Hugs Hugs Hugs #GDP125

Hi Everyone,

Its a colour challenge at the Global Design Project this week. You can see what the design team created here!

This is my project.

As it is also Valentine’s Day today, I thought some hearts would be nice, though I wanted to make something to give a friend rather than a partner.

I used the word hugs from the Lovely Inside and Out set. This was stamped in all three colours for the challenge. A Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the clear mount stamps.

The speckles from the same set embellished the left hand edge. The ink was stamped off twice first.

The heart is from the Sure Do Love You set. Ink was stamped off only once.

Unusually for me, this is a one layer card. The stamped panel was mounted on to a Dapper Denim card base.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Lots of Lupins

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to get more from the Lots of Lavender so I coloured them to look like lupins.

I used Stampin’ Blends to colour the image. The flowers use light Cherry Cobbler and dark Calypso Coral.

Three sets of flowers were coloured, fussy cut and bunched together on to a vellum circle to create a fuller bouquet.

The card base was made with Very Vanilla card stock.

Gold foil DSP from the Bundle of Love collection was layered on to Bermuda Bay card stock.

The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set and stamped in Bermuda Bay ink.

Some enamel shapes were added to complete the card.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Inspire.Create. #011

Hi Everyone,

This morning’s project is my entry for the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog.

This time it’s a sketch challenge! You can see what the talented design team made here!

I have used the Coffee Cafe suite to make my project.

Some Soft Sky card stock was cut to 4 by 5-3/4 inches. The green DSP was added on top, thus measures 3-3/4 by 5-1/2 inches. A 2 inch strip of the brown paper was adhered to this.

The sentiment was stamped with Garden Green ink and cut with the Starburst punch.

Pear Pizzazz card stock was cut with a 2-1/4 inch punch. Shimmer ribbon was adhered across the middle of this circle. The Starburst was then added over the top with dimensionals.

With the sentiment in place, three coffee cups were die cut from the DSP. The were adhered with dimensionals.

Finally, I added a small bow tied from the same ribbon.

I had a lot of fun with this sketch. Here are two other designs using Birthday Memories and Bubbles and Fizz DSP.

I hope you like them.

Verity x

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Kath’s Card

This card was made for my friend Kath. She loves green so the colour combination was a given.

Old Olive and Tranquil Tide were used for the base layers. The Old Olive card was stamped with Tranquil Tide ink using the Picture Perfect Birthday set.

A piece of Naturally Eclectic DSP was die cut with the Large Letter dies. The letters were adhered to some craft foam and repositioned on to the card front.

The happy birthday die was used to cut some Tranquil Tide card stock which was mounted on to a Soft Sky banner to lift it from the busy background.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Myths & Magic #FMS323

Good Morning,

Here’s another Freshly Made Sketches challenge. This week the sketch has been provided by Karren.

You can see what the design team made with this sketch here!

So the big decision was which of the amazing designer series papers to use! I went with Myths and Magic, for some fun and sparkle.

The DSP was trimmed to 1-1/2 by 4-3/4 inch strips. These were then cut at 1-1/4 inch.

The pieces were adhered to a piece of Smoky Slate card stock, measuring 3-1/4 by 5 inches.

An off cut of Smoky Slate card stock was trimmed to 3-3/4 inches and cut in to a banner.

The sentiment from the matching Magical Day stamp set was stamped with Bermuda Bay ink and due cut with the coordinating die.

The unicorn was coloured with Rich Razzleberry watercolour pencil and Wink of Stella.

These elements were added with dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Dapper Day

Hi Everyone,

Something for the guys today featuring the Truly Tailored stamp set and True Gentleman DSP.

The paper is printed on Very Vanilla so this was used to make the card base and for stamping the sentiment.

The sentiment was stamped with Tranquil Tide ink and die cut using the Layering Ovals framelits and mounted on a strip of DSP. (This is the opposite side of the main design).

For some added dimension, an Early Espresso Starburst and a 2-1/4 inch circle of Crumb Cake card stock were also layered behind the sentiment with a few metallic enamel shapes scattered on the background.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online shop below.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Orchid Ring #GDP124

It’s Wednesday, so here is my Global Design Project entry for this week’s Case the Designer challenge.

You can see what the design team made here!

For my design, I have kept to a clean and simple layout.

I began with a ring to replace the floral wreath in the original sample. This was cut from Crumb Cake card stock using layering circles framelits. I opted for a scalloped edge.

The Climbing Orchid stamp set was used for my floral element. This was stamped with Daffodil Delight ink and fussy cut. Some leaves from the set were stamped in Wild Wasabi ink. These were attached to the ring with glue dots.

A small bow was tied from Crushed Curry mini chevron ribbon. This was also added with glue dots.

Mini dimensionals were used to adhere the ring to the card base.

The sentiment was stamped with Crushed Curry ink and trimmed this down to a small banner.

A few enamel shapes were added to break up the white background.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Wonderful Things

Hello Everyone,

Today’s card features the Lift Me Up stamp set with a sentiment from Just Add Text.

The balloons were stamped with Real Red ink and cut with the matching dies.

Clouds were also cut with the dies from white vellum. These were adhered to the back of the balloons.

A 3-1/2 inch square of Soft Sky card stock was adhered to a Whisper White card base.

The sentiment was stamped with Real Red ink, then the balloons were added with dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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February Florals

Good Morning!

Falling Flowers is one of my favourite stamp sets. So when I wanted a pretty birthday card for my friend this is what I reached for.

The card base is Sahara Sand, with the large flourish added with the matching ink.

The flowers and leaves were stamped on to Whisper White card stock and then die cut.

The floral arrangement was put together with glue dots. The centres were embellished with rhinestones.

The sentiment was taken from Happy Birthday Gorgeous and stamped with Crumb Cake ink.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online shop below.

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Glue Dots

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Warm My Heart

Hi there Everybody,

I have this dinky little card to share today. I been wanting to use these new narrow note cards for a while. They are so cute, perfect as a “just because”, ” no particular reason” kind of card.

They come in a pack of 20 cards with envelopes, (2-3/4 by 4-7/8 inches, or 7 by 12.5cm), which also makes them a great invitation or place setting card too.

Today, I am using the beautiful set; Lovely Wishes.

The images have been stamped with black ink and coloured with watercolour pencils and a blender pen.

The sentiment was stamped separately and adhered with dimensionals.

Apparently I can’t make anything without dimensionals!!

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online shop below.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Blender Pens

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Strawberry Heart

Good Morning,

These little fruit punches are so adorable. The strawberries are definitely my favourite though.

I wanted to make them the feature on this card.

A heart from Heart Happiness was stamped in Pink Pirouette ink.

Strawberries were stamped and punch from Whisper White card stock. These were adhered over the heart with mini dimensionals.

The white panel was adhered to some green DSP from the Tutti Frutti stack.

A red piece of DSP was added to a a white card base. The strawberry panel was then adhered to this with dimensionals.

The sentiment was stamped with Wild Wasabi ink. A tiny heart from the Fruit Basket set was used to embellish the background.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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90th Birthday #FMS322

I am taking part in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge today. The sketch for this week is brought to us by Cecile. You can see her make with the rest of the design team here!

This is my project.

I have made a large card for this special occasion.

Delightful Daisy DSP was layered with Pool Party card stock to create the background.

The letters and numbers were stamped with versamark on to Pool Party card stock and heat embossed in gold. These were die cut.

The banners were stamped with Pool Party ink and die cut. A half inch punch was used to cut the “th”.

The elements were added to a Whisper White panel which was layered on to Pool Party card stock. This was added to the card with dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Brusho Stencilling

Good Morning!

I thought I would do a little experiment with my stencils.

I wasn’t sure it would work. I thought maybe the water would seep under the stencil and ruin the pattern. But as you can see it worked a treat.

I taped down the stencil over some watercolour paper and spritzed clean water over the top.

With the stencil still in place, the Brusho powder was sprinkled over the design. I used all the colours!

I removed the stencil carefully. Some powder was resting on mostly dry paper, so I added a few extra fine sprays of water to seal all the powder in place.

The piece was allowed to dry completely and cut down to size and adhered to a black card base.

I picked out the Thanks sentiment from the You Move Me stamp set. This was heat embossed with white powder and adhered with dimensionals.

A few perfect white accents were added to finish the card.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Honey Bear #GDP123

Hi All,

Wednesday means Global Design Project! It’s a theme challenge this week… New Beginnings! You can see what the design team created here!

It just so happens I have been asked to make a new baby card for a friend of mine.

I have used the beautiful A Little Wild stamp set.

The background was made with the Bundle of Love DSP.

Before adhering the layers, I die cut a circle to create an aperture. A piece of window sheet was sandwiched between the DSP and then added to the card base.

The little bear was stamped in Memento ink and coloured with Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Blend markers.

The front of the bear was adhered to the card with dimensionals. The back was then added to the back with Fast Fuse.

The sentiment was stamped and cut with a 1 inch punch and layered on to a 1-1/8 inch scalloped circle.

I decided to add “congratulations” which I took from the Petal Palette stamp set. I cut this to a banner and adhered it under the little bear’s feet.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Little Birdies

Good Morning,

These budgies are having a good natter about something!

They have been stamped with Memento ink and then coloured with Stampin’ Blend markers.

I added the sentiment with Island Indigo ink.

The piece was matted on to Bermuda Bay card stock.

A Soft Sky card base was stamped with some leaves along the edges before adhering the stamped panel.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Inspire.Create #010

Good Morning,

Today I am taking part in the new Inspire.Create.Challenge.

And it is a colour challenge! You can see what the design team created here!

Very summery and tropical to cheer us up.

I chose to use the Beautiful Peacock from the Sale-a-bration catalogue.

Isn’t he stunning.

I have stuck to the colours in the challenge throughout, using some of the smaller stamps to embellish the background a little.

I have matted this on to Bermuda Bay card stock, then added to a Melon Mambo card base.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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One of a Kind

Hi there,

I have finally got round to colouring in this lovely mermaid from the Magical Day stamp set.

I have used my Stampin’ Blends. You may notice that I have blended Old Olive with Pool Party for a different look.

To make the card, I have added some turquoise glimmer paper to a Pool Party card base.

The design was built on to a vellum layer. First, some Lemon Lime Twist card was cut with a die from the Petal Passion suite.

The sentiment was stamped with Pacific Point ink for some contrast.

Adhesive was applied behind these elements to hide it from the front.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Simply Amazing

Welcome to another Pootles Team blog hop! This time we are celebrating and showcasing the free products available during Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-bration event which is running now until the end of March.

There are lots of us taking part. A link to all the other blogs will be at the bottom of this post… Just click on the blue button.

My project features the Amazing You stamp set and Celebrate You dies.

I decided to use a simple black, white and silver colour scheme.

The background was created with the sunburst image from the stamp set. These were stamped with clear versamark ink and heat embossed with silver powder.

A Stamp-a-ma-jig helped me to line up the stamp to create a circular design.

The word “amazing” was die cut from black card stock and positioned on the card.

“You”, “are simply” and “to me” were all stamped with Memento ink on to a strip of Whisper White card stock and cut down to size.

These pieces were adhered to the card with Fast Fuse.

To complete the card, I also added a few rhinestone embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed this project.

Please click the blue button below to see all the other fantastic projects from my teammates!

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Celebrate #FMS321

This week’s sketch is provided by Jen B. See what she and the rest of the design team have created here!

I opted to stay with the three flowers. Mine are from the Amazing You Sale-a-bration stamp set.

These were stamped with Memento ink, coloured with Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends and then fussy cut.

The sentiment was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink and made in to a banner. A second banner was cut from Cherry Cobbler card stock.

The card base was made with Cherry Cobbler card stock with a layer of DSP from the Tutti-Frutti stack.

The other elements were adhered with dimensionals. Some clear Wink of Stella was added to the flowers and a few rhinestones break up the background.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Awesome Brusho

Good Morning,

I’ve been doing some “messy crafting” for today’s project.

On some watercolour paper, I stamped the headphones and sentiment from the Epic Celebration Sale-a-bration set using Archival ink.

Once the ink was completely dry, I spritzed some plain clear water over the top. Some Red and Blue Brusho crystals were sprinkled into the water.

The colour spreads an runs where the paper is wet.

The piece was then dried with a heat gun

Stampin’ Blends were used to colour the headphones for additional contrast.

Finally, some sparkle was added by flicking the pen nib.

I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked below. Just click the pictures to be taken straight to the store.

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Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’

Verity x

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