Stamp 'N Hop July Blog Hop - InColors

Hello and Welcome to Stamp 'N Hop In Colours Blog Hop.
We are featuring the BRAND NEW InColors for 2020-2022
The Colours are Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade,
Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight.
Aren't they just so vibrant

This is going to be an EPIC Blog Hop as there are 23 Hoppers in this group.
You may have started the hop with me or you joined me from Vicky Wright

I am sure that Vicky would have created something very special as her project.

I have chosen to use all 5 InColors Classic Stampin' Pad to create my cards...
I started to play weeks ago with them! AND I was shocked that
they all work BEAUTIFULLY together.

It is AMAZING how Stampin' Up! get their colours right every year.
Every June Stampin' Up! refreshes it's colour palette with 5 new colours.
So 50 colours in Stampin' Up! Ink pad Colour Families.

 

I chose the Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set to create my cards.
I started with the Double Floral Bloom and used Magenta Madness,
I then rotated the stamp and stamped it opposite to the first image.
Once I had stamped it I also stamped this image onto a large sticky note
to create a mask so that I could layer the leaf and blooms behind it.

So then I fussy cut out the sticky note images and layed them over the
top of the flowers and then stamped the leaves with Just Jade.
While the mask was still over the Magenta Madness flowers I added
some of the Misty Moonlight blooms.

This is from the inside of how I mask the flowers to add the leaves and Misty Moonlight blooms.  See photos below.

Next I added the Cinnamon Cider small blooms these I overlapped
over the previous colours and as this is a photopolymer stamp it
allows you to see through to position it in exactly the right spot every time.

The final colour I added was the Bumblebee with the large Hydrangea bloom
I just keep inking it up and stamping all over the background,
making sure to rotate the stamp.

On my Cinnamon Cider layer I did the same with the large Hydrangea bloom
Lastly I stamped the Birthday Wishes sentiment from Butterfly Wishes Stamp Set
and die cut that out with the Ornate Frames Dies
   
 
The dimensions of my card are as follows
Bumblebee Card Base 10.5cm x 29.7cm OR 4 1/8" x 11 3/4"
scored at 14.8cm OR 5 7/8"
Cinnamon Cider layer 10cm x 14.3cm OR 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"
Whisper White layer 9.5cm 13.8cm OR 3 5/8" x 5 3/8"
Bumblebee Ribbon
Ornate Frames DiesWhisper White Inside layer is 9.5cm 13.8cm OR 3 5/8" x 5 3/8"

I always try to remember to add some stamping on the inside of the card
and on the envelope too. I do hope that you enjoyed my In Colors creation.

Up next is Jo Blackman, I wonder how she used the InColors.
I am sure that Jo will have used her creative genius to pull something out of the hat.

Thank you for visiting my blog, I do hope that you were inspired by my creation.
Please remember to hop over to all of the other blogs and check out their creations too.
Please leave me some LOVIN in the form of a comment in the box below <3
Cheers Shaz

The Spot #118 Create Your Own DSP

Welcome to The Spot for Inspiration and Weekly Cardmaking Challenges
Every Tuesday we have a completely new challenge for you.

I was asked to join The Spot Design Team last week, by Rick Adkins.
What an honour and shock.  I said OMG!! Really...Wow!!! I am blown away.
I said YES immediately, hoping not to sound too desperate LOL.

All the Design Team Members are Stampin' Up! Demos from around the globe,
I'm an Aussie, living in GOGANGO - Central Queensland.
I do LOVE a good challenge, so like every week we have a new challenge for you.

Cannot wait to see what you come up with.

The Stamp Bundle that I chose is Forever Fern, the images are DistINKtive.
DistINKtive Stamps have a realistic look, you can almost see the texture on the image.
So you can see by the graphic this week it is Create your own DSP,
this is just so much fun <3 This stamp is perfect for that...

Forever Fern Stamp

Forever Fern Bundle has dies to cut out your stamped images



You can add ink to them in a couple of different ways
Just ink the surface lightly for a perfect realistic finish.
Or you can lay your colour on your stamp with a dauber, with 2 different colours.
You could also colour your images in with your favourite colouring tool
such as Watercolour Pencils or Blends.

I chose to use the Classic Stampin' Pad in 3 different colours
Highland Heather, Pretty Peacock and Just Jade
Such a pretty combination. Don't you agree!!!


Firstly I punched out a piece of 2 inch grid paper to create a mask,
to cover the middle where I was going to stamp the sentiment.
BUT in the end I didn't really use the mask as I covered the middle with 2 circles anyways.
I stamped the the round wattle kinda blooms in Highland Heather around the circle.

Next I stamped the largest leaf stamp with Pretty Peacock all around my card base
rotating the stamp all the time so the images where going different directions.

Remembering to leave space for the smallest leaf stamp that I wanted to add.
The smallest leaf stamp actually has 2 stamps in the set
so that you can stamp the them opposites.
How cool is that, also the dies have the L & R versions of them too.
I stamped the smallest leaf stamp with Just Jade stamped off,
so 2nd generation stamping... If you don't know how to do this.
Grab a piece of grid paper or photocopy paper and ink the stamp
into your Just Jade then stamp off to take a layer of ink off the stamp
then stamp it onto your card or project...
 


I continued doing this all over my card remembering to rotate the stamp.
Then I stamped the leaf in Just Jade and stamped a few full strength Just Jade
leaf stamps on my background.
I also added some Highland Heather 2nd generation
stamped spots all over the background.

Once I had finished stamping everything I ran my DSP Cardstock through
the embossing machine and the Tasteful Textures Embossing Folder.
Just to add slightly more texture to my background.

This is what it looks like once it was embossed, you can't really see the texture.

Next I stamped and die cut 3 wattle kinda blooms and
punched a  2" Whisper White circle and a 2 1/4" Highland Heather circle.
I stamped a sentiment on the Whisper White piece and then
pieced the wattle blooms and the circles together.
Using dimensionals to add height and interest.

Now I am a bit of a scourge when it comes to cardstock,
I always die cut away between the layers and save them for other projects.

Loving this bundle of products, pretty happy with my card.
So happy that I actually created another almost exactly the same
except this time I embossed the Sentiment circle as well




I still cannot believe that I was asked to be part of The Spot design team.
It's something that I thought would be pretty cool and to be on a team, any team.
But there are so many AMAZING Stampin' Up! Demonstrators
in this group from all over the world it is TOTALLY AWESOME...
AND 3 are Aussies...
Congratulations to Teneale Williams, Simone Bartrum and myself....

I would LOVE for you to join us weekly and create some cards/project or Scrapbooking.Please join us and create your own DSP and be sure to link up here

Until next week, Keep on creating and sharing your creations.
Please leave me some lovin' in the comment box below.
Cheers Shaz

ESAD 20/21 Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

Welcome to ESAD 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue Blog Hop, we are Australian
and New Zealand Demonstrator who are showcasing products of this BEAUTIFUL catty.
You may have started with me or you have joined me from Monique Fielder

There are 18 of us creating a variety of projects for you to be inspired by,
we may also spotlight a product that wasn't even on your radar...
Inspiration is everywhere in this Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

I created a card for a friend's birthday, with the Zany Zebra's...
They are so stinken cute!!! Don't you agree??

The Zany Zebra's Stamp Set is in the Beginners Brochure,
so perfect for someone who is just getting started in stamping as you
don't need anything that paper, ink and stamps to create a cute card.

 

 
I created a window from Whisper White Cardstock with the
Stitched Rectangle Dies and popped the Zebra behind
the frame of the window and the other 2 Zebra's on the outside.
I used Pretty Peacock Cardstock, Forever Fern DSP and Just Jade Cardstock
to create the card front...
I also used Pretty Peacock Cardstock to die cut some grass and reeds from
Friendly Silhouttes Dies



All the  Zany Zebra's were stamped with Memonto Tuxedo Black ink
and then I fussy cut them all individually.
BUT the ones on the inside were all stamped on the one piece of cardstock 
which I cut out all 3 together and stuck on the inside.

OMG!!! I am so in love with these lil Zebra's you don't have to do anything to fancy
to make a FANTASTIC card...

Up next is Kayla McCreadie, Kayla will have an AMAZING creation
for you to be drooling over...Simply click on the NEXT Button to follow the Blog Hop
If for some reason one of the links are broken you can pick up with the list below.

Blog participant list

1.       Nicole Wilson

2.       Lou Kitzelman

3.       Denise Buetler

4.       Libby Dyson

5.       Lauren Meiklejohn

6.       Narelle Fasulo

7.       Jenny Hayward

8.       Maria Henderson

9.       Sharni Haines

10.   Monique Fielder

11.   Sharon Dalton

12.   Kayla McCreadie

13.   Rebecca Scurr

14.   Bronwyn Eastley

15.   Lynsey McCord

16.   Cathy Pinchbeck

17.   Melissa Gifford

18.   Kelly Kent

Thank you for visiting my blog, I do hope that you were inspired by my creation.
Please remember to hop over to all of the other blogs and check out their creations too.
Please leave me some LOVIN in the form of a comment in the box below <3
Cheers Shaz

Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! - June Blog Hop "Brand New"

Sneak Peak

Welcome to Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! June Blog Hop
Today is the day that we get to showcase our Brand New 2020-2021 Annual CatalogueThis Month it is Shaz - that's Me!! 
I am the lucky Design Team Member who got to choose this theme for this month...
My first assumptions was the Brand New Catalogue products BUT it can be anything Brand New - Car, Shoes, Baby...A Brand New technique that you want to try out....
It can be anything...Looking forward to see what everyone created.

AND Truth being told... I completely FORGOT that today was Blog Hop day...
It wasn't until the reminder came up on my phone that I remember at 1.30pm.
SOOOO I had to use a layout that I have just finished creating for my
Scrappin' On The GO! PDF Tutorials(see here for the Tutorials),
so now I will have to create another layout for that...

My first purchase during Pre-order was the In Good Taste Suite...
PG 122of the Brand New Annual Catalogue, I just love all the texture that this suite has.
I fell in LOVE with the In Good Taste DSP, and this is what I used for my layout.
So many Beautiful Patterns and Textures in this DSP pack, You receive 2 pieces of
all patterns shown...

I also used the Tasteful Touches Bundle which has Stamp n Dies seen here below.

I chose 1 piece of DSP which was Gray on one side and Tiles on the other side
BUT used both sides of it as well as a piece of 12x12 Misty Moonlight Cardstock
I cut 2 strips off of it, and flipped one side then tore a strip off the DSP to reveal a torn edge. Then moved them apart and stuck them onto the cardstock.I used the Misty Moonlight Stamp Pad with the border stamp to add texture
to the Gray/Tiled DSP.




I have added some stamped feathers to the bottom of the torn pieces,
these were stamped with stamped off Misty Moonlight (2nd generation stamping)
and Gray Granite for the other feather

 



I am known for being savvy with my cardstock and DSP cutting pieces away from the
back of any of my layouts might look something like this so that I can use those papers
on the rest of the layout...You will not see this once it is in my album.

So the piece that I cut away from the gray/tiled piece I used on the layout as my Photo Mat
I combined that with the large piece of Misty Moonlight that you can also seen cut away
here as another Photo Mat

Using the Brand NEW Old World 3D Embossing Folder on the gray/tiled DSP,
you can see how it gives so much texture this piece of DSP now has.
I continued with the torn theme and scratched up the edges of the photo mat...
You can do this with your fingers, pair of scissors or a distressing tool.

Here is the completed layout, still got to add a photo SO
you won't see the gap in the Gray DSP in the background mat.
Using one of the many Tasteful Labels Dies I added a sentiment from the stamp set
The good things in LIFE ARE BETTER WITH you <3
I also used the small banner label die to create a double banner for YOU ARE THE BEST!

 
Thank you I do hope that my layout inspires you to create with these products
or something else that the rest of the Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up! Hoppers
have used for their layouts...

Up next is Courtenay Heuston who has created the most Beautiful layout with another Brand New product.

Thank you for joining me and please follow along by clicking on the NEXT button or if the link is broken follow along with the list below of all the Hop participants...