Colour Creations: Flirty Flamingo

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Welcome to the Flirty Flamingo edition of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. Are you a fan of the bright pink? I wasn't start with, but I'm coming around to it. I decided to use some of the Hello, Irresistible DSP on my card.

I don't like a lot of the papers in the pack, but I do love this all over floral design. To make it a bit more interesting, I cropped a section that featured a taller flower using the largest of the elongated hexagon dies in the Nested Essentials Dies set. I matted it on Whisper White and popped it up over the rest of the DSP.

One of the banner dies was used to crop the sentiment, which is from Days To Remember. You can't go too wrong with some sparkly ribbon, so a short length was added under the banner. Speaking of sparkly, I swished some Wink Of Stella over the flowers in the popped up piece - it's just tricky to photograph!

I had a long, narrow strip of the DSP left, so I cut it in half and adhered it to either side of the writing panel on the inside of my card. It's a great way to use up scraps and adds a little bit of interest to the card.

My lovely friend, Kate Morgan, is the nest stop along the way in our blog hop tonight. You won't want to miss any of the Flirty Flamingo gorgeousness, so just keep on hopping until you get back to where you started.

As ever, Cathy Proctor does a wonderful job of keeping us all organised. If you run into any problems with links, just pop on over to her blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Heart Of Christmas Week 9

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Welcome to Week 9 of the Heart Of Christmas Blog Hops. I was a bit lacking in inspiration when I made my cards, so I once again looked to the Sheetload Of Cards templates to give me a boost. I chose to use the February 2022 sketch, as I thought that it was the one that suited my new stamp set the best.

More Wishes was near the top of my must-have list when I first saw the new Mini Catalogue. I love the two different fonts, although I've only used one on my card this time. I also love that the words in the stamp set can be mixed and matched.

I also love that it coordinates perfectly with Biggest Wish - but do you expect any different from Stampin' Up!? In this case, the word 'happy' was borrowed from Biggest Wish to make my sentiment for the inside of the card.

I made two cards again this week, to help boost my stash. The DSP is Beary Christmas, my favourite of this year's offerings. I also pulled out my Silver Metallic Enamel Effects. I just dotted it a few times on the front of each card.

That's all from me for tonight, but please keep making your way around all of the blogs. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Christine Blain.

As ever, the wonderful Sharon Davern keeps us all organised, so if you run into any issues with links, just pop on over to her blog. She'll have a list of all participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CASEing The Catty 439: Joy Of Christmas

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Phew! It feels like ages since I've managed to play along with the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenges. Life has got in the way, but I was determined to play this week.

We are CASEing from the Joy Of Christmas Suite, which is in the current Mini Catalogue.

This card, on page 30, caught my eye. I loved the layering around the sentiment, and the shaped feature panel. When I looked at my Christmas stamp sets, I realised that I have no sets with images - they are all words!

Thankfully, I do have the Beary Christmas DSP, which was a great alternative. All the hard work is done for me! I carefully cropped a scene using my elongated hexagon die from the Nested Essentials Dies. The polar bears and the tree fit perfectly!

I used another strip of Real Red DSP from the same pack to layer under the Brightest Glow sentiment. The pop of colour ties in nicely with the gifts on the bear's back.

Some left over strips of DSP were used to decorate the inside of my card. The row of trees is really cute!

We'd love for you to play along with us by CASEing a project from the Joy Of Christmas Suite. All you need to do is add a photo to our Facebook Group before the challenge ends in a week.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is my lovely friend, Rachel Palmieri with a gorgeous card. You won't want to miss it.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 672: Just Add A Sketch

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week, Nikki has a fun sketch for us to be inspired by.

It's a good one, with lots of open space and room for interpretation. I recently received the Perfect Catch box from Kindred Stamps, and I knew straight away that I wanted to use the Video Game Die for my card.

My hubby has been nagging me that I haven't made him a birthday card yet - it was back at the start of August. Whoops! I could use the excuse that I was waiting for this die to arrive, right?

I used my Fine Tip Glue to add a glossy layer to the buttons and the screen frame on the card. It adds lovely texture and dimension to the card. It's something that he will appreciate.

The background papers that I used were from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack. I thought that the stars were a great choice. The stamped sentiments were also from the Perfect Catch box. I love the funky font, and Rob will like the sentiments that I chose for him!

That's all from me, but please head on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our Linky, so that you can add your card to our challenge. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Daffodil Delight

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Welcome to my blog for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Daffodil Delight's turn to shine - and shine it does! It's a lovely, bright, sunny yellow. It's a feature colour in the Light The Candles Kit, so that's what I decided to use for my card.

You might think, if you're familiar with the kit, that the striped paper isn't a part of the kit. It is! It's the envelope paper. The inside of the envelopes had gorgeous coordinating paper that sometimes likes to come out and play on the card, rather than be hidden away in the envelope. Today, I set it free, LOL!

The rest of the card was made up as per the kit. The sparkly paper behind the cake cut out is spectacular! What a shame that it was an overcast day today - the camera didn't really capture the gorgeous sparkle.

The inside of my card features another strip of paper from the envelope. You know me - I don't waste anything! 

Please keep on hopping around all of the blogs tonight. There's a lot more Daffodil Delight inspiration to be seen, starting with my lovely friend, Dianne Furniss.

If you run into any problems with the links, please head on over to Cathy Proctor's blog. She does a fabulous job each week keeping us all organised.

Bye for now,

Tina

Heart Of Christmas Week 7

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Welcome to the seventh week of the Heart Of Christmas Blog Hops. I finally have some new stuff, so I was excited to play along this week.

How gorgeous is the Beary Christmas DSP? It really doesn't need much else, so I used the May 2023 Sheetload Of Cards to show off as much of the paper as possible. I paired it with the new Joy To You stamp set for the sentiment.

As I used the More Dazzling paper on the front, I also used a small strip on the inside. I changed my stamp set to Brightest Glow, as I didn't want to put a big sentiment on the inside of the card.

I've decided to make only two cards each time using the Sheetload templates. I was in the enviable position of having too many cards last year, so I don't need to make as many this year. You can see hat I varied the position of the sentiment panel, mostly to try not to cover too many of the polar bears.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do keep going around the blog hop until you get back to where you started. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Kate Morgan.

If you run into any issues with links, just pop on over to the wonderful Sharon Davern's blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 670: Just Add Wildlife

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Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a theme challenge for you, suggested to us by Fiona. She's like us to Just Add Wildlife to our cards this week.

I was a bit stumped for a while, but then my new pack of Beary Christmas DSP arrived, and I was back on track! I instantly loved the sheet of paper that has the full page scene of the polar bears on icebergs - the challenge was how to make it work on a card without chopping the bears in half or wasting too much. I think I succeeded!

I loved this polar bear straight away, sitting on the ice and gazing at the sky. He was a great choice for the front of the card.

To give him something a little more exciting than just the sky to gaze at, I used my Tim Holtz Moon Masks to create a moon for him. The sentiment is a partial image from another new purchase, the Joy To You stamp set from the new Mini Catalogue. I think it works brilliantly with the scene that I created.

Below the polar bear on the front was this little grouping. It's so sweet! I fussy cut around the family and then lightly inked the cardstock underneath, before gluing it over the top. I don't like wasting anything, so this was a great choice for the inside of my card.

What do you think of when you see 'wildlife'? You can see what the Design Team have made over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card for the challenge. I'm keen o see what you make!

Bye for now,

Tina