Stamping with Colleen

Creative Inking Blog Hop-Gratefulness

 

Gratefulness-what are you grateful for? I am grateful for my family and friends. I am also grateful for Stampin' Up! I signed up as a demonstrator 10 years ago-little did I know what an important part of my life it would become.  My life has changed in a way I never imagined and I am so grateful for the friendships made through Stampin' Up!  and for what I call my stamping therapy! 

Life has been pretty busy lately and I don't have a card specific to gratefulness. I'm grateful you are checking out our blog hop so I will just share a couple of Christmas cards that will hopefully inspire you.   Send a card to someone you are grateful for and let them know you are thinking of them-isn't that a great greeting-it's from Itty Bitty Christmas Greetings.

I loved this card in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue.  

Stamps: Tidings All Around

Cardstock: Whisper White, Grey Granite, Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil

Ink: Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: 1/4" Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon, Enamel Glitter Dots

Tools: All Around Wreath Dies, 2  1/2" Circle Die, Stamparatus

A slight tweak-Itty Bitty Christmas Greetings Stamp Set and Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

I changed the colour scheme up and used the Gold Foil Edged cards, gold glimmer dots, gold ribbon and gold embossing folder. 

If you live in Canada and do not have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I'd be grateful if you'd chose me! 

Now hop on over to Lori's blog 

Or if you are hopping the other way check out BJ's blog

Creative Inking Blog Hop-Octoberfest

Octoberfest-I was drawing a blank as to what I should post for Octoberfest. I decided to post what I had been working on this October, that was not Christmas related-since these days I have been busy creating for all my upcoming Christmas classes.  This might be a stretch for the Octoberfest theme-but its a cardfest of my October creations! 

I have been playing with the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. Amazing how one sheet of paper can look so different.

First I used it just as it comes,  for this thinking of you card.

It's a fun fold card too-check out this side view.

Next with the addition of some shading with the Gorgeous Grape Watercolour Pencil and a softening of colours with a vellum overlay,  this paper lends itself to a sympathy card.

Now coloured with Cherry Cobbler Blends the paper becomes Christmasy-and our Gold Foil Edged cards are perfect as the backdrop.

Now there are other sheets of paper in this paper pack-here I used one for a wedding card. This card is for my sister-her wedding was at Thanksgiving. Come back later this month to see the gift card holder inside of the card and special envelope I made-after I have a chance to give it to her.

I hope you enjoyed the cardfest of my October projects! Now hop on over to see what Lori has to show you

Or if you are hopping the other way check out BJ's blog. 

Kylie's Demonstrator Training Bog Hop-October 2019

Welcome to our blog hop today! Be sure to grab your favourite beverage and then sit back and enjoy all the fabulous creations from all over the world on our blog hop. I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Canada in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians! 

You can order from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue now.  If you live in Canada and don't have a demonstrator,  I would love to send you a catalogue.

Once the holiday catalogue comes out the Christmas Countdown for crafters begins-so just in case you are wondering-there are 77 sleeps until Christmas. Time to get your craft on.  Today, I am featuring one of the  projects we made at my 6th annual all day Christmas crafting event-I am Ready for ... Christmas. 

I love this project-we always make one item suitable for framing in an 8" x 8" frame. The minute I spied the Snow Globe Shaker Domes in the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue I knew we would use them for the 2019 framed art piece.

Isn't that Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper beautiful-and the tree branch help provide grounding for our snow globe. I like this framed piece-not just for Christmas but I will be able to keep it up for our entire winter season. The silver foil trees are embossed with white embossing powder-and the dome is filled with Snowflake Sequins and Ice Stampin' Glitter. The base of the snow globe is die cut from Silver Foil as well and the Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon is the finishing touch to the globe. 

Vellum was cut out with the Frosted Frames Dies. Ice Stampin' Glitter was used in a different way on the vellum-adhered with the Fine -Tip Glue Pin to add glitz to the project. 

Have fun checking out all the other creations on our blog hop today! 

Take care,

Colleen

 

 

Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop-September 2019

Welcome to our blog hop today! Be sure to grab your favourite beverage and then sit back and enjoy all the fabulous creations from all over the world on our blog hop. I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Canada in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-thanks so much for stopping by. 

You can order from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue now.  If you live in Canada and don't have a demonstrator,  I would love to send you a catalogue.

Once the holiday catalogue comes out the Christmas Countdown for crafters begins-so just in case you are wondering-there are 107 days until Christmas. Time to get your craft on.  I am busy designing classes/ projects for my upcoming 6th annual all day event-I am Ready for ... Christmas. 

Recently I was in a swap with Canadian Demonstrators-projects featuring products from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue. This was one of my swap cards

1. Card base is Coastal Cabana Cardstock- cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"
2. Adhere a 5 1/4" x 4" Whisper White piece to the card front
3. Using the Frosted Frames Dies cut the largest die out with Vellum Cardstock and adhere to card front
4. On scrap of Whisper White that is 3" x 3 1/2" stamp the snowman image from Snowman Season stamp set with Memento Black Ink
5. Colour the image with Dark Pool Party Stampin' Blend and Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend
6. Cut out with die from Frosted Frames Die
7. TIP Using a clothespin attach the stamped image to a piece of chipboard-this is crucial-trust me-otherwise your image will move and the puff paint will spread and splatter everywhere! Ask me how I know.  
8. TIP Shake the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint well (really well) and put droplets off the paint over the stamped snowball  images
9. Using your Heat Tool-TIP apply from straight above the painted areas-you don't want to blow from the side or the paint will spread everywhere. Watch the magic snowballs appear! 
10. Attach the stamped image to the card front 
11. Stamp the greeting from the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set with Coastal Cabana Ink
12. TIP-Punch the greeting out with the Classic Label Punch-and trim off the two pointed edges-adhere to the card front with mini Stampin' Dimensionals

I was stamping with a friend this weekend and I tried a different colour combination-which is your favourite?

 Snowman Season is a great stamp set-it will work for the winter season as well. Great for thank you cards after Christmas and in the winter months. It would be perfect to use if you are making a scrapbook about a holiday to the mountains too! 

Now be sure to check out all the fabulous creations below.

Take care,

Colleen

 

 

Creative Inking Blog Hop-Holiday Catalogue Sneak Peek

 

Welcome to our blog hop today-we are all featuring sneak peeks from the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalogue. If you live in Canada and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I would be happy to send you a holiday catalogue.  I also have a paper share and a ribbon share from the Holiday catalogue-a great way to get a little bit of everything to see what you love-again if you are in Canada,  I'd love to have you join one or both of my shares. 

Today's card uses one of my go to layouts. I am still looking for my MOJO so copying myself is a strategy I use when this happens.  What do you do when you feel like you are blocked creatively? 

This card's sneak peek includes

• Brightly Gleaming Speciality Designer Series Paper-copper foil accents on one side of the paper-stunning in person
• Star Designer Elements-pretty copper stars that are adhesive backed!
• Greeting is from Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set

Annual catalogue items for the card

• Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock
• Stitched Nested Labels dies
• Denim Ribbon-it is soooo soft! 
• Night of Navy Inkpad

Be sure to check out all the other blogs on our hop! We love to hear from you, so please leave us some comments. 

Take care,

Colleen

Creative Inking Blog Hop-Goodbye Forever

 

It's always hard to say goodbye to our favourites when the Stampin' Up! retirement list comes out.  This is one of my favourite cards ever! And other than the Real Red and Very Vanilla Cardstock everything else featured on this card is retiring! 

Retiring items-available only while supplies last this month! If you are in Canada and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!

• Boxwood Wreath Embellishments 144176
• 1/8" Solid Real Red Ribbon 144631
• Large Letters Framelits 141712
• Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 139672

I also made a matching 3D item with these same products.

 

Take care,

Colleen

Christmas Sparkle

Only 57 sleeps until Christmas-time to start making your Christmas cards! Yesterday was the second of 5 Christmas paper crafting events I am holding. Here is one of the cards we made at the Christmas stamp a stack. I love the sparkle on this card-the Joyeux Noel Designer Series Paper, Merry Merlot ribbon and snowflakes cut from the Copper Glimmer Paper found in the Joyeux Noel Glimmer Paper Pack. And isn't the greeting just perfect-it's from the Christmas Pines stamp set found in the Stampin' Up! Annual catalogue

I could not decide which colour I liked better for the card base-Sahara Sand or Merry Merlot? Which is your favourite?

Take care,

Colleen

 

Creative Inking Blog Hop-With Gratitude-Saying Thanks Creatively

 

Welcome to our October Creative Inking Blog Hop. Our theme this month is saying thanks creatively. I always struggle with what to give someone to say thank you. Hello-I need to remember I make paper crafts-and a gift made by hand, is really a great way to show a heartfelt thank you.  Recently I held an all day getting ready for Christmas event-a home decor piece is always one of the projects we made. Here is this year's project

Grey is so on trend for this Christmas season, as are metallics, including mixing metallics. This project features copper glimmer paper, copper foil sheets and the grey sheet of paper from Joyeux Noel Designer Series Paper has copper stars on it.  Noel is from the Festive Farmhouse wood elements-doesn't it just fit in with the colour scheme-yes that is the colour they come (although you can paint them any colour you want)?  I can't stop using the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, and it just was the perfect feminine touch to this home decor piece.  Reindeer must be on trend too-just check out the plates and napkins at Costco! 

Wouldn't this make a delightful thank you gift to a hostess of a party you attend this Christmas season. The only problem-look how perfect it looks on my table-it will be hard to part with this. 

Now hop on over to see what Lori has to show you!

Or if you are hopping the other way see what amazing creation BJ  has for you!

Take care,

Colleen

Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop-October 2018

Thank you so much for joining us for our blog hop today. 

All our projects feature current Stampin' Up! product-mine uses items from both the Annual Stampin' Up! catalogue and the Holiday catalogue. I know you will find lots of inspiration today as you check out all our blog posts. 

At my September clubs I featured projects that used 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folders and Shimmer Paint.  Here is the card I am featuring on the blog hop today. 

The technique for this card was a happy accident. Does that ever happen to you? I started out watercolouring the Seasonal Wreath 3D Textured Impressions embossed image with Old Olive ink and my aquapainter-but was disappointed with the look-probably a reflection on my watercolouring! So, then I decided to try shimmer paint-I mixed 2 drops of White Frost Shimmer Paint with a drop of Tranquil Tide Ink refill, stirred them together and VERY lightly sponged colour with a sponge dauber on the raised image. I still wasn't happy with the results. I had the watercoloured image sitting on my desk-and decided to lightly sponge over the watercoloured area with the sponge dauber and white frost/tranquil tide mixture-and finally I was happy! I love the look of the white frost/tranquil tide shimmer paint with the old olive ink showing through in places. My daughter asked if I would make some of these cards for her to send this to year! 

I did find that Thick Whisper White Cardstock worked best for this technique-the embossed area was deeper and I liked the look much better. 

Don't you think Real Red is the perfect colour to pair with the Old Olive and Tranquil Tide colours?  The Red Rhinestones are hidden on page  197 of the Annual Catalogue. The Real Red 3/8" Mixed Satin Ribbon-and besides the amazing texture it has, it is a dream to tie. The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set. Now be sure to check out all the blog posts to see more amazing projects-just click on all the links. 

 

Take care,

Colleen

Creative Inking Blog Hop-Holiday Catalogue Showcase

When this blog posts goes live, there will be 95 sleeps until Christmas. Next week is my annual I am Ready for .....Christmas event so I am immersed in creating for Christmas! There might even be a Christmas tree involved.  There will certainly be presents-if my stampers have been good, that is.  This might be one of the cards we are making...

I made this card for a swap I was in. 

Let's check out some details featuring products from the Holiday Catalogue

• The All is Bright Designer Series Paper is so festive. See all the patterns on this gorgeous paper on page 6 of the Holiday catalogue. 
• See the card base-it is shiny and gold-how did I do that? Stampin' Up! made it so easy-they have cards and envelopes trimmed with gold or silver foil in the holiday catalogue. They are hiding on page 11 of the holiday catalogue. 
• Look closely at the red ribbon-Real Red 3/8" Mixed Satin Ribbon-a twist on standard grosgrain-half of the ribbon is embossed to look like grosgrain and the other half is smooth-it ties like a dream! Check it out on page of the Holiday catalogue. 
• Now did you notice the textured background-I used Shimmery White cardstock-I love the subtle shimmer. Isn't that new Swirls and Curls Textured Impressions Embossing Folder amazing? Look for it on page 5 of the Holiday catalogue. 
• The greeting-is from the Christmas Traditions Punch Box-includes 6 stamps and a punch. It is found on page 2 of the Holiday catalogue. 

Have you started to make your Christmas cards? How many cards do you send? 

Now hop on over to see what Lori has to show you. 

 

Or hop back and see what BJ has to show you

Take care,

Colleen