JAI #137 Happy 50th

Hi There,

One of my work colleagues is turning 50 this week so I gathered inspiration from the sketch at Just Add Ink to make her a card. I decided on soft colours and my all time favourite stamp set "Bordering on Romance".

Here is the sketch:

 

And this is my card:

The colours I have used are Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petal, Pool Party, Baja Breeze and a touch of Always Artichoke, oh and course Whisper White. Very pretty colours together. This is the best image for using the "Out of the Box" technique with my dies so I couldn't go past adding that to the oval centerpiece. 

Supply List:

Card Stock: Baja Breeze and Whisper White

DSP: Twitterpated, Comfort Cafe

Stamp sets: Bordering on Romance, Memorable Moments

Inks: Black Staz On, Primrose Petal, Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Always Artichoke.

Others: Blender Pen, oval dies

Thanks for stopping by Dani  xoxox

Quick Share

Hi there,
I hope that everyone around Australia has come through the natural disasters that we are experiencing relatively unscathed. Cyclones in Queensland only weeks after almost the entire state was flooded, bush fires in Perth and flash floods here in Victoria over the weekend have caused havoc. My sisters craft room was flooded so they have had to rip the flooring out, but luckily it didn't get too serious just enough to be annoying and have to call in the insurers. We had water come through the shed where my brand new (delivered Friday) workbench units for my craft room were sitting awaiting assembly. Our cabinet maker made them up in flat packs so handy hubby can put them together!! Only a few pieces got a little water on them so I was very lucky, I feel for the people who have had their homes flooded.

As my craft room is in disarray waiting for the new cabinets to go in, here's another quick share of a sample card I gave you a snippet of in the Sale-A-Brations announcement. Hopefully I can get back in there soon to do what I love ..................     .INSPIRE . CREATE . SHARE .

This fresh little card is done in Whisper White and Marina Mist with a touch of Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride on the flowers. I have used the delightful Scallop trim border and corner punches on the Marina Mist cardstock to add a lovely border. The flowers are from the Sweet Summer stamp set and the Happy Birthday 'planter' is from the Punch Bunch set both from the Sale-A-Brations flyer. A touch of Whisper White Satin Ribbon tied in a bow and the card is done.

Don't forget, now is the time to book a workshop to earn FREE products during 

SALE-A-BRATIONS at Stampin' Up!

Stay tuned for the pics of my new and improved crafting area!

Cheers Dani xoxo

Because I Care

This evening I would like to share this card I made for my Mum's birthday using the delightful Because I Care hostess stamp set and the new Texture Plate from Stampin' Up! that you will find in the Summer Mini.
The colours I have put together are probably my favourite combinations in Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry, I have also added some accents with Blushing Bride.
 To get the lovely soft colour in the hydrangea, I first stamped the image onto Very Vanilla card stock using Old Olive on the stem and Blushing Bride on the flower head. Taking my aqua pen, I then light swirled over the whole flower head image which just softened off the lines and allowed the colour to bleed into the petals. Next I took my stamp-a-ma-jig and carefully lined up the image, this time inking up the flower head only in Rich Razzleberry. Again using my aqua pen, I blended some of the colour from the flower centers out into the petals. This just gave the flower some depth, but be careful not to let it get too wet or you begin to loose the crisp outline of each flower and that gives the whole image a blurry kind of look.
I used Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry to blend the edges of the card stock. I layered this onto a piece of Old Olive which I scalloped down one side.
I love the new texture plate, it almost gives your card stock a fabric kind of look. I have ran a piece of Rich Razzleberry through the Big Shot and sponged the edges of both that and the DSP i have layered it on. This all got added to the Old Olive card base. A piece of ribbon from the mistletoe bonus that was available in the Dress Up Christmas Promo and what you see is the end result.
No card is complete without a lovely center, so I used the single petal and the leaves off the flower, the sentiment is from the Every Moment stamp set, which by the way, my Mum loved the saying.
I have you have fun playing with this idea.

Cheers Dani xoxo