Artisan Post - Rainbow Snowflake Wishes

I was super late to the Snowflake Wishes bundle that came out in last years Christmas Catalogue, but I decided at the last minute I would buy it because 1) I loved seeing what everyone had made with it and 2) I thought if I had it a whole year early I would be able to get a head start on my Christmas cards... but here we are pretty much 6 months out from the big day and I've finally inked up the stamps!

So I felt I had to create something a little left of field as snowflakes have been done to death and anyone who's followed my Insta page long enough will know that I just love rainbow order. So it seemed like a fun way to put a new spin on an old favourite.

This first card I just used our blending brushes to create a rainbow background. I then white heat embossed the snowflakes and then added a few die cut snowflakes too. I really love all the layering of the different white accents, which obviously make the coloured panel pop.

For my second card, I did a similar thing, but this time I created a watercoloured wash card panel and then used that to die cut my snowflakes from.

I added a few little stamped snowflakes in the matching colours and finished the whole card with some rainbow coloured bling!

I really do love this bundle and I was so glad to see that it carried over. I'm pretty sure it will be around, in my collection for sometime to come!!

Happy Crafting,

Chlo

Watercolour Blossoms - Many Layered Blossoms

I had so much fun creating this card. If you happened to catch me last Sunday on my Facebook live with my regular Sunday session you would have seen me pull out a brand new die from the upcoming Annual Catalogue. There was a card in the catalogue that inspired me to purchase the Many layered Blossoms die and so I decided to have a go at recreating it. I've got to say I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

How gorgeous is it!! I grabbed a huge collection of inks, die cut the flowers from our watercolour paper and got painting. I decided to paint the fuller die with lighter shades of colour and then, with the thinner die, I painted it with a slightly deep shade, so it would stand out more.

When choosing which card base to place it on, I really couldn't decided between Petal Pink or Coastal Cabana, so I decided now would be a great time to try out a technique that I had seen Jennifer McGuire use. It's where you split the die cut in half so it can then be used to create two cards. Because this die is so large it was perfect for this technique. It also meant, I didn't have to choose, as I could create two cards!
This layered blossom die is absolutely stunning and there is so much potential with it. I really can't wait to play some more with it very soon.

If you would like your very own copy of the new catalogue and you don't already have a demo, then fill out the form found HERE and I will get one sent to you. Australian address only unfortunately.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Many Layered Blossoms Dies [153582]	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302]
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009]	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086]
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096]	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612]	Woven Threads Sequin Assortment [149498]	2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots [152480]

Rainbows and Love - Die Cut Fun

Happy Saturday guys. I hope you are enjoying this lovely weekend so far. I've been in the vegetable patch this morning and then spent a few hours cutting the grass and pruning the Mandarin tree. I love autumn days spent pottering in the garden.

Anyway today I wanted to share a card that was an inspired CASE that I saw while cruising through Instagram late last night.

The card I saw wasn't using any Stampin' Up! products, but I knew I could totally create the card with what I have in my craft room. I couldn't decided between using circles or squares so I did both!!

This card was just so much fun and so super easy too. It looks fancy but all I've done is nest different size circles or squares on top of each other, chopped them in half and then flipped out the colours. Easy peasy but very stunning.

These cards are very quick to make and are perfect for birthday cards for kids and teenagers. I know, I'll be making a few more to put into my card stash that's for sure!

I have used some of our retired word dies (I never let those go) but these cards would work with any of our chunky dies. Hint, Hint: there might be a new set of word dies coming up in the new annual catty and I for one can't wait to add those to my  collection!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow!!
Happy Crafting,
Chlo
xx  

Product List 
 

Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578]	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980]	Powder Pink A4 Cardstock [144251]	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013]	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680]
Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock [146991]	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Wild Wasabi A4 Card Stock [111850]	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611]
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Gold Glimmer Paper [146958]	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212]	Woven Threads Sequin Assortment [149498]
Layering Circles Dies [141705]	Layering Squares Dies [141708]

Social Stamping Blog Hop - Rainbows

Hi guys, happy Saturday to you all. Today I've taken part in a blog hop that my gorgeous crafty friend Kelly Kent has set up. The amazing Kelly thought that in our current crisis, the world could do with more happiness and sunshine and so Kelly set up the Social Stamping blog hop. It's such a fun way to connect with other crafters and to keep us all stamping together.

This weeks theme is Rainbows, which of course is simply the best theme. After all, what could be more beautiful then a rainbow.

My card is actually a CASE of one that I saw Emma Goddard (The Coastal Crafter) create last week. Emma created her butterflies in a slightly different way then I did, but her card was so perfect, how can you improve on perfection. Make sure you check out Emma's card HERE.

I really do think this might be one of my favourite rainbows cards I've created. I just love the little butterfly stamp from the Positive Thoughts set and the black just pops against the water colour rainbow wash.

I actually made two backgrounds. The first was what I stamped my butterflies on and then cut them out
. The second is the background I used as my card front. I tried to keep the two backgrounds similar so that I could line the butterflies up against their coordinating colours.

So where to go from here. Well you can click on the NEXT graphic and it will take you over to the next crafter on the hop, or if you would like to start from the beginning  and see who else it taking part, then click HERE and it will take you over to Kelly's amazing creation and the master list.

Thank you for stopping by and I really do hop you have a wonderful and crafty weekend.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo  

Product List 
 

Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490]	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595]	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093]	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103]
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool [129056]