World Card Making Day Stampin'! Up! Blog Hop feat. Jar of Love Stamp Set
Friday, September 30, 2016 Somerset, UK
It's so great to join together with so many demonstrators from all over the world to celebrate this crafty event, we have lots of amazing inspiration for you today and I hope you enjoy looking at our projects!
My name is Kim Price and I live in Somerset in the UK. You are currently visiting my blog Handmade by Kim. There is a list at the end of this post which will help you to move along from blog to blog so you see all 20 amazing projects.
I wonder how many different countries you will be visiting today?
My project today features the Jar of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Everyday Jars Framelit Dies.
There are 37 stamps and 17 dies between these two sets - what a bargain! Did you know you can buy both of these sets as a bundle and save 10%!
To make my card, I have used the colour Pool Party for the card base and have chosen the same colour paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper to coordinate.
I stamped the image of the jar in Crumb Cake ink onto Whisper White cardstock and used the matching framelit to die cut it using my Big Shot machine.
Next I stamped some stems onto the jar using Mint Macaron ink and then lightly sponged the lower half of the jar with Pool Party ink to look like water.
I then wrapped some Linen Thread around the neck of the jar and tied a small bow before fixing the jar to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Next I did some 2-step stamping and stamped the flowers in 3 different colours using 2 shades that complimented each other - Peach (Calypso Coral ink and Flirty Flamingo ink), Yellow (So Saffron ink and Crushed Curry ink) and Pink (Blushing Bride ink and Sweet Sugarplum ink). I attached Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of each individual flower and arranged them at the top of the jar.
To complete the card I added the sentiment Happy Birthday using a stamp from the Balloon Builders stamp set that fit perfectly into the smallest die from Tags & Labels Framelit Dies.
You can order online 24/7 by visiting my online shop (found in the menu at the top of the screen), or you can contact me through any of my social media buttons.
You can subscribe to receive notifications of my new blog posts by clicking here, it would genuinley make my day to welcome new subscribers to my blog.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. Remember that you currently are at my blog - Kim Price, so make sure you check out the blog hop line up list below to see who is next in the list. Simply click on their name to visit their blog.
....... and don't forget to leave us a comment to let us know you stopped by - we just love to receive comments!
Have a great weekend and enjoy blog hopping!
It's so great to join together with so many demonstrators from all over the world to celebrate this crafty event, we have lots of amazing inspiration for you today and I hope you enjoy looking at our projects!
My name is Kim Price and I live in Somerset in the UK. You are currently visiting my blog Handmade by Kim. There is a list at the end of this post which will help you to move along from blog to blog so you see all 20 amazing projects.
I wonder how many different countries you will be visiting today?
My project today features the Jar of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Everyday Jars Framelit Dies.
There are 37 stamps and 17 dies between these two sets - what a bargain! Did you know you can buy both of these sets as a bundle and save 10%!
To make my card, I have used the colour Pool Party for the card base and have chosen the same colour paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper to coordinate.
I stamped the image of the jar in Crumb Cake ink onto Whisper White cardstock and used the matching framelit to die cut it using my Big Shot machine.
Next I stamped some stems onto the jar using Mint Macaron ink and then lightly sponged the lower half of the jar with Pool Party ink to look like water.
I then wrapped some Linen Thread around the neck of the jar and tied a small bow before fixing the jar to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Next I did some 2-step stamping and stamped the flowers in 3 different colours using 2 shades that complimented each other - Peach (Calypso Coral ink and Flirty Flamingo ink), Yellow (So Saffron ink and Crushed Curry ink) and Pink (Blushing Bride ink and Sweet Sugarplum ink). I attached Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of each individual flower and arranged them at the top of the jar.
To complete the card I added the sentiment Happy Birthday using a stamp from the Balloon Builders stamp set that fit perfectly into the smallest die from Tags & Labels Framelit Dies.
You can order online 24/7 by visiting my online shop (found in the menu at the top of the screen), or you can contact me through any of my social media buttons.
You can subscribe to receive notifications of my new blog posts by clicking here, it would genuinley make my day to welcome new subscribers to my blog.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. Remember that you currently are at my blog - Kim Price, so make sure you check out the blog hop line up list below to see who is next in the list. Simply click on their name to visit their blog.
....... and don't forget to leave us a comment to let us know you stopped by - we just love to receive comments!
Have a great weekend and enjoy blog hopping!
I made this card for a lady in my team at work who did something so lovely for me. One day I went back to my desk after a meeting and on my desk was a Slimming World magazine and a pack of their yummy cereal bars.
She knew I was thinking of rejoining as I needed to not only lose weight for all of the normal reasons but also to help with a knee injury I've had since May. Her little nudge was just what I needed and I rejoined the next day. I've lost 1/2 stone so far and my knee is slowly improving with regular exercise and physio therapy. Any weight loss will also help so her helping me start to think about what I eat again was just the kindest gesture someone has made in a long time. Of course I wanted to say thank you and so I made this card for her. Thank you Jane!
I created my background using the classic old favourite stamp set Gorgeous Grunge. I stamped using Blushing Bride, Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Mint Macaron and Island Indigo. I love how handmade this looks yet its all stamping - the large ink blots are my favourite!
I created a layer of Perfect Plum cardstock and using Stampin' Dimensionals I added it to the front of my card at slight angle.
I then stamped my sentiment on Whisper White cardstock using Elegant Eggplant ink and again set it at a slight angle.
I've chosen the sentiment Thank you so much as I really like the phrase and also the size of this stamp as it can be the main feature of the card. The sentiment is from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set, as you can see you are spolit for choice with so many stamps.
I've also entered this card into the Global Design Project #GDP055 challenge using the theme Random Acts of Kindness. Jane's guesture really was a random act of kindness and the card I have made is basically saying thank you.
In the next few weeks I will start making some Christmas cards. I've had all the stamps and papers for a little while but as the weather was still warm I quite simply have not been thinking at all about Christmas yet. October is only a few days away so its time to get started, plan my swaps for an upcoming Stampin' Up! event and come up with some ideas for making large quantities of Christmas cards for my friends and family.
Thank you so much handmade card featuring Gorgeous Grunge and Thankful Thoughts stamp sets by Stampin' Up! #GDP055
Somerset, UK
I made this card for a lady in my team at work who did something so lovely for me. One day I went back to my desk after a meeting and on my desk was a Slimming World magazine and a pack of their yummy cereal bars.
She knew I was thinking of rejoining as I needed to not only lose weight for all of the normal reasons but also to help with a knee injury I've had since May. Her little nudge was just what I needed and I rejoined the next day. I've lost 1/2 stone so far and my knee is slowly improving with regular exercise and physio therapy. Any weight loss will also help so her helping me start to think about what I eat again was just the kindest gesture someone has made in a long time. Of course I wanted to say thank you and so I made this card for her. Thank you Jane!
I created my background using the classic old favourite stamp set Gorgeous Grunge. I stamped using Blushing Bride, Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Mint Macaron and Island Indigo. I love how handmade this looks yet its all stamping - the large ink blots are my favourite!
I created a layer of Perfect Plum cardstock and using Stampin' Dimensionals I added it to the front of my card at slight angle.
I then stamped my sentiment on Whisper White cardstock using Elegant Eggplant ink and again set it at a slight angle.
I've chosen the sentiment Thank you so much as I really like the phrase and also the size of this stamp as it can be the main feature of the card. The sentiment is from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set, as you can see you are spolit for choice with so many stamps.
I've also entered this card into the Global Design Project #GDP055 challenge using the theme Random Acts of Kindness. Jane's guesture really was a random act of kindness and the card I have made is basically saying thank you.
In the next few weeks I will start making some Christmas cards. I've had all the stamps and papers for a little while but as the weather was still warm I quite simply have not been thinking at all about Christmas yet. October is only a few days away so its time to get started, plan my swaps for an upcoming Stampin' Up! event and come up with some ideas for making large quantities of Christmas cards for my friends and family.
Trick or treat? Halloween card using the Spooky Fun stamp set and Halloween Scenes Framelit Dies by Stampin' Up!
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Somerset, UK
I just could not resist another Halloween card, these are just too fun to make. This card is dead easy and took minutes to make - and I even did a bit of colouring! I think its super cute and it would be great idea to get the children involved to make these, they would have so much fun stamping with these creepy crawlies and ghosts!
There are so many stamps in the Spooky Fun stamp set that I still haven't used, so expect to see a few more Halloween cards from me between now and 31st October.
These are the matching dies. As you can see, you can stamp some of the images from the Spooky Fun stamp set and then using the coordinating die you can die cut it perfectly. Matching dies makes crafting so easy plus if you are a striving for perfectionism like me, I would never be happy with any fussy cutting. I just can't do it and I'm certainly not patient enough.
For the background I used the brick wall from the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set. I love these background stamps and I will be sad to see these go when the Autumn Winter catalogue finishes in January (there is a small chance it might not get "retired" but don't take a gamble, get it while its still around).
I hope you've enjoyed seeing my Halloween projects, its so fun to make these! Have a look at my Halloween Pinterest board for more ideas and inspiration by clicking here.
Congratulations on your wedding handmade card using Blooms and Wishes stamp set by Stampin' Up!
Thursday, September 15, 2016 Somerset, UK
I love this stamp set, its just gorgeous. Its called Blooms and Wishes and its very versatile. Using different colours you can achieve so many looks. Check out these lovely cards made using this stamp set that I've pinned on my Flowers & Nature Pinterest boards by clicking here.
I've used the colours Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Wisteria Wonder, Mint Macaron and Soft Sky - my inspiration was the colours of the Sweet Pea flowers. I really must plant some next year as they are such lovely flowers - the garden has been a bit neglected recently....probably doesn't help that I prefer crafting to gardening any day!
I made this card with a wedding in mind so I used this great sentiment from the Floral Phrases stamp set for the inside.
You can purchase this stamp set from my online shop. You can find the link to my online shop in my top menu bar - just search for Blooms and Wishes but make sure you pick the english version of the stamp set! You get 11 flowers and leaves and 3 sentiments for only £19.00. The stamps are photopolymer so they are great for stamping background patterns too as you can see exactly where you are stamping.
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#GDP052 case the designer Teneale Williams & Pinkies Team Design Challenge - heat embossed Happy New Year card!!
Friday, September 9, 2016 Somerset, UK
When time allows, I love playing along with the Global Design Project. Each week there is a different challenge using either a sketch, a theme, a colour selection or case the designer. This week we are caseing the talented Teneale Williams, its my first time caseing a designer and Teneale happens to be one of my favourite designers!
I hope you like what I've created, to see what the other designers have made, visit the Global Design Project website.
While I'm talking about the Global Design Project, I'd like to take a moment to say a big THANK YOU to the designers as I was so excited to find out a few weeks ago that I was one of the winners from the #GDP50 sketch challenge - to see the other winners and special mentions, click here.
Today I am using the It's a Celebration stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter catalogue. I've not seen a stamp set like this before, so it was always going to end up being in my preorder. I don't know why but I always seem to be attracted to sets that we don't typically use in the UK... I would love to know, do you send Happy New Year cards?
The only occasion I have ever sent a Happy New Year card was in 2009. We were going on holiday to America and we were in New York for New Years Eve. With the call charges being so expensive in America, I decided to get some cards printed beforehand and I sent these out to all of our close family a few days after Christmas to wish them all a Happy New Year. I can't remember which website I used but the card had a picture of Macy's shopping centre with the Christmas lights on the front. The card was so cool and hopefully it made up for the fact that we couldn't personally wish our family a happy new year.
The fireworks on my card are heat embossed in gold and clear however they would look equally as fab in bright colours. I love heat embossing, the sentiment in particular stands out so much better. This one has been stamped in black ink and embossed in clear powder.
I've entered this card into our Pinkies Team Design Challenge as well. My upline Michelle Last is running the competition over on her blog. The challenge is to use heat embossing techniques. Voting starts on Tuesday 13th September, I'll post a link on my facebook page when it's gone live.
Have a great weekend! I've got lots to do around the house but I'm hoping I can catch a few hours in my craft room.
The new Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter Catalogue is here and there are lots of fabulous new seasonal products!
Here are a selection of project ideas from the catalogue - to see all of the new stamps, coordinating punches, framelits and thinlits, Designer Series Paper, ribbons, accessories, kits and discounted bundles, just click on the catalogue to download your FREE copy of the catalogue.
If you live in the UK and you don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please get in touch with me using the social media buttons to request a copy of the Autumn Winter catalogue posted to you. I only have a few left so don't delay!
Just for you card using the babywipe technique and the Watercolour Wings stamp set by Stampin' Up!
Monday, September 5, 2016 Somerset, UK
This card has been made using the baby wipe technique, I've never used this technique before and had never heard about it until I went to the On Stage Local event by Stampin' Up! in April. I was having a lovely meal at Nando's with some fellow demos and it just came up in conversation. I can't believe that I had never heard of it before!
I only have Stampin' Up Ink Refills for the colours I use the most so I picked all the colours I thought would go well together. I then took a few sheets of babywipes and placed them down on a craft mat and then dropped a little bit of each colour all over the babywipe in random patterns. I used Island Indigo, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, Perfect Plum and Smoky Slate - what a great colour combination!
I love this effect as you will never get the same look twice!
I've not had a lot of time to craft in the last few weeks. I've just had a look at this weeks Global Design Project - its fab, so I am going to try and get some time in my craft room this week so I can join in with this week's sketch challenge. Until then.....
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