#CI32 Colour Inkspiration

  

Hello and welcome to my blog 😊 

I am honoured once again to be a guest designer for the Colour Inskpiration crew for the #CI32 colour challenge.

Thank you to each of you that voted for the projects I created to honour my Aunty. 

You can see those projects HERE

  Here are the stunning colours that make this fortnights challenge. 

OMGoodness I love them, don't you!

Night Of Navy, Pink Pirouette, Wisper Whire and Gold Foil.

Colour Inkspiration is a facebook group dedicated to inspiring us to create and share with the fortnightly gorgeous colour palettes chosen by the Design Team.

If you love creating with colour then this page is for you. 

Click HERE to request to join, or click the Challenge banner below AND JOIN IN THE FUN 😊

Here is my project I created using these stunning colours..

Some Things Are Just Meant To Be ~

#KOCreationsCards #CI32 #ColourInkspiration #Petalpalette #Roses #Flowers #cardmaking #natureinspired #papercraft #StampinUp30

  

This project has a BRAND NEW ITEM (yay) called Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (remember that name hehehe)

It has 2 designs, 4 of each design, that are full 12 x 12 " sheets. They are gorgeous flowers and patterns, all delicately cut out. One design is a stunning floral 12 x 12" (it can be cut if you are brave enough) the other design is made to be cut into card fronts like my card above. The card front cuttable has 4 different designs on it as well as some lovely little edge/banner patterns too. I have shown only 1 card front design with my card project above.

Items Used

• Petal Palette Bundle (Only available as a bundle until 31st May)
• Thick Whisper White card stock
• Night Of Navy card stock
• Gold Foil Sheet (10cm x 10cm) 
• Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (soon to be released)
• Pink Pirouette Ink Pad (retiring)
• Night Of Navy Ink Pad 

Basic Instructions

• Place a piece of A4 thick Whisper White into the Stampin' Trimmer portrait style, Score at 10.5 cm = 4 1/8". Turn to landscape orientation and cut at 14.9 cm = 5 13/16" Fold on score line and burnish. This will give you 2 card bases with a top fold landscape orientation and another for stamping etc. Cut the other piece on the score line and use 1 to stamp your images on. You can keep the other piece for a spare card front.
• Cut a piece of Night Of Navy at 13.5cm = 5 5/16"x 9.5cm = 3 11/16". 
• Emboss the Night of Navy with the floral embossing folder from the Petal Pair two set embossing folder. This adds texture and interest to the central area.
• Cut the oval card front from the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. Adhere into position over the embossed Night Of Navy.
• Stamp the rose image in Pink Pirouette. 
• Colour the flower  and  leaves with Aqua Painters. The rose in Pink Pirouette and the leaves in Night Of Navy.  (I outlined the leaves with the night of Navy and aqua painter whilst colouring.)
• Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy. Die cut both STAMPED images*. 
• Die cut another label from a scrap piece of Night of Navy and layer the stamped sentiment over the top.
• Die cut the gold foil leaves and cut the leaves in half. 
• Place under coloured flower image using glue dots.
• Adhere floral image using dimensionals into the bottom right corner.
• Adhere sentiment with a mix of dimensionals and a touch of glue. 

*TIP FOR SENTIMENT

When die cutting the sentiment place one edge of the die closer to the start of the words.

To shorten the sentiment label place the other side of the sentiment under the die to match the first edge distance and run through the big shot again. Trim the edge (top and bottom just a little) this will give you enough space to show the Night of Navy label underneath.

I have added  Clear Wink of Stella to the roses just to give a little more shine.

Angled View

#KOCreationsCards #CI32 #ColourInkspiration #Petalpalette #Roses #Flowers #cardmaking #natureinspired #papercraft #StampinUp30

I have paired this stunning laser-cut sheet with the Petal Palette stamps and the Petals and More thinlits. 

The Petal Palette is currently a bundle in the annual catalogue, but it won't be a bundle come May31st!. 

Grab it now at the 10% discount while you can! by clicking 

HERE

To continue moving through and seeing more stunning projects inspired by the gorgeous colours above please click the NEXT button below. This will take you to Monique Fielders blog

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 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS. (Tutorial is closer to the bottom)

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There is an amazing bundle that you can purchase atm for your kit, so now is the prefect time.

You can get all of this for $169.00 and FREE POSTAGE. This Share What You Love bundle includes 3 FREE items!

If this doesn't float your boat then choose your starter kit your way for $169.00 and get $235.00 of product with FREE POSTAGE. Contact me for more information.

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Love Stampin' Up! products and the current colours?? Then please be aware that these colours below are retiring soon. Get all of your retiring coloured, inks ribbons, paper PLUS retiring Designer Series PAPER AND STAMPS with me before they run out.

This lovely little picture below is of me with MY new catalogue.

I must say I L.O.V.E IT!

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As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

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Or 

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I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊

Enjoy The Little Things In Life Design Team video blog hop

I am designing today with the 'Enjoy The Little Things I Life' Design Team,. We are a small group of dedicated Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the globe. We hop together on the last Wednesday of every month with the aim to inspire you and aid your own creativity.

Today we are all sharing our projects created using our Onstage gifts for attending the Stampin' Up! Onstage event for April 2018.
We aim to inspire you and get those creative juices flowing ready for the new catalogues release.

You are here with me Kim Oliver - KOCreations Cards.
I have a list of hop participants closer to the end of this post.

Here are my projects.

#KOCreationsCards #PickaPennant #OnstageSydney2018 #StampinUp30 #Babycards #Videobloghop

Here is my video showing how to create these cute cards.

 It's A Girl

#KOCreationsCards #PickaPennant #OnstageSydney2018 #StampinUp30 #Babycards #Videobloghop

It's A Boy

#KOCreationsCards #PickaPennant #OnstageSydney2018 #StampinUp30 #Babycards #Videobloghop

To continue moving through this fabulous video blog hop please click the name directly after mine.










Thank you so very much for visiting 😊

Below you will find a carousel containing links to all items that were used to create this project with, PLUS

 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS.

When shopping with me for the month of APRIL please use the hostess code below.

 SSMHTGAS

As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

Free with product purchase of:  $50 AU 

Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'APRIL' for my reference. 

I will then email you the complete tutorial bundle within 48hrs

This is TUTORIAL available for purchase world wide.

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I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊

Ink It! Stamp It! - Technique

Hello everyone 😊

Welcome to another Ink It Stamp It blog hop. You are currently here with me Kim Oliver- KOCreations Cards. I have a list of the other talented blog hop participants closer to the end of this post.


Today we are focusing our energies on techniques.

Techniques are what all paper crafters use to creat their gorgeous projects with.
My technique today is repeat stamping.
 Repeat stamping can be as simple as stamping an image in the same colour as your card stock to give a textured look or as complex as creating your own Designer Series Paper (DSP).

I have chosen to create my own DSP to aid my creating of a card and gift box set. I have a video further down on this post of the basic box directions from Pootles (Sam) This is where I got the directions from.

Wishing You A Lovely Day

Gift Set

#KOCreationsCards #3Ditems #giftbox #repeatstamping #techniques #InkItStampIt #papercraft #cardmaking #StampinUp

The next 3 photo's show the steps I used to create my own DSP for the milk carton lid.

The stamp set I used is called Lovely Wishes and is a two step stamp set.
This stamp set is retiring very soon! You can purchase your set by clicking

HERE

The colour I used are Basic Black (retiring), Berry Burst and Garden Green

Step 1

Stamp the images in your desired pattern.
If you aren't confident doing this the Stamparatus is a wonderful tool to aid positioning of your stamps and paper.
For me I just stamped my first image one way, turned my stamp around and stamped it as close to the first image as possible then repeated.

#KOCreationsCards #3Ditems #giftbox #repeatstamping #techniques #InkItStampIt #papercraft #cardmaking #StampinUp

Step 2

This step is part two of the two step stamp being put into use. 

Using Garden green I stamped the colours in the leaves.

I deliberately made sure that the colour could be seen by stamping twice, once int he image and again periodically outside the image.

#KOCreationsCards #3Ditems #giftbox #repeatstamping #techniques #InkItStampIt #papercraft #cardmaking #StampinUp

Step 3

For the last and final step (which is stall part 2 of the two step stamp set) I added the Berry Burst colour to the flower heads.

#KOCreationsCards #3Ditems #giftbox #repeatstamping #techniques #InkItStampIt #papercraft #cardmaking #StampinUp

Milk Carton topped gift box

#KOCreationsCards #3Ditems #giftbox #repeatstamping #techniques #InkItStampIt #papercraft #cardmaking #StampinUp

Below you can find the video from Pootles (Sam)
This is what I watched to learn how to create this adorable box from.





To continue seeing more fabulous tchniques and how they can be used please clikc the name directly after mine.

Below you will find a carousel containing links to items that were used to create the above project with, PLUS

 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS. (Tutorial is at the bottom)

When shopping with me for the month of APRIL please use the hostess code below.

 SSMHTGAS

There is an amazing bundle that you can purchase atm for your kit, so now is the prefect time.

You can get all of this for $169.00 and FREE POSTAGE. This Share What You Love bundle includes 3 FREE items!

If this doesn't float your boat then choose your starter kit your way for $169.00 and get $235.00 of product with FREE POSTAGE. Contact me for more information.

kim.oliver6@bigpond.com

Love Stampin Up! products and the current colours?? Then please be aware that these colours below are retiring soon. Get all of your retiring coloured products with me before they run out.

This lovely little picture below is of me with MY new catalogue.

I must say I L.O.V.E IT!

Sorry the front is all I can show you atm.

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam

BUT
If you want to see whats inside NOW then JOIN!
It's obligation free to join.

You will get a copy of the new catalogue mailed to you in May if you have placed an order with me in the last 6 months. If you are not sure if you have placed an order with me you can contact me to find out or

SHOP NOW

to ensure you are on my mailing list PLUS grab those retiring products before they are all gone!

RETIRING OCCASIONS CATALOGUE  PRODUCT LIST

RETIRING ANNUAL CATALOGUE PRODUCT LIST

As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

Free with product purchase of:  $50 AU 

Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'APRIL' for my reference. 

I will then email you the complete tutorial bundle within 48hrs

This is TUTORIAL available for purchase world wide.

Thank you so very much for visiting today. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in the comments section below.

I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊

Stampin' For Autism team blog hop.

Hello and welcome 😊

I am participating today in an Autism Awareness blog hop.
You are currently here with me Kim Oliver - KOCreations Cards. I am from Tasmania, Australia.

This condition is one that is close to my heart.
I have family that deal with this and reactions from other people on a daily basis.

So trying to create positivity and ensure greater public awareness of the condition is very important to me.

I have just a little bit more information about some of the behaviours of people on the spectrum and what we can do to aid and hopefully calm in times of distress.

People on the autism spectrum may be hyper sensitive to sounds, touch, taste, smells, light and or colours. For someone with hyper-sensitivity, sounds that others may not notice can become overwhelming or physically painful and they may need to wear ear defenders to block out the noise. Sometimes this isn't possible especially if they are hyper-sensitive to touch. Conversely people on the spectrum may be hypo (less) sensitive and/or indulge in self stimulatory behaviours, like hand flapping, spinning, opening and closing items/doors or head banging. 

This is quite commonly known as stimming and is used by those on the spectrum to self calm. You can offer stimming toys* to aid in lowering a child's or even an adults level of distress to surroundings or occurrences that may be upsetting to them. 

Keeping calm yourself is something that helps in these situations too. 

I know that sometimes stress can lead to a full blown tantrum and loss of control and that is something we all try to avoid for the persons sake.
Something we can do to help prevent (hopefully) an upsetting day is always talk about whats happening or going to happen and if possible have pictures available of new areas that you may be visiting. Let them choose a stimming toy* for trips and always have a spare toy or know where you can get another in case of breakages etc.

*Stimming toys are toys that can be turned, spun, shaken and/or open and shut.
Fidget spinners, Rubik's cubes, figit blocks, chewy/bendy chains etc.
Picture f stimming toys below.

I hope you found that little bit of info helpful.

Here is my project that I created for this Awareness hop.

Love Stimming

#KOCreationsCards #AutismAwarenessmonth #Stimming #StampinUp30 #Allforcharity #Donatetoday

This project was super simple. I used the Sunshine Wishes thinlits for the letters of LOVE and the Sweet and Sassy hearts framelits for the heart flower.

Angled View

#KOCreationsCards #AutismAwarenessmonth #Stimming #StampinUp30 #Allforcharity #Donatetoday

With the idea of stimming in mind, I made the inside of this card slightly interactive with coloured hearts that can be flapped/opened and closed.


The charity I have chosen to donate to help raise awareness and support is 

Autism Tasmania is a community based, not for profit, incorporated association and registered charity, established in 1992.

They are committed to improving the lives of individuals on the autism spectrum, their families, carers and to improve the community awareness and understanding of autism and related communication conditions.

They are guided by consultation with members of the Autism community in their advocacy for equity and fairness.

You can add your donation to mine just by clicking the picture above or

YOU CAN DONATE HERE

Thank you for your support today. You can continue visiting more lovely people with their own stories and projects by clicking the name directly after mine. If you have reached the end feel free to take another turn around and perhaps leave a supportive comment on those projects and posts that inspired you.

Love Stampin' Up! products and the current colours?? Then please be aware that these colours below are retiring soon. Get all of your retiring coloured products with me before they run out.

This lovely little picture below is of me with MY new catalogue.

I must say I L.O.V.E IT!

Sorry the front is all I can show you atm.

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam

BUT
If you want to see whats inside NOW then JOIN!
It's obligation free to join.

You will get a copy of the new catalogue mailed to you in May if you have placed an order with me in the last 6 months. If you are not sure if you have placed an order with me you can contact me to find out or

SHOP NOW

to ensure you are on my mailing list PLUS grab those retiring products before they are all gone!

RETIRING OCCASIONS CATALOGUE  PRODUCT LIST

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Below you will find a carousel containing links to items that were used to create the above project with, PLUS

 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS.

When shopping with me for the month of APRIL please use the hostess code below.

 SSMHTGAS

As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

Free with product purchase of:  $50 AU 

Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'APRIL' for my reference. 

I will then email you the complete tutorial bundle within 48hrs

This is TUTORIAL available for purchase world wide.

Thank you so very much for visiting today. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in the comments section below.

I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊

SDBH - Favourite DSP - Myths and Magic

Hello everyone and welcome once again to my blog 😊

I am participating today with the Stampin' Dreams blog hop team.
You are currently here with Kim Oliver - KOCreations Cards. I have a list of all blog participants closer to the end of this post.

We are showcasing our favourite Designer Series Paper (DSP).
I am hard pressed to move past the Myths and Magic DSP.
This is SOON TO BE RETIRED! It's only available until the 31st of May or until sold out! So please don't be disappointed and order yours today!

I have actually used 3 packs of this gorgeous paper it is #totesadorbs
I also have another 3 packs waiting for the workshop I am holding in just a couple of days.

Get you Myths and Magic DSP HERE

I created last month a gift set for boys using the same DSP . I made this set so my son has cards available for his friends as their birthdays arise during the year.

Thinking along the same lines I decided it was only fair that my daughter has the same sort of thing on hand for her friends.

Here is my Project.

Magical Day

#kocreationscards #stampindreamsbloghop #SDBH #cardmaking #mythsandmagic #magicalday #stampinup #notecards #giftbox #giftset #mermaids #unicorns

VERY Basic instructions

• I started by measuring the pieces I would need to cover my pizza box with, I made the covers 4mm smaller than the made up pizza box sides and top/bottom. 
• I then made my note cards 3"x 3"  (7.7cm x 7.7cm)  and a cover layer for them  1/8" (4mm) 
• The vellum layers are also 1/8" (4mm) smaller than the DSP card covers.
• I stuck my layers to the cards and the box using mutlipurpose liquid glue.
• I then stamped my required images on thick Whipser White. I coloured them using my Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. 
• I also fussy cut from the DSP a small castle and 2 mermaids.
• Punch vellum leaves using the leaf punch.
• I added all my bits and pieces to the cards and the box to complete each design.

This stamp set comes as a bundle and is available right up until the 31st May 2018 along with the gorgeous DSP AND the Mini Pizza boxes.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today.

To continue moving through this hop please click the name directly after mine from the list below.

Thank you for visiting with me.

Below you will find a carousel containing links to all items that were used to create this project with, PLUS

 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS.

When shopping with me for the month of APRIL please use the hostess code below.

 SSMHTGAS

As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

Free with product purchase of:  $50 AU 

Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'APRIL' for my reference. 

I will then email you the complete tutorial bundle within 48hrs

This is TUTORIAL available for purchase world wide.

Thank you so very much for visiting today. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in the comments section below.

I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊

Onstage April 2018 Presenter and Display Board Showcase

Welcome to the Onstage 2018 Showcase for Presenters and Display stampers.

Earlier in the year I took a chance and applied to be an Onstage Display stamper, never actually thinking I would get the nod.

I was so surprised very very happy and yes I will admit ALOT scared when I got the email saying that my application had been accepted.

Then began the impatient wait for my box of goodies that was being sent to create my samples with.

Finally it arrived 😍😅

I almost opened it in the car, but I made myself wait until I got home. 

I was at first a bit baffled as I received stamps (awesome) and Thinlits/Dies with out any stamps (Okaaaaay) PLUS emebellishments and ribbons.

The lack of matching stamps for dies made me think a bit outside the box a little, but I was really happy with what I created.

 I created this little video for you to check out all of my designs in more detail..

                                             I do hope you enjoyed the quick showcase video.

I did get my friend Kayla to snap a shot of me next to my display though 😉

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

The video definately shows more of the details of my projects 😊

 I did take some photo's of my work. 

You can see those below.

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

Next up we have the fabulous Jackie Aitken sharing her wonderful Onstage samples with us all 

This little picture below is of me with MY new catalogue.

I must say I L.O.V.E IT!

Sorry the front is all I can show you atm. 

#stampingup30 #stampinup #colorrevamp #colourrevamp #retiringproducts #kocreationscards #2018annualcatalogue #joinmyteam #onstagedisplay2018

BUT
If you want to see whats inside NOW then JOIN!
It's obligation free to join.
Try it for 3 months and see if you like it all while enjoying a 20% discount with no obligations or strings.
Your starter kit can be chosen anyway you like! For $169.00 you get $235.00 of product. You can pre-order a new product suite too before everyone else with the Demo Pre-order period!
Or if you are not sure what to put in your starter kit? Contact me and I will help you make great choices!

JOIN HERE

To become part of the Kreative Oasis team and reap the rewards of being a demo all while enjoying support and training from me and both of my uplines!

 Hostess Codes and TUTORIALS.

When shopping with me for the month of APRIL please use the hostess code below.

 SSMHTGAS

As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase of $50 during the month of APRIL is this fabulous tutorial bundle using the Myths and Magic suite PLUS the True Gentleman suite.

Free with product purchase of:  $50 AU 

Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'APRIL' for my reference. 

I will then email you the complete tutorial bundle within 48hrs

This is TUTORIAL available for purchase world wide.

Thank you so very much for visiting today. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in the comments section below.

I appreciate every comment made and I always respond to a question 😊