Sweet Sugar Cupcake #GDP126

Hi Everyone,

Today’s project is this week’s entry into the Global Design Project.

This is the sketch being used for the challenge. You can see what the design team created here.

This is my project using the sweet Cupcake stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue.

I used Sweet Sugarplum card stock to make the card base. This was stamped with matching ink using the small sprinkles image.

The cupcake was stamped on to Whisper White card and die cut with a Stitched Oval framelit. This was mounted on to Smoky Slate scalloped oval and adhered to the card with dimensionals.

A sentiment was stamped on to a strip of white card stock.

A small piece of knotted ribbon was added beneath and a few rhinestones added some sparkle.

I hope you enjoyed this project.

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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For Emily

Hi Everyone,

Today is my daughter’s birthday, so I made her this rainbow of candles.

I have used the Picture Perfect Birthday photo polymer stamp set.

Each candle is made using two stamps. The solid shape was stamped off once before adding to the card. The same full strength ink was used to add the spots.

The flames were stamped in Peekaboo Peach ink. The base of each flame was stamped off slightly before adding to the card. Some Wink of Stella adds some sparkle.

The sentiment from the same set was stamped with black ink.

The stamped panel was adhered to a Rose Red card base.

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

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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For Making My Birthday Happy

Good Morning Everyone,

Here’s another simple card that uses minimal supplies, ideal for a new crafter.

I have used Very Vanilla card stock for the card base.

The stamps come from the Playful Backgrounds set. The open circles were state first with Emerald Envy ink. The closed circles were stamped off once to give a lighter shade of colour.

The sentiment is from the All Things Thanks set. This was stamped and cut with the Tailored Tag punch.

As an optional extra, some card stock was cut with the Pretty Label punch. The Tailored Tag fits on top of this beautifully.

Some Striped Grosgrain ribbon was adhered to the card in a zigzag fashion, the label was then added over the top with dimensionals.

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

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Just Thanks!

Happy Sunday,

Today’s card is simplicity itself, really easy to make even if you are new to card making.

The card base has been made in my usual way. Cut A4 lengthways at 4-1/8 inches, (10.5cm) then score at 5-7/8 inches, (15cm).

A white card layer measuring 3-7/8 inches, (9.8cm) by 5-5/8 inches, (14.3cm) was used to stamp on.

Using Sweet Sugarplum ink, I stamped the splatters from the Touches of Texture stamp set.

The word “Thanks!” was taken from the You Move Me set. This was stamped on to a strip of Whisper White card stock, the end was cut with the Triple Banner punch.

The butterfly was cut using the the coordinating dies in both Sweet Sugarplum and Whisper White card stock.

The two pieces were bent slightly along the body and adhered together with glue dots. This was then added to the card with dimensionals.

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

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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Glue Dots

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Team Card Swap

Hi there,

I am part of a great Stampin’ Up! team. At each new catalogue launch we take part in a card swap, sharing our ideas with each other.

So now everyone has received their card, I am sharing it with you!

I used the Magical Day bundle.

I started by colouring my dragons with Stampin’ Blends.

The image was die cut with the coordinating framelits. By chance, the image fits perfectly on top of a Starburst punch. This was punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper and then mounted on to a Stitched Circle die cut from Soft Sky card stock.

The card base was made using Emerald Envy card stock.

A 2 inch strip of Eastern Palace DSP was wrapped with some vellum and adhered across the centre of the card.

The sentiment was stamped in Emerald Envy ink. A few Calypso Coral enamels shapes pulled the colours together.

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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Thinking of My Friend #FMS324

Happy Friday!

There is a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This one is from Narelle.

The design team have provided lots of inspiration. You can see their projects here!

This is my entry for this week. I have gone for a monochrome design featuring Dapper Denim.

The card base was made from Whisper White card stock.

A Whisper White layer was adhered to a piece of Dapper Denim card stock.

Myths & Magic washi tape was adhered across the middle of the card. The other strip was created by cutting a strip to a banner and adding score lines with the Simply Scored tool.

For the focal point, the leafy wreath from the Hello Friend stamp set was stamp with Dapper Denim ink and die cut with the largest Stitched Circle.

A smaller Stitched Circle in Whisper White was adhered to a Dapper Denim Starburst.

The sentiment was cut with a 1-1/4 inch punch and adhered to a 1-3/8 Dapper Denim scalloped circle.

The three elements were layered together with dimensionals then adhered to the card vase with Fat Fuse adhesive.

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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Simply Scored

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Emerald Birthday

Hi Everyone,

I have used the Perennial Birthday stamp set to make this one layer card today.

I used the speckles to make an interesting background with Peekaboo Peach ink.

Happy Birthday was placed in the middle using Emerald Envy ink.

The swirly flowers in the set were stamped using Flirty Flamingo ink with the leaves added with Emerald Envy ink.

The stamped panel was adhered to an Emerald Envy layer and then on to a Peekaboo Peach card base.

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

Thanks for stopping by and happy Stampin’!

Verity x

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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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£10.75

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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