The Colour Tree #13 - Smoky Slate, Mint Macaron, Chocolate Chip and Newsprint

 Welcome back to The Colour Tree.

Colour Inspiration #13

 (Picture from theculturetrip.com)

I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator who sees the world through the gorgeous SU Colour Palette, who loves to browse through Pinterest and be inspired by pretty pictures and inspire others to create beautiful paper craft projects with the wonderful SU range of colour coordinated products.  I hope you will find these posts a useful reference when searching for a great colour combo.  Feel free to save the graphic to include in your blog post.

Every Sunday night (AEST) I post a new Pinterest inspired colour combo called The Colour Tree; then on the 7th of every month I host a Linky Party (Under the Colour Tree) to feature a round up of the previous month's inspiration. It's not a 'challenge' but a place to share your projects in the gallery.

Have fun creating.  Enjoy your week,

CASology 161 - PLAID

Hi there and welcome to addINKtive designs.

Today I'm sharing a card that I demoed for a small group of grade 9/10 students. Every Wednesday I take a 'study' group; it consists of a handful of students that have chosen not to do Automotive or Sport's Leaders as one of their electives. I try and mix it up each week and do a variety of activities.  Their English teacher had asked if I could get them to make some Thank You Cards for guest speakers and other visitors etc. He didn't have to 'twist my arm' to get me to bring my favourite hobby into the classroom.

The brief was to keep the cards fairly clean and simple, (CAS) and I provided a limited amount of stamps, punches and ink and a large supply of washi tape (I had a bit of a thing about washi back in 2012 and have quite a collection hoard).

Here's one card that I 'demoed ' -

 

I had the latest CASology Challenge in mind when I chose to use this PLAID fabric washi that was in my stash.

 Here's the finished collection made by some of the students -

An A+ for Molly, Elizabeth, Anna and Georgie!

Thanks for stopping by,

Yay! an honorable mention!  Thanks, Melissa and co. -

The Colour Tree #12 - Chocolate Chip, Tip Top Taupe, Island Indigo and Lost Lagoon

 Welcome back to The Colour Tree.

Colour Inspiration #12

 (Picture from Etsy, Crochet by KaterinaDimitrova)

I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator who sees the world through the gorgeous SU Colour Palette, who loves to browse through Pinterest and be inspired by pretty pictures and inspire others to create beautiful paper craft projects with the wonderful SU range of colour coordinated products.  I hope you will find these posts a useful reference when searching for a great colour combo.  Feel free to save the graphic to include in your blog post.

Every Sunday night (AEST) I post a new Pinterest inspired colour combo called The Colour Tree; then on the 7th of every month I host a Linky Party (Under the Colour Tree) to feature a round up of the previous month's inspiration. It's not a 'challenge' but a place to share your projects in the gallery.

Have fun creating.  Enjoy your week,

 

A Spec-tacular New Adventure

My niece needed a card for one of the optometrists at her work as she is moving back home to Brisbane.  This was the 'design brief' -

• I want an extra special card for everyone to write in
• It needs to be A5 size or a little bigger and say something along the lines of "good luck with your new adventure"
• As hipster as possible
• She likes mustard, grey and navy blue tones

Thanks to a great Silhouette Cutting File and some awesome SU stamps, embossing folders and DSP, I think I managed to tick all the boxes; very hipster don't you think?  You can't go wrong with chevrons!

 

 Colour Palette - Basic Gray, Delightful Dijon and Night of Navy

 

To complete the project, a very large envelope was made using the Envelope Punch Board - such an awesome tool!

Thanks for stopping by,

The Stamp Review Crew - Awesomely Artistic

Hi there and welcome to the Awesomely Artistic Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. We are a group of Stampin' Up! ® Demonstrators who love to show you just how much you can do with one stamp set.

If you get lost, just click on the banner below to take you to our main blog, where you will see a list of all the participants for this round.  Enjoy!

Awesomely Artistic

 

Clear Mount Stamp Set  (139950 - $35.00 AUD)

I have a couple of projects to share with you for this round.  The first card is a flower pot easel card made from the medium sized Envelope Liners Framelits - 

1.  Awesomely Artistic Flower Pot Easel Card

The cluster of flowers image was stamped three times with Tip Top Taupe Ink, coloured in with Stampin' Write Markers and fussy cut.  The dragonfly was stamped with Black Stazon on vellum and Gold Glitter was added to the wings with Crystal Effects.

  

My colour palette is from The Colour Tree.

  

This card is the second in the series of Flower Pot Easel Cards made from the Envelope Liners Framelits.  I shared the first one in the Petite Petals SRC Blog Hop a couple of months ago and have now written tutorials for both, which are available to purchase from My Tutorials For Sale page.

Project Recipe:

Stamp Set:  Awesomely Artistic

Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Calypso Coral (Ink and Markers), Black Stazon

Card Stock:  Thick Whisper White

Accessories:  Envelope Liners Framelits, Vellum, Boho Chic Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Pretty Petals DSP Stack, PL Corner Rounder Punch, Gold Glitter, Crystal Effects, Basic Pearls

2.  Window Card with Ornate Tag Topper Closure

My second card is also based on a colour combination from The Colour Tree and you can see from the photos that the 'fold' is a variation of the popular Scallop Tag Topper cards that were doing the rounds last year; except this fold uses the Ornate Tag Topper Punch and has a front 'window'.

 

Project Recipe:

Stamp Set:  Awesomely Artistic

Ink:  Soft Suede, Lost Lagoon, Black Marker

Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Ornate Tag Topper Punch, Gold Metallic Doily, Black Stitched Satin Ribbon, PL Corner Rounder Punch, Circle FramelitsDie (no. 4)

I hope you are enjoying the SRC Blog Hop so far. The next three participants are also from Australia and I'm sure they, along with the rest of the international crew, have some amazing inspirational projects to share. This is one of my favourite stamp sets and I can't wait to see what awesomeness lies ahead! 

Up next is my good friend, Nikki Spencer -

... or back to the talented, Jennifer Timko -

Here's a slider card that I made a few weeks ago and it was the first time I had inked up Awesomely Artistic.  For more info you can check out my blog post HERE.

Thanks for stopping by,

The Colour Tree #11 - Gold, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White and Calypso Coral

 Welcome back to The Colour Tree.

Colour Inspiration #11

(Pinned from jeffersdesigngroup.com)

I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator who sees the world through the gorgeous SU Colour Palette, who loves to browse through Pinterest and be inspired by pretty pictures and inspire others to create beautiful paper craft projects with the wonderful SU range of colour coordinated products.  I hope you will find these posts a useful reference when searching for a great colour combo.  Feel free to save the graphic to include in your blog post.

Every Sunday night (AEST) I post a new Pinterest inspired colour combo called The Colour Tree; then on the 7th of every month I host a Linky Party (Under the Colour Tree) to feature a round up of the previous month's inspiration. It's not a 'challenge' but a place to share your projects in the gallery.

Have fun creating.  Enjoy your week,

Flower Pot Easel Card Tutorials

Hi there and welcome to addINKtive designs.  Today I have a brand new tutorial; the first in a series of three.  It shows you how to make a Small Flower Pot Easel Card from Stampin' Up!'s Envelope Liners Framelits.

It's been almost two months since I shared my Petite Petals Flower Pot Easel Card for The Stamp Review Blog Hop and I have had a few requests for a tutorial; so I set aside some time this weekend to knock this project off my 'to do list.

16th August 2015 Update - Medium Flower Pot Easel Card Tutorial available for purchase.
12th September 2015 Update - Large Flower Pot Easel Card Tutorial now available to purchase.

1. Small Flower Pot Easel Cards

Tutorial FPE-S
Flower Pot Easel Card - Small
$3.00 (AUD)


16th August Update -

2. Medium Flower Pot Easel Card

Tutorial FPE-M
Flower Pot Easel - Medium
$3.00 (AUD)


12th September Update -

3.  Large Flower Pot Easel Card

Tutorial FPE-L
Flower Pot Easel - Large
$3.00 (AUD)

 

All Three Flower Pot Easel Card Tutorials
$7.00 (AUD)

Please Visit My Tutorials For Sale Page to Make a Purchase

Choose Happiness

 Colour Palette - Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, Perfect Plum, Bermuda Bay

This is the new card that I made to enable me to write and photograph the steps for the tutorial; it involved a bit of fussy cutting with the Choose Happiness stamp set.  However, the measurements (in inches) and construction are the same as the original design featured below.

Petite Petals

This is the original design which you can see in more detail in my post for The Stamp Review Blog Hop.

When recreating this card you could use a different embossing folder, floral stamp set and 'leaf' punch or die.  However, the measurements and instructions in the tutorial are specifically written for the Stampin' Up! Envelope Liners Framelits.

   

 135502 - Envelope Liners Framelits - $45 / 138286 - Boho Chic Embossing Folder - $13

     

134198 - Choose Happiness - $31  /  133155 - Petite Petals - $22

(Codes and prices are for clear mount stamps)

 

139950 - Awesomely Artistic - $35

Need supplies?

Please visit my 24/7 Stampin' Up! On-line Store -

Thanks for stopping by,

The Colour Tree #10 - Vellum, Silver, Marina Mist, Soft Sky and So Saffron

 Welcome back to The Colour Tree.

Colour Inspiration #10

 (Found on Etsy - elizabethdelmonte)

I'm a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator who sees the world through the gorgeous SU Colour Palette, who loves to browse through Pinterest and be inspired by pretty pictures and inspire others to create beautiful paper craft projects with the wonderful SU range of colour coordinated products.  I hope you will find these posts a useful reference when searching for a great colour combo.  Feel free to save the graphic to include in your blog post.

Every Sunday night (AEST) I post a new Pinterest inspired colour combo called The Colour Tree; then on the 7th of every month I host a Linky Party (Under the Colour Tree) to feature a round up of the previous month's inspiration. It's not a 'challenge' but a place to share your projects in the gallery.

Have fun creating.  Enjoy your week,

CASEing the Everyday Section of the Catty

Welcome to addinktive designs and another Friday Night Blog Hop for CASEing the Catty!  This week we are CASEing our way through the Everyday Section of the Stampin' Up! Catalogue.  It's the largest chapter in the annual catty so it was difficult to decide on which project I was going to use for inspiration.  I finally settled on the card from page 99; changed the whole colour scheme and used a different embossing folder and stamps.  

It just so happens that the card fitted nicely into a couple of my favourite challenges and seeing I haven't made a card for three whole weeks, I am 'milking it for all it's worth'! I just hope I can get some other projects done before the end of the weekend. 

 CTC 42 - Everyday

1.   SUO Challenges #128 - Butterflies!

SUO Challenges - For this challenge, create a project, using Stampin’ Up! products only, that features Butterflies – one or a whole bunch – but certainly make the butterfly the highlight!

   

  2.  CTC 42 - Everday Section of the Catty

 3.  Under the Colour Tree August Linky Party

  

 4.  The Paper Players Theme Challenge #256 - It's Hip to Be Square   

Thanks so much for stopping by.

My lovely friend, Monique Fielder is next on the CTC 42 hop and she has a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) that is so...o worth CASEing too; such a gorgeous project, so be sure to check it out as well as all the other stops on this week's hop!