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Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #21

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Hi again, and welcome to the second last of the sketches on page 22 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. Here is today’s sketch.

Instead of the circles, I have used some Zinnia’s from the Simply Zinnia Bundle, an Online Exclusive which is still available to purchase.

My cardbase today is some Early Espresso cardstock, with a layer of Crumb Cake cardstock over the top which has been run through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine with the Painted Texture Embossing Folder.
Behind the Zinnias is some of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper, which has been framed with another piece of Early Espresso Cardstock.
The Zinnias have been coloured using Watercolour Pencils in reds, orange and yellow, and then blended lightly using a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, which also adds some glitter to the flowers.

Only one more of our sketch inspirational posts to go, I do hope you have all enjoyed seeing what I have done with each of the sketches. Please let me know your thoughts, I always enjoy receiving comments from you.

And don’t forget the Country Woods Designer Series Paper is on sale until the end of August, as well as some of the other papers in the Annual catalogue.
Happy stamping,
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #20

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Hi and welcome back, here is the sketch for today, sketch number 20 of 22.

This is a great sketch that opens up all sorts of possibilities.
I am in a pink mood at present, and have another pink card for you today, using the colours Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop and Granny Apple Green.

Because most of my stamping ended up being on the left hand side, I decided to move the flag over to the right.
My cardbase is Thick Basic White cardstock, and the focal image is also done on Thick Basic White, which is over a layer of Petunia Pop cardstock.
I have gone back to one of my all time favourite stamp sets, the Stippled Roses stamp set, which I have stamped onto the cardbase in Petunia Pop ink, after stamping it off once onto scrap paper.
The focal image is heat embossed with white embossing powder. I’ve then used a Water Painter and ink to put down a light wash of colour. The reason I have used the Thick Basic White is that it does absorb some water and so it is possible to do some very light watercolouring onto it, as long as you don’t add too much water, and don’t work it too much.
Using Watercolour Paper is better of course, because it absorbs as much water as you want to use and you can work as many layers into as you need to. However it is more of an off-white colour and I preferred the Basic White colour for this card.
I put down a light layer of Pretty in Pink ink on the flowers, and then added some Petunia Pop ink to the centre of the flowers to give them some depth. The leaves use only Granny Apple Green ink.

That’s all from me for today. Happy stamping,
Chris

Sketch Saturday #758

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Hi and welcome back to another Sketch Saturday challenge.
Here is the new sketch for our inspiration, a lovely sketch that you could do so much with, or keep very simple.

The only issue I had with this sketch was deciding which of the many ideas I would use for my Design Team card for today.

I have used a piece of the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper over some Crumb Cake cardstock for the background, and I have lightly inked the edges of the DSP with some Crumb Cake ink, just to take away the white of the cut edge.
And I have done the same with the layer of Melon Mambo paper which comes from the Countryside Rose Designer Series Paper, a paper which was only available to Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators but I loved the colour of it behind these flowers.
The flowers and leaves come from the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack, so are already cut and coloured for you.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you will share your projects with us at Sketch Saturday.
Happy Stamping, and don’t forget the sale on Designer Series Papers which has only a few days left, and you can make the most of by clicking here.

Happy stamping,
Chris

Taking a short break…

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I’m feeling a little tired and in need of some down time, so I will take a break from the sketches for a day or two, but I will be finishing off the rest of the sketches.

In the meantime, don’t forget the awesome sale on gorgeous papers, for the rest of August, or until sold out.

If you live in Australia and would like to make the most of this sale, you can shop online here.

Happy stamping,

Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #18

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Hi and welcome back to my inspirational journey using the sketches from the Annual Catalogue.
Today we are up to Sketch 18 so only four more to go after today.

My card features the Changing Leaves bundle which I am loving, despite it being nearly spring here in Australia. There’s something timeless about the images of leaves that I really love to use on cards.

The cardbase is Crushed Curry Cardstock, which I have put through the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder, with just half of the card in the folder so that the back is still plain. The card base is my usual size – 21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm.
The next layer of Basic white cardstock is 13.5cm x 9.5cm, again run through the Changing Leaves Embossing Folder and then cut into three sections. Each section measures 9.5cm x 4cm.
I have then used blending brushes to add colour to the panels using Crushed Curry ink, Pumpkin Pie ink, Real Red ink and Cherry Cobbler ink. The panels were then evenly placed on the card based and adhered down.
I have cut a circle and sentiment panel from the Stylish Shapes Dies, stamped the sentiment and leaves in Cherry Cobbler ink before popping them down with some Dimensionals.
I have used the Water Painter with Pumpkin Pie and then Crushed Curry ink, and splattered some colours across the card, before adding some Linen Thread to finish the card off.

Happy stamping,
Chris

Sketch #17 and Craftin Round The World

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Hi and welcome back to day 17 of my sketch challenge.
My card today uses the 17th Sketch from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and is my card for this month’s challenge at Craftin Round The World.
Here is sketch number 17 from Page 22 of the catalogue. If you would like to find Day 1 of the sketch challenge for the month of August, just click here.

I have used panels of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper, at 2.5cm in width by 13.5cm and spaced them evenly across my card base which is some Basic Beige cardstock.

For the centre panel I have a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut to 7.5cm x 10.5cm, a piece of Basic Beige cardstock which is 7.3cm x 10.3cm, and then a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 6cm x 8.5cm.

The stamped images are from Under The Moon stamp set, the ocean stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, the dolphin and sentiment (from the Poised Peony stamp set) in Night of Navy ink, and the clouds in Basic Beige ink.

I quite like the combination of the blue colours teamed with Basic Beige. What do you think?

That’s it for me today.
Happy stamping!
Chris

PS Don’t forget the sale on Designer Series Papers which you can buy in my Online Store here.

Annual Catalogue Sketch #16

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Hi and welcome back.

A very quick post today, I’ve been working in a casual job today and am very late with sharing today’s sketch and inspiration. So here’s the sketch….

My card is a classic Black and White, and features an image from the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack, on page 19 of the Annual Catalogue. So the only stamping is the sentiment, but if you didn’t want to stamp at all, you could use sentiment from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack.
Papercrafting has never been so easy!

Such a quick and easy card. And a very quick post.
I am working next week too, so I’m hoping to get some inspiration for the rest of the sketches completed over the weekend, and posts scheduled for your enjoyment and inspiration.

Hope you are having a crafty evening. I’ll have more to share over the weekend.
Happy stamping
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #15

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Welcome back. Today is day 15 of inspiration using the sketches on Page 22 of the Annual Catalogue.

I done heaps of colouring on my card today. The images have all been stamped in Black Memento ink and then coloured using Stampin’ Blends to create a base colour, with Watercolour Pencils used over the top of the Stampin’ Blends to add some depth of colour.

I have a cardbase of Thick White Cardstock (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm.
The next layer of patterned paper is 14cm x 10cm), with a layer of Country Woods Designer Series Paper over the top (10.5cm x 14.5cm). The large circle is die cut from the Spotlight on Nature Dies, and the images all from the Country Flowers Bundle.

That’s all from me today, I have been offered some casual work, so I need to get organised for that.
Hope you have a crafty day.
Happy stamping,
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #14

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Hi and welcome to Sketch 14 from the Annual Catalogue, and a quick and easy card.

My card uses a cardbase made from Peach Pie cardstock and features the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper. It’s such a simple card and it’s no exaggeration to say it took less than 5 minutes to make.

The measurements are as follows: the cardbase is The card base is 21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm.
The next layer of patterned paper is 14cm x 10cm.
Then a layer of Pretty Peacock cardstock to frame the top layer, and is 7.5cm x 10cm.
The top layer of patterned paper is 7cm x 9.5cm.
I have taken a strip of Basic White cardstock from my stash of scraps, and stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink. The sentiment comes from the Country Flowers stamp set.

And that’s it. Sometimes it fun to create a really quick card, and Designer Series Papers can make it easy to do so. And don’t forget the sale on Designer Series Papers for the rest of August, which you can find here in my online store.
Happy stamping
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #13

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Welcome back to the Annual Catalogue sketches, today we are on Sketch number 13.

My card today is an ocean scene which I am not entirely happy with, but that happens. Even those of us who are demonstrators and do a lot of papercrafting make things that we are not happy with. Anyone else make cards they want to throw in the bin sometimes?

I have taken a piece of Basic White cardstock measuring the size of a card front – 10.5cm x 14.5cm, and a strip of Masking Paper which I have torn the edge of, and then used to mask off areas for sponging using Blending Brushes. I sponged the lower areas in Pecan Pie ink. Once I had finished the masked areas, I sponged colour lightly onto the top parts, using Summer Splash ink, Azure Afternoon ink and a tiny amount of Fresh Freesia ink.
I then stamped over the sponged colour using stamps from Under The Moon stamp set. The ocean was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, the clouds in Smokey Slate ink, and the boat in Night of Navy ink.

That’s all from me today, hope you are having a crafty day.
Happy stamping,
Chris