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Friday, 5 February 2021

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Garden Inspiration

Hi crafters,

It's the first Friday of the month and that means a Global Stamping Friends blog hop.  We are a group of international Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who love to share our passion for creativity through our monthly hops.  This month's theme is Garden Inspiration!  If you have come from Marieke's brilliant post, you are on the right track.  There is also a full list of participants at the end of this post.  


I really wanted to use the new Wild Roses Background Stamp which features an allover floral pattern.  I created four cards by stamping the Wild Roses Background Stamp onto each of the matching colours of DSP in the Oh So Ombre paper pack.  This is a Sale-A-Bration item which can be earned for free with an order of £45 or more until the end of February 2021.  I'm really loving the plain side of this DSP but there is also a great dotty pattern too.  Here is the beautiful Wild Roses Background Stamp image in all its glory!


The first card used the Granny Apple Green Oh So Ombre DSP stamped with the Wild Roses Background Stamp in Granny Apple Green ink.  The Sweet Strawberry bundle seemed like the perfect accompaniment.  I stamped the strawberry images in Poppy Parade using both first and second generation stamping to achieve different tones.  I used the co-ordinating Strawberry Punch and also added a pop of Granny Apple Green for the stalks.  I drew the shading on these before realising that there is a co-ordinating stamp in the Sweet Strawberry stamp set.   I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Poppy Parade ink.  


The second card features the Bermuda Bay Oh So Ombre DSP stamped with the Wild Roses stamp set in Bermuda Bay.  I kept this design fairly simple by adding a few Silver Foil butterflies from the Butterfly Beauty Dies.  I stamped the sentiment from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink and then used the Stitched Shapes Dies to cut it from white cardstock.  I added the die cut with Stampin' Dimensionals.  


This third card features the Art Gallery bundle paired with the Blackberry Bliss background.  I cut one of the Nested Stitched Labels from Mango Melody cardstock and then added the stamped and die cut floral image from the Art Gallery bundle on top.  I cut the lettering from Blackberry Bliss cardstock using the dies from the Art Gallery bundle and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  


The last card in the set is a little more of a diversion from the theme!  I paired the Rococo Rose background with some white heat embossing from the Tasteful Touches stamp set.  I stamped and coloured one of the images from the Hey Girlfriend stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Stampin' Blends.  I used colours in Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Ivory, Soft Suede, Petal Pink and Mango Melody.  I fussy cut the image and then mounted with Stampin' Dimensionals.  To finish off I used the Well Written Dies and Bermuda Bay cardstock for the sentiment.  


And here are all the cards together - I really had fun coming with four different designs using the same background.  



I hope you'll join us on our Garden Inspiration blog hop.  To keep hopping, click on the arrow below to head to Tricia's fabulous post.  


Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Rachel Macleod  ***You are here***

2. Tricia Butts

3. Amanda Farlinger

4. Jenn Curtis Charles

5. Jan Musselman

6. Lisa Henderson

7. June Olsen

8. Kimberley Anne Morris

9. Marieke Bart


Happy crafting, Rachel x


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Tuesday, 12 January 2021

A Touch of Ink with Stampin' Up!

Hi crafters,

Today's card came about because I really wanted to use the new Sale-A-Bration stamp set A Touch of Ink.  It features 17 photopolymer stamps and can be earned for free with a purchase of £90 or more.  

I paired this stamp set with the new Art Gallery stamp set to create the stamped background using tone on tone in Just Jade.  You could definitely use the floral image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set but I didn't think of it at the time.  

I kept the colour palette to a minimum and used the gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack to wrap around the background before adhering to my card base.  I used the Layering Circles Dies with Gold Foil Sheets and Whisper White cardstock to create my sentiment topper which was stamped with Just Jade ink from the A Touch of Ink stamp set.  I stamped the butterfly from the same stamp set, also in Just Jade ink, and then fussy cut using Paper Snips.  I tucked the butterfly between the two layers of the sentiment topper and attached with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  

Did you know that our Whisper White cardstock has been replaced?  Stampin' Up! have launched a new range of white cardstock products called Basic White.  Whilst I don't have any in my hands just yet, I have included links below to the Thick A4 cardstock and the A4 cardstock if you need to stock up.  The full range of new products is shown here:


Don't forget that SAB is only running until the end of February this year so be sure to place your order and claim your freebies soon.  

Happy crafting, Rachel x


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