#CI35 Colour Inkspiration Crew - Nautical Neutrals

Hello and welcome to this fortnights Colour INKspiration challenge #CI35  😊

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Stampin' Up!® has just had a major colour revamp, so to start off the new catalogue year at Colour INKspiration we've decided to feature a Colour Collection for the first challenge each month (2nd Wednesday) until we have showcased then all! The second challenge in the month (4th Wednesday) will be a Pinterest inspired pic as per usual, just to mix it up. This month we are starting off with the Neutrals Collection and you can choose any 3 colours from that range for your challenge project.

We are also changing the rules about what else you can add to the mix; essentially just the basics - Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black as well as Metallic.

If have joined me from the very clever Jackie Aitken's page, welcome 😊

Did you enjoy Jackie's card? I certainly did. The Rooted In Nature set is just gorgeous! I noticed a little stitched Label peeping from behind the tree! Did you see it too?

Here is the Challenge Palette.

 The colour choices this quarter are amazing.
The NEW NEUTRALS collection! The new collection has a couple of the new colours mixed in.

Can you guess which colours I chose??

The colours I chose to create with are pictured below.

Here is my Project.

Nautical Neutrals

#KOCreationsCards #SeaOfTextures #CardMaking #StampinUp30 #Colorrevamp #NewNeutrals2019 #MerryMerlot #MossyMeadow #SaharaSand #InspiredByNature

This card is super easy to create. Just stamp your images in your desired colours and die cut them using the co-ordinating thinlits! I didn't even stamp some of the images I just die cut them using coloured card stock.

I have added a Stitched Label behind the octopus image in Sahara Sand to help make him pop. 

I am super happy with how this little project finished.

Up next we have Kelly Kent sharing her beautiful inspirations.

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

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

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Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Sea Of Textures

Hello everyone 😊

and

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop (Second Sunday) hosted by Sara Levin.

You are currently here with Kim Oliver - KO Creations Cards - Australia. I have a list of hop participants closer to the end of this post.

Today the Design Team are creating with the new suite Sea Of Textures.


Which have also been added to the Global Design challenge #143.
The theme for Global Designs challenge is Love It Live It Share It.

One of the things I love about being a Stampin' Up!® is sharing with my customers what we can create, using ingenuity and our gorgeous products.

Here are my projects I created.

Adventure Begins

#KOCreationsCards #SeaOfTextures #ArtJournal #Travelling #Gifts #Handmadegifts #Cardmaking #StampinUp30 #2018AnnulaCatalogue2019  #Adventure #Alteredartjournal #Shakerelement #Octopus #Sealife

I made a 'Shaker Card' card. I created a port window using the Layering Circle framelits and a circle of Window Sheet. All elements inside and on the card have been created using the Sea Of Textures suite. Can you see the little blue fish in the background with the octopus 😍  cute eh !?!
This card would be perfect for those starting out on a new journey in life, travelling or even a new job.
This got me thinking about life journeys and/or travelling and how a lot of us like to keep journals. Some of us even like to keep art journals.

So here is my 'Art Journal'.

Journal and Place mark

#KOCreationsCards #SeaOfTextures #ArtJournal #Travelling #Gifts #Handmadegifts #Cardmaking #StampinUp30 #2018AnnulaCatalogue2019  #Adventure #Alteredartjournal #Shakerelement #Octopus #Sealife

I also created a place mark to match, I was going to add tabs to the books pages as well, but basically, I ran out of time.

The port window on the cover is an exact replica of the one on the card front, so yes it is a shaker 😂
I decided that the net should be silver but textured. To achieve this effect I cut two net piece from Thick Whisper White and then smeared 'Silver Embossing Paste' with a 'Palette Knife' and left to dry. Once dry I chopped it randomly and glued into position on  the cover.

This journal has blank pages except one. The first page only has been stamped with memento black ink using the stamps from the 'Sea Of Textures' stamp set.

Open View of Journal and Card.

#KOCreationsCards #SeaOfTextures #ArtJournal #Travelling #Gifts #Handmadegifts #Cardmaking #StampinUp30 #2018AnnulaCatalogue2019  #Adventure #Alteredartjournal #Shakerelement #Octopus #Sealife

As you can see I even added a little pocket inside the cover to keep any little notes and/or ephemera picked up along a journey.

Journal and Card

#KOCreationsCards #SeaOfTextures #ArtJournal #Travelling #Gifts #Handmadegifts #Cardmaking #StampinUp30 #2018AnnulaCatalogue2019  #Adventure #Alteredartjournal #Shakerelement #Octopus #Sealife

Bot of my children now want Art Journals 😲
Looks like I will be busy for a while hahaha.

Thank you for joining me today. I do hope you have enjoyed my projects using the 'Sea of Textures' suite.

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

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As an added bonus you get Free with any product purchase over $50 during the month of June using the 'Sea Of Textures' and 'Abstract Impressions' Bundles.

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Or alternatively you can purchase this bundle separately just by clicking below.

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Kelly's Stamping Friends Birthday Blog Hop

Hello everyone 😊

I am participating today in a fantastic hop helping the wonderful Kelly Kent celebrate her Birthday.

SO
Lets Wish Kelly a HUGE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

You have most likely reached here from the lovely Kristel Rimmer's page.
You are currently here with me (Kim Oliver - KOCreations Cards)
I have NEXT button further down this post for you to click and keep moving through the hop.

For my project today I have created something new.
Well new for me anyway 😆

I have chosen to create a framed sampler with a Ocean/Sea theme.

Here is my project

By The Sea

#KOCreationsCards #Seasampler #StampinUp30 #SeaOfTextures #LillypadLake #MagicalMermaid #HomeDecor #KellysStampingFriends

I have never created a sampler of anything before and wasn't sure where to start.
So using an A4 sized framed shadow box, I decided to give it a whirl and designed my sampler to fit.
I used only products that will be available from the 2018/2109 catalogue. This catalogue goes LIVE from the 1st June 2018

 Items Used.

• NEW Bundles (Stamp and Die sets) ~ Sea Of Textures 148358 , Lillypad Lake 148366
• Carry Over Stamp sets ~ Magical Mermaid, High Tide, 
• Thinlits ~ Layering Circles Framelits
• Punch ~ 1" circle 
• DSP ~ Tranquil Textures 146333
• Card Stock ~ Whisper White -Thick, Foil Sheet - Gold.
• Ink pads ~ Tranquil Tide, Mint Macaron, Real Red, Night Of Navy, So Saffron, Fresh Fig and Blushing Bride
• Tools ~ Wink Of Stella, Aqua Painters, Paper Snips, Paper Piercing Tool, Big Shot and Stampin' Trimmer.
• Emebellsihments ~ Share What You Love Artisan Pearls 146927, Copper Trim, Solid Bakers Twine - Whisper White.
• Adhesives ~ Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals - Mini and Normal,

Close up shot

#KOCreationsCards #Seasampler #StampinUp30 #SeaOfTextures #LillypadLake #MagicalMermaid #HomeDecor #KellysStampingFriends

I thought a closer view would show a little bit more of the detail in this sampler. I found it really hard to capture a good shot to show it's true beauty.

I am elated with the finish on this even though I struggled to capture it.
This took me 3 days to complete, as I mentioned earlier I had never created a sampler before. I am not even sure what I will do with it lol. Perhaps a gift for someone special. 

Up next we have Denise Beutler

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