Spotlight on Nature

The Spotlight on Nature Stamp set is a lovely versatile set that I love. When we went to our Stampin’ Up! demonstrator event in March we had the opportunity to attend an optional class and choose from one of 3 bundles. The Spotlight on Nature Bundle is what I chose. The bundle includes the stamp set and a die set. The die set is made up of circles with varying intricacies around the edging of each die all in various sizes.

During my Facebook Live on Friday I created a set of 5 cards. I had an idea of what I was going to do for two of the cards but then the other 3 I was unsure. For two of the cards, I had pulled out an old old card kit that I had made up and used the card base and layers from that card kit.

Using minimal supplies is always great as we don’t always have EVERYTHING in our crafting stash. These cards are quite super simple, however I did use a blending brush on all the cards in some form. If you don’t already have blending brushes in your stash, you really should add them to your wish list as they are fabulous to play with and be creative with.

Product List
Spotlight On Nature Cling Stamp Set (English)
$41.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
$61.00
Blending Brushes
$27.00
Small Blending Brushes
$25.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Spotlight On Nature Bundle
$91.75
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
$20.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock
$23.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
$20.25
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock
$20.25
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
$15.75
Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock
$20.25
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75

April Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #65

Welcome to our April Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #65. You may have joined me from Nikki’s page or you may be starting right here with me. Either way, welcome to our blog hop for this month. I hope this hop inspires you to get into your craft room and get creating.

This months challenge is a colour challenge. Colour challenges are soo much easier than some of the other challenges we have. The colours are chosen for us and if the colours go well together it makes creating quite easy.

This month I chose a stamp set that is retiring, the Color & Contour stamp set is reduced down to $22.20 so is a great bargain. The colours were quite easy to incorporate into my card.

My take on the Colour Challenge

Keep hopping along our blog hop and check out Melissa next on your journey. You can click on her name or click on the “Next Blog” image.

Nikki
Sharon – You are here
Melissa
Elizabeth
Marelle

Product List
Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set
$37.00
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock
$17.50
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock
$15.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock
$18.50
Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Stampin' Seal
$14.00

March Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #64

Welcome to our March Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #64. You may have joined me from Nikki’s page or you may be starting right here with me. Either way, welcome to our blog hop for this month. I hope this hop inspires you to get into your craft room and get creating.

This months challenge is a layout challenge. Layout challenges can take some hard work out of the equation for us but it also adds to the challenge with working out what colours and what stamp set I want to use.

With the new catalogue coming up soon I chose to play with the Simply Zinnia stamp set that was just released with the Online Exclusives. I am liking how I can change up the layouts and you get a different look to the cards.

My take on the Layout Challenge

I created a quick video to show you how I created the cards.

Keep hopping along our blog hop and check out Marelle next on your journey. You can click on her name or click on the “Next Blog” image.

Nikki
Sharon – You are here
Marelle
Elizabeth

Product List
Simply Zinnia Cling Stamp Set (English)
$44.00
Flowering Zinnias Suite Collection (English)
$146.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock
$18.50
Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
$19.25
Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock
$17.50
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
$15.75
Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock
$17.50
Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock
$17.50
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Berry Burst A4 Cardstock
$17.50
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock
$17.50
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
$15.75

January Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #62

Welcome to our January Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #62. You may have joined me from Melissa’s Blog or you may be starting right here with me. Either way, welcome to our blog hop for this month. I hope this hop inspires you to get into your craft room and get creating.

This months challenge is a Colour Challenge. The colours this month have been a bit of a challenge with Pretty Peacock, Crushed Curry & Berry Burst.

The Notes of Nature stamp set is what I decided to use for this months colour challenge. I felt is was quite eclectic enough to utilise the colours beautifully. Starting with Crushed Curry with the largest stamp and then working down the stamp size and just trying to choose the right colour for each stamp. The leaves in Pretty Peacock, the flowers in Berry Burst. I just stamped randomly till I had the images the way I wanted them to be.

Layering the basic white stamped image onto a piece of Crushed Curry and then onto a Berry Burst card base was perfect. And of course I needed to bring in some Pretty Peacock card stock and used it as a strip along the front and stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock as well to finish it all off. This card is very much a #simplestamping card because all I have used is stamps ink and paper and I love it!

What do you think of my card?

From here you go on to Marelle’s Blog. You can click on her name below or click on the “Next blog” button below.


Nikki
Melissa
Sharon – You are here
Marelle

Product List
Paper Snips
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$19.25