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Petal Potpourri

6 February, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Petal Potpourri Bundle & Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper

You may be thinking, why do I need another flower stamp set and coordinating punch? Well, I said the same thing when I first saw this in the catalogue, but once I saw what could be done with it, it was on my next order!

Petal Potpourri Stamp Set and Flower Medallion Punch saving you 15% when you purchase them together as a bundle!

I also really love these Something Borrowed DSP of Whisper White and Sahara Sand. At only $18.95 for 12 sheets; 4 each of 3 double sided designs, 30.5cm x 30.5cm. They can be found on pg 42 of the Occasions catalogue.

I initially saw this card on Pinterest by Mudmaven Designs, but I wanted a slightly more subtle look so I used lighter colours.

Petal Potporri

I stamped the flower image in Versamark onto Sahara Sand card stock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. The second flower is stamped in Chocolate Chip onto Sahara Sand card stock and cut in half to create the lovely border across the centre of the card. I just love the delicateness of the doilies.

This is a close up showing the detail. A button with linen thread tied through it in a bow was added with a dimensional.

Petal Potporri

Don’t forget to decorate the inside of your card!

Petal Potporri

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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feminine, Handmade Cards

Sheltering Tree

4 February, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I share another card using a stamp set from the Occasions catalogue, called Sheltering Tree!

Isn’t it just gorgeous? It is another of my favourite photopolymer stamp sets and this one requires two-step stamping. But because it is photopolymer, being completely clear, you can see easily where to stamp without using your stampamajig!!!!

Sheltering Tree

I have used Blushing Bride & Melon Mambo (Blossom), Pistachio Pudding & Pear Pizzazz (grass), Daffodil Delight (flowers), Island Indigo (swing, bike & sentiment) with some Crumb Cake for the tree.

Here is a close up. I love the look of the blossoms on the tree; it almost gives a painted canvas look!

Sheltering Tree

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

Sheltering Tree

What are your thoughts of this card? I love these colours together, they are so soft, subtle and feminine.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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All Catalogues, Clearance Rack & Weekly Deals are available online here! They are full of amazing new products and wonderful inspiration. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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Challenges, feminine, JAI, Markers for Colouring

Love Is Kindness at JAI

31 January, 20157 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I am getting back into some challenges, so I begin with a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is a Colour Combination Challenge JAI#248.

I saw this colour combination and fell in love straight away. I reckon these colours go so well together and I just received my Love Is Kindness stamp this week, so couldn’t wait to ink it up!

Love Is Kindness

The base card is Pool Party with a layer of Sahara Sand stamped with the Dictionary Background stamp in the coordinating ink. Then a piece of the Sahara Sand Lace Trim wrapped around this layer, before gluing it to the card base.

The flowers are stamped on Whisper White card stock using the Night of Navy ink and coloured with the set of Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities. The leaves are coloured using the Pool Party ink and the Aqua Painter. This layer is mounted onto Rich Razzleberry card stock and added to the card with dimensionals.

Love Is Kindness

I stamped the image a second time onto Sahara Sand cardstock and fussy cut the newspaper wrapping and added it with dimensionals, before adding a linen thread bow.

I added some candy dots to the bottom corner.

Be sure tho decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope helps tie it all together!

Love Is Kindness

Oh yay! I got an Honorable Mention for my card for this challenge!!!!

Please leave a comment below, if you think my card met this challenge.

Why don’t you give a challenge a go, they are so much fun. Head across to the Just Add Ink page for more inspiration and see how the designers interpreted this challenge.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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feminine, Handmade Cards

All Abloom with Flower Shop

30 January, 201531 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Well my summer holidays are over but I want to share one more card with you using the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack.

I have bundled it up with the Flower Shop stamps and coordinating punch.

Flowers make me happy and this card certainly is a happy card.

Flower Patch

The base card is Mossy Meadow with layers of All Abloom Designer Paper.

The flowers are stamped using the Flower Shop stamp set in Strawberry Slush and Blushing Bride inks and punched out using the coordinating Pansy Punch.

Flower Patch

I used dimensionals to add the flowers to the card, slightly overlapping them.

I added the sentiment from the Flower Patch stamp set and added some pearls to finish it off.

Be sure to decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope helps tie it all together as seen in the first photo.

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

Be sure to place your online order today and for every $90 that you spend, you can choose 1 Sale-a-bration item FREE. So if you spend $180, you choose 2 items for FREE, etc.

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feminine, Handmade Cards

All Abloom

28 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I am going back to the Annual Catalogue and selecting one of the Hostess Sets, Bloom with Hope to create some cards.

I thought they would go nicely with the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack.

I just love the colours and patterns in these papers, plus they are some of my favourite SU Colours; Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush and Whisper White.

This card features the Bloom With Hope Stamp Set which is perfect for colouring with our Blendabilities.

Bloom with Hope

The ribbons and layering give added texture and dimension.

Here is a close up of my colouring. It doesn’t need to be perfect in any way, as long as you have some blended tone on tone, you get the results!

Bloom with Hope

Here is another example using different colour blendabilities.

Bloom with Hope

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards

Summer Butterflies

21 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Here I am again with the Butterfly Basics Bundle. Today I have tried some colours that I don’t usually go for and is a little out of my comfort zone, but I think they work okay together.

I have used Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz.

Butterfly Basics

I used the Stampin’ Write Markers to in the flower image so I could get the stems green and the flower a different colour. The flower is actually coloured So Saffron, but then I used the Thumping Technique to add some of the Calypso Coral before stamping the image onto the card.

Butterfly Basics

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

Butterfly Basics

What do you think of my card? Please comment below.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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Happy Stamping,

feminine, Free Product, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Wedding

Something Borrowed

19 January, 201513 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper

I really love these papers of Whisper White and Sahara Sand. At only $18.95 for 12 sheets; 4 each of 3 double sided designs, 30.5cm x 30.5cm. They can be found on pg 42 of the Occasions catalogue.

I made two cards using these colours and just love the soft tones and elegance with the ribbon and embellishments.

Something Borrowed

These cute little Something Borrowed Embellishments are only $11.95 for 12 of them! They help dress up you cards with these shiny accents.

This is the second card I made using the same items, but a few more layers.

Something Borrowed

Make sure you sponge the edges of your card layers, it just finishes it off and gives a lovely soft feel, especially with these delicate colours!

Something Borrowed

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

If you wish to place an order between now and the 31st March, you may be entitled to some FREE Sale-a-bation items.

If you order $90 in product, you choose 1 item FREE

If you order $180 in product, you choose 2 items FREE

If you order $300 in product, you choose 3 items FREE and get $50 to spend on anything in any catalogue

If you order $400 in product, you choose 4 items FREE and get $100 to spend on anything in any catalogue

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

All Catalogues, Clearance Rack & Weekly Deals are available online here! They are full of amazing new products and wonderful inspiration. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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Happy Stamping,

feminine, Free Product, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Crazy About You

16 January, 201513 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Crazy About You & Hello You Thinlits Bundle

I received this bundle with my order on Tuesday and couldn’t wait to have a play. I love that this stamp set is available in wood, clear and photopolymer and has wonderful sentiments for all occasions. I got this in photopolymer for only $72.95 for all of these items below:

Anyway, this is what I created with the stamp set, using the leaves and one of the flowers. I also used a stamped flower from the Flower Shop stamp set and Petite Petals stamp set with the coordinating punches to add some dimension to my card.

Crazy About You

The first layer of card stock is Rose Red and I embossed it with the Spring Flowers TIEF.

I also added some Pear Pizzazz ribbon and a pearl and sponged the edges of the layers of card stock to give a softer feel.

Crazy About You

Make sure you finish by stamping one of the flowers on the inside to the tie the card together!

Crazy About You

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

If you wish to place an order between now and the 31st March, you may be entitled to some FREE Sale-a-bation items.

If you order $90 in product, you choose 1 item FREE

If you order $180 in product, you choose 2 items FREE

If you order $300 in product, you choose 3 items FREE and get $50 to spend on anything in any catalogue

If you order $400 in product, you choose 4 items FREE and get $100 to spend on anything in any catalogue

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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Birthday, Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards

Butterfly Beauty

15 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Oh wow, I couldn’t wait to get this stamp set from the minute I saw it in the Occasions catalogue, and it hasn’t disappointed!

Butterfly Basics with the coordinating Butterfly Framelits can be purchased as a Bundle saving you 15%. But you can buy them separately also. The stamp set is available in Wood, Clear or Photopolymer and I bought it in the Photopolymer.

And here is my card that I have made using many of the items in this bundle.

Butterfly Basics

I have used Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz with some Crumb Cake as my colour palette and the sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.

Here is a close up. I love the vellum look underneath the butterfly. I added this after I die cut the butterfly, by gluing the butterfly onto a piece of vellum and then cutting it out.

Butterfly Basics

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

Butterfly Basics

What do you think? I love these colours together, they are so soft and subtle.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

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Happy Stamping,

Butterflies, feminine, Free Product, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Irresistibly Yours

14 January, 201513 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Yay, guess what arrived today? Yes, my new goodies from the Occasions catalogue and FREE Sale-a-bration items.

You know I love butterflies, so I had to have a play with the Butterfly Thinlits and the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper, well you wait to see what I have done with it!

Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper is white paper with a glossy white pattern is perfect for colouring using a variety of techniques, colouring to reveal the pattern. You get 12 sheets in a pack, 2 of each of the 6 designs and they are 30.5 x 30.5cm.

I have only used 1/2 a sheet to produce these 3 cards below!

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

The card base is white with the layer of Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper which I have coloured using the Stampin’ Ink Pads in various colours. I used 3 colours on each card and applied the ink by sponging.

This first one uses: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

This second one uses: Garden Green, Wild Wasabi & Pear Pizzazz. I also inked the edges of the butterfly!

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

This third one uses: Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry & Rose Red

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

What do you think? Isn’t it stunning? I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

Well, if you love this paper as much as me, then all you need to do is place an order of $90 and these papers are yours FREE. Yes, they are part of the Sale-a-bration brochure to claim with any order until 31st March.

If you order $180 in product, you choose 2 items FREE

If you order $300 in product, you choose 3 items FREE and get $50 to spend on anything in any catalogue

If you order $400 in product, you choose 4 items FREE and get $100 to spend on anything in any catalogue

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

Be sure to place your online order today and for every $90 that you spend, you can choose 1 Sale-a-bration item FREE. So if you spend $180, you choose 2 items for FREE, etc.

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Happy Stamping,