Sunday, 12 January 2025

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

 


Hello and welcome to the first Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for 2025.


This month we have a sketch challenge to share with you. I really loved this sketch (see below) and decided it was the perfect opportunity to showcase two new products from Sale a-bration! I love this time of year as we have Sale a-bration! There are so many gorgeous products to choose from this year.


I have created my ward using the Friendly Seagulls stamp set and the Bloom Impressions Designer Series paper. They have worked so well together for my card. card is just so perfect for our Australian summer and the beach dotted with Seagulls. They are cheeky birds always looking to steal something!





The card base and mat layer is Azure Afternoon card stock. The most beautiful blue colour found in the sky. The Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper includes this beautiful sky 12 x 12 piece. So I have used the DSP to cover most of my card. It tore beautifully exposing the white core. The Countryside Corners Dies worked well as my focal layer and the Country Woods DSP had the perfect weathered wood look for my post that the seagull is standing on. I used the small die in the Countryside Corners Dies and cut the piece in half for the post.




The seagull was first stamped in Memento™Tuxedo Black ink then coloured with Smokey Slate and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends. I used the Colour Lifter to blend the Smokey Slate on the Seagull's body to lighten it. I stamped the flock of birds in Azure Afternoon on the central piece. The sentiment stamped in Azure Afternoon on Basic White card stock. The Linen Thread was doubled and adhered across the centre of the mat layer. I tied a triple bow with a length of Linen Thread and adhered it to the right hand side of the card using ™GlueDots.

Up next on this months Blog Hop is the wonderfully talented Judith Patterson.  Please click on the Next Blog button below to head to her blog post for more inspiration using this fun sketch

 



Many thanks for stopping by today. I do hope you join us in creating with this sketch challenge. A sketch is always a lot of fun and I cannot wait to see the other blog participants creations.



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Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Around the World on Wednesday - This or That!



Hello and welcome to the first Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for 2025!

We have many wonderful themes coming up this year to inspire you.

Below is an image of the crew and where they live around the world. A wonderful group of creative people who love to share their projects with you.

You may have arrived from my friend Jan Clothier from New Zealand. She is always creating stunning  projects! 




This month's theme is " This or That". We have been challenged to create two different projects and are asking you which you prefer. I have chosen my two favourite suites from the new Mini Catalogue, now available to customers. The Friends of the Ocean Suite Collection and the Floral Delight Suite Collection.  I have used the same layout for each card. 










I have used a piece from each of the Designer Series Paper from the suites as a background layer on a Basic White card base. I also used a mat layer of Basic White card stock under the Designer Series Paper layer.

I then adhered the die cut circle layer with Dimensionals before arranging and adhering the die cut or fussy cut pieces on the top of the circle layer with Dimensionals. The sentiment layers were placed at the lower right of the circle layer.  A double bow and a Tiny Bee Trinket for the Delightful Wishes card and some Pumpkin Pie Starfish and three Melon Mambo Sunny Day Iridescent Dots for the Ocean Friends card. 

I just adore both of these Suite Collections and cannot wait to create more projects with them. I am wondering what your favourite products from the Mini Catalogue are? Each catalogue holds so many amazing products and it is always fun to decide what you would love to create with. 

Up next on this month's Blog Hop is my amazing friend Rochelle Laird-Smith. Click on the button below to head to her blog post for more inspiration.



Thanks for visiting my post. I hope to have inspired you with my cards for this blog hop!







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