VIDEO - Inspired by the Sale A Bration Catalogue

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This video is inspired by a project in the Sale A Bration catalogue. I loved the example and decided to make my own.

If you ever can't think of an idea for a project - reach for one of the Stampin' Up! catalogues. There are so many ideas to inspire you there.

Love Elizabeth X

Weathered Wood

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A while ago, we did a clas using the Weathered Wood technique. This card was so much fun to design.
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To achieve this technique, you simply make score marks in the base card. In this case I used Very Vanilla cardstock and scored every half inch. You then swipe inks direct from the ink pad across the paper to build up the wood effect. I used Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip.

The greenery growing at the bottom is made with the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set, stamped in Garden Green and the bough at the top is from Hopeful Thoughts.

I stamped the flowers in Pacific Point using the Itty Bitty Buds stamp and punched out with the matching punch.

Let me know if you have a go at this technique - I would love to see what you create!

Owl Thinking!

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This was such a fun card to make! It was the first card I made with my Owl Punch when it arrived. The sentiment is part of one from Hopeful Thoughts, (called Thoughts and Prayers in the US). I love that you don't have to use all of a stamp - just ink up the part you want with a marker and stamp!

I hand-drew the think-bubble and punched a range of circles with my circle punches and those that make part of the owl punch.

The background uses the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder in Sahara Sand, brayered over with Early Espresso ink.

Hope you like him - I do!

Pink and Brayered

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As promised, I am back with another brayered sample card - this time in pink!

This time I used the flower from Hopeful Thoughts in Melon Mambo ink, then brayed over again at the lower part to give a soft misty image.

I then stamped over the top with an image from Pocket Silhouettes with White Craft ink. I love the effect. A bit of bling on the bottom left corner finished the project.

Back tomorrow with the final brayered sample...

March Classes - the technique project

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Each month one of the three projects I teach at my classes features a stamping technique. This month we are going to play with the brayer and the lovely Glossy White Cardstock that has appeared in the UK catalogue this year. I am really pleased to be able to teach this technique, because it works SO much better on the glossy cardstock.

I like to give some choice, so this month the ladies can choose from the two different designs, although the colour scheme will be the same. Here is the first option...

To make this card I brayered the card with several inks from Sahara Sand to Not Quite Navy to create the gradient. As my upline Amanda says, "don't be afraid of the Brayer", just ink it up will and go for it and you will be delighted with the results you can achieve.

The first choice uses the stamp set Hopeful Thoughts, the second option was made with Just Believe. Here is the panel I made as the example.

Sometimes I make a further example to show the ladies some other ideas of what they can create using the technique I am teaching and this month I did two. Here is a sneak peak - pop back here in a couple of days to see them in full.

Hopeful Thoughts Card

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This next card is one of those simple-but-effective cards. (Our other projects for class this month are a bit more complex, so I needed a quicker one too).

I love this colour combination of Real Red, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. I am loving the Scallop Trim Border on this card.

It is made with two stamp sets, Hopeful Thoughts, (aka Praying for You over the water), and Confetti which is the flower background stamp.

I have the Confetti in clear mount, which is great for speedy placement of all those little flowers.

Back in a couple of days with the 'more complex' card!

A Card By Accident

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A little break from Christmas projects today. I am going to share a card I made almost by accident while playing the the goodies from my new catalogue.

I bought Hopeful Thoughts and had been using the marker to stamp technique to see how the stem image looked in different colours. Then I started playing with my new scallop trim corner punch. I had seen a video from Stampin' Up! showing how you could make a little frame using a 2" square piece of card.

I grabbed a random piece of whisper white cardstock off my very messy desk, cut it with my trimmer and tried to create the frame. It worked beautifully, but when I turned the cardstock over, I realised I had just punched the piece I had previously stamped.

It actually looked so pretty that I made it the feature of this card.

I used lots more new toys! The Confetti background and Curly Cute are both clear mount stamps - which makes placement a breeze. No need for the stamp a ma jig here. And I got to use my wide oval punch too - just the right size for the Curvy Verses stamp.

The colours I used were Certainly Celery, Whisper White and Riding Hood Red.

Do you every have projects that happen by accident?