My Little Light - #GDP069

WELCOME

Thanks for joining me again after the Christmas break.
I have been having a ball with my family and still have a few weeks left yet to spend with my children before they head back to school.

BUT 

IT'S 'SALE-A-BRATION' TIME!!!

WOOHOO

And that's one reason why I decided to take part in a challenge. I thought I would write a blog about one of the gorgeous stamp sets that is available NOW from the new Occasions Catalogue. 

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'HIGH TIDE' is the set I have chosen to use for the card challenge over at Global Design Project this week for #GDP069

The challenge this week is a colour challenge, here are the colours.

I chose Basic Black for my free colour and used Smokey Slate as a matt silver.

 I highlighted the Smoky Slate with Silver Embossing Powder for a two tone silver effect.

HERE IS MY CARD

'MY LITTLE LIGHT'

#Hightide #Shinebright #Mylittlelight #Lighthouse #Handmadecards #Australianmade #KOCreationscards #GDP069 #Saleabrationtime

I made up a couple of  partially done fronts, just to help show you some of the steps below.

#Hightide #Shinebright #Mylittlelight #Lighthouse #Handmadecards #Australianmade #KOCreationscards #GDP069 #Saleabrationtime

1.  Stamp both of your base images with Smoky Slate.
2. Using the Embossing Buddy lightly dust the base image. Then stamp the second part of the Light House with Versamark ink and place over the first image. 
3. Using the sand image, lightly ink the egdes (rock'n'roll technique) with the versamark ink and re-stamp over your base colour.
4. Dust the silver embossing powder over the ink, lightly tapping of the excess.
5. Heat with heat tool.
6. Stamp the birds with Smoky Slate.
7. Using the Delighful Dijon ink pad ink up the light beam image from the set. Stamp off onto a scratch piece of paper and then stamp the beam where wanted on your image. 
8. Repeat this step above and below the first light beam image.
9. Stamp your sentiment in black first, wiping the ink off with wipe where you want to replace with Delighful Dijon.
10. Stamp again with delightful Dijon, wiping off excess from where it isn't needed.
11. Now once again using the Delightful Dijon and the Sand image, dab the colour lightly around the outer edges and stamp. 

I thought this last step helped to add just a touch more of colour to the image and gave a lighted effect to the sand also.

'INSIDE VIEW'

#Hightide #Shinebright #Mylittlelight #Lighthouse #Handmadecards #Australianmade #KOCreationscards #GDP069 #Saleabrationtime 

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What an amazing time to join  Stampin' Up!

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Welcome to our International Visual Blog Hop using current Stampin' Up!® Products. We have all created this gallery of projects for you to be inspired by! We would love it if you could visit every one of our blogs and see a close up of our projects. Our theme this month is LOVE because as card makers we love spreading the love. You can see the gallery below and this will be on every blog that you click on so you will never be lost.

Unfortunately I didn't see the brief about our theme today which is 'Love' so my cards are more for the every day occasions. 

But in saying that all cards are given with loads love, so I am still following the theme, lol

These will also become part of the Crazy Crafters weekly highlights hosted by Kylie Betucci Please click here to vote!
http://www.craftykylie.com/2016/11/crazy-crafters-team-project-highlights_7.html 

Here are my cards

'Enjoy Your Special Day' and 'New Adventure'

'New Adventure' is entered into this weeks GDP challenge

#Dragonflydreamsbundle #Inspiredbynature #KOCreationscards #Summerdays #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Saleabrationtime #Occasionscatalogue2017 #Wildaboutflowers #Daydreaming

Both of these cards remind me of long hot summer days at our local swimming hole dqwn in the river, swimming and playing then drying off in the sun and day dreaming and watching the insects play among the flowers in the paddock!

'New Adventure'

#Dragonflydreamsbundle #Inspiredbynature #KOCreationscards #Summerdays #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Saleabrationtime #Occasionscatalogue2017 #Wildaboutflowers #Daydreaming

I have entered this card into this weeks Global Design Project challenge #GDP063 

Their theme this week is adventure. 

Here is a qick pic of their theme

 Open view

#Dragonflydreamsbundle #Inspiredbynature #KOCreationscards #Summerdays #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Saleabrationtime #Occasionscatalogue2017 #Wildaboutflowers #Daydreaming

'Enjoy Your Special Day'

#Dragonflydreamsbundle #Inspiredbynature #KOCreationscards #Summerdays #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Saleabrationtime #Occasionscatalogue2017 #Wildaboutflowers #Daydreaming

 Inside View

#Dragonflydreamsbundle #Inspiredbynature #KOCreationscards #Summerdays #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Saleabrationtime #Occasionscatalogue2017 #Wildaboutflowers #Daydreaming

For these two cards, I used a piece of Thick Whisper White cards stock, folded in half and cut at 10.5 cm . This created 2 card bases. I then cut 4 pieces of Basic Black for the front and inside layers.  I just eyeballed them to get the measurements :)

I then cut to fit 2 pieces of white cards stock for the front. I blended 5 different colours starting with Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz between some of the bare areas.

For the flower images I used 'Wild About Flowers' set, stamping the stems in Pear Pizzazz and for the flowers Watermelon Wonder.

I cut out the group of dragonfly's from the new set called Dragonfly Dreams (which will be available January 4th 2017) I cut them from the blended and stamped paper, then cut 3 more layers of those in black. Gluing all the layers together so they would be raised up + have a black edge when put back.

Under the front of one card I used a sheet of the Fabulous Foils Designer Acetate, dots - silver side facing up. 
For the other card I used silver foil sheet. Both cut to be a fraction smaller than the front. 
I also used the large image of a dragonfly on both cards, one was stamped before the group was put in place, the other was stamped and die cut then positioned after the group of dragonfly's  was placed.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss. We know that you will love our gallery of projects made from Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators around the world!

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