You're Sublime PCC#184

Happy Wednesday to you and welcome to another hot Autumn day in Melbourne!  At 35 degrees (Celsius) it was even 5 above the forecast temp for today and although the sun has long gone down it is still quite warm - good for the new veggies I recently planted in the garden but a bit hot for sleeping.

Today's card is for The Paper Craft Crew and sadly will be my last as part of the team of lovely ladies there. I am very grateful to Pam for giving me my first post on a Design Team and it has been a great time of growth - my cards have changed so much over the years. I hope to use the time to take a bit of a break and then to start entering the odd challenge again - something I haven't been able to do for a while and so I hope to still see you around :-)

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card:

This card is for a special young Teen who loves Purple - and what better colour to compliment purple than pink :-)

The purple caravan is coloured on Water colour paper using Zig markers and an Aqua painter. I find this helps me get a more vibrant image than using ink pads alone and is so much fun! The sentiment is white embossed and the stars and stripes and polka dot elements aim to keep it young and fresh. Did I succeed? 

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Water Colour Paper

Designer Series Paper: Brights and Regals Stacks

Inks: Black Stazon, Versamark

Stamps: You're Sublime, Sky is the Limit

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Star Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (Star), White EP, Brights Sequins Assortment,

Non SU : Zig Real Brush Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the lovely cards the rest of the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this fun sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy 1st Birthday PCCCS #180

Welcome to Wednesday and it is time for a new sketch at The Paper Craft Crew. The design team have all provided a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop over and take a look.

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card:

A special birthday card for my youngest Niece - she's even  a 'J" too :-)

For a little background for the "1" I used the floral images from the same Number of Years set and die cut the "1" from Gold Foil card stock.

To create the matching pink balloon, I used one of the white honeycomb accents and mixed a combination of re-inker with a small amount of water and misted it over and waited til it dried before adding to the card. My only hope now is that it stays whole as it wings it's way over to New Zealand in the post :-)I did put it in a box wrapped in heaps of tissue paper here's hoping! If anyone has any other suggestions in how to make these gorgeous and delicate little balloons post friendly I would love to know :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Mint Macaron

Designer Series Paper:It's My Party stack,

Ink: Melon Mambo, Momento Tuxedo Black, Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, 

Stamps: Number of Years, Honeycomb Happiness (Saleabration)

Accessories: Big Shot, Large Numbers Framelits, Elegant Dots EF, Curly Label Punch, Honeycomb Embellishments

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the fun cards the team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Guy Greetings PCCCS #178

Hello and welcome to another warm Wednesday in Melbourne :-) Summer is great and this week we have the Australian Tennis Open here keeping holiday makers happy too!

This week at The Paper Craft Crew we have a new sketch for you and the design team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look :-)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card :-)

Yes, another masculine card! This one is for a friend who has a passion for vintage car racing and so this car image was the perfect choice for him. I decided to keep the colour scheme "classic" - black, white and gold and just a little (ok a LOT :-)) of Lost Lagoon to add a little "modern" in the mix as well.

The sentiment is from the FREE set available during all of Saleabration called Perfect Pairings. I clear embossed the Happy Birthday part and you may be able to see the shine in the picture below a little better. It is so easy to do - just have both Versamark and the coloured ink pad open. First ink the stamp with Versamark and without cleaning, ink in the coloured ink and stamp. Then add the clear embossing powder and heat as usual and voila - all done!! 

Card stock: Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Gold Foil, Whisper White

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Guy Greetings, Perfect Pairings

Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Labels Framelits, Stylish Stripes EF, Trip;e Banner Punch, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Gold Buttons, Gold Metallic Thread, Clear EP, Black EP (Car)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and stop by The Paper Craft Crew and see all the cards the team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Hello for PCCCS #177

Welcome to another Wednesday - and a hot 42 degrees here in Melbourne it is! So it really is good to be inside and in air con to be able to share with you a new challenge from The Paper Craft Crew. This week we have a great sketch for you that the Team have all used in quite different ways to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look :-)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

This card is for a special friend and is on it's way to New Zealand already. Pink, and flowers are the usual favourites for this lovely lady. The sketch has quite a few layers and I was at first a bit thrown by that till I remembered this gorgeous DSP. For those that are regular visitors you will know that using a busy DSP as a background is something I don't usually do...but I figured it fits the brief of "pink" for the recipient and I could then keep the upper layers plain and so inject the much needed white space :-) What do you think? Was I successful? 

BTW can you see the tiny gold antenna on the butterfly? It is there although hard to see in the photo :-)

Card stock: Pink Pirouette, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Bouquet

Inks: VersamarkAccessories: Big shot, Bold Butterflies Framelits, Deco Label Framelits, Triple

Stamps: Hello ( Available for free with qualifying orders during Saleabration)

 Banner Punch, Gold Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones, Gold Metallic Thread

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to see what the the rest of the team at The Paper Craft Crew have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Simon Says Pets for PCCCS #175

Good morning and a very Happy Christmas Eve to you!! I hope you are ready for Christmas?
Yesterday, I took Santa's "mischievous little helper" (she refused to wear the hat :-0) with me as we went out to make a few deliveries including to the team who have been keeping her on all her feet this year. And we came home to see Santa had visited US - Love that :-)

And it is also time for another challenge from The Paper Craft Crew! This week it is a Two Week challenge to allow you some time over the Holidays to join in :-) And so we have a fun Tic Tac Toe combination for you. The design team have created a beautiful array of cards to inspire you so I hope you have a moment to pop on over to take a look.

Here are the Challenge details:

For my card, I chose the Right Hand side or it could also be for a diagonal - such a fun challenge :-)

As mentioned, we were visiting a few places including the vet clinic (and yes, the nurses did love her costume - tick :-0)  and so I made several of these cards to give them and some of our Doggie friend families too. These cute stamped animal images are from Simon Says Stamps and this was my first attempt at colouring with Copics so please bear with me -  I might need a few more browns and greys to do the best job of pets in future…!  I took my colouring cues from the lovely Jodene from Just Add Ink - you can see her much superior work here

Card Stock: Whisper White (thick and standard), Bermuda Bay, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Winter Frost (retired)
Stamps: Furry Christmas (Simon Says Stamps), Many Merry Messages (Retired)
Inks: Momento Tuxedo black, Copics
Accessories: Sleigh Ride Edgelits, On Film Framelits (Retired), Striped Ribbon Pack, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over and see what the rest of the team at The Paper Craft Crew have made to inspire you.
A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time during the year to leave me comments - all are so very much appreciated!! And I wish you and your families a wonderfully Happy and safe Christmas - full of peace, love, joy and relaxing.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Rose Sympathy PCCCS #173

Welcome to Wednesday and a lovely day it has been too after a hot few days it has been lovely to return to temperatures within the "twenties" centigrade. The garden is growing well - both cucumber and tomatoes are fruiting a regular supply and as salad is the order of the day this hot summer it is a wonderful thing to be able to pick as you need from the garden.

And after an extra week to allow for the Thanksgiving holiday for those in the USA it's time for a new challenge at The Paper Craft Crew. This week we have a sketch for you and the Team have provided a fabulous array of creations to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Sadly, I am in need of a sympathy card for good friend whose mother has recently died. The good news for me is that this wonderful new stamp set Rose Wonder ( a sneak peek from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue) arrived just in time. So I used the Rose for the circle element of the sketch and the leaves for the hexagon. The greeting and it's fancy frame also come as part of this soon to be popular set :-)

The rose image is stamped onto water colour paper and coloured using an Aqua Painter before being cut out close to the lines which are then completely covered by the white die cut frame. A little black glimmer paper peeping behind the greeting and banner, some scattered rhinestones and this first rose card is complete. It won't be long until the next rose card joins it thats for sure :-)

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard), Water colour paper, Black Glimmer

Inks: Pacific Point, Pear Pizzaz, Black Archival

Stamps: Rose Wonder

Accessories: Big Shot, Rose Garden Thinlits, Triple Banner Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Snail, Fine Tip Glue Pen.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to stop by The Paper Craft Crew and see the variety of cards the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Give Thanks PCCC#171

It's Wednesday already and that means its time for a new challenge from The Paper Craft Crew. This is the third of our monthly "non sketch" challenges and this week we have a lovely THEME for you of Giving Thanks. Whilst there is a special holiday for this in the USA, thanks is something we all love to give and receive and the Team have made a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop on over and take a look :-)

Here is my card:

My starting point for this card was the stamp set and I decided to try a new colour combo. I haven't used this year's In Colours hardly at all (except for Watermelon Wonder) so it was time to use some Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe together and some Pink Pirrouette to keep it feminine :-) Hopefully you can just see the lightly stamped "so much" too.

Card stock: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Inks: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette,

Stamps: Floral Wings, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Labels Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Expressions Wood Elements, Basic Pearls, Metallic Sequins, Gold cording Trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the rest of the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this lovely theme too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Baby Love PCCCSC #169

Well this week is going so fast and it's been a week of firsts - the All Blacks became the only Team to ever win the rugby World Cup back to back, and Michelle Payne also created history yesterday by being the first woman ever to win the Melbourne Cup (Horserace that stops the nation) ! If we were going for three firsts I guess we are still waiting but Sally the Lab is making a pretty good recovery  from her knee surgery last week - walking mainly on all 4 legs already and keen for longer than the 5-10 min outings she is currently allowed so that is great too.

And being Wednesday it is also time for a new sketch at The Paper Craft Crew! The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to see.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

And the first thing you might notice is the lovely wooden J tag - a birthday gift from a very lovely friend that you will be seeing more of :-)
I did leave out the element to the side from the sketch as the DSP here is quite busy and I changed the bow to be some ribbon behind this row of stars that were created using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits's accessories. There is some Lost Lagoon ribbon added underneath for some softness :-)
Whilst this DSP is retired this is for some lovely friends who have just announced they are expecting baby boy number 2 and these colours are what they have used to decorate their nursery so I couldn't resist using it.

Card stock: Soft Sky, Whisper White, Hello Honey, Sahara Sand
Designer Series Paper: Sweet Dreams (Retired)
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
Stamps: Made With Love
Accessories: Big Shot, Baby's First's Framelits, Mini Treat Bag Framelits, Lost Lagoon ribbon
Non SU: Stitched Rectangle Dynamics Dies (MFT), Stitched Circles Dynamic Dies (MFT)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to stop by the Paper Craft Crew and see all the fabulous cards the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Hello Poinsettia for PCCCS #167

Welcome and a happy Wednesday to you! This week at The Paper Craft Crew our challenge is something a little different  -  we have a Colour challenge for you as our monthly variation from the usual sketches. Pam has suggested these lovely bright colours for us to choose just three from to play with this week. The design team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and have a look.

Here is my card:

I will say that this challenge was a hard one for me as these are not colours I usually use. So it really was an opportunity to move outside my comfort zone and grow a little. The colours are excellent for a Fall or Autumn theme for those in the Northern Hemisphere and here in Australia it is of course Spring so I decided to use that as my inspiration to put these colours to work :-) 

The flower is created using the new Poinsettia Punch and the co-ordinating stamp, Reason for the Season. A touch of the always Gorgeous Grunge and a strip of polka dot DSP and some rhinestones for bling and it all came together :-)

Card stock: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White (thick)

Designer Series Paper: Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

Inks: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Reason For The Season, Gorgeous Grunge, Four You (retired)

Accessories: Poinsettia Punch, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I can hope you can take a moment and pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the rest of the design team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fresh colour combo too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Silent Night PCCC # 165

This week we have had a record heat wave already - 34 and then 36 degrees Celsius yesterday - the hottest two days in October since records began! There were even some bush fires but hopefully with the cool change that has come through they will have been brought under control. This Fire Season is here early as things are already tinder dry and the Summer is tipped to be a hot one.

And it is Wednesday so it's time for a new challenge at The Paper Craft Crew. This week we have a great sketch for you and the Team have created a great variety of projects to inspire you so I do hope you can take a moment to pop over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card :-)

The way the squares were placed in the sketch reminded me of a window pane and as I have yet to get the Window Framelit I used the Square Framelits to create my window.
The background uses the Emboss Resist Technique - first emboss the stars with Gold embossing powder and then sponge the sky colours onto the the white card. To create the lights in the houses I cut some vellum to fit behind each house and then coloured on the back with a Daffodil Delight marker :-)

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer, Vellum
Inks: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Versamark, Daffodil Delight (marker)
Stamps: Jingle All The Way
Accessories: Big Shot, Square Framelits, Star Framelits, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Gently Falling EF, Gold EP, Gold Cording Trim, Triple Banner Punch

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see the projects the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Tic Tac Toe PCCC #163

Welcome to Wednesday and that means it's time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. Wait - no that's not quite right!! Starting this week we will be introducing a NEW challenge once each month that ISN'T a sketch!!  So exciting!! Don't worry - there will still be plenty of sketches for you but also an opportunity for a little variety too. And this week we are kicking it all off with a Tic Tac Toe Challenge. The Team have created a lovely variety of cards to inspire you so do take a moment to pop over to have a look!

Here are the Tic Tac Toe choices:

Such a lot of variety here to choose from :-)

For my card I went with the Right hand side - but you'd already guessed that right? :-)
The base card is Island Indigo and then another layer of Indigo is embossed with the Boho Chic EF and then cut and popped up on dimensionals- leaving space for the white greeting panel to lay flat between the popped up layers. Such a simple design but looks really effectives especially in real life and hopefully will bring a little comfort to a friend who is grieving the sudden loss of her Dad.

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Inks: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Versamark

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Boho Chic EF, Gold EP, Gold Metallic Thread, Metal Rimmed Pearls, Metallic Sequins Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this week's Tic Tac Toe challenge!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You're Sublime PCCCSC #161

Welcome to a chilly Wednesday in Melbourne. The cherry trees are in blossom, the pretty (but hay fever alerting ) native Wattle is out but not the sun - well it has been in hiding today anyway. Apparently it is on it's way and we will have a lovely and warm weekend. I can hardly wait :-)

In the mean time it is time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Yes, one for the kiddies this week!! I am compiling a package of cards for a friend's birthday and she will need a few for children so that was my starting point  - the oval reminded me of the cute submarine :-) Yellow, as the song goes too with a little grey definition to go with the silver details and a lot of fussy cutting - including all the little fishes and hearts which were water coloured onto Thick White card and cut out when dry…quite fiddly but worth it. The oval behind is water washed with Pool Party ink and the clear, bubble like sequins are from the fun Metallic Sequins Assortment :-)

Card stock: Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White (thick), Silver Foil

Ink: Black Stazon, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Versamark

Stamps: You're Sublime, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Deco Label Framelits, Star Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (star), Wide Oval Punch, White EP, Metallic Sequin Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the fabulous cards the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch this week!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

A Sneak Peek and PCCCSC59

Welcome to another wintery Wednesday. And it's good to know that we won't be saying that for much longer - Spring will be here next week, yay!!

We have a new sketch for you at The Paper Craft Crew this week and some information on a few exciting changes to our challenges. So I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and check them out and also the rest of the Design Team's samples which are terrific as well :-)

So here is the sketch for this week:

Such a lot of scope for interpretation and I decided to make a Christmas card with some new sneak peek goodies :-)

The colour scheme I have used for Christmas decorations the last couple of years is Red and White and so with new Red Foil sheets soon available to all order I opted to give these a try without stamping . The little banners are also cut from the new Holidays Fancy Foil Vellum which features red, green and silver foil designs in a 12x12  pack. And yes, there is a new embossing folder too - called Softly Falling and isn't it lovely and subtle?! The only stamping on this very simple card is on the banner for the greeting - embossed in White.

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Red Foil, Silver Foil

Designer Series Paper: Holiday Fancy Foil Vellum

Ink: Versamark

Stamps: Festival of Trees

Accessories: Big Shot, Delicate Ornaments Thinlits, Softly Falling EF, Triple Banner Punch, Silver Cord, White EP, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for popping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see the wonderful cards the Team have made to inspire you this week and don't forget to see what exciting changes are coming in September :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan