Sparkly Birthday Gifts

Hiya,

This week at the ColourQ we have a fabulous bright colour challenge for you...

Initially I struggled to come up with an idea for this one and kept looking at different stamp sets and changing my mind... Then I took out cardstock and dsp of each colour, put them together and immediately thought 'bright, fun, birthday' and thought of the new Christmas set called 'Wishing You' (from the Autumn/Winter catty) and thought the stack of gifts would work for a birthday card too, so that's where I started...

I wanted panel to have a pattern of some sort and I started with the Daffodil Delight dsp from Quatrefancy, so I decided to add the mosaic theme to the other panels, with embossing on the Bermuda Bay strip (and highlighting with white ink) and layering some Quatrefancy printed window sheet over Primrose Petals card. Normally I like using darker cardstock to layer each panel onto, but because these colours are so bright I used white instead, and used Rich Razzleberry as my card base.

The presents were stamped four times, once in each colour, then cut out and layered together to make the multi-coloured stack. I added some Dazzling Details clear sparkle to some of the presents, as well as to a couple of Bermuda Bay candy dots (just when I thought candy dots couldn't get any better... I discovered sparkly candy dots! {grin}). The sentiment is from Create a Cupcake, stamped with Rich Razzleberry. I added some faux stitching with a Rich Razzleberry marker to the main panel as well. The final touch was adding the white organza ribbon.

I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch for this one..

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Wishing You, Create a Cupcake
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Primrose Petals, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry marker
Paper: Quatrefancy dsp, Bermuda Bay, Primrose Petals, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Accessories: Brights candy dots, white organza ribbon, Dazzling Details
Tools: corner rounder punch

Make sure you check out the fab creations from the rest of the design team this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Dynamic Merry Sparkle

Hiya!

I needed to prepare a swap for my team training yesterday so I used this week's Dynamic Duos colour challenge to help me...

I flicked through my Colour Coach and found a combo with Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand (which is ok cos SS is a neutral!) so I went with that and made a non-traditional Christmas card...

I used some new goodies from the Autumn/Winter catty (did you spot the 'shop now' button on my blog sidebar?? Yes the UK now has online shopping from SU - woohoo!! More to come on that tomorrow...). The presents from Wishing You were stamped on Whisper White with Blushing Bride and then again with Versamark to one side. I added Heat & Stick powder to the Versamark image and heated, then added some silver glitter (available in the Autumn/Winter catty) and heated to set (very sparkly IRL). I cut the focal point out with an oval framelit, then debossed the next smallest framelit inside (using a crease mat instead of a cutting mat in the Big Shot). I layered the oval onto a piece of Silver glimmer paper cut with a Labels framelit.

The Sahara Sand strip in the middle was stamped with the text from O Holy Night with Sahara Sand ink and layered onto a piece of Perfect Plum, cut either side with the Finishing Touches edgelit die. The Blushing Bridge piece was embossed with the Mosaic embossing folder (kinda reminds me of Christmas baubles!) then layered on Perfect Plum and onto a white A6 card base. The final touch was to cut the 'merry' from Perfect Plum card using the new Expressions Thinlets die. I smooshed the Perfect Plum inkpad over the top of the 'merry' in order to make it darker and really pop over the top of the presents.

Hope you've enjoyed looking at my sparkly Christmas card! Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Merry Mashup!

Hiya,

This week at the Friday Mashup Liliana has a fab sketch for us to play with...

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with the "Sketch Liliana created."
2. Create a project with a "School Theme (books, pencils, rulers, numbers, etc."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "School themed project using Liliana's Sketch. "

Well I didn't get to 'mash' it this week as I don't have ANYTHING that features books, pencils, rulers or numbers in stamps or paper lol! So I thought I'd take the opportunity to play along with some new goodies from the up-coming Autumn/Winter catalogue and so I ended up making a Christmas card...

I used some new designer paper as well as a new little stamp set that has lots of possibilities! I stamped the stack of presents three times, in Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Crumb Cake, then cut each present out with my trusty paper snips and reassembled to make the focal point. The sentiment (stamped on Crumb Cake with Cherry Cobbler) is from the same set. I added a couple of vintage trinket brads to finish the sentiment banner.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Wishing You
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Paper: Season of Style dsp, Early Espresso, Naturals White, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Vintage Trinkets
Tools: Square framelits

Make sure you check out what the rest of the design team have created with this sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x