Farewell Topsey Turvey Celebrations

Hi!

I thought I'd sneak in an extra farewell card before the new catalogue goes live on Tuesday. This card was made for a children's card class I taught this month.

I really love the sunburst on the top of the card - it's so pretty.  Ada ended up taking my first sample to give to her BFF for her birthday so I had to make another sample for the second class.

There's another farewelling product on this card - the Print Poetry DSP. I will miss this bright and cheerful DSP.

Thankfully Sassy Salutations is hanging around.  I really love that set!

Stamps: Topsey Turvey Celebration, Sassy Salutations
Ink: Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple
DSP/Cardstock: Print Poetry DSP Stack, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Startfruit, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, 1 3/4"Circle Punch, Circle Cutter (non SU), Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #158: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

Apologies for the lack of posts lately - I have been madly preparing for my stall at a school fair on Saturday.

This week over at Just Add Ink the lovely Mae has designed a sketch challenge for your inspiration. Mae and I had a lovely day chatting and crafting recently as she passed through Adelaide on her big holiday.  I started the card for this challenge while she was here. Bur first, the sketch!

Isn't it great? I decided to go vintage and make a birthday card using some of the pretties I have been hoarding rather than using!

I really, really love the new flower trim! I also used some bits and pieces from the Artisan Embellishment Kit. To make the scalloped lace go further I cut it in half down the middle and used the seam binding ribbon to hide the cut.

I struggled with a sentiment on the front.  I tried a bigger sentiment but it just didn't work. In the end the cute little tag punchies worked beautifully.

A little more stamping to finish off the inside.

I hope you can play along this week with us at Just Add Ink. And if you're in the south of Adelaide tomorrow afternoon between 3 and 7pm and can come to the Emmaus Catholic School Earth Fair come and find me at my Stampin' Up! stall.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #157: Just Add Green

Hi!

Do you celebrate St Patrick's Day? I don't so much, but it's a great excuse to drink a Midori and Lemonade or two as a nod to my Irish Ancestors.  Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

This week Mae has challenged us to go green in honour of St Patrick's Day. Now, you don't need to make a St Patrick's Day card, but your card does need to be predominantly green. There are lots of greens in the Stampin' Up! palette, and I chose to go with Lucky Limeade.

I used some DSP from the Tea For Two pack.  It's fast becoming my favourite DSP. The only St Patrick's Day sentiment stamp I had was from Itty Bitty Sentiments, so I created a little banner for it.

I used the heart section of the Owl Builder Punch to create the four leaf clover on the flag - pretty easy peasy.

I'm sure the Irish need very little encouragement to celebrate, but I had no other sentiment suitable for the inside!

Stamps: Itty Bitty Sentiments, Topsy Turvy Celebrations
Ink: Lucky Limeade
DSP/Cardstock: Tea For Two DSP, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
Other: Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, Pennant Builder Punch, Owl Builder Punch, Toothpick

I hope to see you over at Just Add Ink this week.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #153: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Yes, it's Friday and the weeks are flying past at a rapid rate! We had a fabulous response to the Hearts challenge last week, which was amazing.  Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week with the colours Nikki chose for the new Just Add Ink challenge.

I thought the colours lent themselves well to a masculine card. I struggled a bit with ideas before deciding on a squares pattern.

I embossed some cardstock with the Stripes Embossing Folder and then punched them with the 1 inch square punch.  I cut a bit off the end of the card to fit the squares a bit better, so it's an odd sized card but better that than a weird bit on the end!

Hopefully you can see that I alternated the direction of the stripes. The Midnight Muse stripes go horizontally and the So Saffron stripes go vertically.

I kept the checkerboard type look going on the inside with my stamping.

So, what will you do with the colours? Head on over to the Just Add Ink blog to be inspired by the rest of the Design Team.

Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Clockworks, Topsy-Turvy Celebration
Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffron
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stripes Embossing Folder, Whisper White Brads, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

Celebrate Summer Smooches

Hi!

Today  I have for you a very quick and easy girl's card featuring the Summer Smooches DSP.

The DSP is so bright and cheerful you can let it be the star of the show.

The cake was stamped using the Topsy-Turvy Celebration stamp set.  It's a cute, affordable, versatile set that can be used as a cake, a gift or even a crown.

Keeping the cheerfulness going on the inside with more of the DSP!

Stamps: Topsy-Turvy Celebration, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight
DSP/Cardstock: Summer Smooches DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Other: Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon (retired), White Baker's Twine, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #104: Just Add Back To School

Hi!

I'm still pinching myself that I am on the JAI Design Team!  The first of the cardmaking challenges that I'm creating for has a back to school theme.  I'm pretty sure all school aged children are back at school by now - mine have been back for 2 weeks!  The first thing I thought of when I saw the theme of this challenge was the parents.  I recently heard the term "Cheers and Tears", that refers to parents either celebrating or crying over their children starting school.  Which camp did you fall into?

I thought this would be a great gift idea for anyone with a child starting school.  I made a wine bottle tag with a little box for an extra surprise at the bottom.

There's plenty of room on the tag to write a message to the recipient.  And in the box there's some Hershey's Kisses Chocolates.

Why don't you pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog and see what the other Design Team members have come up with for this week's challenge?  I'm sure you'll find something to inspire you.

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (SAB), Topsy-Turvey Celebration
Ink: Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade
DSP/Cardstock: Everyday Enchantment DSP (SAB), Poppy Parade, Whisper White
Other: 1 3/4", 1 1/4" and 1" Circle Punches, Basic Jewel Rhinestones

Bye for now,

Tina