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]

Onstage Display Stamper Blog Hop - Day 4: Sweet Little Something

Can you believe we are half way through guys! And I reckon, knowing these guys, the best is yet to come.

I thought it was time I share a super cute little bunny, who is going to make his first appearance in the upcoming Occasions catalogue. And between you and me, this little guys is going to be big hit:

Isn't he the cutest thing ever! All those fans of the Baby Bear stamp set are going to go crazy for this rabbit. He is a three step stamp and just like the bear stamp set, he is more like a photograph then a line drawing.

He is perfect for a baby card, like I used him for here, but he also has an Easter and Birthday sentiment.

I love making shaker cards and couldn't wait to make a Congratulations one. I added lots of sequins and a few of the little wooden hearts and stars. Top tip, when making shaker cards, so you find the sequin and glitter gets stuck to the window sheets? It's super annoying isn't it. Well if you gently wipe your Embossing buddy over the acetate it will remove the static and your sequins want be as attracted to it.

Thank you once again for blog hoping with us all. We really do all appreciate the comments and love you guys have been leaving for us.

Well I better not keep you any longer as I'm sure Dawn Olchefske has another spectacular design to share with you all!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Cathy Caines

Katharina Baranski

Dani Dziama

Angela Meritz-Reid

Jenny Hall

Bronwyn Eastley

Tanya Boser

Lou Kitzelman

Mindy Backes

Charlet Mallett

Mercedes Weber

Denita Wright-Smee

Stesha Bloodhart

Carolynn Sander

Aurelie Fabre

Josie Dean

Danielle Bennenk

Chloe Evans

Dawn Olchefske

Onstage Display Stamper Blog Hop - Day 3: Heart Happiness Card in a Box

Hooray for day 3 of the Onstage Display Stamper Blog Hop. How crazy cool has it been so far!! I'm always blown away by the talent pool within Stampin' Up! demos. These girls are the cream of the crop.

Today I thought I would change it up a bit and give you a card and a box...

I know card in boxes are fairly old school these days, but they still have such a wow factor and when I saw the NEW Heart Happiness stamp set, I knew it would be perfect for this time of card.

I used the same two heart stamps and used both gold embossing powder as well as black memento ink. The smaller hearts come from the little heart die which is in the Mini Treat Bag die. I used the layering hearts to cut a few glimmer ones and then tied it all together with the "Love" sentiment found in the Sunshine Wishes die set.

The best part of this fun little card is that they fold flat and will fit into a standard size envelope and so can be posted to anyone who is special enough to receive it.

 And so once again it is time to hop on over to visit Dawn Olchefske blog and take a peek at what exciting creation she has to share with us today.

Thank you for popping by and look forward to seeing you again tomorrow!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Cathy Caines

Katharina Baranski

Dani Dziama

Angela Meritz-Reid

Jenny Hall

Bronwyn Eastley

Tanya Boser

Lou Kitzelman

Mindy Backes

Charlet Mallett

Mercedes Weber

Denita Wright-Smee

Stesha Bloodhart

Carolynn Sander

Aurelie Fabre

Josie Dean

Danielle Bennenk

Chloe Evans

Dawn Olchefske

Onstage Display Stamper Blog Hop - Day 1: Painted with Love Stacking Boxes

Wow I'm so excited to be able to finally share my Onstage Display samples that I made for Melbourne.

I was so lucky to get chosen and the new goodies that Stampin' Up! sent were awesome. So today and over the next 6 days myself and my global Display Stamping sisters are getting together to share all our stunning displays in a fun blog hop!

So the first creation I wanted to share was a set of three stacking boxes using the stunning NEW Painted with Love specialty designer series paper.

Isn't that new paper stunning!! The deep pinks, purples and peach team up perfectly with the brush sweeps of gold foil. And every single sheet in this pack has a gold foiled side and a plain side.

Because the paper is so beautiful and really the star of the show, I wanted to keep the embellishments simple and so I decided to add a few hearts from the NEW stamp set called Heart Happiness, which I gold embossed and fussy cut out.

I tied everything together with out lovely Berry Burst crinkled ribbon and gold sequins. I can't wait to feel these little boxes with yummies for someone special.

Thank you for blog hoping along with us today. I really do hope you'll pop in again tomorrow and hop along again to see some more gorgeous projects. But now it's time for you to hop on over to Dawn Olchefske and check out what stunning master piece she has to share today!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Cathy Caines

Katharina Baranski

Dani Dziama

Angela Meritz-Reid

Jenny Hall

Bronwyn Eastley

Tanya Boser

Lou Kitzelman

Mindy Backes

Charlet Mallett

Mercedes Weber

Denita Wright-Smee

Stesha Bloodhart

Carolynn Sander

Aurelie Fabre

Josie Dean

Danielle Bennenk

Chloe Evans

Dawn Olchefske

Stamping out Cancer - Ribbon of Courage

Happy Saturday guys!!

Today I'm sharing a Thank You card that I made with the Ribbon of Couarge stamp set. After such a successful Biggest Morning Tea in May, I needed to make few thank you cards to send to those who placed online donations. I really love the new Ribbon of Courage stamp set and of course it tired in perfectly for my theme.

I couldn't decide on which colour to use so I of course whipped up the card design in a few different colours.

Tell me I'm not the only one missing all the coloured Glimmer cardstock? Blushing Bride was such a beautiful colour and I still had a few spare pieces of the Bermuda Bay Glimmer from the Sale-a-Bration promotion. How awesome do those dies cuts look in the glimmer!

These cards are only note card size but they were perfect for a little Thank You in the mail. After all who doesn't love receiving happy mail!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143855]	Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Bundle [145342]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies [141489]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]
Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]

Just Add Ink #363 Anniversary Challenge - Sunshine Wishes

I was so excited about this challenge today. This week at JAI, we have an Anniversary Challenge, which is lots of fun, but probably not super exciting. However this week is actually my 15th Wedding Anniversary!! Can you believe that?!? What are the odds, that we have an Anniversary Challenge, on my design team week, on my actual wedding anniversary week!! See, now you can see why I was so thrilled.

And this is the card I made and will be giving to my hubby tonight, when he gets home.

Now I know there are a few retired things on this card, but sometimes they are just perfect for what you want and the sentiment from the Frosted Medallion stamp set was exactly the right size and font. Plus when I first saw this set, I always thought the phrases were really versatile and I was so sad that it retired before I could use it... until know that is.

How cool is this background too. The ombre look is still really popular and with our sponge brayers it's super easy to create. On this card I used Sweet Sugarplum and started off fairly lightly and added more ink as I got towards the end. The brayer really does make this effortless and you can just pop them off and wash them in warm soapy water.

Well thank you all for popping by. I'm off to wrap by hubby's anniversary gift and to write in his card. I hope you all find some time to pop on over to the JAI blog and also take part in the challenge too!!

Happy Craftng,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142189]	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock [141423]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686]	Sponge Brayers [141714]	Copper Foil Sheets [142020]	Delicate Doilies [124960]	Linen Thread [104199]	Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies [141489]