New challenges at Inspired by Stamping (Challenge 61)

It is that time again and Joanna from Inspired by Stamping 

has some beautiful inspirational colour challenges going at present 

and I couldn't resist playing with them

HERE

I thought I would start with the first one below

and here is what I made

I used the following products on this card

White card stock as my base

Designer paper as a backing

The beautiful roses are from Inspired by Stamping Elegant Flowers

Leaves are GinaK Stippled Nature

Butterfly is GinaK Dogwood & Butterfly

Sentiment is Inspired  by Stamping All Year Wishes 2

Kaisercraft Pearls

SU ribbon.

Gell Pen.

I stamped the images onto the white card stock 

and inked and cut out an extra one to pop on the right hand side.

The butterfly is heat embossed and inked with distress inks and also popped.

Added some highlights to the lovely roses with a glitter gel pen

Finished with 3 pearls.

I am also entering this card in the current
Designer's Choice - Things with Wings challenge
over at The House that Stamps Built.
 http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to,

THANK YOU for the WEDDING BLOG HOP comments - and the WINNER is....

First of all I must say how touched I was with you all concerning 

the loss of my wedding photos and also that you liked my wedding card 

I made with a photo of  our special day. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH

As you know you were all asked to work out the rhyme 

and I am sure you all got it correct and sent your answer to Susan.

Also we have a prize from each of the Design Team 

for the comment we thought the best

 - in my case it is the one that really rang true the meaning of a wedding.

My winner is  Divya Chopra Bhurat 

and this is what she wrote - 

Ina: What a beautiful wedding card!! I don't think money is what matters or makes anything beautiful but its the love, warmth and care that has made your wedding as well as wedding card beautiful.

And for this lovely comment Divya is the winner of a  $15 gift certificate to

Digistamps4joy

CONGRATULATIONS DIVYA.

Please leave a comment here so we can forward you your prize.

I hope you enjoy picking your images from this wonderful sponsor.

Once again I thank you for your wonderful comments 

and you will come back here again soon.

IBS WHW Tutorial #112 - Coloured Vellum Flower Challenge

Here is my second card I have made today for the

Coloured Vellum Flower Challenge

This was relatively simple as I love the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set

 and the Manhattan Flower embossing folder

from Stampin' Up as they work so beautifully together.

I used basic white card stock as my base and embossed the purple paper.  

I inked the vellum rose with different coloured inks. 

Added some stamped leaves from a MS punch and a pearl to the centre.

The sentiment is cut from Spellbinders Labels 20 and Stamp is from GinaK.

Thanks for taking a peek at my blog today.

Tutorial Challenge at Inspired by Stamping.

There is a great new tutorial over at Inspired by Stamping 

and it is to make a card with coloured vellum. 

http://joannamunster.com/2013/08/07/whw-tutorial-112colored-vellum-flowers/

I haven't used too much vellum but after seeing this great tutorial 

I thought it time I got that vellum stash out and had a play with it.

I was also having some fun with a few new products I had purchased recently.

They were Ranger's Sticky Embossing Powder and Twinklets Diamond Dust.

I used basic red card stock for the base and added some designer paper.

Also used

Spellbinders Fleur De Lis

GinaK Vogue Vases stamps set

IBS Elegant Flowers.

Vellum

White Embossing Powder

I stamped the IBS flower onto the vellum and inked the image. 

It wasn't as dark as I wanted so cut out another flower and attached it to the back.

I embossed the vase with the sticky embossing powder 

and then sprinkled the diamond dust to it. It gives it a crystal like look.

It is a shame the photograph doesn't show the rhinestones as sparkly as they are. 

Finished off with some glitter around the Fleur De Lis.

Don't know if I added a bit to much bling

 but felt that it needed something especially as the vase was so sparkly.

I enjoyed this tutorial and will be making more before this challenge ends.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alter Something for Challenge 8 at Crafting with Dragonflies.

Time for our next Challenge over at

We don't want you to get into a rut and just make cards for our challenges 

so this time we are asking you to 

ALTER SOMETHING.

Our sponsors for this challenge are

KennyK

Crafts and Me

Time to get your thinking caps on. 

There are a gazillions ideas that you could use and I am sure there are
plenty of items around the house that need a little attention
to spruce them up and become masterpieces.

So what are you waiting for?

oh some inspiration from the Design Team!

OK...

I was fortunate to get a coloured digi (New Rose Vintage Photo)
 from one of our sponsors Crafts and Me

and because I was so lucky I decided to alter a few items 

we all have near our computer or office.

Here is what I started with

a container I received when I purchased some pens.

a notebook for jotting down 'important notes'

an acrylic frame and post it notes for reminders.

****

I covered the pen case in designer paper my digi image

some ribbon punched flowers 

and a pen tag.

 My Notebook I covered with different paper 

followed by distressed designer papers

lace and digi image and added some 

gloss to the flowers.

Here is a close up view.

and finished off my projects with some designer paper

at the back of my acrylic frame then

added my digi image and note tag

and adhering the sticky notes to the front.

 The finished Items.

Now it is your turn to have a bit of fun.

But don't forget to pop in to my other Design Teamies 

to see what they have altered too

Barb Hilde Judith  Kelli Susan and Tania

I look forward to seeing what you find around your house 

for items you can alter.

Thanks for stopping by

Inspired by Stamping - masking tutorial and challenge - WHW111

Hello again - I had some spare time up my sleeve 

and since I enjoyed making a card yesterday for the challenge below

http://joannamunster.com/2013/07/24/whw-111-masking-with-your-background-stamps/

I decided to make another one.

I used some Kaisercraft stamps - the background for the masking 

and the Eiffel Tower to highlight.

After I had masked and inked the image I decided to cut it out 

pop it and distress the edges slightly.

I also inked the background with distress inks to add a bit of colour.

I inked the Eiffel Tower and then cut out another one which is also popped.

I thought the sentiment was a perfect match.

Who wouldn't love the be there?

Thanks for stopping by. 

Tutorial Challenge over at IBS

One of the challenges over at Inspired by Stamping 

is masking your background stamps and includes a TUTORIAL

I thought this perfect for the fabulous background stamp 

a friend bought for me while in London.

The stamp is from Just Rite and is called 

London Background Stamp (of course)

I decided to frame my stamped background image twice to make it stand out 

and also added a tenny weeny IBS stamp from All Year Wishes to the corners.

The perfect ink to use on this card was - Tim Holtz Distress ink London Fog lol

I used Basic Red & White card stock scored the corners in 2 different ways 

added a small pearl to Big Ben and a small sentiment 

from Just Rite Friends Antique Labels One to finish it off. 

Hope you like my take on the current  Tutorial Challenge over at IBS.

Thanks for looking

Designer's Choice Challenge over at The House that Stamps Built DCC731

Well here I am again loading my other card for the

Designer's Choice Challenge DCC731 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

This time it is Joy Hadden with her Designer's Choice Challenge 

and she is asking us to make a card with a

Water Element.

A while ago I purchased a gorgeous stamp from http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

1704-P, Great Blue Heron and only recently used it. 

Thanks to a card I saw from Brenda Turner HERE 

I got the inspiration to use this stamp (Thanks Brenda)

On looking back at it again I realize I used the same Spellbinder die for this card lol

So without further ado here it is...

        

I had only just used this stamp recently for the 

Colour Challenge over at The Outlawz

Unfortunately I couldn't use it as it was posted the previous day.

Thought I would show you both cards as they are a little different. 

Hope you enjoyed looking at what I made and come back soon.

Challenge Time over at The House that Stamps Built J2413

I have been visiting my sister recently to celebrate her 70th birthday 

so crafting was not on my agenda.but now I am back.

There are a few challenges over at 

The House that Stamps Built 

that I was really keen on entering. 

This is the first one

As you can see it is a simple sketch challenge 

and you can find all the details below.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-j2413/

Here is my take on this challenge

and what I used

Basic White Metallique White and Red card stock

Spellbinders Die

IBS Elegant Flowers Stamp

Just Rite Labels Stamp

Glitter pen on flower

Own ribbon

Super simple but I was really happy with it. 

My next posting will be for the

 Designer's Choice 

going on over there at present.

Thanks for popping in to see what I have been up to.

Crafting with Dragonflies - Challenge #7 - It's a WEDDING BLOG HOP

Hello again from

Crafting with Dragonflies

OUR NEW CHALLENGE -  A WEDDING BLOG HOP

I am really excited about our very first blog hop 

and I am sure you will have a lot of fun along the way. 

For our 7th Challenge we are doing something different. 

Besides having a blog hop we have a cryptic quiz for you to work out - 

it is really easy lol

What you need to do is
Grab yourself a cuppa and maybe something yummy to go with it (chocolate)
as this challenge has a bit of reading.

Now your settled we can get started - 

Gather the words for the quiz that you will find HIDING somewhere in our write up about our weddings and put them together in the rhyme that I am sure you all know.
When you have worked it out let us know on the
CHALLENGE BLOG (COMMENTS) that you have completed the BLOG HOP 

and email the rhyme to Susan at suhogan@gmail.com 

and add Wedding Blog Hop in the Subject Line.

A LITTLE ABOUT MY WEDDING

As money was tight when I got married I was not able to afford everything new 

so I decided to add a flower to my old shoes. 

Nobody would notice or know as you don't really look 

too closely at the bride's shoes. 

I chose to make my card in a Vintage type style and colour 

mainly because it was some years ago and I didn't wear a traditional white dress. 

I wore cream and was lucky enough to know someone
who had a cream veil so I managed to borrow hers.
My bridesmaids were also a little different by wearing 2 different shades of pink.


I have very few wedding photos as most of them were destroyed by

 Cyclone Tracy which destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974.
This is why I decided to do something a little fancy here
and this card will be placed in a shadow box.

So without further ado here is my Wedding Card.

and inside 

The digi Image I used as a frame was generously supplied by 

called Daisy Moon

I used the following products -

Cream Metallic card stock
Darice Doily Lace Embossing Folder
Spellbinders - Opulant Ovals
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms
Fancy That Leafy Swirl
Antique Linen Distress Ink
Kaisercraft Pearls

If you have come directly here you need to start at the beginning

at Hilde
as You are here
then on to

Judith

Barb

Kelli

Tania

Susan

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com.au/

Don't forget to click above to let us know
you have completed the blog hop

and make sure you leave a comment for all the Design Team
You may be pleasantly surprised if you do....

Our generous sponsors are

Bugaboo - 7 digi's of winner's choice

Sassy Studio Design's

Meljens - $10 Gift Certificate

Di's Digi Designs - $10 Gift Certificate

Digistamps4joy x 2

Kenny K

ADFD

 Also we look forward to seeing your wedding cards in our challenge.

Another Inspired by Stamping Challenge - Inspirational Challenge #59

I have had another play with my new Inspired by Stamping stamps 

and this time I made it for the

INSPIRATION CHALLENGE #59

http://joannamunster.com/category/ibs-inspiration-challenge/

Here is what I made - 

I used the following products on my card - 

Cream metallic card stock

Glitter DP / Apricot paper

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

MS Leaf punch

Scoring

Memento Ink

Gold gel pen

and from IBS

Elegant Flowers Stamp

Vintage Labels

Crochet Lace

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will come back soon.

Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenges

Some of the fabulous challenges that are in progress over at 

Inspired by Stamping 

at present are the Inspirational Challenges. 

There are 3 of them and I have decided to start off with the 

beautiful inspiration photo and colours below.

You can find all the details by clicking the LINK BELOW.

Inspiration Challenge #60

Here is the card I made for this challenge

I used the following products - 

White and Black card stock

Pink designer paper

Cherry Lynn Italian Flourish

IBS ELEGANT FLOWERS STAMP -  Elegant Flowers

Pink Kindy Glitz

Glitter Pen

Black Kaisercraft Pearls

 Ribbon from Stash

and while I am here I would like to give 

Joanna - the Owner of Inspired by Stamping

 a big plug for her excellent Customer Service 

and let you all know how wonderful her products are. 

Please be sure to go to her website HERE and see for yourself.

I am also particularly happy I found this site as it is based here in Australia.

Thanks for popping in to see my work

Dragonflies Challenge Time - An Unusual Fold.

Here we go again over at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our latest challenge for you is to

CREATE A CARD WITH AN UNUSUAL FOLD.

Now isn't that a great idea - get away from our every day type card 

and challenge ourselves to do something a little different.

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

with 4 digi's of the Winner's Choice 

and

Di's Digi Designs
with a $10 gift voucher

Again the Design Team were supplied with images for this challenge from Delicious Doodles and being a Scot there is nothing I like better than what everyone (including myself) calls a weed. 

They are but I still love THISTLES and it is called St Andrew's Day Thistle.

The card I made is not a hard one but is one I like and looks stylish.

Here is the link that I found as inspiration

Folded Paper Frame

and here is my card

A side View

and a close up

I used the following products on my card

Cream card stock

Creative Memories Reminisce Designer Paper

Spellbinder Decorative Labels 27

Spellbinders Antique Frames/Accents

Distress Inks

Glossy Accents

Glitter

Own Ribbon

Kaisercraft pearls.

Please check out our other Design Teams gorgeous creations

Barb

Hilde

Judith

Kelli

Susan

Tania

Hope to see what you come up with after viewing our take on the challenge.

Inspired by Stamping WHW #018 - creating frames

On my last post I showed you a card I made for 

the Inspired by Stamping Ribbon Challenge. 

I am so happy that my name was picked out as the WINNER. 

I can now choose 2 packs of crochet trim and there is 

some beautiful ones there for me to choose. Whoo Hoo

Their new challenge is to create a card using a frame. 

Below you can click on the link to see how Joanne showed us how with her Tutorial.

 http://joannamunster.com/2013/07/03/whw-018creating-frames-with-ibs-nestie-dies/

How often do we use our dies but don't think of using 

2 together to create a lovely frame. 

That got me interested so I got to playing with 

some new Spellbinder dies to do just that.

This is what I came up with.

I used the following products for my card

Basic white card stock

DP - Old World Mat Stack

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Spellbinders Vintage Lace Motifs

Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Distress Ink - Iced Spruce

GinaK stamp - Assorted Greetings

MS Punches - Hydrangea and Leaves

Fancy That Leafy Swirl

Flower - CR1204 by Marianne Designs

Kaisercraft Pearls

Liquid Pearls 

I really enjoyed making this card for the challenge and hoping next time 

I will have some lovely IBS stamps on my next project for you to drool over.

Till then

 HAPPY CRAFTING

and thanks for stopping by.