Clean and Simple #137

It's a horrible rainy day here in Auckland; perfect stamping weather!
I made this card following the Clean and Simple Stamping challenge. It's such a great challenge site. Here is the card I made following this week's sketch:


I used the Little Leaves die, along with the flower from the Itty Bitty punch pack for the wee flowers. And of course a few rhinestones finish the card off nicely.

Here is this week's sketch:



Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Because I Care
Card/Paper: Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Melon Mambo, Old Olive
Accessories: Wide Oval punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Very Vanilla taffetta ribbon, Little Leaves die, Framed Tulips embossing folder, rhinestones, sponge

Pop on over to the Clean and Simple Stamping blog- take a look at the other amazing entry's, and have a go yourself!

Debbie

Happy New Year, Just Add Ink and Top Ten!

I just want to wish you a happy new year to you and your families. May 2011 be a prosperous and fulfilling year!

I made this little pillow box and matching notecard, using the STUNNING Island Oasis designer paper, for this week's Just Add Ink challenge, which is Just Add Summer. These colours, and designer paper sure do remind me of Summer!
These would make a perfect little gift for your friends and family who you are catching up with over the holidays. Some choccies would fit nicely in the pillow box too!




I thought I'd share my top ten favourite projects and posts for 2010. Just click on the titles, and you will be taken to the posts! Enjoy:

1. Artistic New Year

2. Welcome Christmas Tote

3. Christmas Card Event

4. Just Add Ink #40

5. Reindeer Poo!

6. Updated Fifth Avenue Floral

6. Just Add Ink #25

7. Our Zorb Experience

8. Candle Box

9. Patchwork Cards

10. Just Add Ink #5


Thanks for stopping by!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #48

This stamp is from the Welcome Christmas stamp set, and in 5 days, we will be celebrating the birth of Jesus! The image on this card is a heart-warming reminder of time spent together with families.
Don't you just love the new satin ribbon? Its so luxurious, and gives a lovely finishing touch to your cards. And I'm loving the Jolly Holiday designer papers too.

For the next 2 weeks, this is the sketch that Just Add Ink has given us to play with:



I have flipped the sketch this week, and made this Christmas card:



You can't see it in the photo, but I have added some Champagne shimmer paint onto the tree.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas, Sweet Little Sentiments
Card/Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle punch, Word Window punch, Old Olive 5/8" satin ribbon, Champagne shimmer paint, sponge

Check out the other entry's HERE!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #45

What I love about Stampin' Up! products, is often they lend themselves to different occasions. For example, this designer paper, Love Letter I have used on this Christmas card, for the weekly Just Add Ink challenge.
For the flower, I have used the new XL Scallop Circle punch, and have sprayed them with the Gold Glow smooch spritz. The scallops have been put together with an Antique Brad.

Here is the sketch for the Just Add Ink challenge:




And here is my card:


Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas
Card/Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Love Letter
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black
Accessories: XL Scallop Circle punch, Antique Brad, Gold Glow smooch spritz, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, sponge

Debbie

Just Add Ink #42

Hi there, hope you all enjoyed the weekend and hopefully got some stamping done!
This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is this wonderful sketch to use on a papercraft project:


I really love this sketch as it is so versatile. I decided to go with an elegant style card and used the Colour Coach to help me with the colour combo. This is a really useful tool that I recommend getting your hands on!



I have used the Fast and Fabulous stamp set (level 1 hostess set), which you can earn for FREE! (more info HERE), the sentiment stamp is from the Upsy Daisy stamp set and I have used the En Francais stamp in the backround.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Fast and Fabulous, Upsy Daisy, En Francais
Card/Paper: Pretty in Pink, Early Expresso, Crumb cake, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink,
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry ribbon (retired) Pretty in Pink 1/8" taffetta ribbon, Early Expresso 1/8" taffetta ribbon, pearls,

Hope you like my card! Check out the other inspiring entrys at Just Add Ink!

Debbie

Just Add Birthdays!

This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is to Just Add Birthdays to a papercraft project!
This is a cute pocket card that I made using the Blueberry Crisp designer paper. The very talented, Andrea Walford has made a video on how to make it. View the video HERE.


For the cupcake tag, I inked up the stamp from the Birthday Bakery stamp set (not the words) using the Not Quite Navy marker. I then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the Best Wishes stamp (from Silhouette Sentiments) and stamped that in Not Quite Navy as well. That then gave me a birthday tag.

And of course, no birthday card can be complete without cupcakes!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Birthday Bakery, Silhouette Sentiments
Card/Paper: Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Blueberry Crisp DSP
Ink: Staz-on Black, Not Quite Navy, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso
Accessories: 1 1/4" Circle punch, Round Tab punch, Very Vanilla 5/8" tafetta ribbon, silver brads, linen thread, Top Note die, Dazzling Diamonds

Check out the other entry's and have a go yourself!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #40

Hi there! Just Add Ink has given us this lovely colour challenge to play with this week:

Aren't these colours pretty?

I have really wanted to make one of these market cards, so I thought I would give one a go, using the very cute Birthday Bakery stamp set.
I had to use Crumb Cake instead of Sahara Sand, as I don't have any cardstock or ink in that colour.


Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Birthday Bakery
Card/Paper: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Black Staz-on
Accessories: Word Window punch, Scallop Edge punch, Organza ribbon

It's a three day weekend here in New Zealand, so I'm looking forward to a weekend full of stamping! (I hope!)

Debbie

Clean and Simple Stamping Challenge

I really liked the sketch for last weeks' Clean and Simple Stamping challenge, so I decided to take part. I have used one of my favourite colour combo's on my card: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake. It's hard to go wrong with such a delicious combination!


I have clear embossed the Medallion stamp several times on the Pear Pizzazz cardstock, and used the small flower and the words "Cherish" from the very versatile, Baroque Motifs stamp set.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Medallion, Baroque Motifs
Card/Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush, Versa Mark
Accessories: clear embossing powder, Jewel, sponge

Check out the other entry's at the Clean and Simple Stamping blog!

Debbie

A Pink Christmas

This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is Just Add Bling....and PINK! This challenge is to raise awareness for breast cancer, as the month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the national Pink Ribbon day is on the 28th of October.

This is my submission for the challenge. We will make this card at my 10 Christmas Cards + Breast Cancer Awareness event as the "pink" Christmas card (more info on the event HERE)


I have used the snow swirled stamp set (love this set!) and the pinks I have used are: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Snow Swirled
Card/Paper: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, 1/2" circle punch, Whisper White 3/8" taffeta ribbon, Jewels, Dazzling Diamonds

Hope you like my card! Head on over to Just Add Ink and have a go yourself!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #36

This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is to create a papercraft project following this gorgeous sketch:


I had a go, using some of my new favourite new colours, Concord Crush and Pear Pizzazz:


My Big Shot got a big workout this afternoon! The butterfly's are from the Beautiful Wings die, the tag is from the Lots of Tags die and I have used the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder to create some texture in the backround.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Thank You Kindly
Card/Paper: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, In-colour DSP pack
Ink: Concord Crush, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Concord Crush 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon, Beautiful Wings die, Lots of Tags die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Basic Pearls, sponge

Check out the other inspiring entry's at Just Add Ink!

Debbie

Just Add Sympathy

This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is "Just Add Sympathy." None of us like making sympathy cards, but unfortunately, they are necessary. It's nice to be able to give comfort to people at a time of loss.
I tried to make this card peaceful and gentle. I coloured in the butterfly's, from the All a Flutter stamp set using Rich Razzlebery and Pink Pirouette. In the backround I stamped the En Francais stamp using my new Crumb Cake ink that arrived last week. Yay! I love it!!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: All a Flutter, God's Blessings, En Francais
Card/Paper: Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Corner Rounder punch, Blender Pen

Check out the other entry's, and have a go yourself!

Debbie

Colour Throwdown #110

I saw this gorgeous colour challenge over at Colour Throwdown, and I just had to take part! Aren't these colours just lovely together:
If you look closely, you can see that I've stamped the image from Upsy Daisy twice, using Pink Pirouette and Rich Razzleberry, to create a shadow effect.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy, En Francais
Card/Paper: Pink Piroutte, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Gray
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Gray
Accessories: Basic Gray 1/4" tafetta ribbon

Head over to Colour Throwdown and check out all the other fabulous entry's!

Debbie

Just Add Ink Colour Challenge!

This week's challenge over at Just Add Ink, is this gorgeous colour combination to work with:

I love it, so soft and beautiful. I wanted to use a new stamp set out of the new catalogue, so I used this set called Every Moment that we received for free at the Stampin' Up! regional training.

The photo doesn't do this card justice, there is actually Dazzling Diamonds in the flower bud, and the colours look a lot stronger IRL. :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Every Moment
Card/Paper: Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Staz-on, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Accessories: 1/4" Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, sponge, Dazzling Diamonds

Head over to Just Add Ink and check out the other amazing entry's!

Debbie

Just Add Material

The week's challenge over at Just Add Ink is to "just add material" to a card or papercraft project, I decided to give it a go and made this card. It maybe the last time I use Pale Plum, as you can no longer buy it.
I really love the Vintage Vogue stamp set, it is so versatile. I am really pleased that it made it into the new catalogue. (I think us stampers would have started a riot if it didn't) LOL.


Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Vinatge Vogue
Card/Paper: Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Accessories: 5/8" Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge punch, Pretties Kit, Build-a-Brad, sponge

Check out the other fantastic submissions and have a go yourself!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #25

Just Add Ink has set us this gorgeous colour challenge to play with this week! It definitely wasn't a challenge for me as I love these colours!I knew what I wanted to create, so I started playing and this is what I came up with:Isn't the All a Flutter stamp just so pretty?! It is only available until the 31st of August, so I highly recommend you getting your hands on one!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: All a Flutter, Heard from the Heart
Card/Paper: Soft Suede, Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla
Ink: Soft Suede, Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Soft Suede grosgrain ribbon, Very Vanilla 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Build-A-Brad, Pretties Kit, Mat Pack

I just love the holidays! It's such a nice day here in Auckland!

Debbie

Just Add Ink #18

The Just Add Ink team has set us this wonderful sketch to play with!So versatile! I sat down and had a play, this is what I came up with:I'm really happy with how this turned out. I used the Echoes of Kindness stamp set, which I love. It can be earned for free with a qualifying workshop. Email me to find out more....

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Echoes of Kindness
Card/Paper: Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Accessories: 1/4" Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, Aqua Painter, Mat Pack, Dazzling Diamonds

Congratulations to all of the award winners at the Stampin' Up! convention! I hope you all had a fabulous time.

Debbie

Just Add Ink #12

The Just Add Ink challenge this week is this wonderful sketch:
Here is my entry:
I love the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set and especially with this fab colour combo: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray and Whisper White- you just can't go wrong!
I've used the mat pack a lot on this card, it makes a really nice framed look. I used the largest brad from the Flower designer brad assortment and stuck a half backed white pearl from the Pretties Kit on top of it using a mini glue dot- I borrowed this fab idea from the very talented Teneale Williams.

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Fifth Avenue Floral
Card/Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray
Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, Flower Brad assortment, Pretties Kit, Mat Pack, Basic Gray taffetta ribbon, blender pen

I hope you like it, let me know what you think!
Debbie

Mojo Monday #131

This is my daughter, Sarah's entry for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge this week. I really wanted to make a card following the sketch, but unfortunately I didn't get the time.
Sarah stamped the script image from the Fresh Cuts stamp set and embossed it one white card. Then she applied Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy ink using the sponge daubers. And then cut up the image and stuck onto Not Quite Navy card. The rest of the card was quite straight forward. This is a very effective technique that I really like, email me at debairey@xtra.co.nz if you would like to learn this.
I really like her colour combo: Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey
Sooo, here is her card:Here is a close-up of the gorgeous embossed script image:
And here is the Mojo Monday sketch:
Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Fresh Cuts
Card/Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP
Ink: Versa Mark, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Basic Grey taffeta ribbon, Clear embossing powder

Debbie

Our take on Just Add Ink

The Just Add Ink challenge this week is this fabulous sketch:


Sarah and I made this card together. It uses the Upsy Daisy stamp set. We just knew that this set would fit the sketch beautifully. We added some of the luxurious Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon for some visual texture.
For colouring the daisy's, we used the Not Quite Navy and Old Olive markers. I quite like this effect. And same with the sentiment, we added both colours for a multicoloured look.
The Upsy Daisy set and the Urban Garden designer papers match with each other beautifully.
Here is our card:Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy
Card/Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP
Accessories: Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, Clear Rinestone brads, Large Oval punch, Scallop Edge punch, Not Quite Nave & Old Olive markers

We had a lot of fun with this sketch, hope you like it! :)

Debbie

Just Add Easter

This week, the challenge over at Just Add Ink, is Easter. This is my submission. It is a coaster box filled with Ferrero Rocher chocolates. The Tea Party designer papers really remind me of Easter. I teamed the papers up with the Good Egg stamp set- a winner for Easter.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: A Good Egg
Card/Paper: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Corner Rounder punch, Blender Pen, White Gel Pen, Crop-A-Dile, Pretty in Pink 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Certainly Celery 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds

Debbie