Tag: beauty of friendship

Hello Irresistible

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I’m having a lot of fun this week with the new online exclusive Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper. It’s such pretty patterned paper! Lots of great colours and a variety of designs too.

For this design I’m using a sketch I’ve used before. This way I can show off a couple of the different designs. And to help the colours from the DSP really pop, I’m using Basic Black cardstock for my card base.

In the background I stamped some paint splatter from the Quiet Meadow stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. The sentiment comes from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. (It’s so easy to forget about the great products in the Annual Catalogue sometimes) Then I die cut the sentiment using one of the Layering Circles dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the Loose Frosted Dots.

Hello Irresistible

Sadly, as I write this, the Loose Frosted Dots are temporarily sold out. But the Hello Irresistible DSP is in stock. I do wonder how long that’ll last though. It’s really pretty and really popular!

Check out some other cards I made using this online exclusive DSP here and over on my Facebook page.

And of course you can grab this and any of the other online exclusive products in my online shop!

The Challenge of #SimpleStamping

The Challenge of #SimpleStamping

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I finally got around to this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic, but I’m glad I decided to give it a go. I always enjoy the challenge of #SimpleStamping. Even though I don’t tend to use a lot of layers on my cards it still takes me a little bit to figure out these designs. This month the challenge was to make a “just because” card using stamps, ink and paper. AND we could use a punch as well.

To kick off the design I grabbed the new Double Oval punch. Then came the stamp set. I’ve been creating a few cards lately with the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. So I thought I’d give it a try. The colour combination was a natural choice (pun intended, lol). I used Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow for my main colours; cardstock and ink. I also threw in a bit of Old Olive ink.

For the images I stamped a series of trees. And to create a bit of depth I stamped each trunk and initial bunch of leaves a second time before re-inking. Then I stamped all the trees with some Old Olive. Again stamping a second time before re-inking.

I kept it pretty simple with the phrase and just stamped it in Mossy Meadow. Then I used the punch to cut out the phrase and give it a Mossy Meadow border. And here’s where the challenge of #SimpleStamping plays with me… I always want to add just a little something more. Instead I just popped up the phrase with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The Challenge of #SimpleStamping

To add something more and make it a little less simple you could add some Linen Thread to the card. Or you could add some of the Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper. I don’t know if I would add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels or some Wink of Stella. If you did still want to add something more maybe the Clear Epoxy Essentials.

Check out my last #SimpleStamping challenge here. And if you want to give this a try for yourself, stock up in my online store with all the stamps, ink and paper you need.