Better with You

Hello Everyone,

With the new 2020 annual catalogue just weeks away, today’s card mixes current annual catalogue and mini catalogue favourites.

Best Dressed designer series paper was adhered to a white card base.

A white panel was stamped with the sentiment from the Butterfly Gala set using Granny Apple Green ink.

The butterflies were stamped separately with Memento ink. Lovely Lipstick Stampin’ Blend was added to the back of the image. Petal Pink marker was used to blend first on the back and then on the front.

The images were punched out, shaped and adhered to the card.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Project Share Project

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to this week’s Project Share. As always my friends have created some lovely work. Please use the links to visit their blogs and read more about their projects.

Jill is casing Pinterest with her Poppy card. Water colouring and die cutting coming together perfectly!

Visit Jill’s blog here for more information.

Heather has used one of my favourite sets to play along with a colour challenge! I love the layered daisy with the grey leaves

Visit Heather’s blog here to see which colours she used

Gez has used a simple layout that really shows off the beauty of these dies. The large happy birthday sentiment is perfect for this type of card!

Visit Gez’s blog here for more ideas

I hope you enjoyed these projects. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online store below.

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Love & Happiness

Hello Everyone,

Today’s project is a wedding card! The couple didn’t have an official colour scheme si I picked out this pretty Magnolia Lane designer series paper.

The paper was layered with Crumb Cake card stock with some vellum in between for a softened look.

The large magnolia was coloured with Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. This was then die cut and adhered with dimensionals.

The sentiment was taken from the Dandelion Wishes and cut using Stitched So Sweetly dies.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Healing Thoughts

Hello Everyone,

The trees and plants have started to come to life with the recent fair weather, so I created my own colourful garden for today’s project.

No layers or fussy cutting with this one. Just the beautiful Grace’s Garden bundle.

Fours sets of each of the flower images were stamped on to Whisper White card stock with Memento ink.

I used a selection of Stampin’ Blends to colour the images. I was thinking of roses, poppies, hyacinths and forget-me-nots!

The coloured images were die cut and adhered to a card base with dimensionals. Some had a double layer to create extra depth.

I added a healing thoughts sentiment which was cut with a Stitched Rectangle die.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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For Violet

Hello Everyone,

This weekend, I received the sad news that a member of our Stampin’ Up! teammates had passed away after being infected with Coronavirus.

Violet was an amazing person, generous and supportive of everyone in the team. She had a great sense of humour too. We will miss her the next time we have a team event.

So this card was made with Violet in mind, I thought the sentiment was perfect.

I used a combination of Highland Heather and Pool Party Stampin’ Blends which worked out really well.

The wings were shaped slightly with a bone folder. To keep the shape, the wings were supported by dimensionals whilst the body was fixed to the card with multipurpose glue.

I used a Stitched So Sweetly die cut as a backdrop. This was adhered with dimensionals.

Highland Heather ink was used for the sentiment, also adhered with dimensionals.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Girl in Green

Hello Everyone,Yesterday I made some time to do a bit of water colouring.I used the Stamparatus to ensure the image was stamped crisply on to the watercolour paper with Stazon ink.I coloured the image with watercolour pencils and blended them with an aqua painter.I die cut the coloured image using the Stitched So Sweetly dies. This was adhered to Granny Apple Green card stock also cut with the dies..The sentiment was stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink and cut with a Stitched Rectangle die.The pieces were adhered to a Granny Apple Green card base that had already been layered with Whisper White.I hope you enjoyed this project. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online store below.I would love to be your demonstrator.Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!Verity xxProduct List

Stamparatus

[148187]

£46.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£16.00

New Beginnings

Hello Everyone,

Have you seen this stamp set in the Sale-a-bration catalogue? This is currently available for free as a bundle with an embossing folder with a qualifying order!

I’ve combined the set with the Peaceful Poppies DSP for an oriental feel.

I used Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends to colour the kimono to match the paper.

Stitched Rectangle dies were used to cut the image, sentiment and the skinny frame.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Grace’s Garden 2

Hello Everyone,

Do you remember my card from last week using the Grace’s Garden stamp set?

Well, I enjoyed colouring the images so much I did some extras.

This time, I used a landscape orientation so I could use more of the die cuts, with a plain white panel of card stock as the back drop.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Blender Pens

[102845]

£11.25

Watercolour Blossoms

Hello Everyone,

Another card for you today with lots of white space.

The cherry blossom was stamped with Stazon ink.

Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive watercolour pencils were used to colour the image.

A light Seaside Spray Stampin’ Blend Marker was used to outline the image and softened with a colourless lifter. It’s amazing how much of a difference it makes.

The image was layered with Seaside Spray card stock before adhering to a white card base.

The sentiment strip was added with dimensionals.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Blender Pens

[102845]

£11.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Grace’s Garden

Hello Everyone,

I am so pleased with how this card turned out. It’s been in my head for some time!

I stamped the floral images I wanted to use on to some Whisper White card stock using Stazon black ink. The gate was stamped ith Memento ink. These were left to dry completely before colouring them.

Watercolour pencils were used to colour the flowers, smoothing out the lines with a blender pen.

I wanted the gate to be white, but added a touch of Ivory Stampin’ Blends marker for some depth.

All the pieces were die cut ready to adhere to the card.

A white card base was prepared by adding a layer of card stock which I coloured the edge of with a Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend Marker.

A final layer was stamped with a sentiment. The die cut pieces were added to the card using Snail and dimensionals.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Blender Pens

[102845]

£11.25

InspireInk Blog Hop January 2020 – Birthdays!

Continue reading InspireInk Blog Hop January 2020 – Birthdays!

Project Share Project

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to this week’s Project Share. As always my friends have created some lovely work. Please use the links to visit their blogs and read more about their projects.

Jill has been making calendars! The Painted Poppies stamp set looks great on this project.

Visit Jill’s blog here to see how to make one yourself.

Heather has created this amazing card for her nephew!

Visit Heather’s blog here for the details on making this card.

Gez has made these little ladybirds pop in her lovely card!

Visit Gez’s blog here to see how to create a pop up card of your own.

I hope you enjoyed these projects. The supplies used are listed and linked to the online store below.

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Warm Wishes

Hello Everyone,

I have had this idea in my head for a while, finally it is made a reality.

The card uses the Rustic Retreat stamp set which I fear has been a little overlooked but I love it.

My card base was made with Crumb Cake card stock. The pine bough image was used to embellish the background using Early Espresso ink.

The topper panel was stamped with the treeline image with Shaded Spruce, Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz inks. This was layered on to Poppy Parade card stock.

The cabin and sentiment were stamped with Early Espresso and Poppy Parade inks respectively.

Watercolour Pencils were used to add a hint of colour to the cabin before Die Cutting with a Stitched Oval die.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Inspire.Create #054

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog. Every other Monday I share my project that I have used as my entry for the Inspire.Create challenge.

This time it’s a theme challenge. The design team have made some wonderful samples as inspiration. You can see them here.

And this is what I created!

This challenge was the perfect excuse to use the Christmas Layers Die.

I originally thought I would use white on white but the detail didn’t shine as much as I wanted.

Instead I chose a super bright background and sponged the card stock with Melon Mambo ink.

The sentiment was also stamped with Melon Mambo Ink.

Stitched Rectangles dies were used to cut the sentiment and some vellum.

These were adhered with dimensionals and embellished with Melon Mambo glitter enamel dots.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Inspired by Friends

Hello Everyone,

The last few weeks have been a bit full on meaning I have had less time to craft. I’ve also been having some crafters block. So I have taken inspiration from one of my friends!

The original design was created by my friend Helzie. You can read her blog post here.

I was lucky enough to receive one of these lovely cards when I spent a crafty afternoon with her and other members of the team.

My spin on this card was to use the new metallic pigment inks from the Autumn Winter catalogue. These were applied with sponge daubers on to some Very Vanilla card stock which was then adhered behind the laser cut panel.

My sentiment was from the Waterfront stamp set and cut twice with the Tailored Tag Punch.

To embellish, I opted for Polka Dot Tulle ribbon and some butterflies from the Butterfly Gala stamp set.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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From the Bottom of my Heart

Hello Everyone,

Lots of colouring of one sort or another going on in today’s card.

I began by preparing the background panel.

I used my grid paper to line up some post it note masks so I could add ink to this portion. I did this with a sponge and Highland Heather ink.

Leaving the post it notes in place, I secured a pattern mask over the top and added more Highland Heather ink. I then added versamark to the inked section, peeled away the post it notes and embossed with clear powder.

The florals are from the Bloom and Grow set. These were stamped three times with Memento ink and coloured with Stampin’ Blends Markers.

The coloured images were die cut and then manually cut apart to create the large spray of flowers. I used a mix of dimensionals and liquid glue to add texture.

Finally, the sentiment was stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink and cut with the Timeless Label punch and Wink of Stella Glitter was added to the larger flowers.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Grid Paper

[130148]

£11.75

InspireINK Blog Hop – Birthdays

Good Morning Everybody,

Welcome to this month’s InspireINK blog hop. This time we have a theme challenge.

I have chose to work with the Bloom and Grow bundle for this challenge.

The florals were stamped with Memento Ink to allow Colouring with Stampin’ Blends Markers.

The combinations I used were;

Dark Cherry Cobbler, Dark Real Red, and Dark Poppy Parade

Light Flirty Flamingo, Dark Petal Pink, and Light Petal Pink

Dark Mossy Meadow, Dark Shaded Spruce, and Dark Old Olive.

The coloured images were die cut ready to adhere to the card.

Happy Birthday was die cut from white fun foam and Basic Black card stock and adhered together.

Black and White card layers were prepared and added to a white card white card base.

The decorative elements were laid out on the card before adhering with Multipurpose glue.

Wink of Stella Glitter was added to the lettering as a finishing touch.

Please be sure to click through all the projects in the hop by clicking at the bottom of this post.

Click here for the other projects in the hop!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to see the other projects

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

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Time for Tags!

Hello Everyone,

Something a bit different today with these cute tags.

The stamp set is only available on orders over £150 – club together with friends or just treat yourself!

Each image was stamped with Memento Ink so that I could use my Stampin’ Blends Markers to colour them in.

Three markers were used for most sections – I didn’t necessarily stick to the same colour – for the red in the balloon I used dark Cherry Cobbler, light Real Red and light Poppy Parade.

Try out the colours on scrap card first to see if they work.

The images were cut with the matching punch.

I cut strips of Whisper White card stock 1-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches and 2 by 4-1/4 inches. The strips were cut with the tag Topper punch. The largest tag was sponged with Pool Party Ink.

White Flax ribbon was looped through the top of the tags with the coloured images added with dimensionals.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Magnolia Thanks

Hello Everyone,

There’s lots going on with this card, it was so much fun to make.

The Magnolia was stamped with Stazon Ink and coloured with watercolour pencils and die cut.

I wanted to use one of the laser cut note cards. I inked a piece kf Whisper White card stock with Melon Mambo ink and adhered this behind the front panel.

I added the Magnolia with dimensionals. The sentiment was heat embossed on black card stock.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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Free as a Bird Thank You card

Hello Everyone,

So I admit it…. I have been avoiding using this set. At launch there were so many lovely things being made with this set, but now I want to share a card with you.

It’s nothing fancy but like how it turned out.

I started with main image which I stamped with Memento Ink and coloured with Stampin’ Blends. I used a reference image to make my birds in to bluetits.

I die cut the image with a Nested Die and also cut the small thank you sentiment.

Leaves were stamped and coloured on a card layer before adhering the birds with dimensionals.

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

I would love to be your demonstrator.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy Stampin’!

Verity xx

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