Challenges – Stamping with Steph

Team Challenge fun!

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Steph

I know I go on about the colour coordination of DSP, cardstock and ink and why it is one of the many reasons I love Stampin’ up! In the catalogue a lot of the stamp sets come as a suite, meaning the stamp set’s have matching framelits or thinlits, DSP, A4 card pack and sometimes ribbon as well! Because the DSP comes with gorgeous colours it’s hard to actually step outside the box and try and create something not using the paper at all! So I challenged my team to step outside their comfort zone and make something not using the colours from the DSP!

And this is exactly what I did! I love how this turned out, I love the black, gold and white I find it such a striking combination!

Here I have embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder, remember to use your embossing buddy first as the stray gold speckle will show up on your black cardstock! I then cut out 2 pieces of specialty paper from the Pop of Pink specialty DSP pack and cut the bows from the Gold foil paper! So simple yet so stunning, well I think so anyway lol!

What do you think? Have you made any cards lately without using the colours from the coordinating DSP packs?

Thanks for stopping by

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#GDP072 – CASEing Krista Frattin

Posted on February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 by Steph

#GDP072

This week over at the Global Design Project they are challenging us to get our inspiration from Krista Frattin from Stampin’ Dolce. Do I hear you asking what case means?

Well the definition of CASE is Copy And Share Everything
In simple terms, we get our inspiration from many sources but sometimes a particular project or creation really appeals to us so we copy it but change it up a little . So for this challenge we can use any element, it might be the colours, the stamp set, the layout or a combination of the elements.

So this is what we are working with

There is so much that I adore in this card, it’s nice and simple but soft at the same time, I really like the colourings used as well as the layout! This is what I came up with…

What do you think? Yes I know I went back to the Special Reason stamp set but I really do like it lol!

This card was so fun to make as I got to do some solid stamp watercolouring again {which we are learning in technique class on Monday night, there’s still some spots if you’d like to join us RSVP here or in my side bar} Once I had coloured the flower and leaves in I cut them out with the matching thinlit. I edged my DSP and wrapped the ribbon and linen thread around it and adhered it to the cardbase. I then stamped my sentiment and cut out the square with the Stitched shape Framelits. I think it’s pretty cute…..thoughts? What do you think?

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Global Design Project Sketch challenge #GDP062

Posted on November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 by Steph

I’m getting into the swing of crafting again, still a little slow to start so for inspiration last night I decided to play along with the Global Design Project sketch challenge #GDP062…..{It’s my first time playing along! So go gentle on me}

This is the sketch that they had up, easy you say??

This is what I came up with, I still had the gorgeous Paisleys and Posies out on my desk actually I had a lot of stuff still out lol! My room looked a little like this! I always seem to end up crafting in a very tiny space in the middle of a big mess!

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Anyway I digress, this is the card I came up with! I used Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate and Basic Black. I really do love that colour combo! If I was super clever I’d do a schmick little thing up with the colour samples but I’m not so you will just have to imagine it lol!!

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It must have passed muster as the girl child has already come down and claimed it for the birthday party she is attending this afternoon lol!

I’m thinking my photography skills might be getting a little better or it might be the fact I actually used my camera. I also made a Christmas card using the same sketch but I might save that to share tomorrow or another time!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Changes are afoot!

Posted on March 25, 2013March 25, 2013 by Steph

It is so exciting I had to jump on and share!! You can now order direct from my Stampin’ Up! demo website…..Click here for the link

How cool is that, so no matter what time it is day or night you can place an order and have it shipped directly to your door!! Also as of tomorrow morning the 26th you can also purchase MDS (My Digital Studio). I personally can not wait to get my hands on it and take it for a test drive! I might actually get some of my scrapbooking done that has been seriously neglected over the years.

Also in lieu of getting my newsletter out on time I thought I’d post my next Stamp a stack here…it’s the 8th of April at 7.30pm. Second Monday in the school holidays so all those who can’t come normally on a school night I hope to see you here;-) Let me know if you’d like to come and join the fun!

Can’t wait to show you some more of the new release stuff as I learn it. If you want to see what all the fuss is about head here to have a look for yourselves!

Chow for now

Oooops

Posted on August 1, 2012August 1, 2012 by Steph

Guess who forgot to post the retired accessories list this morning?? Yup that would be me, was in far to much of a hurry and completely forgot it. Sorry.

So here it is, don’t weep to much but there is lots and lots of things going;-( I plan to sort out my stuff tonight so I know what I am left with could be a very sad evening!! But on the bright side I have the new catalogue to cheer me up.

Some items have gone already so please don’t miss out!

Thank you

Posted on June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 by Steph

What an awesome response to my plea for e-mail addresses! I can not believe how many of you wonderful people have sent me them! Thank you thank you thank you! Just on the quiet it’s very reassuring to know that I am not talking to myself when I do post lol!!

I thought I’d pop up a quick an easy card I made a while back, using the new Reason to Smile stamp set!!

I just love this stamp set and it’s even better cause you can earn it for free or you can purchase it this month only!

Click here to read how you can earn yourself a free stamp set!! It’s so easy!

I also have space left in my below (all details are in this post below) hostess share so if you’d like to join the fun and earn awesome benefits contact me now!!

I’ve got another card I’ll pop up tomorrow for you to look at!

Hope you are all enjoying your first day of school holidays if you are off work. I know I am!

Speak soon

Challenge 32

Posted on July 18, 2010July 17, 2010 by Steph

Here I am again! Surprised?? Not at much as I am lol. We are having a child free day here! Can you believe it?

My bestest mate dating back to highschool and her hubby have taken out the kids to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary so hubby and I are home alone! It’s a very unusual and I feel kinda lost to be honest. Can you tell it doesn’t happen very often!! I hope they are having a lovely day.

Anywho you came here to check out my card didn’t you? Well Keesh has set us a great colour challenge this week.

Here you have it, how nice are these colours?? I had something in my mind as soon as I saw it but for some reason the image in my brain did not seem to make it to the paper!

But here is what I came up with anyway!

What do you think? How do you think I could improve it? Would love to hear what you think!

Right I’m off to go and check out some new lounges, tiles and various other things for when the reno starts.

Have a great Sunday

Challenges x 2

Posted on July 5, 2010July 5, 2010 by Steph

Well amongst all the school holiday fun and getting ready for retreat in August I have had some time to sit down and create a few cards!! I really haven’t had time in ages to create just for creatings sake that I found my mojo had disappeared….whoosh just gone completely! So I jumped on Keesha’s site to find out what challenge she has going at the moment! Even though she is a million miles away in Canada she doesn’t disappoint!

She had a colour challenge going and check out these colours!! They are my colours if I do say so myself!!

I thought I would challenge myself a little more and try and use some of the stamp sets that are on special at the moment and no doubt haven’t seen ink in a very long time or never!! Can you guess which one has never ever had ink on it!!! Click here to check out which other stamp sets have been discounted this month.

Here is my first card! I wasn’t overly happy with how it turned out which is why i decided to try again….I was really struggling not using the Cottage Wall DSP and cottage garden stamp set!! I lurve them both so much!!

And here is my second card. I have cased the layout (sort of) from Teneale I didn’t have a really nice saying to pop on the oval so I had to work with what I had…..bear in mind it was about half one in the morning as I was stamping this bit! If it was earlier I would have done it again and stamped it a little lower. Again I’m not completely happy with how this turned out but I was really happy to have created something!! Now to just go and enter it into Keesha’s challenge.

So which one do you like best?

I better run as I have 4 kids today and it’s so nice to hear them playing so nicely with each other but no doubt they will start to get hungry very soon.

Have a great day everyone!!

Okey dokey the winners are…….

Posted on June 30, 2009June 30, 2009 by Steph

I want to thank all you for entering my blog candy give away. There were some guesses that I am really interested in trying to see the results!!

OK is the suspense killing you well I’ll get on with it for you…..I have numbered the entries for my little comp and random.org has chosen the winning numbers for me. Here is a screen dump of the winning numbers or you can click here and see where I have saved the PDF of the screen dump….couldn’t get it to appear here!! Silly computers!!

Drum roll please dummmmmmdummmmmmdummmmmmm

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

5	2

Timestamp: 2009-06-30 10:48:44 UTC

So that is (2) Lynda and (5)Yvonne so if you could both e-mail me with your snail mail addresses I can get your goodies out to you. Lynda you won the Fifth Avenue floral class and Yvonne the Felt flowers are all yours!!

So for the rest of you would you like me to tell you how I did it???

It was the wax resist technique I used and here is the instruction so you to can do it at home.

First cut a piece of wax paper bigger then your cardstock and crumple it up. Ensure you know which side is the waxy side! Uncrumple it slightly but don’t flatten it completely.

Put a piece of clean scrap paper on your ironing board and place your glossy card stock glossy side up and your crumpled wax paper wax side down on top of it and then a piece of clean scrap paper on top. Iron briefly!

Next brayer your gloss cardstock with your chosen colour, I have used pale plum. You need a few coats ensure you ink your brayer up well! Buff off with a tissue.

How easy was that? If you don’ t have a brayer you can always sponge your cardstock and buff with a tissue. Then you just have to complete your card.

I had a few people e-mail asking how I did the flower and thought I’d share that as well as again it was super easy!

First stamp your image on your pale plum cardstock in basic black.

Then take a sponge dauber and ink it up in elegant eggplant ink and gently dauber around the stamens in your flower.

Then crystal effects the stamens and add a very little bit of glitter and tada your done!

Put it all together and this is what you get….

Supplies used for this card were :-

Pale Plum, Basic Black, Whisper White and Glossy white cardstock.

Basic Black, Pale Plum and mellow moss ink

Embrace life stamp set

Elegant eggplant grosgrain ribbon, blender pen, half pearl, crystal effects, dazzling diamonds, sponge daubers and dimensionals.

I hope this post wasn’t to long for you and thanks for playing along and sticking with me!

Night night all

Don’t fall off your chair….

Posted on June 21, 2009June 21, 2009 by Steph

But I have finally managed to get in and do a challenge of Keesha’s. I know I said that was my goal to do all the challenges but life has just been getting in the way of stamping again! This weekend alone I have had 2 kids birthday parties to attend, a workshop to do and we had PMS (Pizza, Music and Stamping) here and it’s only Sunday lunch time!

Anywho enough excuses the challenge I was talking about is a sketch challenge……

I had to make a boys card for this mornings party so thought I’d kill 2 birds with one stone so this is what I came up with.

As you can see I have turned the sketch over and have used the Loads of Love stamp set. I got this set in my starter kit when I very first joined up and I must admit is has been very under used! The main reason being I don’t colour very well!! So I thought I’d pull it out and give it a work out! I actually used my chalks to colour it in and found it much easier!

You can’t tell by the picture but I did thump and bump the base card in Not Quiet Navy so it has added texture IRL.

Colours used are Not quiet Navy, Always Artichoke, choc chip and bashful blue.

Right best run I can hear small children yelling at a naughty dog in the rumpus room and no doubt some discipline is needed. (both children and dog!!)

Speak soon

By the hair of my chinny chin chin!

Posted on February 5, 2009February 5, 2009 by Steph

Ok a really super quick one tonight as it has been madness this week. I shan’t go into it but I’m hoping it all quietens down soon!!

Well I only just got in with this challenge of Keesha’s I had it made on Monday and some of my ladies that attended my tech class this week even got to make it but taking a photo of it has been a whole other ball game.

Ok so here is the sketch that Keesh gave us! makeesha-sketch-004

And here is my card……

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I hope you like it and it was so fun playing along again!

Now I did promise I would be back to let you all know who won what with my catalogue party

So here goes….

Ruth – $30.00

Zelka – infinite Goodness

Joanne – Party Punch

Nan – Oh So lovely

Melissa P – $30.00

Melissa P – A little bit of happiness

Leah – $30.00

Leah – For a friend

Stacey – A Little bit of Happiness

Thanks again for playing along and supporting me in my endevour to make incentive trip, I hope you all enjoy your added goodies!!

Night all

stephsig11

Going Good!

Posted on January 29, 2009January 29, 2009 by Steph

Well I’m back again!! I keep disappearing don’t I?? Well we were away for the long weekend but I’m back in the swing of things now! I had made a new years resolution to participate in Keeha’s challenges and I only just made it in with this one!! makeesha-inspiration-challenge-3

Here is the inspiration supplied by Keesh and here is what I came up with!

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I have really wanted to use this DSP as it was the only sheet I had left in 2 of my Bali Breeze packs. I’m actually quiet pleased with how it turned out as I wasn’t sure where I was going as this is the first time I have actually done an inspiration challenge in my whole stampin career!

If you want to participate you have until 11.59pm tonight so get on it.

Speak soon

stephsig11

Another Challenge completed!

Posted on January 19, 2009January 21, 2009 by Steph

Well we have been at the renovating thing again or is it the demolishion thing? There is such a fine line! I ordered my new carpet on Saturday……yes I know DH won but the lino was so expensive and so much preparation would have need to be done with the floor cause we all know how flat it is…NOT!!

Well we have removed the first most offending piece of carpet on Saturday night and have tried to get rid of that step!

See our lovely concreting attempt!! I do apologize in advance as the date for the new carpet to be laid is the 4 of Feb so Tech class next month will be on bare concrete floors unless I can convince them of a special need!

As well as that we have painted the toilet and laid new flooring in there. That was interesting as DD 5 had the next door neighbour (boy 7) sleep over last night and there was no door on either the toilet or bathroom so there was a lot of don’t come in the hallway going on. I won’t show you the toilet if you want to see that you have to come visit me!!

OK enough waffle you came here cause you thought I’d done some stamping didn’t you?? Well in between all that I actually did. Keesh has set us a new challenge and this time it was a colour challenge so I thought why not!

Not my usual cup of tea but isn’t that the idea of a challenge! I could have gone male as these are male colours and I did try to use the Ute out of Loads of Love but I seriously can not colour that little ute in for love nor money so thought I’d go with what I know and love…..FLOWERS!!!

I ended up doing 2 cards as I thought card 1 may have been a little plain!

So these are my 2 cards. I won’t give colours cause dah they are above!!!

Card 1 I’ve used the embrace life stamp set and used sponge daubers to colour the flowers and then a little blender pen.

Card 2 I’ve used Oh So Lovely and Polka Dot background.

Hope you like them, I’m off to work on my slide show and get the bathroom doors there last coat of paint so I can have privacy again!!

See Ya

stephsig1

A Challenge completed!!!

Posted on January 12, 2009January 12, 2009 by Steph

Now I regularly have the best intentions of doing all sorts of challenges but you know what life is like, and I never get around to it! But this year I have resolved to try my hardest and do at least 2 a month! This time I have given the talented Keesha's a shot. This time is was a sketch challenge and I struggled a little as I really really wanted to use this new set from the summer mini that i just love but it's not my usual cup of tea!

So here's the Sketch…..

And here is my card. I'm not 100% happy with it and am thinking about going and having another shot at it later if I have time!

If you want to play along with this one of Keesha's challenges just leave a link to your example by the 15th of Jan on her website to be in the running to win a pack of Felt Fusion flowers (how generous is that!)

Right oh best get on with my other jobs as Neil is back at work so I have to pick up my act and be the Mum again! Oh how I miss him today!

Speak soon

Inspiration challenge!!!

Posted on November 15, 2008November 15, 2008 by Steph

Good morning all,

Isn't it a lovely Saturday morning? Well it is in my house it's working bee day at the school today so Neil and Jess have gone to that and as we had a late night last night Jackson is still in bed asleep. It's 9.15am!! Loving this peace and quiet so thought I'd spend the time wisely and get so things posted for you!

Now I have never uploaded a challenge of any sort from anyone's website but my very special friend Makeesha has been doing some great challenges over at our demo only website and is posting them on her website for all to see, and as I needed to make a card and a gift for a friend last night i decided to incorporate the two!!

Firstly here is the inspiration…… Isn't she clever to have it done up so professionally!!

This beautiful picture has come from Adair's (I think that's right!) and know thanks to keesh I want my bedroom redone just like this. LOL!

So then the really challenging thing is to come up with something…..as lovely as this. So I put my thinking cap on and came up with this!

Because I was making this for a reason I then also went ahead and made another love notes box like the ones I did for the teachers using another of Makeesha's tutorials.

Do you know this girl is so clever she is actually making up all her Make it Monday Ideas by herself. Measurements and all! Unlike me who goes from other peoples tutorials!!

So here is the completed package!

My friend who I made it for is not a stamper so I did not fill it with love notes but instead went to Dusk (candle shop) and bought some cute little candle holders and candles.

I'm really happy how these turned out and she really liked them to. I hope you do to!!

So a huge thank you to Makeesha cause without her both the box and the card would not have been. LOL!

Hopefully I'll back later with my card organiser to show you but for now I have to get ready for a birthday party and to say goodbye to a good friend who has just been here for a fleeting visit and is on her way back to Abi Daubi today. We'll miss you!!

Oo Oo I forgot to mention that this is made out of new stuff out of the new mini catalogue starting the 1st of December so stay tuned for more cause you now me I'm a kid in a candy store with new stuff!!!