Blossom Designs

SCS Colour Challenge (CC170)

Have you been over to SCS today and looked at the colour challenge?

I really love using Real Red, Regal Roe and So Saffron together so I sent an email to Emily not knowing if this combo had been used before.  When checking my emails this morning, there was one from Emily leaving a comment on my card I made using this combo for Jen's SFYTT.  Little did I know that this combo would be today's Colour Challenge !!  I am smiling from ear to ear !!  LOL

Happy Crafting,

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SCS

EDITED: sorry people, this is not the try a new technique (I will be trying that this weekend) but the project in the weekly SCS newsletter.  Sign up to the newsletter if you haven't already.

I've wanted to do the "Try A New Technique" on Splitcoast Stampers for ages but just never got around to doing it.  I really liked this weeks challenge (when I finally looked yesterday!) so I thought I will do this one.  Woo hoo!  Beate Johns has a fab tutorial on this trifold pocket card.  Check it out HERE.

Beate covered the card insert but I have left it blank and just used my white gel pen for the stitching effect around the edge.

Here are my lovely Prima flowers.  I also used the 5/8" certainly celery grosgrain ribbon.  I think it is the first time I have used the ribbon and I love how it looks.

I got some money from my husband for my birthday along with a gift voucher for clothes (after losing 2 stone, my clothes don't fit anymore!) and guess what I will be buying?  I feel a craft shopping spree coming on!  I went out today with a friend of mine (hello Sally!) to a craft shop we haven't been to before but we have both bought online from.  A bit of a hike to get there but they had quite a bit of stock.  I'm sure I will go back but thank goodness for the internet.

Happy Crafting,

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SCS Sketch Card Challenge #169

SCS Sketch Challenge time.  A lot of people were using tall flowers as their image but I decided to use my Ahoy, Matey stamp set.  A friend of Oliver's birthday is coming up soon so I thought this set would be a good one to use for him.

Here is a close up of the pirate ship.  I used my new distressing tool around the edges of the cardstock - the first time I have used it and I LOVE it.

Here is the sketch we had to follow.

Happy Crafting,

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Supplies
Stamps: SU! - Ahoy, Matey.
Ink: SU! Crayons - Brilliant Blue, Charcoal.
Paper: SU! - Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, DP - Cutie Pie.
Accessories: SU! Distressing Tool, Bling.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #40

I finally got around the creating today.  I had no idea what colours I wanted to use so I went over to SCS Tuesday's Colour Challenge which was to use SU! Kraft, Sage Shadow & Orchid Opulence.

I also got to use my prima flowers.  I haven't bought them out in a while.  Can you see the ribbon ??  It is 1/4" whisper white......really it is !!  I just coloured it with my orchid opulence marker.  The background stamp is 'Petals' jumbo wheel stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I had to emboss it because I think my son has hidden my large versamark ink pad and I only had the very small one to ink up the wheel which didn't turn out the way I'd hoped, so I quickly whipped out my embossing powder and sprinkled it on.  Now, where to look to find my ink pad !! LOL

Here is Beate's sketch.

Happy Crafting,

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Women Of Life

it is sketch challenge day over at SCS and I haven't done this challenge in a couple of weeks so I thought it was about time to start.

Here is the sketch we needed to follow.

I turned the sketch on it's side as I really wanted to use this stamp set. This time I used 'Women Of Life' stamp set from Papertrey Ink.  It was designed by Melissa Bickford - check out her blog HERE.

Unfortunately, you cannot see that I used crystal lacquer on the centre of the flower.  I did use come 'bling' though !!

Happy Crafting,
K.

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Women Of Life.
Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Versafine - Onyx Black.
Paper: SU! - Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White.
Accessories: SU! Pumpkin Pie Brad, Bazzil flowers - Orange, Green

Celebrate Today Mother

Today's challenge over at SCS is 'Colour Combination'. The colours we were to use: SU! - Tempting Turquoise, Kraft & Green Galore.

I wanted to use my Papertrey Ink stamps as each month they release new stamps and you can enter their competition to be one of their 'Guest Star Stamper'. The message stamps was one of last months release so I thought I would give the competition a go. I also used the lovely Spiral Bouquet set.

I am really really happy with how this card turned out. Better than I had imagined. I think I might give this to Rob to give to his mother for mother's day here in the UK.

Happy Crafting,
K.

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Spiral Bouquet, Mixed Messages.
Ink: SU! - Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Versamark.
Paper: SU! - Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Basic Black.
Accessories: SU! - 1/4" Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads.

Finally..........some crafting

I have been into central London today to the Australian High Commission as I need to replace my NSW driver's license in readyness for my return (our move) back to Australia. Can you believe that I can change my maiden name to my married name on my passport with just our marriage certificate but I need a specific certificate from Births, Deaths & Marriages (in NSW) to be able to change my name on my driver's license !!! How bizzare is that.

Anyway, back to crafting.

Here is todays sketch on Splitcoast Stampers (SCS). If you haven't already looked at SCS, please do. You can brouse the resource area for tutorials on just about anything you can think of or have a look at the gallery for inspiration. The people there are very friendly too.

I am also using this card for Tuesday's Colour Combination on SCS which is to use Real Red, Apricot Appeal & Ballet Blue.

Here is my card.

I don't have any DP in similar colours so I used my Cuttlebug Bloom Dots embossing folder on the Apricot Appeal cardstock and added some red gems.


Most of my stamps stand vertically and only a few stand horizontally so I was limited to what I could use - I might have to invest in some more stamps - oh shame !! LOL

Happy Crafting,

K.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! - Wild About You.
Ink: SU! - Ballet Blue, Versamark.
Paper: SU! - Ballet Blue, Apricot Appeal, Real Red, Whisper White.
Accessories: Red Gems, Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Googly Eyes (love these), Photo Corner Punch.

SCS Sketch Card Challenge

Splitcoast Stampers have weekly challenges - one for each day (except Sunday). Just look at the right hand column for them. I mentioned in yesterday's post about the colour challenge. Why have I not tried these before ???? I wasn't good enough to be brutally honest. I looked at all the 'most recent gallery additions' and just thought - I wish that card was mine. I can also honestly say that my style has changed (for the better) which Nichole Heady of Papertrey Ink has influenced this. I sooooo love her style. The sketch challenges I am trying each week are also helping me in the way I lay out my cards.

Wednesday's challenge is Sketch Card. I have to follow the sketch that is posted.

This is what I came up with. I seem to favouring Pumpkin Pie cardstock at the moment and Old Olive too. They just go so well together.

I also got to use my new SU! DP - Fall Flowers and my Prima flowers too.

I stamped "Cherish" on the band as it needed something else to kind of even things out.

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! - Welcoming Words.
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black.
Paper: SU! - Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, DP - Fall Flowers.
Accessories: SU! - Brads (More Mustard, Old Olive), Prima Flowers.

Snappy 2nd Birthday

Here is the other card I made for the twins, Dylan and Matthew.

This is the first time I have used this set.

I also got this card from the SCS gallery and changed a couple of things.

I also raised the crab by dimentionals.

The blue is not that dark in real life - sorry about the picture quality.

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! (Crab & Company), Hero Arts (Polka Dot Pattern).
Ink: Stazon Black
Paper: SU! Real Red, White, Brilliant Blue).
Accessories: Navy Organdy Ribbon.

Your Arrr 2

My friends Janine & Sheldon's twin boys Dylan and Matthew turn 2 in January. As we are going away for New Years, I won't have time to make these in time to send them to the boys.

I wanted to play with my new stamp sets that Santa gave me *wink* but you cannot really give 2 year old boys butterflies (can you??).

Dylan and Matthew are identical twins and until I get to know them, I am going to have trouble telling them apart !! LOL. I was going to make two of the same card but then thought, why ??? They maybe identical but they are two different people so I made them different.

I saw this card on SCS (Splitcoast Stampers) but changed a few things.

I have raised the ship with dimentionals.

Happy Crafting.

K.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! (Ahoy, Matey).
Ink: Black Stazon.
Paper: SU! (Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Blush).
Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, Watercolour Pencils, Black Pen, Gold Brads).

Christmas Gifts

I have been busy today making more boxes!!

Oliver is going to give them to the ladies at his nursery once I fill them with chocolates of course. The yellow one is for Vanessa, the manager for his room as she will be going on maternity leave Christmas Eve. I haven't thought about what to put in the box yet - will go and have a look at the shops.


I used Papertry Inks Snowflake Serenade stamps. I used my versamark ink and clear embossing powder.


This is the one for Vanessa. The clothes line stamp is SU! Wash Day jumbo wheel.


I again used Papertrey Ink Snowflake Serenade along with my nestabilities.















Supplies: Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Snowflake Serenade), HOTP (Swirls), SU! (Wash Day Jumbo Wheel). Paper: Bazzill cardstock, SU! Certainly Celery. Accessories: Organza Ribbon, Satin Ribbon, Nestabilities (circle).

K.

2-5-7-10 Box

I thought to try the 2-5-7-10 box which you can find the tutorial on SCS. Give it a go - it was easy to do.

I got to use my circle nestabilities. How I love them.















Supplies: Stamps: SU! (Riveting). Ink: Versamark. Paper: Bazzill cardstock, SU! (Real Red). Accessories: Clear Embossing powder, SU! Navy Organdy Ribbon.