Triangles and designer paper from Stampin' Up

I do like to play with designer paper - especially when it's all trendy and new - like the Moonlight paper stack from Stampin' Up.  Here's a simple card I made with one of the papers when I had a sudden excitement about triangles:

The size of this stack is perfect for card-making and it contains loads of fabulous double-sided designs inside, each with a different feel.  I love this geometric paper with its retro 80s vibe.

Some of the little triangles already appear in the paper design but I gave it a further sprinkling, adding in different sizes. I snipped these with my sharp paper snips, using off-cuts of the paper as templates.

I'm linking this card to the Geometical challenge at Addicted to CAS (thanks for the reminder Kylie!)

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Moonlight Designer Series Paper [133701]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642]
Four You Wood-mount Stamp Set [130535]	Four You Clear-mount Stamp Set [130538]	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig [101049]

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I remember once sitting through a very stressful school concert when my youngest son was at his first school. He had previously won many favourable reviews (!) with his scintillating performance as one of the three Kings in the Christmas play (never had a king smiled so winningly!) and was prepared to stretch himself in this concert by playing the triangle. He had the important role of striking the triangle at a key moment and I don't think I've ever seen anyone concentrate so hard for fear of letting the team down. The big moment loomed and sweat broke out on my brow... the moment arrived and there was a pause that seemed to last a hundred years before the note rang out triumphantly and we all breathed and smiled!

 See you tomorrow.

Watercolour technique using Mosaic Madness from Stampin' Up

It was the birthday of one of my nieces last week so my daughter and I went shopping to choose something pretty for her to wear.  We found the prettiest little sundress which provided the perfect inspiration for her card! Come and see:

To make the panel, I spritzed some watercolour paper with water before sponging a background. Once it was dry I stamped all over it with the little scribbled flower shape from Stampin' Up's Mosaic Madness stamp set using Stazon ink. The flowers were then coloured with inks and an aquapainter.

I love this sentiment which is part of a stamp from the Amazing Birthday set and oh look! Those in-colour sequins have come out yet again! Do buy some - the colours are SO pretty!

This photo shows the card resting against the folded dress, so you can see how I was inspired by the fabric.

I wrapped the dress in plain tissue paper but I think Stampin' Up's beautiful chevron ribbon adds exactly the right touch of prettiness!

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Mosaic Madness Clear-mount Stamp Set [130249]	Amazing Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134228]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172]	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]
2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment [133631]	Jet Black StazOn Pad [101406]	6 X 9 Watercolor Paper [122959]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Blushing Bride 3/4" Chevron Ribbon [130013]

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It was A level results day yesterday, the day my daughter has been waiting for! I knocked on her door while she was getting ready to go to the school to find out whether she'd got the grades she needed. "Are you nervous?" I asked. She nodded. "Yes," she said. "But no matter what happens, at least I'm wearing a cute frock!"

My clever girl got her grades and has her place at Manchester University.

And yes, I have gone to Mumland!

Have a lovely weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday.

A Happy Hooray for a great big Stampin' Up box

Did I mention that as a member of Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team, I get a great big box of goodies delivered to my door every two minutes? (Okay, that may be a very slight exaggeration!) More about that later but first come and see what happened when I combined baby wipes and reinkers with my new A Happy Hooray stamp set!

This is what happened! I used the wipes and reinkers to make a multi-coloured ink pad.

It's such a simple technique: Fold up a baby wipe, add a few drops of reinker (I used Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette and So Saffron) and use it to ink up your stamps! 

I embellished with a few of the in-colour sequins - I just can't get enough of these and the colours worked beautifully with my feathers!

This is a beautiful sentiment from the A Dozen Thoughts sentiment set. I stamped it in Smoky Slate ink which looks great with all the soft colours in Stampin' Up's Subtles colour family.

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A Happy Hooray Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134012]	A Happy Hooray Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134009]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set [131059]	A Dozen Thoughts Wood-Mount Stamp Set [131056]
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179]	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin Ink Refill [111843]
Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin Ink Refill [122931]	So Saffron Craft Stampin' Ink Refill [105151]	2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment [133631]	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig [101049]

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I wonder what goes through a UPS delivery man's mind when he sees a half-crazed crafter open the door with ink smeared over her... I think I may have scared mine with the enthusiasm with which I grabbed my box!

Here I am rifling through my gorgeous goodies! Can you tell that I'm ever so slightly pleased ;)

See you tomorrow when the whole Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team will be out to inspire you with our weekly blog hop. Don't miss it!

Choose Happiness for the newly weds

It's wedding season and with all the sunshine we've been having this summer in the UK there must have been plenty of happy outdoors celebrations! Today I have an elegant, one-layer wedding card to show you:

You know what I'm like with leaf stamps don't you? I HAVE to have them and this little branch from Stampin' Up's new Choose Happiness set makes me very happy indeed!

I stamped it in Old Olive ink directly onto my card front and quickly heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. It was fun to colour with a mixture of blender pen and ink and Stampin' Write markers.

I wanted to make a nice space to stamp this beautiful sentiment from And Many More so I masked a strip of the card front off and sponged Soft Sky ink around it. A sprinkling of pearls and a rounding of corners and the card was finished!

My starting point for this card was Less is More where the ladies are having a one layer card challenge featuring foliage this week. Further inspiration came from The Card Concept where wedding cards are the order of the day (check out their gorgeous inspiration picture!) and Fusion where there's a great sketch. Addicted to Stamps and More are having one of their Make Your Mark challenges too, so I shall be linking up there.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE THIS CARD
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Choose Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134198]	Choose Happiness Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134195]	And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134276]	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273]
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953]	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [126981]	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]
Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]	Stampin Write Markers - Subtles Collection [119700]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]	Stamping Sponges [101610]

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Yesterday, while looking on Pinterest, my daughter cooed over some pictures of wedding cakes. "I'd definitely get married if I could have a cake like that!" she said. Hmm. Not sure if she's really grasped the whole wedding thing!

See you tomorrow when I'll be showing you an exciting parcel that was delivered to my door yesterday (as well as some stampin' inspiration of course!)