Totally Techniques Stampin' Up! Demo Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly Totally Techniques Blog Hop whether you are starting here with me Zoe Tant in the UK or have arrived from Nadine's we hope you enjoy the tour.  This month we are focusing on the Bokeh technique.  This is so effective and yet very easy for you to achieve. 

All you need to do is take a sponge and blend different colours of ink on to your your card stock. I've used whisper white card stock and added Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red and Rich Razzleberry inks.  The next step is to create a stencil using either card stock or window sheet and punch different sized circles into it.  You can then use the sheet as a stencil to add different amounts of Whisper White Craft ink onto your colour blended area.  By using different sizes and overlapping them you can create the Bokeh effect just like those pictues with sunshine bubbles!  Allow the intensity of the white ink to be different on the circles also.  

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop Zx

1. Patrice Halliday-Larsen (New Zealand) 
2. Amy Koenders (USA)
3. Shelagh Freemantle (Canada)
4. Marine Wiplier (France)
5. Shannean Moncrieff (Australia)
6. Nadine Weiner (Germany)
7. Zoë Tant (UK)  That's me!
8. Barbara Meyer (Austria)
9. Mathilde Kortekaas (Netherlands) 

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Moving Along with the Times - Into the Woods

Stampin' Up! Swirly Scribbles just right for adding detail to Serene Scenery Designer Series Papers for the our Team A challenge at Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT).  Our theme is 'Into the Woods'.

I absolutely adore these designer papers that are not only designs but also some sheets are actual images and the pack of 48 sheets comes in 6" x 6" and is not to be missed.  It is very stroke-able but as you get 4 sheets of each double sided design you can use at least one of each side and still have one to stroke.  I know dear readers you are just like me and want to keep it just to look at and with this pack you can.

You can stamp a sentiment on the 'bokeh' printed part of the design and mine is from Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics and the golden butterflies are die cut from gold foil card with the Sunshine Wishes dies.  You can make mini flowers with part of the Tree Builder punch and gently push on the middle of each flower on a piercing mat with a stylus to create some texture and then just add a pearl or similar in the middle of each.  My flowers are whisper white and daffodil delight and the final extra is my choice of bling with gold thread and gold enamel shapes.

Join at MAWTT for our challenge and check out the other DT for more inspiration.

P.S.   Sale-a-bration at Stampin' Up! 2017  finishes tomorrow. Shop now for those last minute free gifts with purchase.

Super Mum with Stampin' Up! Everyday Hero

Stampin' Up! Everyday Hero is a fun set for girls and boys and even for big kids like me to make a change from the usual flowery mother's day card. My Mum loved this card yesterday and really it says exactly what she is on the tin!!! As Olivia would say 'She's a babe and ain't she cute!"

You can't see well in the picture, but the cape is covered in sparkle from my Wink of Stella clear pen and the gold star is one of Stampin' Up! 's enamel shapes which I really love for adding a little dimension and bling to my cards.  I've used this fun set at parties and coffee and a card recently and it has gone down well.  It's great in primary colours of red, yellow and blue but looks just as good in Melon Mambo. 

Our Mothering Sunday was fun.  My folks came for Sunday lunch and Olivia and Charlie treated me very well with stunning flowers, cards, chocolates and a framed print with such fabulous words on that had been personalised.  I was so touched I cried!  I'm a very lucky Mum.  

Now today it's back to work, but as I love my job #stampinup it doesn't seem too hard.  For readers in the UK I hope your Mothering Sunday remembering someone special, sharing a special day or just relaxing was at least half as good as mine.  

Here too is an Everyday Hero card made for me by my nephew who's mum hosted a Stampin' Up! party last week.  I thought he was crafting for his mum but in fact he gave it to me the next morning to say thanks for letting him join the Stampin' party.  He's cute too. 

Hugs all Zx

Stampin' Up! Thailand Acheiver's Blog Hop - Last Days of Saleabration

Stampin' Up! Special Reason is fast becoming one of my favourite stamp sets and I've used it here for the Stampin' Up! Thailand Acheiver's Blog Hop.  Wherever you've come from welcome and I hope you enjoy the hop as it's full of inspiration for the last few days of Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-bration promotion for 2017.

I case'd (CASE - Copy and Share Everything) this beautiful card and added my own colours from my lovely downline Mandy.  I'm not sure, but she may have case'd it too, but I'm sorry I don't have details to credit the creator. If you know please do let me know.  It features the fabulous mint macaron glimmer paper that is still available in Europe at the moment as a free gift with qualifying spend.  That's my bit of saleabration.  Colours used are blushing bride, mint macaron, sweet sugarplum and whisper white.  The embossing folder Petal Burst is now a free gift with purchase too!

Today Stampin' Up! has also announced a few extra little treats available to everyone with a qualifying spend listing items from the annual and spring catalogue as the free gifts.  

You have until 31 March to benefit from these lovely extras so please do visit my online shop.

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Please also carry on from here with me, Zoe Tant UK Stampin' Up! demonstrator to visit the globe and see more ideas for Saleabration products with all the other achievers. 

Thanks for stopping by.  

Zx

Christmas Card Club - Use Patterned Papers

I'm behind with blogging as I've been busy with Stampin' Up! parties during our big promotion which is great as I get to share some fun crafting with lots of people.  It means that another fortnight has passed and it's time for another Christmas Card Club challenge.  Margaret in Australia set our challenge which is to use at least 2 patterned papers.  I've used more but they are all from the gorgeous set of Stampin' Up! This Christmas Specialty Designer papers.  So much choice makes it fun to layer designs of banners which I've created with my triple banner punch.  I also stamped tone on tone in Garden Green ink one of the images from the stamp set Peace This Christmas from the annual catalogue.  It is so festive and lovely for a touch of vintage.  I've used a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Sentiments and added some retired gold thread and some Cherry Cobbler enamel shapes for some shine and dimension.

I love the stitched shape framelits for creating a die cut to stamp on and the project life corner rounder is great for carrying on a curvy theme with the bottom corners of the card.  Please do visit the other lovely ladies in our group for inspiration across the globe and with very different and varied styles and techniques.

Thanks for popping by.

Zx

Christmas Card Club - Something a bit different

Stampin' Up! Pop of Paradise - Pineapples for Christmas?

Well I'm not sure why I do it, but towards the end of the year our lovely leader, Margaret, at the Christmas Card Club Challenge asks us for our themes for our personal challenges and for some unknown reason I always try to pick something that will be a little different to the 'norm'. I then struggle to come up with something and so I promise ladies I will stick with 'Anything Goes' for my future choices.

However I think I have come up with a card that will at the very least please my lovely friends in Virginia in the USA as the pineapple is their state fruit I believe.

Colours here are melon mambo, basic gray, black and white. Using the Stampin' Up! set Pop of Paradise I've created a tropical Christmas tree and used the coordinating designer series paper, Pop of Pink, to  add a stand for my tree.  The sentiment comes from Teeny Tiny Sentiments for the Merry Christmas and 'from all of us' is from one of our current Sale-a-bration free gift sets.

I'm looking forward to touring the other ladies cards to see how they tackled my challenge.  You too can visit their cards by clicking  HERE

Hugs and Happy Sunday Zx

Rainbow Challenge

Stampin' Up! Sunshine Wishes 

Over at Moving Along with the Times we've got a rainbow challenge for Team A this month.  I decided to create my rainbow with my latest favourite Stampin' Up! tool the Watercolour Pencils.  It's simple to do and you can try with your pencils on a piece of watercolour paper very quickly to make a quick, but colourful card.  

All you need to do is 'scribble' blocks of colour that overlap slightly then take an aqua painter filled with water and brush water over the pencil colouring starting at one end and moving through the colour block. The colours will merge where they meet and can create other colours and shades to create your personal rainbow.  

I've then added a die cut sentiment using gold foil card with the Stampin' Up! Sunshine Wishes dies and stamped 'hello' with the Labeler Alphabet set and added some of my favourite bling sequins and silver thread.  

Visit us at MAWTT, check out the  Design Team cards and join us for our challenge.

I hope the sun is shining on you today.

Hugs Zx

ps Quick Tip
Did you know that if you put tear tape in strips across the back of your card stock to be die cut when using small word dies like this before die cutting it makes it easier to adhere the die cut to your project.  Be sure not to remove the protective paper until after the word is cut though.