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Anchors are very much in trend at the moment!  So when I had a special request to feature a masculine birthday card in my next class I reached for The Open Sea stamp set without hesitation.

I started with a Hello Honey and Night of Navy colour combination in mind.  I inked up my World Map background stamp for the first time in the yellow tone and sponged on some blues before spritzing with a little water and stamping onto white.  What a ended up with was an interesting background in a range of yellows, greens and blues.  I die cut a circle from the background and added it to some patterned Night of Navy paper and splashes of new in-colours Tip Top Taupe and Cucumber Crush.  

The tag features the birthday sentiment from the Butterfly Basics set.  For me, the fonts have a bit of a old-world/nautical feel to them and worked in perfectly for this theme.

When the current Creation Station challenge called for a Father's Day card I happened to have the remaining piece of the World Map background still on desk.  It was an interesting challenge to come up with a card using this leftover piece.


I went with a very similar colour scheme but this time instead of Hello Honey I went with the darker tones of in-colour Delightful Dijon.  The green is a bit deeper than Cucumber Crush, a strip of retired Gumball Green from my off-cuts stash. I've gone with a Night of Navy tag and added a Happy Father's Day greeting from the versatile Teeny Tiny Sentiments set.

I hope you have enjoyed these projects.  Hop along and follow the rest of the Creation Station team as they play with new catalogue goodies and share some of their Father's Day themed projects.

 

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Creation Station, Father's Day

June 7, 2015


The Creation Station blog hop is back today with sneak peeks from the new catalogue - yay!

The gorgeous stamp set featured here is called 'You've Got This'.  I've white embossed the flower on watercolour paper and coloured it with blender pens and an array of gorgeous new in-colours - Watermelon Wonder for the petals, Delightful Dijon for the centre of the bloom and a mix of Mint Macaron and Cucumber Crush for the stem and leaves.  Tip Top Taupe is the panel behind the flower and it's stamped in the same tone with the background from the same stamp set.

Such a pretty set and the new colours are just lovely.  Can't wait to see what the rest of the team has done with the new goodies!  We have a new line up of talent on the hop too so it's an extra exciting round.

 


Creation Station, New Catalogue Sneak Peek

May 17, 2015


Mother's Day is the theme for this week's Creation Station blog hop.  I created these design's for the occasion this year.  They were both well received in class last weekend!

This first design features the Swallowtail stamp heat embossed in black on Naturals Ivory cardstock.  I then coloured the stunning butterfly with sponge daubers in a range of purple hues - Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry and a little Blackberry Bliss.  I added splashes of Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey ink with an aqua painter to achieve the watercoloured spots effect.  To finish I chose a sentiment from the And Many More set, then a strip of gold foil card and some gold sequins.


I loved the gold and purple colour scheme of the first project so much I made another design featuring these tones.  This card layers gold patterned vellum, dry embossed wisteria wonder card and a doily beneath a tag of Naturals Ivory card.  Flowers from the Bloom with Hope set decorate the tag.  These were coloured with Wisteria Wonder blendabilities and a touch of Rich Razzleberry.  The sentiment is from the versatile Teeny Tiny Sentiments set.

Thank you for visiting my blog!  Be sure to follow the links below for some more great Mother's Day inspiration from the Creation Station team.

 

Creation Station, Mother's Day

May 3, 2015



Welcome to another post for the Creation Station Blog Hop.  Butterfly Basics is the stamp set being featured this round.  I wanted to step out of my comfort zone a little bit with my colour scheme this week.  I was inspired by THIS combination of golds, black, pistachio and tangerine from the Stampin' Up! pinterest page.


I chose a layout with lots of layers, starting with some gold patterned vellum on a white card base.  The 'I love lace' background stamp has the same patterning as the butterfly from the stamp set.  So I used this in Whisper White craft ink on black card to create the background.  Then I've added some pistachio pudding punched with the Spiral Border.

I layered my butterflies, stamping the largest in VersaMark and heat embossing in gold, with the little worded butterfly in Tangerine Tango on top.

The card is a little different from my usual style but I'm happy with how it turned out - what do you think?

Follow along with the links below to see more inspiring projects from the Creation Station team.

 


Creation Station - Butterfly Basics

April 5, 2015


The Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration promotion continues this month.  One of the fabulous free sets on offer, Lotus Blossom, is the feature of this Creation Station blog hop.

In my card today, I've stamped the flower in blue tones - Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky on a piece of white card.  I love the 'torn out of a notebook' look that the Spiral Border punch gives.   I've added that along the side of this stamped panel and to the bottom I went with a little decorative washi tape and a strip of Lost Lagoon card.


I picked up some Clothespins from the current catalogue some time ago and have been looking forward to using them but they just haven't felt right on any of my designs until now.  Very happy with the way they fit into this concept.

I mounted this little panel high on foam adhesive on a subtle background I created using Crumb Cake card stamped with the Chevron background stamp in craft white ink.  Then stuck the whole thing down to a white card base.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the Creation Station team have come up with. Why not follow along the links below and be inspired too?

 

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Creation Station - Lotus Blossom

March 15, 2015


Welcome to another Creation Station blog hop.  This round we hope to inspire you with the Simply Wonderful set!

The fonts in this set are very pretty.  I've used the 'Congrats' stamp, masking off the pretty decorative border so there would be room to add the matching 'so happy for you' beneath.  I hand drew some lines in between the two stamped sentiments using the Project Life journalling pen.

The cute little shoes are from the Baby, We've Grown set.  I coloured these using the Night of Navy blendabilities.

I hope you've enjoyed this project!  To follow along with the Creation Station journey click the buttons below!

 

Creation Station - Simply Wonderful Baby

March 2, 2015


The super fun (and free!) Sale-a-bration Big Day stamp set is one of those featured in this week's Creation Station Blog Hop.


The very vibrant colour scheme was guided by this pretty patterned paper from the Flowerpot designer series paper pack.  I've stamped some of the sentiments together on a tag and coloured in places with blendabilities.

I happened to celebrate my birthday this week and happily took the message of this card to heart, indulging in a baked cheesecake as part of the celebrations!  Yum.

Can't wait to see what the other team members have come up with for this fun set!

 

Creation Station - Big Day

February 16, 2015



Today the Creation Station blog hop shares some inspiration for using the Irresistibly Yours designer series paper, currently available exclusively as a free Sale-a-bration reward!

I'm so glad I picked this paper up!  It was so much fun to create this background of graduating colour by using sponge daubers and some of my favourite bright inks - Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Tangelo Twist and Real Red.

The feature wording comes from another Sale-a-bration freebie, Big Day.  I've combined it here with a cute 'sketch' style cake image from the exclusive hostess Life's Adventures set.  I chose to colour my cake with blender pens using some yellow, brown and pink - who doesn't love vanilla, chocolate and strawberry -  yum!!

Follow the links below to hop along for some more inspiration from the Creation Station team!

   

Creation Station - Irresistibly Yours

February 9, 2015


The Creation Station blog hop is back for 2015!  Did you miss us? I inked up my Lovely Romance stamp set for the first time to create this design in honour of the hop's Valentines theme.  I've gone with some more masculine colours - Night of Navy and Sahara Sand, with little touches of Crisp Cantaloupe in the punched hearts.

This is one of the projects that will feature in my upcoming January 31st class.  Want to learn more?  Please don't hesitate to contact me!

Follow the buttons below to continue on the hop, you won't be disappointed!

   

Creation Station - Valentines

January 19, 2015

Jennifer Frost, Stampin' Up!, Bloom with Hope, And many more, blendabilities, melon mambo, gift card holder

One of the challenges of this round of the Creation Station blog hop is to put together a Gift Card Holder. I recently came across a fabulous template by Nadine HöBrich and have used this as the basis for this design.

Jennifer Frost, Stampin' Up!, Bloom with Hope, And many more, blendabilities, melon mambo, gift card holder, belly band

The Gift Card Holder is held together with a belly band featuring imagery from the exclusive hostess "Bloom with Hope" stamp set. I've coloured my flower with Blendabilities in shades of Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight.  The sentiment is from the "And many more"set.

Jennifer Frost, Stampin' Up!, Bloom with Hope, And many more, blendabilities, melon mambo, gift card holder, belly band

I kept the decoration of the actual holder very clean - adding a few of matching flowers to the inside. I've imitated Sandi MacIver in my colouring for this project.  She shared an amazing tutorial for using Blendabilities with this image on her blog earlier this year.

To see more Gift Card Holder ideas and projects featuring challenge stamp set 'Seasonally Scattered', click the link to follow the hop!

   


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Creation Station - Gift Card Holder

November 2, 2014


Halloween is the theme for this round of the Creation Station hop.  I really had to put the thinking cap on for this challenge.  While I do have some great Stampin' Up! papers and stamps in this theme, they are now retired and the aim of this challenge is to show off current supplies.  Because Halloween is not a big occasion here in Australia, I didn't want to buy more Halloween goodies as I don't think I would have need for them.


So I went through my current stamps and found two great multi-sentiment sets that had Halloween themed wording - That's the Ticket and Good Greetings (the current special hostess promotional set).  But what imagery to add?  Then I remembered my ever versatile Owl Punch.


Pinterest has the most amazing inspiration for building owl punch characters.  I chose to feature this cute little owl 'witch', complete with flying broom stick.

I can't wait to see what the rest of the Creation Station team has conjured up for this challenge!  Click on the 'next' button below to fall under their spell.

   


Creation Station - Halloween

October 5, 2014


The Kinda Eclectic stamp set was one of those that really jumped out at me when I first browsed the new 2014/15 annual catalogue earlier this year.  I'm so glad for the excuse to play with it for this round of the Creation Station Blog Hop!  I set myself the extra challenge to also play with the brand new green in-colour, Mossy Meadow.  In this first project, I've combined this tone with greys and purples.


Notice the spotty background?  I've taken a page from Teneale's book and pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to create some interest in the background, repeating the dotty stamp several times using this great tool to help position the next set of rows exactly where I wanted them.

The sentiment is from the 'A Happy Hooray' set.  I wanted to create a type of 'winners ribbon' to pin to the top corner there and loved this circle sentiment as the centre piece for this.


For my second project I've gone with Mossy Meadow again but this time combining it with warmer tones of hello honey yellow and crumb cake light brown tones.


The sentiment this time is from the 'And many more...' set.

Be sure to visit my Creation Station team mates for more inspiration with this fabulous set.

   

Creation Station Blog Hop #8 - Kinda Eclectic

August 17, 2014


The theme is 'All things party' in the Creation Station blog hop today.  I wanted to create something a little bit special for this theme so I tried my hand at a card in a box!


I've featured butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set and coloured these with blendabilities. Butterflies are very theme versatile and I've chosen a colour scheme and sentiments that could make this design suitable for a wedding, birthday, or even an achievement or anniversary.


I don't do a lot of 3D projects but this card in a box has a lot of wow factor!  I love that this particular template folds down flat to fit in a regular C6 envelope. In the image above, I've shown the back of the box which incorporates a panel for your written message if sending to someone.


But I could see myself creating these in party themes and using them as party decorations!

Be sure to visit the rest the Creation Station team and see what party inspiration they have come up with for you!

   


Creation Station Blog Hop #7

August 3, 2014

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