Bird On A Branch

Hi!

Last night I decided to have a go at the current challenge at Stampin' Royalty. I quite liked the colour combination they came up with for the challenge:



Isn't it a pretty combination? Here's the card I came up with:



It took a bit of playing around and fiddling before I was happy with the placement of the elements on this card, but in the end I was pleased with the result. I distressed all the edges and added faux stitching around the panels. I also distressed the Cottage Wall DSP.

Stamps: Season of Joy
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery
DSP/Card Stock: Cottage Wall DSP, Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Other: Bird On A Branch Punch, Certainly Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Pretty In Pink 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, White Signo Gel Pen, Chit Chat Rub Ons (retired), Rhinestones and Flower punchies (both non SU)

Catch you later,

Tina

For Everything in Bright Bolds

Hi!

I was very busy preparing for the Art With Heart Blog Hop, but now that it's (almost) over I've got back into some challenge cards. The first one I decided to try was Stampin' Royalty Challenge #8. This time the challenge was a colour challenge:



Wow! After my Soft Subtles Easter projects this colour combo was pretty full on. Then I thought to myself that it would only be full on if I used heaps of every colour. If I picked one main colour and used the others as accents it wouldn't be so bad. Here's what I came up with:



Now I have 2 confessions to make: I cheated a little and used Whisper White cardstock because the only ink I have in the colours was Summer Sun and it wouldn't really show up on anything except white. I also used YoYo Yellow cardstock instead of Summer Sun. That was an 'oops' that I didn't notice until I was packing up and realised I hadn't opened my Earth Elements card stock. Oh well...

Card Stock: Green Galore, YoYo Yellow, Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Stamps: For Everything
Ink: Summer Sun, Basic Black
Other: Chit Chat Rub Ons, Scallop Border Punch, Dimensionals

Catch you later,

Tina

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #6

Hi!

Last night I decided to make another wedding card so that I could give my mother in law a choice of cards for the wedding she is going to this weekend. I made one previously using Mojo Monday's Sketch #125. Stampin' Royalty Challenge #6 is "to create a project using a Love/Valentines Theme". Perfect for a wedding card!



The rub on sentiment reads 'May your life be richly blessed'. I cased the card from page 48 of Stampin' Up's 09/10 Idea Book and Catalogue. Apologies again for the not so great photo, I'm still having problems with cameras.

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Going Grey, Pretty In Pink
Stamp: Thoughts and Prayers
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery
Ribbon: Certainly Celery twill (retired)
Other: Fynmark Cardmaking for Connoisseurs Fundamentals Rub On

Catch you later,

Tina

Guest Designer - Lisa

Hi!

One of my very good friends, who just happens to live next door, came over on Friday night to make her lovely hubby a Valentine's Day card. We get together occasionally to get creative and always have lots of fun. It occurred to me later that Stampin' Royalty's Challenge #6 is a love theme, so I asked her if she'd like to submit her card. She was keen so here it is:




Most of the supplies are Stampin' Up, except for the ribbon, brad and heart paper. The heart paper had a great texture and when Lisa tore it the edges went really soft and fuzzy. You can see this in the middle picture.

Card stock/paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Red Rose, Heart Paper from Lisa's stash
Stamps: En Francais BG, Always, Scribbles(retired), Yummy (retired), Little Pieces (retired)
Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red
Other: Pink Heart Brad and white ribbon, both from my stash, 1/4" circle punch

Please leave a comment, and I'll pass them on to Lisa.

Catch you later,

Tina

Stampin' Royalty #5 Take 2

Hi!

I'm going to a very good friend's birthday party tonight. I love giving hand made presents so I thought I'd have a go at making her a stamped candle. I've seen these everywhere. The fifth challenge at Stampin' Royalty is Anything But A Card. I've already entered my mini flippy album, but I thought I may as well enter my candle too.



You basically stamp your image on tissue paper, trim it, then lay it on your candle in position. You then put waxed paper over the top and use your heat gun to 'melt' the tissue paper into the candle. I own a little "Hand made by Tina" stamp so I also included it on the back of the candle. The whole thing took about 10 minutes to make, but I reckon it looks fantastic. I can see myself making more for gifts this year!

Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Ink: Garden Green, Rose Red

Catch you later

Tina.

Stampin' Royalty #5

Hi!

Back again with the fifth Challenge from Stampin' Royalty. I am really loving the variety of challenges they are coming up with. I'm particularly enjoying this weeks challenge: Anything But a Card. I make a lot of cards and it's great to be pushed to try something else.

I decided to make a little flippy mini album for my mum. I got the tutorial free online from Amy Celona. It was easy to make and put together once I got my head around the directions, which didn't take long because Amy's instructions are fantastic.

Here are some pictures:







Card Stock: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Kaisercraft's Pina Colada range
Stickers: Kaisercraft Pina Colada Alphabet
Ribbon: Certainly Celery twill, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain and White ribbon from my stash
Flowers: Kaisercraft Lemon Lime, white flowers from my stash
Other: White brads from my stash

I love the Pina Colada papers - they are so bright and cheerful, and they match almost perfectly with the Stampin' Up products I used. I think they add interest without detracting from the photos.

I'm sure mum's going to love the album.

Catch you later,

Tina