Crazy Crafter's Blog Hop with RACHEL TESSMAN

#Popofpink #Washitape #Perpetualbirthdaybook #Happycelebrations #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Celebrate

Welcome back Crafter's

Today we are all hopping along with Rachel Tessman and CASEing some of Rachel's fantastic projects..

You are here with my (Kim Oliver) I will have a list of participants for you to keep following the hop to see more gorgeous projects all CASEd from Rachel Tessman's work.

My CASE today is this fabulous birthday book of Rachels that she made using some items from a Paper Pumpkin kit (we don't get these here in Australia)
We live in hope that one day this will change for us Aussies!

 As we are not able to get the Paper Pumkin kits here, I CASEd this birthday book using DSP, framelits, stamps, window sheets and foil sheets

 As it is coming closer to that time of year when our DSP designs are renewed and updated, I thought this would be a perfect project and time to help use up some thoroghly gorgeous Designer Series Paper (DSP) I had stashed away and some washi tape (DWT) too!

I am trying my hardest to overcome my hoarding habit!!!

Celebrate Birthdays

Perpetual Birthday Book

#Popofpink #Washitape #Perpetualbirthdaybook #Happycelebrations #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Celebrate

Items used:

• Pop of Pink DSP
• Pop of Pink DWT
• Happy Celebrations stamp set
• Layering Circles framelits
• Whisper White card stock x 9 A4 sheets
• Pink Pirouette card stock x 3 A4 sheets
• Melon Mambo (scrap)
• Gold Foil sheet (scrap)
• Window Sheet
• Gold embossing powder
• Versamark ink pad
• Embossing buddy
• Heat tool
• Melon Mambo ink pad
• Pink Pirouette ink pad
• Basic Black ink pad
• Stitched Ribbon - Melon Mambo
• Organza Ribbon - Whisper White
• Thick Bakers - Twine Melon Mambo and Whisper White
• Bakers Twine - Basic Black
• Metallic Thread - Gold 
• Mulir Purpose liquid glue

Front Cover 

#Popofpink #Washitape #Perpetualbirthdaybook #Happycelebrations #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Celebrate

I used the irregular circle stamp from the Happy Celebrations stamp set and stamped circles in groups.

I then stamped the celebrations sentiment in versamark and applied gold embosing foil. I heated it with the heat tool to make it shiny. It stands out nicely against the bright circles.

I used my computer to make my numbers and lines for each month. I alternated the colours between Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. These pages were glued ontop of the DSP and then I added contrasting Washi tape top and bottom of each page. I added a blank page for notes or even just doodeling lol
Most of us doodle in our note books at some stage or another.
I know I do :)

Open View

#Popofpink #Washitape #Perpetualbirthdaybook #Happycelebrations #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Celebrate

Rachels birthday book, had silver numbers from the paper pumkin kit for each month, The numbers were sitting on the monthly tabs...I went to use the number framelits that Stampin' Up! have, but they were a little large for this job. 

So, for now I have left this area black...

When I work out who I am giving this too, I will personalise it to suit them along the tab areas.

To finish my birthday book, I tied ribbon and twine around the binders. This added even more of those wonderful bright colours to the front cover....

#Popofpink #Washitape #Perpetualbirthdaybook #Happycelebrations #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Celebrate

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. 

I will now share with you the list of our other participants and their wonderful projects inspired by Rachel.

If you would like to purchase any of the items that I used to create this project, then I have added them to the carousal below for your convenience.

Just click the required item to be taken to my store.

Don't forget Sale-A-Bration is still happening! 

Until the 31st MARCH
Spend $90 to earn one FREE product. 

You can choose any of the products in the images below as your FREE item!.
1st release Catty



2nd Release Catty




If you live in Australia and LOVE paper Crafting of any desription or perhaps you would like to earn extra money, then Stampin Up may be just the thing you need!
I am always looking for new people with a love of papercrafting to join my team.

AND
What an AMAZING time to join Stampin Up...Not only do you get a 20% discount on all of your products for joining BUT $169 gets you $235 worth of gear- PLUS 2 free stamp sets. 
If you are a crafter, its a great time to join!!! Awesome deal too!

Click HERE  to sign up and start getting your %20 discount on all your Stampin' Up! products!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

I hope you have enjoyed my creative efforts.

If you have any questions please ask them in comments below. 

I always reply x 

Teeny Tiny Note a project for Sale-A-Bration and #GDP072

Welcome back, didn't I see you only yesterday! lol

I seem to be blogging quite a bit this last few days....Now the children are nearly back at school and  most of their school holiday activities are winding down, I am finding time to get some creating accomplished..
Go me :)

Ok! Today's project was created with Global Design Project's layout in mind + trying to promote SALE-A-BRATION too.

I haven't participated in a GDP challenge for quite a number of weeks and have been missing it.

This is there challenge 

We have been challenged to CASE the designer Krista Frattin

For my project I kept the stitched shape for the focal and as I had been using Brights in my last project, I kept to the theme by using Bermuda Bay which is part of the brights card stock pack.

Here is my CASE of Krista's card

 A TEENY TINY NOTE

Front View

#Saleabration #Avantgarde #Bermudabay #Sealedwithlove #Gorgeousgrunge #KOCreationscards #KOCreations #Washitape #Cardmaking #Australianmade #Stitchedshapesframelitdies #Insidethelines #Bumblebees #Colouringtherapy

 For my project I used the new lace doilies from the 'Falling For You' suite, but I inked them black with a sponge!!

I coloured a small corner from a sheet of 'Inside The Lines' DSP using the new 'Water Colour Pencils' and an 'Aqua Painter'  

You can earn the INSIDE THE LINES  DSP for Free during Sale-A-Bration just by spending $90.00!

I cut a Basic Black square frame using the 2 largest 'Stitched Shapes' framelits and attached it to the front of the coloured square. 

The black square that was left from making my frame  was used to back an embossed piece of Whisper White card stock that I had embossed using the 'Falling Petals' embossing folder. I was inspired for this idea from a project I saw from Megan Lenske She cut a small piece from an embossed sheet and used on her card project....Click her name to see her blog.

I coloured the hearts with the Bermuda Bay water colour pencil to match the backing card stock.

For the background I used the splatter stamp from the 'Gorgeous Grunge' stamp set.

Using 2 of the exact same DSP sheets, I fussy cut 2 bumble bees to use as embellishments for inside and front of my card. 

I layered all my pieces using dimensionals and glue dots. 

Close up of  Detail and Colouring

#Saleabration #Avantgarde #Bermudabay #Sealedwithlove #Gorgeousgrunge #KOCreationscards #KOCreations #Washitape #Cardmaking #Australianmade #Stitchedshapesframelitdies #Insidethelines #Bumblebees #Colouringtherapy

Aren't these water colour pencils just so divine to use....so full of vibrant colour that you can build up and on, again and again AND you can add different colours in the mix too!

I added some sparkle and dimension to the bumble bees wings with Clear Wink Of Stella.

Side View

#Saleabration #Avantgarde #Bermudabay #Sealedwithlove #Gorgeousgrunge #KOCreationscards #KOCreations #Washitape #Cardmaking #Australianmade #Stitchedshapesframelitdies #Insidethelines #Bumblebees #Colouringtherapy

 Some other embellishments I used to add interest to the front was a piece of Washi Tape from the Pop Of Pink Collection in the Annual Catalogue. A piece of Thick Bakers Twine in Whisper White folded to make three loops and tucked under the  largest frame.

I added gold Metallic Enamel Shapes for a splash more yellow to help break the Bermuda Bay up some more.

The sentiment is from the 'Sealed With Love' stamp set. I backed this with scrunched Basic Black Metallic Thread.

Open View

#Saleabration #Avantgarde #Bermudabay #Sealedwithlove #Gorgeousgrunge #KOCreationscards #KOCreations #Washitape #Cardmaking #Australianmade #Stitchedshapesframelitdies #Insidethelines #Bumblebees #Colouringtherapy

The inside image was stamped using the Avant Garde stamp set which is another SALE-A-BRATION item that you can earn Free... just by spending $90.00 from now til the 31st March. 

The ink colours used were Basic Black and Bermudas Bay.

When shopping during SALE-A-BRATION at my store Please use the HOSTESS CODE for February
when checking out. If you do this + enter your contact details tou will go into the draw to win a 12 x 12 pack of DSP!

FEBRUARY'S HOSTESS CODE

DGA4UCHV

For those wanting to create the project I have just blogged, I have made a list of items below in the carousal.
You only have to click on the item you need to get to my store to purchase that item.

I was lucky enough to be part of a design team last December to create a tutorial bundle. The pictured below is a sneak peak of all of the glorious projects available.

You can own all of these tutorials for $25.00 

That's all 21 tutorials for just $25! 

To purchase your bundle please click HERE

Thank you so very much for stopping by again :)

 I am so happy you took the time to do so. xx