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

Stampin' Up! Slimline Tropics Dies Birthday Card featuring Faux Mother of Pearl Background

Our thirty third colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is pear pizzaz from the subtles collection. I have chosen pear pizzazz, shaded spruce and crushed curry from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 

For my card today I have created a birthday card featuring the timeless tropical stamp set and in the tropics dies. I've also used the "faux mother of pearl" technique with shimmer paint to create my own pear pizzazz designer series paper on a slimline card.
I die cut the pineapple from crushed curry cardstock and fussy cut a backing piece from bumblebee cardstock. I die cut the crown of the pineapple from pear pizzazz cardstock. Leaves are cut from shaded spruce. All die cut pieces and inked in their coordinating inks.
I stamped the smaller flower from timeless tropical stamp set in flirty flamingo ink and coloured in it with poppy parade and flirty flamingo stampin' blends and finished it off with a faux resin dot.
A happy birthday sentiment from itty bitty birthdays in flirty flamingo and punched out with the classic label punch finishes off the card with some pear pizzazz faux resin dots. 


Close up


Inside card - I tried to echo the pineapple from the front by stamping in sahara sand


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English) [151497] $40.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $40.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $15.25	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275] $15.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.50	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] $15.25
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $14.00
Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	In The Tropics Dies [151495] $61.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

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Stampin' Up! Pointillism ATC with Wildly Happy Stamp Set

Last month I took part in our team ATC swap and made some Pointillism ATC's. It was fun trying to work out what to use that I thought would be different to everyone else! All of us taking part, used completely different stamp sets and our ideas are so different from one and another. Some of us coloured inside the shape like I did, while others did the colour outside words/images.   


The bullet tip point on Stampin' Blends are perfect for the pointillism technique and made it very quick and easy to make these ATC's. I look forward to teaching a techniques class with this technique in the near future. 

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Wildly Happy Cling Stamp Set [149408] $37.00	Well Said Cling Stamp Set [148796] $77.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147942] $15.50	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.50	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00
Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Detailed Hearts Die [151440] $50.00

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Stampin' Up! Quick and Easy Christmas Shaker Card with Clear Envelopes

Our twenty eighth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "misty moonlight" from the 2020 - 2022 in colour collection. I have chosen misty moonlight, balmy blue and petal pink from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 


I have used the coming home bundle to create a quick and simple shaker card with the clear envelopes. Such a easy way to make a very simple shaker card and the best bit, no glitter ever sneaks out! Totally, my pet hate when making shaker cards. It does make it a little harder to photograph though with the glare from the clear envelope.  
I have used stampin' blends for basic colouring of the houses from the coming home stamp set and stacked two of the houses together for a different look.


I had adhered one of the trees in the "shaker scene" behind the clear envelope and the other two on the front of the clear envelope for visual interest. 


Inside card - I used a typed sentiment as I didn't have the stamp I wanted (Futura font) and stamped a smaller house and tree. Again, coloured in with stampin' blends basic colouring.


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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

Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	A Wish For Everything Cling Stamp Set [149320] $68.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.50
Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $15.50	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $15.50	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $15.50	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper [153491] $20.00	Clear Medium Envelopes [102619] $10.50
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00

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Stampin' Up! introduces Quite Curvy Bundle, Christmas Curvy Stamp Set and Classic Christmas DSP

Stampin' Up! have released some new products this month, which include a beautiful bundle called Quite Curvy, which is an early release from the January - June 2021 Mini Catalogue, as well as two limited release items. The limited release items are: Curvy Christmas stamp set (which coordinates with the dies in the Quite Curvy bundle), and Classic Christmas DSP 6" x 6" (15.2cm x 15.2cm)
All of the items can also be purchased together in an exclusive Quite Curvy Variety bundle, which includes a 10% discount on all products.

You can find all of these products here in my online store. 

Here's a card I have made using the Quite Curvy stamp set and Curvy Dies with the shaving cream technique. 


Close up


Inside card


Here is the variety bundle


Here's a closer look at all the products:

Quite curvy stamp set


Quite curvy bundle


Curvy Christmas (available to purchase November 3rd - January 4th)

Classic Christmas DSP (available to purchase November 3rd - January 4th)


These are some samples made by Stampin' Up! designers:





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


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Quite Curvy Variety Bundle (English) [158396] $123.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147171] $6.50	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149569] $15.50	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [150092] $6.50	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock [150888] $15.25
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $13.00	Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154900] $15.50	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [150089] $6.50	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.50
Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147272] $15.50	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147169] $6.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

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Stampin' Up! Water Stamping Technique ATC

For my latest ATC's we focused on the Water Stamping technique. It was again, a new technique for me and one I am looking forward to trying again. This time, I used the "Back on Your Feet" stamp set as my focal image with the "Dry Brush" stamp in the background for the water stamping. 
After blending my background cardstock (whisper white) with pacific point and bermuda bay inks, I stamped the dry brush stamp in water and onto my blended cardstock. Once my background was dry, I stamped the giraffe image in memento ink and stamped another giraffe on extra whisper white cardstock (to later colour in with stampin' blends and fussy cut out and overlay on top of my background image). I stamped the sentiment in versamark in and heat embossing in white stampin' emboss powder. I finished off my ATC with a whisper white matt and bermuda bay card base.


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


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Back On Your Feet Cling Stamp Set [149385] $37.00	Drybrush Cling Background Stamp [152599] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $15.50
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50

Stampin' Up! Faux Mother of Pearl ATC featuring Painted Poppies

I'm still taking part in a monthly or bi monthly ATC swap but I am terrible at photography my ATC creations and sharing this. The faux mother of pearl creation I am sharing today I made in July and received them back in August. It was a new technique for me and I enjoyed the challenge of it which is why I love taking part in the ATC swap.

I did the faux mother of pearl technique on the background piece (and coloured it with seaside spray and soft sea foam inks) and also used the faux mother of pearl technique on the poppy image and used poppy parade ink. I die cut the the poppy image and used stampin' dimensional to raise the image up. I coloured the rest of the poppy image with stampin' blends. I also raised the sentiment from Rooted in Nature with stampin' dimensionals. 


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


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Painted Poppies Bundle [153827] $90.75	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $73.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $15.50	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $14.00

Colour Creations #17 - Garden Green

Our seventeenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "garden green" from the regals collection. I have chosen garden green, melon mambo and coastal cabana from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my garden green card from 2018. 

I am calling my card today my not so garden green card as it started out greener in my head! I started with a misty moonlight sponged background that I added water droplets to (some a little larger than I intended and not exactly where I wanted!) and some Wink of Stella droplets (again larger and not where I wanted but moving on...)
I used 3 of the 4 houses from Coming Home stamp set, stacked to look like one house and I coloured main portion of the house with the melon mambo stampin' blend. I added a coastal cabana door using the woodgrain paper from the brights designer series paper stack and coloured the windows in with pool party stampin' blend. I finished the house with colouring the roof in with a smoky slate stampin' blends.
The trees are garden green sponged cardstock fussy cut with the trunks coloured with soft suede stampin' write marker and finished on whisper white die cut cardstock.
I hand cut a path from smoky slate cardstock and finished the card front off with a Merry Christmas embossed sentiment from Christmas Gleaming stamp set and some of my homemade faux resin dots in garden green. 


Close up view


Inside card - I used the 4th house from the Coming Home stamp set to decorate the inside of the card and the sentiment is from the Tree Angle stamp set


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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

Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	Tree Angle Photopolymer Stamp Set [153442] $30.00	Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En) [150464] $37.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.50	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $15.50	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $52.50	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00

Stampin' Up! Ornate Style For You Card

Last night I posted my Cherry Cobbler colour creations card and while I was creating that card, I was very indecisive and I had a few samples on the go testing out different methods of colouring. These were watercoloring, stampin' blends on white cardstock and stampin' blends on a heat embossed image on black cardstock in case your were wondering.
I didn't want to waste all my non attempts but I am not so good at watercoloring (so I binned that attempt!) and I used the stampin' blends on white cardstock for last nights card.
The petal pink stampin' blend didn't show up on the embossed image so I used flirty flamingo instead and as I had finished my cherry cobbler card already I added a pop of colour with daffodil delight. I again fussy cut the image and used the ornate layers die with the flirty flamingo cardstock being run through the subtle 3D embossing folder. This time, I did however add a 'for you' sentiment from the well said stamp set. 


Close up


Inside card


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


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Ornate Style Bundle [154119] $90.75	Well Said Cling Stamp Set [148796] $77.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $13.00
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $15.50	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] $15.25
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.50	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.50	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.50	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00

Colour Creations 2020 #7 - Cajun Craze

Our seventh colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "cajun craze" from the regals collection. I have chosen cajun craze, calypso coral and soft sea foam from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. I also added in misty moonlight and old olive as I needed some extra colours to complete the outfits.
Here is my cajun craze card from 2018. 

I often struggle to work with regal colours and cajun craze is one of the I rarely use (along with blackberry bliss like I mentioned here!) For my card today, I turned to the annual catalogue for inspiration as it is a great source for ideas as well as a catalogue and CASED my card from there. First up, you will see the card I have CASED before you see my version. The card shown below is from the 2020 - 2021 annual catalogue, page 106 ©2020 Stampin' Up!®.


As you can see, all I did was switch up some of the colours on the stamped image and change out the background on the base card! A total CASED card. I coloured my image with basic colouring with the Stampin' Blends. I also used the faux suede technique for the background of my card base. The old world paper 3D embossing folder would also give you a great texture background but alas, it is not yet in my stash.  


Close up of the card front - I masked the male image to stamp the lady with her hand behind him and I also masked both images to colour my background with sponges. It is a little hard to see in the photo but I have used fine tip glue pen on the ladies glasses for an added shine.


Inside the card


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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

Senior Years Cling Stamp Set (English) [152630] $35.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $15.50	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149537] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $15.50
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [148059] $15.50	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108] $15.50
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153105] $15.50	Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154879] $15.50	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045] $15.50
Mango Melody Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154888] $15.50	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brass Foil Sheets [153057] $8.75
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $64.00

Stampin' Up! Stamping Challenge #6

This stamping challenge was posted on the international Stampin' Up! demonstrator group. It is Stamping Challenge #6 if you need some inspiration. 

You can use (or follow) the #keepstamping on social media.

This weeks challenge is to use a punch!


A nice and simple challenge this time round. I found it easy to do even struggling with no mojo.

I used the retiring birthday goodness stamp set (still available on the last chance list) and paired it with itty bitty birthday stamp set, classic label punch, stampin' blends, stitched nested labels and a piece of retired dsp. 

On the inside, I kept things very simple with strip of dsp and a new stamp set (many mates) from the upcoming 2020 - 2021 annual catalogue.


If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned in this post, 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.)
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Birthday Goodness Cling Stamp Set [149376] $37.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $40.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $61.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker [145054] $7.75	Bronze Stampin' Blends Marker [144607] $7.75	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144600] $15.50	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $15.50
Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144585] $7.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Picture Perfect Party 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [145559] $17.50