#CI33 Colour Inkspiration - Detailed Dragonfly's

                                   

Hello and welcome to my blog 😊 

I am so very excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Colour Inkspiration Crew!

It was officially announced over on the FaceBook group for the #CI32 challenge for my last hop as guest designer.

Look... I even have a crew member badge.

To say that I am over the moon is just a little bit of an understatement 😄

These people that make up this awesome crew are all so inpiring and are true artists in this field of papercrafting. 

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 are the gorgeous colours for this fortnights challenge

Night of Navy Marina Mist Very Vanilla Always Artichoke and Sahara Sand.

Just beautiful!

You have joined me from the wonderful Tanya Bell's page and I know that you would have been inspired by her beautiful Mothers Day card. I certainly was! 

All those Delicious layers 😍

I chose to use a set that has been hiding on my shelf for a number of months. I adore this set from the time it was released and still do today.

 I have combined it with something new and fabulous!

Here is my project

 Delightfully Detailed Dragonfly's

#KOCreationsCards #Dragonflydreams #Delightfullydetailedlasercutspecialtypaper #ColourINKspiration #CI33 #Inspiredbynature

Items Used

•  Dragonfly Dreams stamp set plus the Detailed Dragonfly thinlits
• Thick Very Vanilla card stock
• Night Of Navy card stock 
• Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (soon to be released)
• Marina Mist Ink Pad (retiring)
• Always Artichoke Ink Pad (retiring)
• Sahara Sand Ink Pad
• Metallic Enamel Shapes (retiring)

Basic Instructions

• Place a piece of A4 thick Night of Navy into the Stampin' Trimmer landscape orientation, Score at 14.9 cm = 5 13/16". Turn to portrait orientation and cut at 10.5 cm = 4 1/8" Fold on score line and burnish. This will give you 2 card bases with a top fold for portrait orientation.
• Cut 3 pieces of  the Very Vanilla  cardstock at 13.5cm = 5 5/16"x 9.5cm = 3 11/16" 1 for card front, 1 for dragonfly images and one for inside of card. 
• Using a Sponge Brayer and Marina Mist Lightly colour the centre of the Very Vanilla. 
• Wash the brayer and  refill with Always Artichoke ink and colour the piece of the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper.This adds texture and interest to the central area.
• Adhere the coloured laser cut sheet into position centrally over the Marina Mist coloured area with Multipurpose Glue.
• Stamp the dragonfly's onto the Very Vanilla. First part (body) is stamped in Sahara Sand, second step stamp (solid wings) is stamped in Marina Mist for one and in Always Artichoke for the other.
• Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy and Marina Mist and die cut* (READ NOTE BELOW)
• Die cut another label from a scrap piece of Night of Navy and layer the stamped sentiment over the top.
• Adhere dragonfly's with dimensionals and apply Wink Of Stella to the wings and the silver Enamel Shapes to the body.
• Adhere sentiment with multipurpose glue. 

*TIPs FOR SENTIMENT

To get ombre effect, ink top half of stamp with Marina Mist and then ink bottom half in Night Of Navy. Stamp as usual.
When die cutting the sentiment place one edge of the die closer to the start of SENTIMENT.

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

Front View

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Up next we have Elizabeth Gross sharing her beautiful inspirations using some more new and wonderful products  

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#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. 

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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!. 

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Colour Inkspiration #CI31 - Guest Designer

Hello everyone 😊

I am truly honoured to be hopping today as a guest designer with the super talented Colour Inkspiration crew.

I have been given this honour for being a challenge winner. You can view the project that won #CI30 HERE or click the banner below

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 the Challenge banner below AND JOIN IN THE FUN 😊

Here is the absolutely stunning colour challenge that is #CI31 this fortnight.

Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Tempting Turquoise. They are the colours that make up this divine challenge.

My projects today provide you with a sneak peek of a couple stamp sets that will be available in the new Annual Catalogue!

Swirly Frames and Animal Outing

Here are my projects.

Thank You Big Time

#kocreationscards #stampinup30 #animalouting #swirlyframes #giraffes #cardmaking #CI31 #colourinkspiration

  

 I just had to mix the new with the old, so I put this gorgeous Giraffe from 'Animal Outing' and the sweet rectangle frame from Swirly Frames with the Garden In Bloom stamp set. 

I am sending this card to a lovely friend from Onstage who is just very special. 

She knows who she is 😍

Wild About You

#kocreationscards #stampinup30 #animalouting #swirlyframes #giraffes #cardmaking #CI31 #colourinkspiration

The card above is pretty much all Animal Outing. The super cute stamp set has matching dies available that created the stunning giraffe spots pattern above as well as cuts out all of the gorgeous animals too. I paired this set with the Leaf Punch  just to drop in a little more of the 'Old Olive' into the mix.

Please click the NEXT banner below to be taken to Monique Fielders blog. She has been busy creating something wonderful to delight your eyes using these fabulous colours too 😍

          

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Tassie Demos Autumn Blog Hop

Hello and welcome.

I am hopping today with a few fellow Tasmanian Stampin' Up! ® demonstrators. 

We are each sharing a little bit about where we live and ourselves along with a project created with an Autumn theme.
Are you a Tasmanian Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator? Contact us to join our FB group or request to join HERE 

A bit about my home town

My home town is called Ringarooma and it is mostly a Dairy farming community. We are a close knit community which pull together extremely well for all sorts of occasions. I am originally a city girl, but knew that the city life wasn't my cup of tea. I have enjoyed living here for over 20 yrs now have really got about to see so many of our local tourist gems.

 A bit about me

I am a nature girl at heart and enjoy being out in it.

One of my ways of relaxing is by walking early mornings when ever I get the chance. When I do I thoroughly enjoy taking sunrise photo's. 

Here are a few that I have snapped on some of my walks.
And yes, I LOVE taking photo's.

We also have some very picturesque bush walks that are extremely close to where I live. Bush walking is another passion of mine.

One of these walks leads to a place called Ralphs Falls. 

The drive to Ralph Falls car park and the actual walk is absolutely gorgeous, but at certain times of the year it becomes stunning.
There are of course a few other bush walks that are quite close to my home town, for example: Mt Saddleback, Mt Victoria, Paradise Plains and also Mt Albert.

Okay enough about me and my town 😊
onto my project.
My project is inspired by nature (of course) and the theme of Autumn.

Because You Are You

#kocreationscards #lovelyasatree #watercolor #colourinkspiration #natureinspired #leaves #acorns #trees #cardmaking #papercraft #stampinup

Did you notice all of the trees in my photo's?

Well that is what I used for inspiration for this card.

The colours I used are from a past Colour Inkspiration palette and are as follows:

• Lemon Lime Twist
• Soft Suede
• Sweet Sugarplum
• Bermuda Bay

Angled View

#kocreationscards #lovelyasatree #watercolor #colourinkspiration #natureinspired #leaves #acorns #trees #cardmaking #papercraft #stampinup

I used the ink pads along with Aqua Painters and Stampin' Write markers to colour my images.

I do hope that you have enjoyed my post and my project.
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Colour Inskpiration for Petal Palette #CI29

 Hello 😊

Welcome to today's post.

I am sharing with you a gorgeous old world colour palette from Colour Inkspiration

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.

    

Here is this fortnights colour Palette.

Do you see why I am thinking old world charm?

I find inspiration in all sorts of places, these colours reminded me of some very old paper that I used to have many years ago. I had a little go at recreating the old world feel of that paper in my project.

Here is my creation using this gorgeous colour palette

Congratulations

#kocreationscards #wedding #engagement #cardmaking #petalpalette #colourinkspiration #roses #oldworldcharm #CI29 #stampinup

For my project I used a combination of Stampin' Up! ink pads and Stampin' Write Markers along with Aqua Painters.

Items Used

• Card Stock : A4 Crumb Cake, A4 Thick Very Vanilla and 14.5cm x 10cm Chocolate Chip and scrap piece for sentiment.
• Bundles: Petal Palette Clear-Mount 145974
• Ink Pads: Blushing Bride, Garden Green and Chocolate Chip
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Stampin' Blends: Dark Crumb Cake and Bronze.
• Aqua Painter.
• Adhesives: Foam Adhesive Strips, Multi Purpose Liquid Glue (tombow)

Basic Instructions

1. Place A4 Crumb Cake on Stampin' Trimmer in a landscape orientation and score at 14.9cm. Turn and cut at 10.5cm . Fold both pieces on score line and burnish. You will now have two card bases 14.9cm x 10.5cm. Keep one aside for front focal die cut.
2. Cut 1 piece of Chocolate Chip card stock at 14.5 x 10 cm. Cut two more pieces, 1 at 2.3cm x 14.2cm and another at 5.1cm x 14.2cm
3. Cut 1 piece of Very Vanilla card stock at 14.1 cm x 9.6 cm. Cut two more pieces, 1 at 2.1cm x 14.2 cm and another at 4.9cm x 14.2cm. Have another 10cm x 10cm piece on hand ready for stamping the extra rose image.
4. Layer the two strips of Very Vanilla onto the Chocolate Chip leaving the edge showing along one full length.
5. Colour rose image stamps with Blushing Bride ink pad and then colour the leaves with the Stampin' Write marker Garden Green. Huff on stamp and then stamp images left of the centre line on Very Vanilla layer. Repeat this step for the extra rose image on the spare 10cm x 10ccm Very Vanilla. Die cut with thinlits and bigshot.
6. Colour images with matching inks and Aqua Painters. Note I also coloured the background area with a light cover of Chocolate Chip.
7. Adhere the stamped Very Vanilla layer to the Chocolate Chip layer. Adhere the two strips of layered Choc Chip and Very Vanilla to the front of the stamped image with foam strips.
8. Die cut the lattice from the put aside piece of Crumb Cake.
9. Stamp the sentiment in Versamark onto scrap piece of Choc Chip, dust with White embossing powder. Heat to melt. Die cut with label thinlit in bundle.
10. Layer rose with lattice and sentiment over stamped images.
11. Colour pearls with Stampin' Blends Dark Crumb Cake and Bronze and adhere into desired position.

Front View

#kocreationscards #wedding #engagement #cardmaking #petalpalette #colourinkspiration #roses #oldworldcharm #CI29 #stampinup

I am sooo in love with how this card looks finished. Having the paper effect behind the raised panels and then using the same floral image as a focal bought it all alive.

 Angled View

#kocreationscards #wedding #engagement #cardmaking #petalpalette #colourinkspiration #roses #oldworldcharm #CI29 #stampinup

I do hope you have enjoyed my project today. 

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

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

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Or 

You can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

Please add a note with your payment with the word 'MARCH' for my reference. 
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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 all comments .

I will always respond to a question 😊