Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI181- Darling Dino's Valentine's Card

 

Hello my name is Sharon Dalton, aka CreativeMe68
I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator located in Gogango, Queensland.
I have my own studio - Studio Shabaz and I pretty much craft all day, everyday!!
I teach classes both in my Studio and at Early Birds Cafe Spencer Street Rockhampton.
This year I am starting Scrapbooking Classes also in Rockhampton at the Fred Fox Hall.
I also teach private classes both in your home or local hall.
For more information contact me via email shazcreativeme68@gmail.com.

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI181, this colour combination makes me
think of the beach straight away.  All of my favourite colours in the Teal/Blue hues just such a gorgeous combination of colours <3

You can find the photos inspiration here

My card has absolutely nothing to do with the beach,
it is something so out of my usual creative realm.
I actually chose to colour in some cute characters from the Mini Catalogue pg 51.
Look at how stinken CUTE they are...

And here is where the inspiration to colour came from, I was looking for a product to use
with this colour combination and this inspired me to create the card below.
Freaking out just slightly about colouring, I am no artist.
Sooo out came the Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and the Stampin' Blends.
I decided that it would be a Valentine's Day Card.

Stamp all the images needed with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
 I coloured the female dinosaur in Ivory and Bronze Stampin' Blends as well as Gray Granite
I coloured the male dinosaur in a combination of Pool Party Blends light and dark,
Summer Splash blends light as well as Gray Granite blends for the rest of him.
His top hat was coloured in Gray Granite blends light and Azure Afternoon Blends dark
Her bow was coloured in Summer Splash blends dark and Azure Afternoon blends light.
I aslo added some kisses on his cheek with Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad Ink.

The background was created with Sketched Plaid background stamp
with Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad Ink, then I drew lines through it
with Azure Afternoon Blends light.

There is a small border of Azure Afternoon behind the Sketched Plaid background
and then the next layer is Two Tone Cardstock - Pool Party which I rubbed back the edges 
with my scissors as it has a white core. 
Then added some blended Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad ink around the edges,
only very lightly with a blending brush I didn't want it to overpower the Pool Party.

My card base was Summer Splash

The Sentiment "ROAR means in dinosaur" was stamped on some Pool Party Cardstock
with Summer Splash Classic Stampin' Pad Ink.

AND the "I Love You" and the Heart was stamped
with Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad .

On the Insert I stamped some hearts with Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad 
and some kisses with Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad Ink.
The sentiment "Lots Of Love" comes from Delightful Wishes Stamp Set also 
found in the new Mini Catalogue

I absolutely LOVE this card, might just make some more...
AND do some more colouring.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Thanks for reading my Blog I hope you enjoyed my creation please pop back next time
for some more inspiration <3

All Supplies used in this project are linked at the end of the post.
These products can be purchased in my Stampin' Up! ® online store
I want to say a HUGE THANKS to you who visit my blog <3 

I really do appreciate you leaving me some Lovin' in the form of a comment.

Being CREATIVE is not a hobby it is a way of life 
Cheers Shaz

Scrapbook Sunday - Feb 10 - Using the Thank You Kindly Kit contents

 

Sneak Peak

Scrapbook Sunday

Welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop,
Crafty Collaborations is a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from throughout
the world collaborating together and sharing their creative flair.
I LOVE not having any theme or challenge for our Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop.

It allows me to choose EXACTLY what I want to create with, not having any boundries.
I hope that you have enjoyed all the layouts that we shared with you today.
We have so many talented scrapbookers among us Stampin' Up! Demos 
don't you agree with the AMAZING layouts here.

You may be starting with Julia Quinn or you may be starting here with me,
Thank you for joining us this month.

I am using the Thank You Kindly Kit from the Kits Collection for my Scrapbooking Layout.
I LOVE that I can change it up and use what is supposed to be a card kit for scrapbooking.
Wait until you see what I have done with the products below...

I have chosen to include some Greeting For All Mix and Match Ephemera pack
from the Jan - April Mini Catalgoue.

As well as all these products
12" x 12" Basic White Cardstock
Country Woods Designer Series Paper
Black Cardstock
Brushed Silver and Gold Specialty Paper
Blooming Pearls Embellishments
Blending Brushes
Gray Granite Classic Stampin Pad
Basic Black Stampin' Blends
Textured Floral Dies
Elements of Text Cling Stamp (Online Exclusives)

Another single photo layout, BUT this called for simplicity.
BUT I did wanted to add a bit of moodiness to the stark white linen feel of this kit.
AND the photo called for it, such a Beautiful Silhoutte photograph of my Jeffrey & Laura.

Sooo to start with I always divide the page into quadrants by drawing very light 
pencil lines so that I can make sure the balance is right on the layout.
I chose the Gray Granite woodgrain paper from Country Woods DSP pack.
I knew that I wanted to use the Elements of Text Cling Stamp (Online Exclusives) to add
some grunge to the layout... Also I felt like I needed to add some splatters with the blends.

Then I grabbed out the elements from the Thank You Kindly Kit.
Firstly the floral and leaf elements were given a slight grunge up with 
as I felt they were too stark and too white.
Placement is always a bit of a dilemna for me, making sure that I have that
visual triangle of elements to make it pleasing to my eye.
I then mark out where I think the elements are and then I added some blending with
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad and Blending brushes.

*TIP... Take numerous photos between changes so that you go back and see which one
you like the best.


I chose to cut up the envelope as it had that beautiful gold outline to make a feature of it.
I cut the envelope flap off so that I could use it for a hidden bit of journalling,
BUT completely forgot to add a journalling tag inside that envelope. 
I will add that tomorrow and update the photos.
The way I would do it is cut a small slit in the protective sleeve and add my journalling tag through there so that you can pull it out to read what was written.

I also matted the envelope with black to make the photo more dramatic.

Now the background, I used the cling stamp without a block, just stamping first and second generations of Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad on the layout.  It is very tricky trying to keep the script straight BUT I am happy with the final outcome.

Once I had everything back in place this is when I now stick it down and
then I added the gold leaf accents from the Textured Floral dies.
Lastly I added the words and the gold embellishments from Blooming Pearls.
I hope you enjoyed how I created this layout...

Up Next is Michele Jutrisa

Follow the rest of the participants by clicking on the list below.

Glad that you could HOP along with us today following the

Crafty Collaborations Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop.

I want to say a HUGE THANKS to you who visit my blog and comment it really means a lot to me.  I really do appreciate you leaving me some Lovin' in the form of a comment.

 

Being CREATIVE is not a hobby it is a way of life
Cheers Shaz

Scrapbboking Global Blog Hop - Jan 16 - My Guilty Pleasure

 

Welcome to Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! Blog Hop - Jan 16 2025
This month's theme is use this Title - My Guilty Pleasure
Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! FB group consists of over 11,000 members.
We are a  group demonstrators from all over the world who all LOVE to scrapbook and document their everyday lifestyle for generations to enjoy in the future

We welcome anyone who wants to be inspired to join in the FUN of a Blog Hop.
We are trying to encourage EVERYONE to join in the HOP's every month.
BUT you don't have to have a blog to participate in these monthly challenges.
You can upload a photo of layout to the Album of the Month after 2pm AEST on Jan 16th
You can JOIN Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! FB group here.

You may have joined me from Cheryl's Blog or you are just joining me from my link.
I chose this Theme - My Guilty Pleasure because I am constantly thinking I should
scrapbook more photos of myself than I do...

Sooo this one had to be a very quick layout as I am in the middle of packing from my 
month long holiday in Western Australia with my Daughter and Grand Daughter.
So SAD that I will be leaving today.

I chose to use the NEW Beautiful Bokeh Suite in the Jan-April Mini Catalogue
Stamps, Dies, Embossing Folder that allows you to Cut and Emboss at the same time.....
AND it also comes with the most beautiful photo like Bokeh background DSP.
I Love Butterflies, this suite has everything that you could need to create a GORGEOUS 
layout or some beautiful cards.

Sadly I didn't get time to add any photos to the layout, BUT I have created a cutesy layout
for a photo of my Grand Daughter Eloise and myself Snuggling <3


I also use the Mini Alphabet Dies for the title...

Up Next is Michele Deschenes 

Please be sure to follow the rest of the participants by clicking on the list below.

Hop all the way around and leave some LOVIN' in the form of a comment.

All Supplies used in this project are linked at the end of the post.

These products can be purchased in my Stampin' Up! ® online store

I want to say a HUGE THANKS to you who visit my blog <3 

I really do appreciate you leaving me some Lovin' in the form of a comment.

Being CREATIVE is not a hobby it is a way of life

Crafty Collaborations - Scrapbook Sunday - A Perfect Day

Welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop,

Crafty Collaborations is a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from throughout

the world collaborating together and sharing their creative flair.

You may have joined me from Donna's Blog or

you may be starting here with me, Thank you for joining us this month.

I LOVE not having any theme or challenge for our Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop.

It allows me to choose EXACTLY what I want to create with, not having any boundries.

I hope that you have enjoyed all the layouts that we shared with you today.

We have so many talented scrapbookers among us Stampin' Up! Demos

don't you agree with the AMAZING layouts here.

This month I was still on holidays BUT had some photos from Eloise's 2nd Birthday.
Sooo I quickly whipped up this Birthday layout with Wildflower Birthday suite before heading off to Perth for a 3 day weekend of car drives, boat rides, bus rides and more car drives PLUS 2 full days on our feet.

BUT Rottnest Island and Perth Zoo were well worth the tired feet.
I am sure that I will be scrapbooking that at some later stage.

So I just designed this very simple layout.
Using off cuts of DSP I created my border edges.

I created 2 photo mounts, 1 4" x 6" and a cropped 3" x 4" photo.
Using the elements from the Wildflower Birthday 12" x 12" DSP pack you will find 
so many AMAZING Birthday diecuts.  Already pre diecut for you, you just need to pop them out and store them safely in the Stamp Cases.

The large photo has also a hidden journalling spot...
Show you how I hide my journalling in a layout.

Using Dimensionals I add to the back of the photo mat and that gives me the space to put the journalling block and then I add another piece of Cardstock over the top and add adhesive 
and stick it to the page, this allows me to be be able to pull out and put back in the journalling.  The journalling block came from the Diecut page.



The rest of the layout was simply adding Diecuts from the punch out sheets.

I stamped DAY from the FREE Sale-A Bration set that I earnt
when I pre-ordered all of this suite.  For every $100 you spend you receive a FREE item.

 The Make A Wish is from the co-ordinating stamp set - Birthday Celebrations

I hope you enjoyed how I created this layout...

Follow the rest of the participants by clicking on the list below.

Glad that you could HOP along with us today following the

Crafty Collaborations Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop.

Up Next is Julia Quinn

I want to say a HUGE THANKS to you who visit my blog and comment it really means a lot to me.  I really do appreciate you leaving me some Lovin' in the form of a comment.

 

Being CREATIVE is not a hobby it is a way of life

Cheers Shaz

ESAD - Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration 2025 - Birthday Celebration

 

Welcome to ESAD Blog Hop, We the members of Australia and New Zealand Demonstrator
who are participating in this Blog Hop to CELEBRATE the launch of the Jan - Apr 2025
Catalogue and SAB catalogue which started on the 7th Jan and run through to the end of Feb.

This catalogue is FULL of wonderful products, I chose to use a combination of products that
could get you to earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration (SAB) product.
For every $100 you spend you get to choose a FREE SAB product

I chose Memorable Blooms Bundle from the NEW Catalogue pg 50 $98
 and Beautiful Bokeh DSP from New Catalogue pg 39 $21.75
Nested Essentials Dies from Annual Catalogue $60.00
I also used 2 SAB products - Starstruck Embossing Folder and
Fresh Freesia Seam Binding Ribbon on this card.

Card Base - Basic White Thick 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
Basic White Layer - 5 1/4" x 3 7/8"
3 Different coloured DSP - Cut with Nested Essential Dies
Basic White Scrap - Memorable Blooms Leaf Diecut
Basic White Scrap - Memorable Blooms Flower
Basic White Scrap - Love and Thanks
Basic White Layer - 5 1/4" x 3 7/8" - Card Insert stamped with matching Flowers

Love and Thanks

To start creating this card you will need a Stamp Cut and Emboss Machine, so that you can 
Emboss and cut out the Die cut pieces used on this card.

Firstly I used my FREE Embossing Folder to add the Starstruck design from the embossing folder to the Basic White Layer
Then I added a piece of the Fresh Freesia Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon at the back and around the front adhering it only at the back.

Next I cut out 3 Rounded edge shapes from the Nested Essentials Dies and adhered them to the Embossed layer behind the FREE ribbon... Stuck them down securely.

Next I used my Stamp Cut and Emboss machine to Diecut the Flower and the Leaf design
from the Basic White Scrap of Cardstock.
To colour the flower I used a Dauber and some Wink of Stella and
Soft SeaFoam Ink for the leaves.
Next I adhered the leaf over the ribbon and then I adhere Stampin' Dimensionals to the back
of the Flower Design and added that over the top of the leaf and the ribbon.

Next I tied another bow from the  Fresh Freesia Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and adhered it over the ribbon to make it look like it was 1 complete piece of ribbon.

Stamped my sentiment on the scrap of Basic White Cardstock stuck this directly to the DSP layers.

Lastly I stamped a flower on the insert layer of Basic White Cardstock and
coloured the same way that I have done on the front.  Then stamped You are Awesome.

Up next is Jenny Hayward, Follow along the hop here.

Thanks for hopping along with us today.

Please follow along with the list to complete the HOP.

Blog Participant List

 

1.      Kayla MacAulay

2.      Denise Buetler

3.      Nicole Wilson

4.      Lou Kitzelman

5.      Rochelle Laird-Smith

6.      Tracy Held

7.      Lisa Whitehead

8.      Sharon Dalton - You Are Here

9.      Jenny Hayward

10.   Odette Kermode

All Supplies used in this project are linked at the end of the post.

These products can be purchased in my Stampin' Up! ® online store

I want to say a HUGE THANKS to you who visit my blog <3 

I really do appreciate you leaving me some Lovin' in the form of a comment.

Being CREATIVE is not a hobby it is a way of life

Cheers Shaz