Pieces of the Story, Zoo Babies - Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

I'm mixing up some of our new floral sets with a few retiring favourites in this scrapbooking project for the Artisan blog hop today!  The Zoo Babies stamp set has such beautiful little animal imagery - perfect to compliment these photographs taken on a family trip to the Royal Melbourne Zoo this past summer.

There were some beautiful red blooms in the background of these pictures taken at the frog statue.  I was inspired by these to add a bloom of my own to the centre of the layout with the Botanicals Builder Framelit dies.  The coordinating Botanicals Blooms stamp set had some fun stripes and scattered little flowers to add a bit of interest to the 12 x 12"background.

I've added a little grid card to this pocket panel for my journaling.

The patterned Go Wild Paper Stack was an easy choice for adding a little decoration throughout each spread.

The sentiment here is from the Grateful Bunch set.  I've used it's sister on my 12 x 12" layout as well as the butterfly from this set in the pocket card below.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you've enjoyed this little memory keeping project!  

Be sure to click along the link below to continue the Stampin' Up! blog hop with a visit to the talented Jessica Williams, she always has something gorgeous to share!

Go Wild Designer Series Paper Stack

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Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

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Zoo Babies Clear Stamp Set

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Tap Tap Tap Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Alphabet Rotary Stamp

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Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

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Little Letters Thinlits Die

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Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

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Whisper White 12" X 12" Card Stock

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Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

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Hello Honey A4 Cardstock

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Real Red A4 Card Stock

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Garden Green A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

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Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

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Project Life Remember This Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Project Life 4" X 3" Grid Cards

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Pieces of the Story, Zoo Babies - Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

May 5, 2016

#TGIFc12 Brand New

I must admit that when I first glimpsed this week's TGIF challenge I interpreted the theme as 'baby'.  Oops - the cue was actually to feature one of your favourite new products from the latest catalogue! Luckily I'd done this inadvertently - phew!!

The brand new Stampin' Up! catalogue was released last month and has just so many gorgeous new tempting goodies inside.  Needless to say I have a huge wishlist!  One of the first stamp sets I crossed off my list was the Silhouettes & Script hostess set - so many great sentiments.  For my design today I've featured the 'hello baby' stamp from this set, applying pink and orange tones with sponge daubers onto the stamp before stamping to achieve the multi-tonal image.

The wreath sitting in behind comes from the new Hello Baby set.  I've combined this with stamps from existing favourite set 'And Many More...' (to decorate the tag) and Zoo Babies (for that super cute giraffe).

Pop on over to TGIF challenges this week to join us for this wonderful challenge.  I can't wait to see all the designs this week but I'm a bit nervous seeing all your favourites products in action is going to make my list even bigger.

#TGIFc12 Brand New

July 15, 2015

Guest Star, TGIF Challenge Blog #tgifc02

I was super excited to be asked to guest star on the new TGIF Challenge blog!  This week's challenge is to create a design using the sketch provided.  I decided to go with a baby themed project for my card.

I'm a massive fan of being able to create my own backgrounds.  Here I've used the Stars stencil from the Hearts and Stars Decorative masks pack (super affordable FYI, just $4.95) and sponged stars on a panel of white cardstock in smoky slate, hello honey and lastly some coastal cabana.  I bordered this on the front of a smoky slate folded card.

For the banner through the centre of the sketch I went with a strip of hello honey cardstock, layering a panel of vellum over the top to soften the yellow through the middle.

The Zoo Babies stamp set has so many cute images.  I chose the elephant, stamping it on the Labels Collection die cut shape in smoky slate. I stamped the same elephant on another piece of white cardstock, hand cut out the ear and layered this on the design with a foam dimensional.

The sentiment is from the same set.  I heat embossed it in white powder on a strip of black card. To finish, I added a Vintage Faceted Designer button with twine bow beside the 'congratulations'.

If you haven't taken a look at the TGIF challenge site yet then head over straight away - with the talent line up they have pulled together you certainly won't be disappointed!!

Thanks for taking some time to visit my blog.  If you have any questions or comments I would love to hear from you.

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Guest Star, TGIF Challenge Blog #tgifc02

May 8, 2015

Baby, We've Grown

Sometimes all you need is a pretty sketch to draw a design together.  I love the Baby, We've Grown stamp set and I reached for it immediately for this card.  The colour palette was easy too - who doesn't love pink for baby girl projects?  It had to be tones of Melon Mambo so I could colour with my new Blendabilities markers.  So all I needed was a layout and when I saw the Retro Sketches challenge this week everything just fell into place for me.

I had my Stampin' Sponge out because we are doing some ink sponging in class this Saturday.  It inspired me to add sponging here.  Melon Mambo is a bit of a bolder tone than I would normally go for a baby project, but the softer sponged tones lend that gentler look.

The sponging has been done directly on the white card front.  I've created a tag shaped window in another panel of white card and layered this on top with dimensionals - 'revealing' the colour beneath and framing my featured imagery.

Baby, We've Grown

October 16, 2014

Confetti - Creation Station Blog Hop #5

Confetti, it's all the rage!  It's also the theme for this round of the Creation Station blog hop.  I based this design around a piece of the Lullaby Designer Series papers that I thought had a confetti feel to it. I've added a vellum pocket filled with actual confetti I've created using small circles punched from matching coloured cardstock and gold sequins.

On the front of this pocket I've added a cute rhino from the Zoo Babies stamp set.  He is wearing a party hat stamped from the Sketched Birthday set.  I trimmed the hat a little so it was just the right size for him.

The sentiment comes from the Geometrical stamp set. I initially stamped it in black and then changed my mind and decided to go with Soft Suede instead - this meant handcutting each letter out and sticking it over the top but I actually like the effect.  I've added a little exclamation mark to centre the sentiment better below the banner.

For this second design, I've featured some of our brand new in-colours - Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey. The faux watercolour look comes courtesy from the Work of Art stamp set.  I've double stamped each colour here to create a slightly layered look.  Then I embossed the cake from the Sketched Birthday set alongside this cute sentiment from Yippee-Skippee!

In keeping with the confetti theme, I've added a spray of punch cut circles - and a few love hearts too - from matching cardstock, made using the Owl punch.  There are a few sequins thrown into the mix for good measure!

I hope that you have enjoyed these designs.  Don't be shy, be kind and comment if so!  I love hearing from you.  Now be sure to hop over to see what the rest of the Creation Station team have created!

   

Confetti - Creation Station Blog Hop #5

July 6, 2014