Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Biggest Wish and Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks Birthday Card

Today, we have week nine of the colour creations blog hop. We have returned to the traditional blog hop like a circle, for this new round so we hop you enjoy blog hoping round to everyone's blog. You may have found me via Michele Taylor's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, calypso coral. 
I have chosen calypso coral, crushed curry and bermuda bay from the colour coach to work from this week. 

For my card today it actually came together rather quickly which to be honest, can be unusual. I know some other demo friends where struggling with their calypso Coral creations and as I had left my creating till late thanks to watching the Olympics I was pleased to not struggle. Thanks to the "plenty of patterns decorative masks", "blending brushes" and my chosen colour coach colours it was a breeze to create my card. I blended bermuda bay ink into crushed curry ink and finished off by adding in the calypso coral ink. All of this ink blending was done on basic white cardstock.   
I heat embossed the "happy" sentiment in white embossing powder on basic black cardstock and stamped the "birthday" portion in calypso coral ink onto basic white cardstock. Both are raised up with stampin' dimensionals. I finished off the card front with some matte black dots.   


With decorated envelope


Inside card


Up next we have Catherine Proctor. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous calypso coral creations here and here.

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Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Plenty Of Patterns Decorative Masks [155553] $14.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50

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Stampin' Up! Christmas Card with Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set and Tidings of Christmas DSP

Tonight I am joining some fellow demonstrators on a Christmas blog hop. We aim to bring you Christmas inspiration every Monday evening right through to Mid December!
You may have found me via Catherine Proctor's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

I am using the Tidings of Christmas DSP again today for my weekly Christmas card because it is still on sale at 15% off (for $17.00) until August 2nd. I also used one of my favourite simple designs to create a quick and easy Christmas card mixed in with perfectly plaid stamp set and wish for everything stamp set. 


Close up - I popped up the stitched so sweetly dies, the pine tree punch and along with the sentiment with stampin' dimensionals. 


Inside card -  I used pine tree pine and perfectly plaid stamp set with a wish for everything stamp set and word wishes dies.


Up next we have Vicki Boucher. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158335] $30.00	A Wish For Everything Cling Stamp Set [149320] $68.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Messages Die [154422] $59.00	Word Wishes Dies [149629] $63.00	Pine Tree Punch [149521] $31.00
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

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Stampin' Up! Birthday Card with In the Wild DSP

Today, we have week eight of the colour creations blog hop. We have returned to the traditional blog hop like a circle, for this new round so we hop you enjoy blog hoping round to everyone's blog. You may have found me via Catherine Proctor's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, cajun craze.
I originally picked cajun craze, so saffron and old olive from the colour coach to work from this week. Then I decided I wanted to work with the In the Wild DSP and and tired to keep my colour choices in mind with my cardstock swatch and have gone with cajun craze, crushed curry and evening evergreen instead.

I'm working with the In the Wild DSP this week for two reasons, 1. It is one of the DSP's available at 15% off till August 2nd and 2. I rarely use a lot of DSP and come the end of the catalogue I tend to have a stash of unused DSP. I am trying to get better at using my stash of DSP.
I got the In the Wild DSP in a DSP share (so it wasn't a full pack I had to work with) and I had no other products from the suite to use but I took it on as a challenge to create a card for today. After I fussy cut the cajun craze tiger out and because I didn't leave a very large white border, I felt the tiger was competing with the colour leaf DSP I was using. I have used a piece of vellum over the top of the DSP as an overlay to tone down the colours. The vellum is held in place by hidden adhesive under the tiger, happy birthday sentiment and matt black dots.
The happy birthday sentiment is from artistically inked stamp set and I used the messages die to die cut the sentiment birthday sentiment. The matt black dots add some visual interest and I think make it look like the tiger is looking for food.


Close up


Inside card - I actually like the inside of the card better than the card front but as it didn't have a lot of cajun craze on it I didn't seperate it and use it for another cajun craze card. I typed the words on my computer leaving a space for the playful alphabet die cut word "wild".

   
Up next we have Rachel Palmieri. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.


If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous cajun craze creations here and here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $42.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00
Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683] $15.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00
White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	In The Wild 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155817] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Messages Die [154422] $59.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25

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Stampin' Up! DSP 18th Birthday Pocket with In Good Taste DSP

My eldest son turned 18 yesterday and not all his presents arrived in time and thanks to being in Lockdown 5.0 there was not a lot we could do for his big celebration. I made a little DSP origami pocket to put images of his missing presents and to stash some cash. I used the In Good Taste DSP which is on special at the moment till August 2nd for 15% off, now $31.45 instead of $37! Its a larger than normal pack of DSP with 24 sheets of 12" x 12" papers, 2 each of 12 designs. 

Here's a reminder of what all the patterns in the In Good Taste DSP pack look like


Here's the pocket my son Josh received. I did also make him a birthday card as well but... it has swear words on it so I have chosen not to blog it. 


Pocket open


Don't forget about the DSP sale and grab select DSP packs at 15% off!


If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned, I have included a shopping list at the end of the post.


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
FAQ regarding hostess code?

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!


Hey Birthday Chick Cling Stamp Set [154464] $37.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $15.25
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00

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Stampin' Up! Origami Trees with Tidings of Christmas DSP

Tonight I am joining some fellow demonstrators on a Christmas blog hop. We aim to bring you Christmas inspiration every Monday evening right through to Mid December!
You may have found me via Claire Daly's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 

For my card today I made some origami trees out of the Tidings of Christmas DSP. The Tidings of Christmas DSP is part of the 15% off DSP sale that is available till August 2nd in case you want to stock up on your DSP stash!
The trees are made from 3 squares, 2 1/4", 1 3/4" and 1 1/4" and you fold each square in half on the diagonal and them fold one triangle down to the middle and repeat for all three squares. You then stack the 3 now triangles to create the tree shape. I added a gold foil star (from give it a whirl dies) and a soft suede tree trunk to help create the illusion of a tree.  The sentiment for both the card front (and inside the card is from Inspired Thoughts stamp set).


Close up


Inside card


Up next we have Sharon Davern. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.


If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [155536] $33.00	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $20.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Give It A Whirl Dies [154336] $68.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

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