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Inspiration Challenge 21
Its Friday again..…{YAY} the end of the week and Inkspiration challenge time again. I just wanted to say sorry to everyone that I have not uploaded many cards over the past three weeks, I have been a busy little chicken but I am happy to report I did get some stamping time in this week and have taken photos today so next week I will be back on track.
This week is a inspiration challenge….. when I first looked at the image, I straight away thought pretty, vintage and Roses, this is one of the easier inspiration challenges that Keesh has set and I can see lots of pretty cards being make this week. If you have never played along….go on… its fun, just go to Kirsty’s site for all the details and add your creation to Mr. Linky so we can check them all out.
Here is what I came up with, lots of stamping and no Pattern Papers! I have just used En Français Background stamp and the Flourish from Vintage Vogue on all three stamped layers, including a little En Français over the Rose layer. On the Brown layer I have added texture by sponging Close to Cocoa Ink over Close to Cocoa Cardstock then stamped the images in Chocolate Chip Ink. For the Pink layer I have clear embossed the images on Regal Rose Cardstock, sponged the edges in Regal Rose Ink then I did a little Emboss Resist by applying White Craft Ink over the Cardstock and wiped off the excess ink. I am really happy with the effect it has created.
I added this shot to try and show you the stamping detail over the Rose and also with the background when I stamp the En Français I have only stamped parts of the image, by having the stamp face up and placing the Cardstock on the stamp {which is the opposite way to how we normally stamp} I only rub parts of Cardstock which creates the “empty” sections were I have then stamped with the Flourish image….. get me???? Also on the Pink background when I embossed I did not worry about wiping away the excess embossing powder as I wanted that to stay because it added to the background effect.
Inside…. as you can tell mine is a Mother’s Day card because it felt like it had a Mother’s Day feel.
Stampin’ Up! Materials:
Stamps: Fifth Ave Floral, Vintage Vogue, Tiny Tags, En Français and Occasional Greetings
Ink: VersaMark, White Craft, Choc Chip, Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose
Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip and Regal Rose
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Pretties Kit Cream Pearl, Build a Brad and Blender Pen
Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!
April DT Guest Louise
Subscribe to the comments for this postInkspiration Colour Challenge 21
I am a little late sorry everyone, I have had a really busy day /week and I even rang Makeesha this afternoon and said I am not going to get it posted, but due to a small miracle I am here…. and so is my card. This week we have a colour combo and it is bold…. but fun colours…..
I got to use one of my new stamp sets I got for my Birthday, LOVE new stamps. I must say Makeesha was a bit tough with this combo….I never work so bright! I guess that’s what good about a stamping challenge.
Inside…. how cute does it look with the little floating away hot air balloon….
Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!
April DT Guest Louise
Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.
Inkspirations Sketch Challenge 21
Its Friday again, this is my second post of the day….{crazy I know}….and time from another Inkspiration sketch Challenge, I must say Makeesha has out done herself with this sketch, I really love it and I know I will be using it again.
Here is her Sketch and I suggest making time to sit down and play along this week…..
This card is going to my bestie, Elise who is coming to Sydney from Brisbane this weekend for my birthday and to catch up with friends, last week we had one of our long chats on the phone…she has been single for a while {not sure why she is really beautiful but maybe a little too pickie} ….anyway….. she made a comment that she just wanted to find a “Stud”….. being the great friend that I am….. I whipped this up…not sure this is what she was hoping for but she will get a laugh.
Last week I did not do much stamping on my Inkspiration Challenge DT card, but I have made up for that this week….LOTS of stamping and so much fun to just get messy. I have stamped the Sanded background over Boarding Blue Cardstock in a mix of VersaMark and Choc Chip ink, I have then stamped Medallion {from the current Mini} in VersaMark and clear embossed the lot. I then got to the good part…. brayering Choc Chip ink over the surface. I just love the effect it has created. I have stitched the edges and roughened them up. I did cheat a little and moved the greeting down as you can tell from the sketch…. I hope that’s ok 
Inside…. I say it all the time but I love doing inside my cards.
All Materials from Stampin’ Up!.
Stamps: Medallion, Wanted and Sanded
Ink: VersaMark, Choc Chip and Boarding Blue
Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip and Boarding Blue
Other: Largest Circle Punch from Mini, Brayer, Vintage Brads and Clear Embossing Powder
Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!
April DT Guest Louise
Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.
I just wanted to thank everyone for the Birthday wishes I have received, I am having a lovely birthday and truly touched…Thank you…. If you want to share in my birthday giveaway and maybe win a birthday gift go to this post and leave me a little comment love….
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by
Lets celebrate…..My 29th Birthday {Blog Candy}
Today I celebrate my 29th birthday…. yay…. I finally got here! I think there were MANY times as I was growing up my Mum was convinced that I was never going to get here either because she could of killed me before now….. for …..well…..I can‘t remember what she knows and doesn‘t know so I will play it safe and just say….. lots of things I should not of been doing….{lol}….. I have always loved Birthdays just not my own and for the past two weeks I have been hushing people when they very kindly remind me that…. its my Birthday on Friday…..grrrrrrr or that I am turning the BIG 29! only one year off 30.….. I don’t know what my thing is about not get excited about my birthday….…I have lots planned for this birthday and it is going to be a busy few days, last night I had Family Dinner which was lovely, today I am going to the movies 
having lunch with my Mum and Sister, then spending the afternoon with some of my favourite little people {my Nieces} and finishing the day with my normal Friday night card class….. My Bestie, Elise is coming to Sydney from Brisbane for the weekend and she thinks we are going to party all weekend….. I am not so sure about that one…..
I know the song goes “its my party and I will cry if I want to” {well I am a bit of a cry baby at times but I will hold back the tears} ….. I want it to be….. “it’s my birthday and I can do giveaways if I want too…” I am sharing the birthday gifts with YOU…. I have not done BLOG CANDY in forever….. Here goes…..
Leave me a comment on whatever you like…. to help you here some ideas… tell me if you have a birthday survival tip? funny birthday stories? something about my blog {keep it nice kids} any good challenge sites you have found….pretty much anything you want to tell me…. I want to hear it…. I am starting with one birthday gift I will add another gift for every 29 comments… so if I have 58 comments I will give away 2 gifts…. If I have 87 comments 3 gifts…. And so on…. What are the gifts? It will be a surprise….all wrapped up, looking pretty as a birthday gift should and I can give you a hint it will be Papercraft related gifts…. Everyone can enter, all my SU demos and overseas readers welcome to play along… I want lots and lots of comments….so give them to me
The fun ends 12am on 22/4/2010. Winners advised by email…..
After ALL that I do have a card….. I bright one….
I used Taylor’s sketch challenge from last week, I love her sketch’s and work in general…. she is one clever little cupcake
Yes…. put on your sunnies for this one…. I went bright…. a little sewing crazy and over excited with glitter which is STILL all over my craft room….
Great NEWS….. I have a second post coming tonight….. 7pm Sydney time I will have a Inkspiration sketch 21 challenge and it is GOOD…. GREAT….and I don’t normally say that…. see you tonight……
….leave me a comment…..go on….you could win…….
Thanks for stopping by
Carrie On
I did not think I was ever going to get this posted, I have had so many “technical difficulties” over the weekend with my computer then camera…. that just had to happen at the same time…grrrr…. at least it looks like it is all fixed up and it should be fine now thanks to a little “geek” help. Last week I found a challenge/stamping site called “embellish” I know they have been around for a while and I have seen there badge on peoples blogs but I had not been to the site myself….. Well…. I wish I had stopped by sooner! what a talented bunch over there, very inspiring and I love the challenges they set. I felt so inspired I played along straight away, the challenge was to create a “party” inspired project that used Kraft, Red, White and Black {what a yummy colour combo}.
Well I don’t “party” much because….well……I am really not that hip n happen’ {lol} but I was already excited because the second trailer for “Sex in the City 2” was released that day….and its GOOD! {yes that’s how un-hip I am…. I get excited over movie trailers lol…. I blame years of working in the film industry for that} My sister and I both loved the first “Sex in the City” Film and went together on the first day of release with the full Gold Class experience. My Sister works full time in a very demanding Marketing role and has 2 little girls so going to the movies together without the kids is VERY VERY rare, I made her a save the date/invite for us to go see the film on the release day.
I did cheat a little and added green to the olive in the Martini…. It is my understanding a good Martini needs an olive so I just had to add that little bit of green {lol}
The Martini’s are a little bit of a joke between her and I from the first film, getting in the spirit we {who both never really drink} ordered Martini’s each to take in to the Cinema because we were at Gold Class….Anyway they were STRONG I had a little sip and I was done…. I gave her mine, she had both and then found the film even more enjoyable because well she was a little drunk. When I gave her the invite I told her the only cocktails get was getting this time were inside the card {lol}
Materials Used for Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Medallion and Cheers to You
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White and Ruby Red
Ink: Old Olive, Ruby Red, VersaMark and Basic Black.
Other: On Board Chipboard Lots of Letters, Clear Embossing Powder, Largest Circle Punch, Designer Brad, Large White Pearl from Pretties Kit, Crystal Effects and Retried SU Rub-On Letters
Non-Stampin’ Up!: Black Taffeta Ribbon and Black Glitter
I have added the Trailer just in case you care……
Inspiration Challenge 20
Its Friday again and I can honestly say what a week! I have been fighting a cold all week but it got the better of me today and I feel shocking….so I am keeping this short. Makeesha came up with a good challenge this week….
Well this is what I came up…. Not sure if I like this one but I was given a challenge earlier in the week to make a “bad” card so Melanie…. here you go I have completed your challenge…. {lol} I have used the NEW In Colour Soft Suede and good old Sahara Sand, I have also used Autumn Traditions Printed Papers from the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue, I did not use many stamps on this card which is rare for me I have cut the “leaf” from the Printed Papers then applied Crystal effects over the top to make it pop a little.
Inside the card…. lots of layers like the front but I left room for me to write my message.
All Materials from Stampin’ Up!.
Stamps: Fresh Cuts and Sanded
Ink: VersaMark, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand
Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand
Other: Retired Sahara Sand Ribbon, Latte Button and Clear Embossing Powder
Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!
April DT Guest Louise
Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Teneale
A Punchy Easter Basket
Happy Easter Saturday! YAY it’s the last day of Daylight Savings for us in Sydney and a few other States of Australia, I am not a fan of Daylight Saving because I don’t know how to change the {wait…….. should I be admitting this…..} time on the clock in my car so during Daylight Savings I need to think each time I look at the clock and add an hour…. {I Sooooooo should not of shared that….lol} I will admit I kind of like when we start Daylight Savings I feel like I achieve more each day and its always nice walking out of work in Daylight but as the cold weather rolls in I do like to go back to normal and not needing to think when I read the time in my car…..
With Easter tomorrow I made my little niece Bailey an Easter Basket for her to leave out for the Easter Bunny, Mum/Grandma made one for my other niece Ebony she is not showing her basket her on my blog because she wants to put it on her blog….Yes my cute little Mum has a Blog…. is she very talented in Papercraft…. she gets it from me {lol} but as she would say “I do simple” not like me apparently. As soon as I get her permission to share her blog address I will. She is getting ready to join Stampin’ Up! in the coming months and wants to get her blog up so she can hit the ground running….. It has only taken 3 years to get to this point…. And I am not 100% she will join under me…. She has had some very tempting offers from some of my Demo Friends….. You know who you are……..Sharon {lol}
Gee I can talk today…. I think its being over tried from my “hard” day at work. Onto my project….
This was a hit with Little Miss Bailey she loved what I made her, I think it was the butterflies taking flight that got her. I have used lots of Stampin’ Up! Punches on this {I think I was channelling Claire from SU! Demo Support… the punch queen} The Easter Eggs are made using the Wide Oval Punch, the Butterfly Punch and a little twisted wire made the butterflies which are “totally cool” as Bailey said and I also used the Boho Flower Punch to make some flower embellishments on the side that you can’t really see in the photo. I love the speed and ease of punches plus many of the Stampin‘ Up! Punches can be used in lots of different ways so the are a wise investment {well that’s what I tell myself}. LOTS of glitter was used both Dazzling Diamonds and Chucky Glitter…..
Stampin’ Up Materials Used:
A Good Egg Stamp Set, Close to Cocoa Ink, Butterfly Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Boho Flower Punch, Chunky Glitter, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Two Way Glue, Sticky Strip and Regal Rose Ribbon.
Inkspirations Colour Challenge 20
It’s Friday and time for a Inkspiration challenge, this week it is a colour challenge…..
Can I say I found this colour combo hard {thanks Keesh} but I realised once I had finished and was saving the photos I have used this same colour combo 4 times before… SO what was my problem this time around {lol} anyway I got it done, I have gone a little “cute” using the Cheeky Monkey from the {NEW} Fox and Friends set out of the Autumn Winter Mini and the balloons are from Time to Party. My trustily Stamp-A-Ma-Jig got a work out on this card….
Inside…. Very simple but cute {I think anyways} I have more Cheeky Monkeys floating away with balloons and a greeting. Totally cute and I just know the little guy that will be getting this as his Birthday card later in the year
All Materials from Stampin’ Up!.
Stamps: Fox & Friends, Time to Party, Big Bold Birthday and On Your Birthday
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue and Creamy Caramel
Paper: Brocade Blue DSP & CS, Very Vanilla CS and Chocolate Chip CS
Other: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, latte Button and Scallop Edge Punch
Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!
Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog too, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Teneale
Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue now online
Yay! The Stampin’ Up! Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue is out now and can be viewed online HERE. To receive your own copy of this catalogue please email me and I’ll mail one to you.
This Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue is loaded we exciting new products, including the released their Big Shot with dies that are exclusive to Stampin’ Up!.
Can it get more exciting? Well Stampin’ Up! have finally moved over to clear mount stamps? Sticking with red rubber and not acrylic so they are the same high quality rubber that you are used to with the wood mount stamps but they cling to clear blocks. Even better, they come with stickers that you can apply to the back of the rubber so that you can see the exact image through your clear block. The Clear Mount Stamps come in DVD boxes with the images already printed on the cover and on the spine. If you will like Wood Mount Stamps that’s fine you have the choice between Wood Mount or Clear Mount and yes they are all die cut…
One more thing…. Starting with the new Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue and continuing with all new punch designs going forward, Stampin’ Up! has adopted a new body style for their punches! Low-profile, rectangular punch body allows for easier stacking and storing with Dual labels on top and end allow for easy identification and selection when stored. Available in three sizes: small, medium, and extra-large.
If you want to see the products up close, view inspiring samples I have made using new products from the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue, plus sit down for a make and take….. Then come to my Autumn Winter Mini Launch:
When: Sunday 25th April 2010
Where: My Home in Old Mt Druitt
Time: Drop in anytime between 1:30pm and 4pm
Cost: Free
RSVP: Teneale by email. Please do so by 21st April 2010
