#GDP006

by thepapercaper

Here we are at Monday again! I’ve gotta say, I am LOVING all the inspiration from all those who participate in the Global Design Project each week. If you haven’t been part of it yet, check it out by clicking the image below…

This week, GDP features a sketch challenge. My favourite!

The challenge coincided with a special occasion in my family, my Mum and Dad’s 35th wedding anniversary, so I used the sketch for my card design.

My starting point was looking up what the traditional and modern gifts are for this anniversary. I was hoping to incorporate it somehow into the card. I was delighted to find that the traditional gift is coral so I used Calypso Coral as the main colour feature for my card. One of my favourite colour combinations is Calypso Coral and Pool Party so that was a given for my accent colour. Although Stampin’ Up! has had Pool Party seam binding in the past, they no longer carry it so I just dyed my own.

My favourite part of the card are the two little silver punched hearts. I wanted them to represent my Mum and Dad so while they are both silver, I punched one from foil and one from glimmer paper so that they are different. Some sequins from the Project Life Moments Like These Accessory Pack finished it off perfectly.

Now it’s your turn! Create your own project using the GDP sketch and enter it here. You could be one of this week’s winners!

Jess x

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Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	Back To Basics Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [133742]	Flower Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set [134207]
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392]	Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [122933]	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695]
Silver Glimmer Paper [135314]	Silver Cording Trim [139620]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
Whisper White 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon [134573]	Moments Like These Project Life Accessory Pack [138455]	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109130]

#GDP004

by thepapercaper

Welcome to #GDP004! Are you having fun? I have really been enjoying these challenges and this week is no exception. The task this week is to do a little CASEing!

This gorgeous card by Louise offers so much inspiration. The layout, stamp set, colour combination. For me there was only one direction to go in.

My favourite stamp set, Timeless Love, just fits right in with this challenge so out it came. I first stamped a wreath using my stamp-a-majig for perfect placement in Jet Black StazOn ink. I used StazOn because I then used Hello Honey, Night of Navy and Mint Macaron inks to watercolour the wreath. I’ve been wanting to try a little abstract watercolouring for a while but haven’t had the opportunity until now. I feel like that style suits the Timeless Love stamps perfectly because they’re so rustic and vintage. To achieve this look, I first painted on some bold ink in an approximate area that I wanted coloured. I then lightened the ink a little by adding water and then filled in any remaining gaps. It didn’t matter that I went out of the lines on places. That’s all part of the look this time.

Once the wreath was finished, I cut a little heart from the centre using the small heart from the Baker’s Box thinlits set. Then I used my paper piercing tool and guide to pierce the holes for the thread. I backstitched some Metallic Gold Thread through the holes and secured into place. You could use a sewing machine instead of hand sewing, but I didn’t trust myself to get the machine stitching straight. I tied a little gold thread bow at the top of the wreath.

I decided to try a little experiment next. I really wanted some navy glimmer coming through the heart. I know that people have used alcohol markers to colour glimmer paper but I wasn’t sure if it would work to just use our water based stampin’ write markers. Guess what? It does. I did several layers of colour because it does lift off and fade a little but the end result looks great.

Lastly, I stamped a sentiment from Endless Birthday Wishes and mounted my card.

On the inside I replicated the watercolour on a small strip and mounted it with my coordinating colours of Night of Navy and Very Vanilla.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my project. Be sure to visit the rest of the Global Design Project international team for inspiration. Which part of Louise’s beautiful card inspires you the most? I hope you’ll make time to play along with us this week. You’ll find all the details on the GDP site.

Jess x

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Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	Watercolor Paper [122959]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Endless Birthday Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set [140273]
Hello Honey Classic Stampin’ Pad [133643]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad [138326]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [126970]	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577]
Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406]	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]	Gold Metallic Thread [138401]	Baker’s Box Thinlits Dies [138279]

More Timeless Love projects here…

31Jul2015

Ribbons and wreaths and… CASEing the Catty

by thepapercaper

Welcome to the last spot on this week’s CASEing the Catty blog hop. You’ve probably gathered by now (unless you’re starting here, in which case you’ll find links to keep hopping at the bottom) that we’re featuring cards from the Christmas section of the catalogue. This week has been a bit exciting for us Stampin’ Up! demos as we’ve all just seen the brand new Holiday catalogue which will be available to order from in September.

Spoiler alert – If you want to find some sneaky peeks, I suggest searching #inspirecreateshare2015 and you just might stumble across some exciting pics from the recent US convention where it was all unveiled. BUT, you should do that after you’ve finished our hop. Don’t get too excited and leave me 😦

It’s a bit crazy thinking about Christmas now, unless you’re doing a Christmas in July event, but time does tend to fly so why not start thinking about your Christmas cards in advance. If you make them early, it’ll remove a little bit of stress from the busy end of the year.

I decided to CASE a card from page 72 but even though I love Wondrous Wreath, after seeing all the new goodies, it seems so ‘last year’! I decided to change up my wreath and use a non-Chrsitmas set. Yep, it’s back again – Timeless Love. I do recall saying it would feature heavily on my blog this year. It is totally adorbs. So I stamped the spray twice making a wreath, lining it up with my trusty stamp-a-majig. Then I coloured. Red and Green of course, or more accurately, Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke. It reminded me a little more of Australian native flowers than the holly and ivy that says ‘traditional Christmas’. Instead of the chalkboard centre featured in the sample, I went with burlap to add to the native, Aussie bush feel. A sentiment stamped on veluum went over the top of the burlap and a sparkling, festive silver ribbon finished it off.

Happy counting down until Christmas! 146 days to go!

Click here to continue on the blog hop and visit the lovely Judy May or click here to head to CASEing the Catty HQ for a full list of participants.

Jess x

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584]
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad [126966]	Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad [126972]	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406]
Silver 1/8″ Ribbon [132137]	Wondrous Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set [135047]	Everyday Chic Designer Washi Tape [138385]

Heavenly Everleigh

by thepapercaper

I mentioned in my last post that you should stay tuned for more Timeless Love and here it is… already!

Last week, my brother and sister in law welcomed a sweet tiny pink bundle, Everleigh Jane. She is such a doll and weighed in at just 5lb 8oz. Holding her feels like you’re only holding the blankets! How blessed we are to have another happy, healthy family member.

Of course this calls for a card. I thought her name was super pretty but a little bit vintage so I wanted the card to reflect that. I was also a little short on time so I flicked through my Project Life cards to find a starting point. I chose a black and white background card that I thought would suit perfectly. I added a spray of watercoloured flowers from Timeless Love and a sweet little banner. To keep with the vintage theme and to personalise, I used my brand new Alphabet Rotary stamp (why did I wait so long to get that??).

Of course I matched the inside of the card as well which was very easy as I had to crop the PLxSU card to fit the front. This meant I had a cute little black and white strip to use on the inside. I stamped some Blushing Bride cradstock with the Timeless Love stamp to match.

Of course it’s nowhere near as perfect as tiny Everleigh is but I think it does the job!

Jess x

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Moments Like These Project Life Card Collection [138454]	Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	Timeless Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139408]
Alphabet Rotary Stamp [133769]	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406]	Banner Punch [133519]
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [131172]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad [126983]	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287]

More Timeless Love projects…

26Jun2015

Love & Sympathy

by thepapercaper

This week at CASEing the Catty, we’re looking at the Love and Sympathy section. Cards we love to make and cards that are not so fun but still touch others and show we care. Of course, just because a sample card is featured in this section, it doesn’t mean it has to be for love or sympathy. Simply change up a stamp set and it’s a Happy Birthday card instead!

As I’ve mentioned, one of my new favourite sets is Timeless Love. It’s just beautiful and I jumped at the chance to showcase it again this week. Despite loving all the catalogue samples featuring the set, I’ve opted to adapt a different card instead. The sample project is featured on page 29 and looks like this…

Two words. Pink stripes. I’m sold.

I also love the colour combo on this card and had an idea to combine the Timeless Love wreath with the doily. Once I got started, I found the Melon Mambo ink was a little too candy for my liking so I changed to Rose Red. I watercoloured all the flowers in the wreath in varying shades using this one ink colour. I took the Mint Macaron from the sample and used it for the wreath leaves and because I knew I’d be using the Sahara Sand Lace Trim, I used Sahara Sand ink for the flower centres. Initially I watercoloured the stripes in Rose Red but it was just too much so I opted for Sahara Sand instead. Clearly I cheated a bit and made my own background but you could use the English Garden DSP featured in the sample.

In the end my finished card was quite different but I think the sketch remains in tact.

Yep. I can’t get enough of this stamp set. You’d better stay tuned for more Timeless Love in the future!

Need more Love & Sympathy inspiration? Keep hopping along the blog hop to Stasia Sloma or head back to CASEing the Catty HQ to see a full list of participants.

Happy stamping (and sharing love),

Jess x

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Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	Timeless Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139408]	Tea Lace Paper Doilies [129399]
Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [126954]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad [126976]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad [138326]
Sahara Sand 7/8″ (2.2 Cm) Lace Trim [137866]	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]	Linen Thread [104199]

More Timeless Love projects…

16Jun2015

Timeless Love in a hop

by thepapercaper

Every year there is one set in the catalogue that I often overlook on the first perusal but then it grabs me and I can’t get it out of my head until I order it, it arrives in the big brown box and I have a play. This year’s set is Timeless Love. I just LOVE the vintage style of the flowers as well as the font and sentiments.

I knew that my first play would involve some watercolouring. I know, I’m getting predictable. I wanted to try a style I hadn’t before so I stamped very lightly in Pink Pirouette just to give a slight outline of the flowers. Then I gave each of them a rough watercolour wash and then went back and added more colour and shading. I did want to keep the rustic vibe happening though so it’s purposefully not quite perfect. I loved the result without an outline so I kept it. Perhaps next time I’ll stamp over the top again.

I then added a layer of vellum to soften it even more with a stamped sentiment on top. My blog followers will know that I’m not a sentiment person. I don’t know why but I usually don’t add them to my cards. This one however, I LOVE. I love the font, I love the words, I love the meaning. So if you receive a card from me this year, there’s a chance it’ll have this sentiment on it! I then added some of the new Everyday Chic washi tape to the edges – it’s also a sneaky way of attaching the vellum without adhesive showing through. Finally I added a Calypso Coral seam binding ribbon, mounted it and I was done. And I love it!

I hope you like it too! See below for all the supplies I used. You can even click through to my store to buy straight away!

To see more inspiration from the new catalogue, continue along the EurekaStampers blog hop to our most divine, gorgeous and supportive leader, Simone Bartrum.

Happy hopping,

Jess x

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Timeless Love Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138772]	Timeless Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139408]	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695]
Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin’ Pad [126956]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [131172]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad [126983]
Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad [126972]	Everyday Chic Designer Washi Tape [138385]	Calypso Coral 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon [134569]

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#GDP006

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Ribbons and wreaths and… CASEing the Catty

Heavenly Everleigh

Love & Sympathy

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