Category Archives: Big Shot

Merry Christmas!

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Just thought I would share this with you.  I made it to put a few choccies in for my son.  I also thought I should use it for the Just Add Ink latest challenge, which is Fancy Packaging! Definitely time to start getting back into the challenges that I so love to take part in.  It’s always good for getting the creative juices flowing!

This is made using the Big Shot with the Pillow Box Die, and I have used the yummy new sparkly silver cardstock which is available in the current Mini Catalogue, for the belt buckle.

I hope you will forgive me for being absent for a while, I have had some health issues but back on track now and I have quite a few things to share with you, as I have been doing some crafty stuff!
But in the meantime, have a wonderful Christmas tomorrow, and stay safe.
Merry Christmas, and happy stampin!
Chris

Top Note Bag

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I thought I should make a bag to go with my Domestic Goddess card from my last post, I like making these, they are so cute, and really quite easy, as long as you have a Big Shot, of course.
Well, I’m keeping this short and sweet today, it’s a public holiday here and there are some things that we want to go and explore today.  So, happy stamping!
Chris

New goodies!

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I got lots of yummy new stuff out of the new catalogue in the last two days, and I couldn’t wait to get stuck right in and make some things. 
Today’s card and pillow box are made using the completely gorgeous Paisley Petals Designer Series Papers.
As always, these papers look so much better in real life than they do in the catalogue. 
I have kept the card simple to let the papers do the talking…… nothing extra really required here.  The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, and the frame is from the new Four Frames stamp set.  I am yet to get my Decorative Label punch (soon, I hope!) so had to cut this one out by hand.
I will be back very soon with something completely different featuring a different paper.
Happy stamping!
Chris

Sunny Challenge 009/11

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Sunny Challenges 009/11

Firstly, I just want to share with you my very exciting news…… yes, I have re-signed as a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up!  I missed it so much during the 6 or so months when I wasn’t a demonstrator, and am really looking forward to getting back into sharing stamping and papercrafting with others.  I have signed up under the fabulous Carolyn Bennie, and am also looking forward to getting to know her and her team.

Today’s card is a sketch challenge from Sunny Challenges, and one that I really like.  Might just have to make another card using this sketch!

And part of the challenge was to use heat embossing as well.  I have used heat embossing for the greeting here, and actually it was a bit more of a challenge that it should have been, as I am still trying to find my Heat Tool – probably still packed in a box from my move in December!!  Although I thought all the important stuff ie stamping stuff, was together, so would have been the first things unpacked, but it’s in hiding.  So I had to do heat embossing the old-fashioned way – that is, over the toaster!  Yep that’s right – just make sure there is no toast in there first, otherwise you might get a fright when the toast pops out!
So, the stamp sets are Perfect Punches and Every Moment.  I have done double layers of the watercoloured flowers here, then cut the second flower out and stuck in on over the bottom layer to give it some dimension.  Here’s a close up so that you can see what I mean a little better……
The colours I have used are River Rock, Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Night of Navy and some Peach Parfait in the centre of the flowers to brighten it a little.

Hope you got some stamping time during your weekend.
Chris

I love Dasher!

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Um yeah…. as in, Santa’s reindeer Dasher! Of course, I mean the stamp Dasher, which just hasn’t had enough use in my house yet!  And neither has the other stamp which I have used on this card, that gorgeous background stamp, Medallion.
I’m not sure what the weather’s like in the rest of Australia today, or for that matter, the rest of the world, but it is beautiful here in Adelaide today, warm and sunny with just a light breeze coming in off the ocean.  Might have to go for a walk on the beach later!  And maybe it is this warm summery weather that made me want to make a Christmas Card today!  Did you know it is only just over three months until Christmas?  Did any one else just start to feel a bit panicky?  Where has the rest of the year gone?
Anyway, cards……. this card was meant to be a CASE of a card made by the incredibly talented Jenny Moors at Stamping Moments, whose work I always love and who inspires me so much. 
But of course, it didn’t end up being the same as Jenny’s card, my CASE’s never end up being CASE’s! Not exactly, anyway.  The colours are Cherry Cobbler, River Rock and Very Vanilla, and I have run the layer of River Rock cardstock through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.
Well, enjoy the warm weather, and happy stamping!
Chris

Just Add Ink Colour Challenge

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This week’s challenge from Just Add Ink is to use White and just one other colour.  For my card, the second colour I have used is Concord Crush.

Inspiration for this card came from Joanne at Mainly Flowers, whose work I just adore.
I have used a technique called “stamping off” to add some different tones to the layers of the flower.
I have used the Vintage Vogue stamp set (one of my all time favourites) and the retired Because I Care for the greeting.  I have run the white layer through the Big Shot with the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder and also used the Stitched Poly Ribbon which I have gathered up to make it look nice and frilly! And of course a little bit of bling with a clear Rhinestone Brad in the centre of the flower.

Happy Stamping!
Chris

Colour Challenge

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So, the next challenge, this time from the ladies at Stampin’ Royalty is a colour challenge using the unusual combination of Concord Crush, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight.  I didn’t have enough Certainly Celery to do what I wanted to do, so I have used Pear Pizzazz instead.

The stamp sets I have used are Just Believe and Silhouette Sentiments (a retired Hostess set), the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die makes the cute butterflies, and behind the butterflies, and possibly a little hard to see in the photo, I have used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder to give the white layer some interest.

Anyway, that’s enough from me for today.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and Happy Stamping!
Chris

A Simple Sketch

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This sketch is from Clean and Simple Stamping – if you haven’t checked them out then definitely do so, lots of great inspiration there!  I like the simplicity of this sketch, although it really allows so many options that is was hard to know which one to choose.  But I felt like doing some watercolouring, and here is the result:

The card didn’t quite turn out the way I had hoped but I am quite happy with it anyway.  The stamp sets are Happiness Shared and Curly Cute, and the colours are Very Vanilla, Old Olive and the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler.  The black ribbon is not from Stampin’ Up! but is an adhesive backed paper lace.

I hope you get to do something crafty this weekend.  If the weather is anything like it is here in Adelaide then it is good weather to stay snuggled up inside with the heater on and ink on your fingers! 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris

Patchwork Fun!

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I’m sure I am not the only one who has a large stash of those annoying little pieces of patterned paper.  They are too beautiful to throw away, but I have always struggled with ways of using them.  I did try my hand at some patchwork cards once before, and thought I would have another go at it.
This particular card is a design I saw here, and I have pretty much kept it the same, simply because it was the first one I tried.  Time for some experimenting now!  But I thought I would share this one with you.  The papers are retired, but you could use any combination, just as you would in a patchwork quilt, so let your imagination go crazy and have some fun.
Happy stamping (or patchworking),
Chris

Because I Care

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I think “Because I Care”  would have to be one of the most beautiful stamps available in the current Stampin’ Up! catalogue (Level 1 Hostess Set),and I have used it often, it seems to be one I keep coming back to.   This set of cards is one I made for another challenge, this time from Our Creative Corner, who want to see a card which shows off my particular style of cardmaking.  Hmmmmmm well, I love colouring – watercolouring, pastels, pencils….. I love patterned paper and ribbon, sponging and paper piercing or stitching.  I guess what I am saying is that is was hard to narrow that down, and I love trying out new things.  Then after I had made one card, I couldn’t stop, and ended up making a set of three cards.

Again I went with watercolouring the main images in each card using inks and aquabrush – I think this is probably my favourite way of doing watercolouring.  I have used the fabulous Newsprint Designer Series Paper, which I adore, and which you are going to see over and over again…..  And, I have used the Distressing Essentials Kit, to create that old fashioned, worn look, which I think works really well on these cards.

Happy Stamping!
Chris