Guest Designers: Rob and Ada Gillespie

Hi!

A little something different today!  A few weeks ago Ada was invited to the birthday party of a classmate who she told me was mad on Star Wars.  She therefore wanted to make him a Star Wars card.  Hmmm.... So I handballed the job to my Star Wars mad husband, Rob!  Rob and Ada put their heads together and this is the card they came up with.

Not bad!  Even I recognise the Death Star out in space.  Here's a closer look.

I spy a snowflake stamp from Snow Swirled, and also one of the border stamps from Bordering On Romance.  Who knew they could be used to help create a futuristic space ship? lol

I think they had run out of ideas before they got to the inside!  Oh well, from all accounts the birthday boy loved the card.

Bye for now,

Tina

Bordering On Romance

Hi!

One of my favourite stamp sets from the current Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue is the Bordering On Romance set.  Such a pretty set!  Here are a couple of cards I made as samples for my stamping ladies.

The ladies got a choice of either the Twitterpated DSP above, or the Flirtatious DSP below.  You may notice that the ribbon is a little different in each sample too.

I used Confetti White cardstock for the main parts of the card.  It's a lovely weight and look for clean and simple cards like these ones.

The flowers were stamped in Stazon ink and coloured directly with the markers that coordinated with the selected DSP.  They were then fussy cut and mounted on dimensionals, with Rhinestones added as a final touch.

A little more stamping and colouring to finish off the inside.  I used the Field Flowers Stamp set for the sentiments on the inside and front. Such sweet sentiments.

Finally, a little reminder about our male themed blog hop on Saturday.  It's sure to be inspiring!

Bye for now,

Tina

Convention Swap

Hi!

Here I am, as promised, with the swap card I made for Convention.  I decided this year I was only going to do a closed swap with some of the Just Add Ink girls as I didn't have the time or energy to make a ton of swaps.  The swap had an Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue theme, so I chose to use the Bordering On Romance stamp set.

I watercoloured the flowers after first stamping them in Stazon Ink on watercolour paper.  I used my Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz markers and a blender pen to colour.

I then trimmed the flowers and popped them up on Dimensionals over the corresponding part of the image on the base panel.  I used Rhinestones for the centres of the flowers.

As usual, I also stamped the inside of the card.

Stamps: Bordering On Romance, Just Believe
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Stazon
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper
Other: Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome back to another blog hop.  This month my friends and I are concentrating on the new products in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.  You can view a copy of the catalogue online by clicking on the picture of the catalogue in my sidebar.

You may have hopped to my blog from the talented Amanda Hill's blog.  It doesn't really matter where you start, just keep on hoppin' 'til you get back to where you started.  You're bound to find lots of creative inspiration to feast your eyes on! 

I have two cards for your viewing pleasure today. The first was made using some of the new products for the Big Shot - Framelits and Edgelits.  They are fantastic, wafer thin dies that open up a whole lot of new possibilities for papercrafting.

It's little tricky to see, but I have embossed the Whisper Whiter layer with the coordinating Adorning Accents Embossing Folder.  The framelit acts beautifully as a feature panel.

A scrap of the Pocketful of Posies DSP left over from the front and a piece of Baker's Twine finish off the inside of the card.

I made the second card after viewing a video on Bee Divine Designs on water colouring with markers and a blender pen.  I love the control it gives, so I think I'll be using this technique a lot more in the future.  I used the gorgeous new stamp set, Bordering On Romance.  It's such a pretty set, and perfect for colouring.  I also used some of the new Twitterpated DSP which coordinates beautifully with the Bordering On Romance stamp set.

Here's a closer look at the water colouring.  Did you notice the seam binding?  I coloured some Very Vanilla ribbon with my Island Indigo reinker to achieve this look.

I finished this card the same way as the first, with the addition of another water coloured bunch of flowers.  it was my 'practice run' and I didn't want to waste the effort!

Pocketful of Posies Card
Stamps: Simply Soft (hostess), Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
DSP/Cardstock: Pocketful of Posies, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Lables Collection Framelits Dies, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Bordering On Romance Card
Stamps: Bordering On Romance, Happiest Birthday Wishes
Ink: Stazon, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz
DSP/Cardstock: Twitterpated DSP, Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper
Other: Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Island Indigo Baker's Twine, Paper Snips, Blender Pen, Dimensionals, Rhinestone Brad

So that's it for me for now. Please continue on the hop by jumping over to the lovely Nikki Sadler's blog.

Bye for now,

Tina


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Amanda Hill