Happy Happenings - Colour INKspiration

Welcome back Crafters.

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

My family and myself have been invited to attend an engagement party in around 2 weeks time.

The lovely couple have asked for no gifts! So I found myself in need of a really nice card! 

I know the couple quite well and their style, it is very shabby chic...

I LOVE Shabby Chic...... anyone else!?!

I saw the colours from Colour INKpsiration's creative challenge #CI05 this week and thought it would be a perfect fit to create their engagment card with!
And of course, I made another card at the same time using the same colour scheme.

In case you can't see the text the colours this fortnight are Blushing Bride, Soft Sky and Sahara Sand.

If you would like to join in for this challenge then please click HERE to join the group and become part of the fun :)

Here are my cards

HAPPY HAPPENINGS

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

What do you think? 

The one on the left is for the engagement.

I wasn't sure about my back ground choice when I started, so I had a play with a couple of different things...For the Congrats card I used the Hexagons Dynamic TIEF as a stamp with Sahara Sand.
For the Bonjour Beautoful card I used the  Hardwood Stamp and White SU embossing powder.

Both cards have a sentiment from the stamp set called 'Happy Happenings'

I have added 3 little pearl beads from my bits and pieces stash to help finish the Congrats card.

Congrats

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

Both cards have a Soft Sky card stock layer for the background.

The lace and the sentiment have both been stamped first in versamark then straight into Saharah Sand then heat embossed with Gold SU embossing powder.

Bonjour Beautiful

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

For this card I kept the woodsy theme happening by adding branches, flowers and a tiny little blue bird all from the Best Birds bundle. The branches and flowers have been stamped in Sahara Sand. The flowers have had Blushing Bride applied with a Stampin' Write marker pen. I then pulled the colour out  a little with an aqua painter.

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

#Engagement #Love #Shabbychic #KOCreationscards #Handmade #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Inspiredbylove #Bestbirds #Happyhappening

I have made a list of all items used to create these projects and have added them to the carousal below.

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!.
ONLY 20 DAYS LEFT!!!!
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. 

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No Special Reason -#GDP077

Welcome back crafters.

Today's cards have been made for a few reasons.

 The first reason is quite special to me...R.A.K

1. I love sending and receiving cards from friends.
2. To try a new technique....and.... 
3. I enjoy finding new ways to use whats considered waste!

R.A.K stands for Random Act of Kindness btw :)

#Specialreasonbundle #KOCreationscards #GDP077 #Randomactofkindness #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Cardmaking

I have used Global Designs Project's Colour Challenge #GDP077 for my inspiration for this R.A.K set.

Now I actually have no idea what the technique is called or even if it has a name BUT Stampin' Up! have quite a few thinlits and framelits that make gorgeous flowers etc... and I have been throwing away the centres parts (petal pieces) for a while now! Then my fearless leaders other half (Bruno Bertucci) posted a little blurb with a pic.

Here is the pic (below) that got me interested in the negative image use...click HERE to be taken to the blog..

Now on this blog the lovely lady who created this design below, does mention how time consuming this is...

I didn't let that discourage me. hahaha!

I also used a piece of scratch paper that I had been 'stamping off' onto, for a card...Most of us know what stamping off is, don't we?

I quite often look at those images and wonder if I could use them, they are normally stamped higglety pigglety and it tends to look pretty darn interesting. 

Okay enough chit chat!

Here are my cards made using all bits and bobs from the Special Reason bundle (pge 42 of the occasions catty) and my scratch paper strip too!

Just a quick note...I am amazed at how different these cards turned out...All made using the same products, and colours...just different ephemera!

No Special Reason

Group Shot

#Specialreasonbundle #KOCreationscards #GDP077 #Randomactofkindness #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Cardmaking

 For all of these cards I used an 'Avant Garden' stamp which is a FREE stamp you can get when you spend $90 during Sale-A-Bration PLUS I also used the Special Reasons bundle.

Negative Images Card

with stamped image underneath.

#Specialreasonbundle #KOCreationscards #GDP077 #Randomactofkindness #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Cardmaking

For the background above I smooshed Bermuda Bay onto spritzed water colour paper.
I dried and repeated 3 or 4 times until I had a depth of colour I liked.
I then stamped the Avant Garden spots onto the smooshed colours while the last layer was still wet. I put aside to dry.
I cut out my images from the two colours Peekaboo Peach and Early Espresso which were applied to a left over piece of water colour paper with the smooshing technique. Drying between coloiur applications to get depth of colour.
When cut I left all of the inside pieces intact, along with the die still in position in the paper.
I gently turned over the whole lot and proceeded to add trimmed pieces of dimensionals to the back of each nagative petal and leaf piece.
This card has a really cooling and artsy feel with it..I say cooling because I think of water looking at the background lol

I made the above card first and then the card below.

Positive Images Card

With background on shimmery white

#Specialreasonbundle #KOCreationscards #GDP077 #Randomactofkindness #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Cardmaking

 For the above card I stamped the Avant Garden spots onto a shimmery white piece cut to 10 x 14 cm, then before they dried I spread the colour with an aqua painter. The card base is Early Espresso with a layer of Peekaboo Peach.

I stamped the flower and leaf images onto the dry shimmery card after stamping off first onto a scratch strip of paper.
I then applied the positive images using the fine-tip glue pen.. I then added rhinestones, just for some glitz :)

Adding the washi tape under the sentiment gave this whole card a retro feel I noticed.
What do you think?

The scratch piece that I 'stamped off' onto is what I used for my card below.

Scratch Card

Thanks For Everything

Made using the strip of paper that has my images 'stamped off' onto it.

#Specialreasonbundle #KOCreationscards #GDP077 #Randomactofkindness #Giftsfromtheheart #Madewithlove #Cardmaking

I embossed the Thanks For Everything sentiment in white onto a Early Espresso card base. 

I trimmed up the screatch piece of card and adhered to the early esspresso base. Adding Bermuda Bay bakers twine and some of the sequins (trimmed from a length of sequibn trim) also in bermuda bay finished this card off nicely.

I held the bow in place using glue dots placed under the knot.

The only piece of waste I was left with is the piece sitting below the card!

If you would like to purchase any of the items I used to create these projects above with, then I have added them to the carousal below for your convenience.

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 ahve any questions please ask them in comments below. 

I always reply x