Crushed Midnight Sea...

Hello!

I had some time to play last night so I combined a couple of challenges to come up with this...

I combined the Seize the Sketch and Colour Me challenges for this one...

I used one of the Crushed Curry die-cuts from the Tag a Bag accessory kit for the main image, masking off the edges with post-it notes and stamped the ship image inside with Midnight Muse ink. I layered that on a tag created with the Angled Tag Topper punch and added some linen thread underneath in random loops.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: The Open Sea, Blue Ribbon
Ink: Midnight Muse
Paper: Afternoon Picnic dsp, Crushed Curry, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Tag a Bag accessory kit
Accessories: silver buttons. Midnight Muse ribbon, linen thread
Tools: Angled Tag Topper punch, 1 3/8" circle punch

You can find all the ingredients to make this card in my Stampin Up online store... just click on the link on the right to go shopping...

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Another Great Birthday...

Hiya!

It's time for another fab ColourQ challenge and this week we've got a really versatile combo to play with...

I was determined not to use flowers again (lol) as I seem to always gravitate towards those kind of images. I wanted to create a guy's birthday card and so pulled out a few different stamp sets and dies and ended up with this...

I wanted to try a fun background technique I've seen around recently where you sponge the ink onto a portion of the stamp before stamping - I used the Dictionary background stamp and Tempting Turquoise ink then stamped over the top with Gorgeous Grunge and Encore gold ink. The film strip frame was die-cut with Choc Chip card the the sentiment (stamped on Naturals White with Choc Chip ink) was layered inside. I added some stars stamped with Pool Party (from Perfect Pennants) as well as a smaller one from one of the Thinlit die collections. The banner at the top was cut from Gold foil card and layered with a Tempting Turquoise die-cut arrow (again from a Thinlits collection) and a Neutrals button.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Dictionary, Another Great Year, Perfect Pennants, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Gold Encore
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Gold foil, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Neutrals button, gold sequins
Tools: Banners framelits, On Film Framelits, Thinlits card collections

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team's creations this week - I'm sure you'll be inspired!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Mother's Day Petals...

Hi there!

Today is Mother's Day in Australia so I wanted to make my Mum a special card for the occasion (it will be a bit late getting there though!!)...

I combined two challenges for this one: Chupa's gorgeous Sketchbook Saturday layout and the Color Throwdown combo...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Hardwood, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Stazon, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive
Paper: Fresh Prints dsp, Naturals White, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Vellum
Accessories: Midnight Muse ribbon, white embossing powder
Tools: Square lattice embossing folder, Labels framelits, Label thinlits collections

Thanks for stopping by... and Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there, but particularly my own very special Mum!

x Amy x

Creative Shabby Purples

Hello!

I combined a couple of challenges the other evening to make a little something: The Card Concept inspiration and the Mojo Monday sketch...

I went for the 'shabby chic' style for this one with the help of my distressing tool...

I used quite a few products that will be retiring come the end of June: the Creative Elements stamp set, Little Leaves sizzlit die, large pearls, Afternoon Picnic dsp and core'dinations cardstock... oh and the sentiments are from So Very Grateful (in the Spring/Summer catty) which sadly won't be in the new catty in July!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Creative Elements, So Very Grateful
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Afternoon Picnic dsp, Elegant Eggplant & Perfect Plum core'dinations, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: large pearls, Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon
Tools: Little Leaves sizzlit, woodgrain embossing folder, scallop tag topper punch, distressing tool

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Fringe Fun...

Hiya!

I thought I would pop in and let you know about a class I will be running this coming weekend, called Fringe Fun... Here's a sneak peek at what we'll be creating...

If you live in or near Bristol in the UK and would like to come along, here are the details:
When: Either Friday 9th at 7.30pm or Saturday 10th at 10am
Where: St. Annes (full address will be sent to you on registration)
Price: £10 (or if you spend over £20 on Stampin' Up goodies at the class you get it for free - bargain!)

There is a special free gift for those who bring a friend who hasn't stamped with me before, and all new class attendees also get a little goody bag on arrival...

If you are keen to come along or would like more information, or would like to be added to my class mailing list for future class dates, do send me an email - just click the button at the side of my blog.

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Pink Apothecary Birthday

Hiya!

This week's ColourQ challenge is a lovely, pretty combo...

I just had to something with flowers (again!) so I pulled out one of my favourites - Apothecary Art...

I was trying to figure out what to use for Sage Shadow when I found a piece of Venetian Romance dsp that had blue and green mixed together and looked pretty close to Sage Shadow, so I made a butterfly with it!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art
Ink: Stazon, Pear Pizzazz, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette
Paper: Quatrefancy dsp, Venetian Romance dsp, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, Silver Glimmer paper
Accessories: White button, silver baker's twine, white organza ribbon
Tools: Mosaic embossing folder, Labels framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Beautiful Butterflies bigz die

I used the Create with Connie and Mary sketch for my layout:

Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Cantaloupe Field Flowers

Hiya,

Just popping in to share a little creation I made recently combining two challenges: the Mojo Monday sketch and the colour combo at Fab Friday...

I love this sketch! I used one of the stamp sets that will be retiring at the end of June called Field Flowers (so pretty!)...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Field Flowers
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Venetian Romance dsp, Smoky Slate, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Summer Starfruit ribbon, white button, linen thread

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x