We have an unusual challenge for you today over at Sweet Stampin - Dr Seuss or Graduation. Now I have a mental block with Dr Seuss - I'm not sure where it stems from but it gives me the creeps - even the mention of it can turn me in a jelly so my choice had to be Graduation. I don't have any stamps at all that can be deemed Graduation so I had a think out side the box and decided to use Beautiful You. I can still remember what it felt like over 30 years ago to graduate from University with that all important qualification which sadly I never really used. I studied languages, French and German but today they are most decidedly rusty through lack of use.
My girl, however, is full of confidence that she is going to put that qualification to good use. I kept it simple with blacks and blues - and added some blue thread to her hat and her rolled up qualification. The sentiments are from Yay You and Remember this -retired Stampin Up sets.
Did you spot the image? I'm super excited to announce I am now part of the fabulous design team at Try Stampin On Tuesday challenge blog run by Kaylin Krawczyk. Tuesday definitely seems to be my day! My first challenge for them is a colour challenge - yummy colours don't you think?
I tried a couple of cards but just wasn't very happy with the results and then had a Eureka moment and decided to get sponging. I used some SU colours for my inks - Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight and Flirty Flamingo. I used a Tim Holtz sponge dauber to ink my background papers in stripes and also an extra bit which was cut out using SU Stitched Framelits. The image of the girl is from SU Beautiful You - I've used the Flirty Flamingo marker pen to ink up her dress and a touch of Wink of Stella to add some sheen. I added a Pearlized Doily cut in half behind the image. The tag is cut from an old tag punch I have and I've added a little heart brad.
I hope you agree my card looks as though this girl is having lots of fun and the sentiment fits just right.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with these colours and I'll be along to leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by - do leave a comment as I love to hear from you.
Til next time.........Keep Stamping!
I was recently gifted some of the gorgeous new DSP from Stampin Up called Share What You Love and am having fun making cards just with this DSP and not the matching stamp set - well I presume there is a matching stamp set - I haven't yet seen a new catalogue!
I thought I'd have a play with Beautiful You from SU as I haven't used this set in such a long time - when it first came out I think it was everyone's go to set. On my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets it is definitely the most popular set with more project examples than any other of our albums. Why not come and join us - we celebrate SU current and retired as well as other stamp companies.
I'm using the sketch from TGIF Challenges #tgifc163 this week which is:
I turned the sketch around for my card.
I've used one of the sheets of DSP both ways - in other words this shows you both sides. I wanted it to look as though the girl was running through a field of flowers. I cut her out with the Stitched Framelits and also made a frame for her. The pearls are the matching pearls for this paper, as is the twine. I coloured her in with the blender tool and So Safron, Old Olive, Powder Pink and Island Indigo inks.
I've been having a play around with some new colour techniques - this one is a colour ombre type wash using the colours suggested by Fab Friday 136 for their challenge this week
I loved these colours together - Grey is not a colour I often use or turn to so it was nice to include it in my card this week. I used some post it notes to blank off the stripes and used an ink dauber to add the ink. I haven't used Stampin Up's Beautiful You set in a while and thought she would go nice on these colours just simply stamped in Black and a touch of Wink of Stella on her dress.
I layered it simply onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock and added the sentiments also in Bermuda Bay with a touch of Bermuda Bay ribbon. I have someone in mind for this card - my darling daughter has to face surgery again in the next few weeks - this card will be for her once all the surgery is done. Finger's crossed for her.
That's exactly how many of us feel in the UK as Spring is really taking its time coming and we are all desperate for some warm weather. My card today reflects that.
The challenge over at Addicted to CAS #133 is rain and the challenge over at Inkspirational 158 is a photo image.
I've used SU Night of Navy as my base card stock and for the layers - the stamp set is Beautiful You and the little umbrella is from a very old set called A Little Love. The background paper is non SU. I've also used an old non SU stamp for the splatters which you can just see on the squares. I've used SU stitched framelits to cut out the various squares - I was inspired by the photo above to use lots of squares on the card. There is a touch of Wink of Stella on the umbrellas and the girl to give a bit of a sheen.
I hope you like my card and thank you for visiting my blog.
A strange title for my blog post today but this card I'm showing took me ages! I just couldn't seem to get it to do what I wanted it to - I knew I definitely wanted to use the image of the girl which is an old Cherry Pie Art Stamp and I was inspired by the gorgeous colours on Addicted to Stamps Challenge blog. Eventually I produced something I was half way happy with so I'm going to put it into two challenges.
Addicted to Stamps gave us these inspiring images to work with.
As well as the Cherry Pie stamp I've also used one from Stampin Up's Beautiful You set for the sentiment.
The image of the girl was versamarked in SU Pacific Point ink and then clear embossed so she has a shine to her. The background on the card stock uses Tim Holtz Dot Stencil.
I'm also adding this into the Retro Rubber's challenge this week which is Anything Goes.
Do you ever feel as though you are going round in circles? My life is a bit like that at the moment. The Try It On Tuesday challenge actually has circles as their theme this week. Watercooler Wednesday has a Feminine Anything Goes. Moo Mania and More is a new challenge to me and their theme is Feminine.
I've pulled out my Cherry Pie Stamps again and a sentiment from SU Beautiful You for this card. It was inked up with Tim Holtz distress inks and some SU Fresh Fig. Layered onto some purple cardstock - purple isn't a colour I use very often but I think it shows off these colours really well. The addition of a vintage style circle brad finishes off this card. THere is a touch of Wink of Stella on the image of the woman but I don't think it shows very well on camera.
So this week has been a week of sorting out my craft room - getting rid of some things and finding old friends that had been put in the back of the cupboard. It's a little bit like Christmas come early as my favourite Tim Holtz and Cherry Pie Art Stamps make an appearance.
My card was inspired by some long walks I have taken lately with my dogs. I adore trees - they make me feel safe and secure and here are some pictures of two of my favourites.
Copper Beech
This beautiful copper beech lives in my front garden. This is looking up into the tree - at the moment it still has its green leaves and hasn't yet started to turn them that gorgeous copper colour yet as we have not had a frost.
The Yew is one of my favourite trees and I am very lucky to have some very old Yew trees at a nearby Iron Age Hillfort. A place for reflection and planning. The Yew lives a very long time and it is very feasible that these trees were here during the Iron Age. The oldest known Yew is The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire which is said to be over 9,000 years old!
So as you can see my card was very much inspired by my wanderings this week. I've mixed all three stamp companies in
this card and the sentiment pretty much sums up where I am at the
moment. I'm walking a different path altogether with many new
adventures on the horizon.
The challenge over at Time Out challenges this week has given us an image to be inspired from. I'm using the sticks from their image to tie in with my card.
Thank you for stopping by.
HAPPY CRAFTING
