Flipped Sketch

Isn't it funny how a sketch or colour combo just catches your eye for some reason?  I don't usually do much creating through the week, saving it for the weekend, but when I saw this sketch from Stampin' Royalty I just had to get started on my card right away.

I started with the flowers, it gave me an excuse to have a play with my Blendabilities!  Checking through my new DSP the gorgeous Blackberry Bliss sheets in the Park Lane pack really took my eye.  After cutting the triangles out of the DSP I had some fun playing around with the layers, what colours they should be and finally came up with the above design.  It just fit better once I had flipped the sketch.  I used the flowers from the Hostess Stamp Set "I Like You" for the main image as well as to add some detail to the Whisper White layer. The sentiment is my new favourite birthday one from Age Awareness.

Happy Stamping
Monique

ESAD Annual Catalogue Blog Hop 2014

It is time again for another ESAD Blog Hop to showcase some of the amazing products in the new Annual Catalogue!  You may have come from Keryn's Cards or be just starting at my blog, it doesn't matter, just keep following the links at the bottom of each post to 'hop' to the next blog until you get back to where you started from.  Sit back and enjoy.

 My first card is one I made having seen a similar card on Pinterest, I wanted to use the new in-colours which I think look great with the subtle Pistachio Pudding.  I just love the way the hearts hang down the front of the card. Stamps are from the Work Of Art set which is just so versatile, I am sure you will be seeing more creations using it on this blog hop, and I know you will see more in the weeks and months to come from me.

 Speaking of which ... Here is a second card made using the same basic idea but on the horizontal rather than vertical and with In-colours matching the rainbow to showcase all of the lovely new in-colours, along with Strawberry Slush at the top and Gold at the end of the rainbow!  The hearts on this one have been punched out with the new cute little heart punch.

I wanted to share this card because I just love the colours, Hello Honey pairs so beautifully with Coastal Cabana.  The DSP is from the Lullaby DSP collection, this is a great collection of papers as they have lovely blue tones on one side and pinker tones on the other, making it the perfect stack for both boy and girl cards!  Although it is named Lullaby and is in beautiful pastel shades it is so versatile and can be used for many different occasions.

My final card is possibly my favourite one of the bunch.  Blended Bloom is a beautiful a la carte stamp that is just perfect for colouring with the new Blendabilities alcohol based pens.  Each pen set has three shades and matches with one of the Stampin' Up! colours, this one is Calypso Coral but because of the lighter shades I think it also pairs well with Crisp Cantaloupe.  The pens are great not only for shading, but also for solid colour like around the edge of the Thankful Banner from the Amazing Birthday stamp set.  The DSP on this card is also from Lullaby and shows one of the lovely pink toned papers.

Time to hop on over to Kathryn's blog Katlo Designs to see what lovely creations she has made to inspire.

What is ESAD?

 ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and is a Facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.

 We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas & friendship and we're always there to help and support each other.

 So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group.

Happy Stamping
Monique

Two Ways ...

Just a super quick post tonight before I head off to bed.  I made this card yesterday for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and almost forgot to post a picture!  This is the cute sketch we had as a base.

And here is my card:

I wanted to have a play with my new Blendabilities and these flower stamps from the Hostess Stamp Set "I Like You" were just perfect.  I have headed this post "Two Ways" because I have used the Blendabilities two ways - colouring the flowers and also colouring the button and pearl to match.  I have also used the stamp set two ways, in the back panel and as a more subtle feature on the front panel.  If you look very closely you can see that I have actually stamped the sentiment twice, once in yellow (I think it was Daffodil Delight or So Saffron) and then stamped over it just slightly to the right in Old Olive.

Happy Stamping
Monique