Holiday Dreams

Over at Just Add Ink this week they're asking us to take inspiration from this photo:

I started dreaming of Italy straight away....... nevermind :-)
For me this kind of photo is always going to inspire me to want to create a scene card. I'm happy with how the card's turned out. As always I love to hear what you think?

Details:

Stamp Sets (All SU): Elements of style, Afterthoughts.
Inks ( All SU): Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Craft Whisper White.
Other: Lace and trim, Brayer, Watercolour Crayons (SU).

Wishing you all a great week.

Purple Blooms

Over at Just Add Ink this week they are celebrating reaching 500 Followers! Congrats ladies and keep up the inspiring work :-)
They have given us this easy looking sketch- which I actually found really tricky because of the cross type effect, but got there in the end.



The card has not quite come out as I had envisaged, but I'm pleased anyway.
There'a alot of layering of stamped images, watercolouring, and sponging to pull it all together. Some liberal use of gold smooch and Lavender Stickles finish the card with some sparkle. I'm having real issues with light today so the photos aren't the best I'm afraid.

Close up of Roses


I'd been wanting to have a go at these rolled roses for a while and found a great Tutorial on how to make them on Just Add Ink Team memeber Tania Gould's blog click the Here for the tutorial.

Inside of the card

It's always an nice idea to decorate the inside of the card when you've used a dark cardstock. There's a trend to show the inside too so here you are :-)


Details:
Colour Combo: Early Expresso, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush.
Stamp Sets: Elements of Style, French Foliage.

Nice and Pretty

I must confess I love these little envelopes, easy to make and lovely to make pretty. I love the blues of this one. Inside this one though instead of a tea bag there's a little brooch I've made. I wanted to acheive a cameo type of look. I've used the bird from the hostess set Silhouette Sentiments, then added Shimmer Paint and Crystal effects. I love how the Crystal Effects- lifts the shimmer paint through the varnish. It makes it look really pretty.
This could be a perfect little gift for mom x

Colour Combo: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy.

Have a Great Day.

Regional Swaps and Name Badge

There are lots of perks with being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, but one of my favs is that we get to go to Regional days where we meet up with other demos, stamp, swap and win prizes. Wellington regionals was on saturday. I thought I would show you my swaps- I made these cute little tea bag envelopes- containing guess what? yes a Tea Bag :)
The other photo is of my name badge- we were challenged to make name badges for the day - this is mine, and I'm excited to say I won!! Whoo Hoo- I get to choose a stamp set of my choice! You'll be no doubt seeing which one I chose over the next few weeks!
It was a great day all round for the Paper Divas, with our upline Wowing us with her amazing Brayering skills and fellow team mate Ali winning a stamp set. Please see the side bar for their last blog posts.
Have a great day everyone.

Cafe Au Lait

Bonjour mes aime!
Following on from my last card and dreaming of drinking cafe au lait in a Paris street cafe, I've come up with this card. I wanted to use this stamp for another Gingersnap Challenge, but just couldn't quite get it to work- then I had this idea, I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out. I especially like the colours.

Colour Combo: Pink Piroutte, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip.
Stamps: Artistic Etchings, Elements of Style, Lovely as a Tree, Pun Fun.

Paris in the Spring

I've made this card for the Gingersnap Creations colour challenge- Coffee and Cream. I've not added a coffee cup- but I can imagine sitting in Paris in a cafe drinking expresso! I have added a little pink- I'm happy how this cards turned out.
Check out the DT's cards Here

My Colour Combo:
SU; Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla.

Pretty Christmas

I've made this pretty vintage Christmas card for two challenges this week. Over at Just Add Ink the theme is just Add Christmas!!!! well that's a big Challenge - too much choice :) so I've combined that with this weeks sketch at Stamping 411.

I stamped the blossoms from Elements of Style in Marina Mist then used the Vintage wallpaper Embossing Folder. Stamped the main image again in Marina Mist from Welcome Christmas. layered with Cocoa Speciality DSP. Added Early Expresso Satin Ribbon and the Victoria Lace. Some extra details with Vintage trinkets and Diamonds. I've added the aged elements with Soft Suede Ink.
I'm really happy with how this card's turned out.

Night and Day

The current challenge over at Gothic arches is Night and Day. Here's my entry I'm not 100% happy with it- but hey you can't always get it right. I've used the Elements of Style Stamp Set and created the blossom by day and night, with the sun and moon created by sponging, and some sparkle from Shimmer paint and Dazzling Diamonds. I like how there's such a sharp contrast between the top and bottom of the arch.