you have not played with these wonderful colouring products you need to get onto it right away!!!

This was one of my first plays with Brusho... by embossing with white and then spritzing with water and sprinkling Brusho on you can come up with this BEAUTIFUL effect!! It is so easy.. just e sure not to sprinkle too much Brusho powder as a little goes A-LOOOOONGG Way!!!










Using just one colour you can make some fantastic backgrounds for sky or clouds.. this card was inspired by a pinterest post.. I just had to copy... Some people are just so clever!!

And then when you just want a really random ball of MAGIC COLOUR.. you can add all the colours to your pallet... to see how it turns out!!!












Have FUN getting your Brusho on!!!