Aussies Who Love Stampin' Up! Colour Challenge

This is my first time playing along with Aussies Who Love Stampin' Up! Colour Challenge.
Some of the colour palette are colours that I use all the time,
BUT not Garden Green and Early Espresso...

I knew that I wanted to use the Delightfully Detailed Laser-cut Specialty Paper
As well as the May Flowers Framelits, just suited the laser cut paper perfectly.
So I cut out most of the flowers out of matching cardstock...
Starting piecing my layout out... I realised I needed some smaller filler flowers.
I found these in the Bouquet Bunch Framelits.

The background suited our Daughter's dress with all the lace detail.
Don't You Agree?

So very happy how this turned out, I would normally have chosen colours that matched
her bouquet so it was nice to shy away from the pinks and purples.

Thanks for following my photo to my blog, please leave me some love in the comment box
below and I will in turn return the favour to you <3 Hope your day was AWESOME  <3

EDITED - I won this weeks colour challenge see my winner's badge below <3
Cannot wait for tomorrow's new challenge.

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 All Products used to create this

Delightfully Detailsed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper
May Flowers Framelits 140276
Falling Flowers Stamp Set - 139556
Bouquet Bunch Framelits - 143659
Layering Alphabet Edgelits - 145664
Whisper White Cardstock 12x12 - 124302
Bermuda Bay Cardstock - 131286
Early Espresso Cardstock - 121686
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock - 131290

Garden Green - 108605
 

Retiring Products
Island Indigo Cardstock - 124390
Marina Mist Cardstock - 121682
Pearl Basic Jewels - 144219
Just Add Text - 143934

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - New Annual Catalog Sneak Peek

Welcome to Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop where this month
we are featuring the New Annual Catalogue Sneak Peak...
Such an exciting time of the year when we can pre-order new products from
a YET to be released catalogue and start making samples for our upcoming launches.

You may have just joined me from Vicky Wright's blog where I am sure her creation
will be AMAZING...Vicky and I have just become friends on FB and I have joined her
Sunny Stampers Group...She is one very talented lady <3

My card is for a group swap at our upcoming team meeting at Sutton's Beach, Redcliffe.
I created a prototype a couple of weeks ago and thought this would be a great card
for the swaps...BUT I didn't really think about making 20 of them!! Did I??
Anyways 240 pieces later... I had to begin construction!!
I used So Saffron cardstock and Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock.
Share What You Love Specialty Designer Paper

I am making a Gatefold Shutter Card after finding
this tutorial on You Tube from Sandi MacIver
Cutting Instructions found on her blog
I added a couple of extra pieces to my card

Shutter Pieces:  – 3-1/2 x 4, (two pieces) – score on the left side at 1/2 inch
 This is the centre of the card that gives us the shutter fold mechanism.
One side has the points cut off, this overlaps the other side.
Next you add the Inside Centre piece – base color 3 x 5-1/2
on top of that add Designer Paper (DSP) 2-3/4 x 5-1/4
only sticking it at the bottom with dimensionals at this point.


This piece I created using the Lovely Floral TIEF embossing folder on Shimmer Paper
Once it was passed through the Big Shot I added Versamark Ink to the raised edges and
sprinkled clear embossing powder over it and heat set it.  Then I stamped
'Love What You Do' with Black ink and clear embossing powder and heat set it. 
The finish on this piece was almost like Batik when I added water with an aqua pen
and Gamboge Brusho Crystals to it, then added extra water
with a Stampin' Spritzer to make the crystals burst.

Once these were dry I cut them with Layering Circle Framelits
Next I added my inside sentiment (behind the shutter fold mechanism)
Then I stuck down the top of the inside piece over the top of the shutters
  This is where the magic happens,as you open the card the shutter opens from
smaller to larger shutter to reveal the hidden message

The colourful one was my prototype, this is actually the reverse side of the
patterned DSP that I used to make 20 of these.

For the belly band to hold this card together I cut 20 Very Vanilla circles
ran them through the Big Shot inside the Lovely Floral TIEF embossing folder
and then used a dauber to add some colour to the embossed floral design.
Then I added 20 Scalloped Circles behind the embossed circular design and
attached to the belly band with some dimensionals.

 Up next is Kayla MacAulay, Kayla's creation will be stunning!!!
Kayla is a 2018 Stampin' Up Artisan Team Member.


Here are our upcoming themes for 2018, if you want to join in on a Blog Hop
simply join Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop Group

and participate when and where you can... It is so much FUN!!!

Thanks for hopping along to my blog, please leave me some love in the comment box
below and I will in turn return the favour to you <3 Hope your day was AWESOME  <3

If you need a Demonstrator here in Australia, I am your girl.
All products can be brought through my online store.
All purchases over $50 will receive a FREE gift from me
Please use hostess code BNFVHATJ
If you happen to order over $250 please do not use the hostess code
as you will receive 10% of sales to spend as hostess rewards.

 All Products used to create this card
So Saffron A4 Cardstock - 108611
Very Vanilla Thick A4 Cardstock - 144238
Share What You Love Specialty Designer Paper - 146926
Shimmery White A4 Cardstock - 121717Lovely Floral TIEF embossing folder  - 148048
Clear Embossing Powder - 109130
Versamark Ink - 102283
Brusho Crystal Colour - 144101
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad - 147109
Sponge Daubers - 133773
Aqua Painter - 103954
Stampin' Spritzers  - 126185
Heat Tool - 129056
Layering Circles Framelits - 141705
Big Shot - 143263
Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430

Kelly's Stamping Friends - Birthday Blog Hop 2018

Welcome to the blog hop for Kelly's Stamping Friends - Birthday Blog Hop 2018.

 Please Wish our Birthday Girl Kelly Kent - Happy Birthday!!!
There are 2 groups of 20 participants who are celebrating Kelly's Birthday today.

 We were asked to create a special project with only one stipulation was 'To Be Creative'
I am in group B, I will include a link to Group A's hop at the very bottom of this post.

You may have just joined me here or hopped from Sue Vine's Blog
Sue would have had a beautiful creation on her blog to tempt you to recreate, I am sure!!!

For those of you who don't know me, My name is Sharon Dalton (Shaz)
I live in Central Queensland and I LOVE creating with Stampin' Up products.
AND today I decided that I would create with some products that are carrying over
from the current catalogue. As well as LOTS of brand new products from the
upcoming New Annual catalogue available June 1
 

Current Catalogue products
The obvious choice was Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set 143666

and Matching Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies 143659
 

New Catalogue Products

Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper 146907
Delightfully Detailed Note Cards & Envelopes 146911

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper 146926
Share What You Love Embellishment Kit 146928
Nature's Twine 146342

The Note card and envelopes make easy cards quickly as they are already
pre printed ready for Stamping or layering with the
Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper.
This Laser Cut Paper is Whisper White on one side and Very Vanilla on the other.

This is where my card began, I picked my design piece from the
Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper with this beautiful pearlised finish to some of the flowers and leaves.  I absolutely love fussy cutting... Do you??
Fussy cutty explanation for those of you who don't know this term is where you cut up the paper into smaller pieces to add to your cards or scrapbooking layouts

Once I had cut what I thought to be enough flowers
I started to construct my bouquet for the card front...
I used Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies to cut 2 bouquet stems
from the returning Mint Macaron cardstock. YAY!!!
And I cut the wrap for the bouquet out of Rich Razzleberry cardstock.
 

Using dimensionals I added some behind the stems added it
to the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Specialty Paper
then I add Old Olive fussy cut pieces, then I added the Rich Razzleberry florals
 then with the largest flowers I curled the petals with my bone folder
to create some dimension on the petals.
See how the petal are curled.

I also added some mini glue dots to hold the Mini Roses inside
the flowers (these are only available in Share What You Love Embellishment Kit)
Aren't they just adorable??
 
To finish off this card perfectly, I felt it needed some more of those flowers inside.
Also adding a sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set

Hope you liked what I created for Kelly's Blog Hop, I had fun creating it!!!Thanks for hopping along to my blog, please leave me some love in the comment box
below and I will in turn return the favour to you <3
Have an AWESOME day <3

Up next on this blog hop to continue celebrating Kelly's Birthday is Rebecca Scurr

Rebecca is very talented and her design will be nothing short of STUNNING.

Click the NEXT button and you will be amazed

Group B Participants

1. Kelly Kent
2. Angela Meiritz-Reid
3. Sue Vine
4. Sharon Dalton
5. Rebecca Scurr
6. Julia Quinn
7. Danielle Bennenk
8. Cathy Pinchbeck
9. Richelle Fletcher
10. Sara Levin
11. Sandra Roberts
12. Catherine Creer
13. Cheryl Taylor
14. Rochelle Blok
15. Ine van den Eijnden
16. Rachael Lewsley
17. Jo Weedon
18. Courtenay Heuston
19. Mandy Depiazzi
20. Fi Cobbin

 Please check out the Participants in Group A's Hop too

Participant List (A)

1. Kelly Kent
2. Lou Kitzelman
3. Jenny Hall
4. Denita Wright-Smee
5. Jackie Aitken
6. Narelle Simm
7. Sandra Collett
8. Monique Fielder
9. Nicole Wilson
10. Siobhan Fitzsimmons
11. Jenny Hayward
12. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
13. Josie Dean
14. Peta Stephen
15. Kristel Rimmer
16. Kim Oliver
17. Denise Buetler
18. Jacqui Crouch
19. Tina Gillespie
20. Jan McQueen

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All products can be brought through my online store.
All purchases over $50 will receive a FREE gift from me
Please use hostess code BNFVHATJ
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Stamp 'N Hop - New Annual Catty Preorder

Hi my name is Shaz (Australia) Welcome to my blog
So excited to be hopping with 24 Talented Demo's from all around the world.
You may have just hopped to my blog from Jennifer Charles's blog

This month we are previewing products from the upcoming New Catalogue
which launches on the 1st of June...These products we got to pre-order early.
I have created a Scrapbooking Layout with the Nature's Poem Suite.
I used Nature's Poem DSP, Rooted In Nature stamp set and Nature's Roots Framelits.
ALSO the EARLY RELEASE of Love What You Do stamp set.
AS well as some returning products from 2017 Annual Catalogue
Textured Impressions Embossing (TIEF) 'Woodland' folder.
Tree Rings Background stamp.
I also used some embossing paste to create more texture and layers...
ALL PRODUCTS LISTED AT THE END OF THE POST,
which you can purchase from my online store.

AND RETURNING Colors from previous years.
 
Like this one that I have used on my background of my layout, MINT MACARON!!
YES I use the cardboard packing slip for a bit of sturdiness to my dsp.
and I never ever use a full sheet of dsp or cardstock behind my layouts.
I don't like to waste all that beautiful dsp or cardstock.

My layout starts out with the photo that I want to Scrap, do you do the same thing?
Then I create all the embellishments that I want to use.
I wanted the log stamp from Rooted in Nature to have a bit more texture,
so I added some Embossing paste to my silicon mat.
I then added some Soft Suede re-inker to the paste to colour it.
I smeared some coloured embossing paste onto the wood looking dsp
then stamped the Tree Rings stamp set into the wet embossing paste
to create a background impression...(Wash off stamp immediately)
I can tell you this didn't work out how I thought it would in my head.
When this dried, I tried to stamp the log stamp onto this BUT it didn't work so well.
I did still use them, sadly not as effective as I hoped they would be.
 

Then next I stamped out some leaves...
I used Tranquil Tide ink on Mint Macaron cardstock, the large leaves I stamped off the ink before stamping on the cardstock (2nd generation stamping).
The small leaves I used full strength Tranquil Tide, these small leaves I added texture to
them with the embossing dies included in Nature's Roots Framelits.
There are 3 different sized leaves that only emboss in this set.
BUT they do have dies to cut out the shape which is very handy.

I also used the 3 leaf embossing die on the Rust coloured DSP to create some different
coloured leaves on the layout. There is a beautiful large tall tree so I had to have one or two on my layout as well in this beautiful rust coloured dsp.

With the leftover paste from my log background, I used it on whisper white cardstock 
over the 'BRICK' Pattern Party Decorative Masks. This gave me another textured
piece to add to my layout...
I also used the TIEF Woodland folder to add a lil bit more texture, I used the rust coloured
dsp and then I ran it through the Big Shot and then sanded it back to give that rustic look

I always place all my components of the layout on the base then continually
move them all around until I feel like they are in the RIGHT spot...
Throughout this whole process, I continually take photos as I find it is better to look
at the layout in a photo - I can see much better what needs to be moved or straightened.
I wanted to add more photos & journalling BUT I felt that it would take away from
the photos of the scenic view...So I created a sneaky photo spot complete with a
leaf to pull it out and journalling block with another photo under it...

I am so happy to have these photos on the layout, BUT not over powering the
featured photos...Here is the complete layout now with all these NEW Products.

So happy with this layout...
That I thought I would whip up a card with all left over bits.
.This suite is going to be such a universal set for any occasion that I card is made for....
Don't You Agree???

Up next is Amy Grendel
who I am sure will have more products to wet your creative appetite.

If the links are broken for whatever reason here is a full list of participants

Terry Montgomery

Tracey Gouraud

Tracie Evans Langley

Idonna Miller

Kimberly Smith

Danielle Kassing

Kayla Adams

Britney Vanderlaan

Bobbi Miller

Mikaela Titheridge

Rachel Traudt

Melissa Kerman

Tracy Marie Lewis

Mo Rootes

Linda Handford

Susan Simpson

Joanne Hodge

Sandra Roberts

Jennifer Charles

Sharon Dalton

Amy Grendel

Cheryl Taylor

Joyce Whitman

Laura Mackie

Here is our upcoming Blog Hop themes, cannot wait to create something for Dad

for Father's Day.

Thanks for hopping along to my blog, please leave me some love in the comment box
below and I will in turn return the favour to you <3
Have an AWESOME day <3

If you need a Demonstrator here in Australia, I am your girl.
All products can be brought through my online store.
All purchases over $50 will receive a FREE gift from me
Please use hostess code Q3SWBTXY
If you happen to order over $250 please do not use the hostess code
as you will receive 10% of sales to spend as hostess rewards.

ALL PRODUCTS USED

Nature's Poem DSP - 146338
Rooted In Nature Clear Mount stamp set 146482
Nature's Roots Framelits - 146341
OR Rooted In Nature BUNDLE (Stamp Set & Framelits) 148353 SAVE 10%

Love What You Do stamp set - 148042

Textured Impressions Embossing (TIEF) 'Woodland' folder - 139673
Tree Rings Background stamp - 143961

Pattern Party Decorative Masks - 144103
Mint Macaron Cardstock- 138344
Whisper White Cardstock - 124302

Nature's Twine - 146342
Embossing Paste - White - 141979

Tranquil Tide Stampin' Pad - 147146

Soft Suede Stampin' Pad - 147115