Creative Inkers Blog Hop: Retired List May 2015

The theme for this Blog Hop is “Retired Stampin’ Up! Products”, so I decided to make a circle spinning card.

My creation for this Blog Hop is totally out of character for me, as I tend to favour the collection Subtles colours, and I love to go shabby chic/vintage!

As a number of Stampin’ Up! ladies around the world are on the Stampin’ Up! Grand Vacation 2015 in Hawaii, I decided to pay homage to their achievements with my colour scheme {Strawberry Slush and Daffodil Delight}, and choice of flowers {“Flower Shop” and “Mixed Bunch” stamp sets}.

My son Reilly helped me with the video, so bear with ... 

  

And here is my masterpiece ...

To check out my other spinning cards, please click here.

The retired {or soon to be retired – do get your orders in quick} Stampin’ Up! Products I featured are:

• Designer Series Paper Stack “All Abloom”
• Cardstock A4 “Strawberry Slush”
• Cardstock A4 “Naturals White”
• Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad “Strawberry Slush”
• Stamp Set Clear Mount “From My Heart”
• Stamp Set Clear Mount “Mixed Bunch”
• Punch “Blossom”

Creative Inkers Blog Hop Participants are:

1. Lisa Bullock - Daffyscrapper 
2. Sally Robertson 
3. Kathryn Tyrrell 
4: Delys Cram
5. Alicia Yap 
6. Jackie Noble
7. Ria Kaire 

8. Kathe Oldham 

To head on over to Lisa's Blog and see her gorgeous creation, please click on the “Next” Button

To go back a step and revisit with Ria, and see her masterpiece, please click on the “Back” Button.

We would love your feedback, so please leave a comment.

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Flower Shop”, “From My Heart”, “Mixed Bunch”, “Papillion Potpourri”

Ink Pads : Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush

Cardstock :  Daffodil Delight, Kraft, Naturals White, Strawberry Slush, Designer Series paper Stack “All Abloom”

Framelits/Dies : “Circles Collection”

Punches :  7/8 “ Scallop Circle, Bitty Butterfly, Blossom, Elegant Butterfly, Extra Large Oval

Xtras : 2x 10c coins {real $}, Antique Brads, Glue Dots, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin;’ Emboss Powder in White

Special Tools : Aqua painters, Big Shot, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer

Create With Kathe for Thursday 18th December 2014

The countdown is on for Christmas, so this week we focused on Christmas decorations, and a re-purposed plastic container, which when decorated became a cute hat, that small trinkets such as jewellery can be enclosed ...

case’d via Sally Butters

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

Cupcake Party …

Sunday we celebrated my nieces’ 3^rd birthday.

She had a fancy dress them, and I went as a Policewoman, and won best dressed {and a pack of Smarties - similar to M&Ms}!

Wayne of course, went as a rugby player from his favourite Club, Waimea Old Boys Rugby Football Club Inc.

Seems just yesterday that we were celebrating her 2^nd birthday, and this is last years card ...

This year I went with a Cupcake theme for her birthday card, which featured the “Cupcake Party”, “Hardwood” and ”Remembering Your Birthday” stamp sets.

Fab decision as her birthday card, as her birthday cake was a "Cupcake" Birthday Cake!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over  to my Stampin’ Up! website.

Happy craftin’,

Kathe.

"Cupcake Party” Stamp Set, matches back with the "Cupcake Builder" Punch

“Hardwood” Background Stamp

”Remembering Your Birthday” Stamp Set

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : "Cupcake Party”, “Hardwood” and ”Remembering Your Birthday”

Ink : Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush, Versamark

Stampin’ Write Markers : Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush

Cardstock :  Crumb Cake, Glimmer Paper in Dazzling Diamonds, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White

Punches : 2 1/2” Circle, Cupcake Builder, Hearts Border, Heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Project Life Corner

Ribbons : Bakers Twine in White

Xtras : 2 Way Glue Pen, Dimensionals, White Stampin’ Chalk Marker, Stampin’ Emboss Powder in White, Stampin’ Glitter in Dazzling Diamonds

Special Tools : Heat Tool, Paper Crimper {non-Stampin’ Up!}, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer,

#CreateWithKathe #JorjaRoseFiles

Blendabilities Card ...

A very special friend and craft-lover, had a birthday recently, and this is the card I made for her …

You can never have too many layers when it comes to flowers …

I placed the Heart from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack over the image of New Zealand, as this is where we live …

This little lady is coloured using the Blendabilities Markers …

It was the prime opportunity to break out the New Stampin’ Up! alcohol based Blendabilities Markers.   

Along with colouring stamped images, you can also colour non-porous objects, such as Rhinestones, Pearls and baked Embossed Powder, so Stampin’ Up! makes it even easier to match your colours on your projects!

The Blendabilities come in packs of 3, for example each pack has a light, medium and dark hue of the one colour e.g. Coastal Cabana.   I have also used Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, and Skin Tone Assortment pens for this project.

The Skin Tone Assortment are a tad more expensive, as you receive 6 pens instead of just the 3 markers in the regular packs.  

The colours are Bronze, Mocha, Blush, Natural, Nude and Ivory.

The Circle Card Thinlits are one of my favourite Stampin' Up! products, you receive 10 Dies in the pack, and it makes making a flip/swing card a breeze!

“Circle Card Thinlits” Dies

"Flower Shop” Stamp Set

“In This Together” Stamp Set

“Mixed Bunch” Stamp Set

“Remembering Your Birthday” Stamp Set

“World Map" Background Stamp

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : "Flower Shop”, “In This Together”, “Mixed Bunch”, “Remembering Your Birthday”, “World Map"

Ink : Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Momento Pad

Blendabilities : Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Skin Tone Assortment

Cardstock : Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack, Naturals White, Whisper White

Punches : Bird Builder, Blossom, Corner Rounder, Decorative Label, Heart form the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Pansy, Petite Petals, Scallop Trim Border

Framelits/Dies/Thinlits : “Circle Card Thinlits” Dies, Circles Collection  

Xtras : Candy Dot Brad Bases, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Special Tools : Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer

#CreateWithKathe #JorjaRoseFiles

“Create With Kathe” For Thursday 28th August 2014

Saying goodbye to the “Festive Flurry” stamp set at Thursday’s “Create With Kathe” Class we made this xtra cute Spinning Snowflake card, featuring the Stampin’ Up! “Festive Flurry” stamp set and matching Framelits + “Mixed Bunch” and “White Christmas” stamp sets…

This card also features the “Emboss Resist” Technique and is sponged n Soft Sky and Crumb Cake.

The card-base is Pool Party, and the snowflake is heat embossed in Silver, on Whisper White cardstock.

One of the cute and new “All Is Calm Snowflake Embellishments” are added to the centre to the dimensionaled Snowflake and a Candy Dot Brad Bass is used to secure along with a Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

The inside of the card has a cute Christmas scene from the “White Christmas” stamp set and is stamped on Whisper White cardstock in Early Espresso, and Aqua Painters are used in “Pool Party” {for the car}, “Soft Suede” {for the trees},and “Pear Pizzazz” {for the Christmas Tree}, … way to cute!

Our second project was this cute little envelope card bursting with butterflies ...

The card-base is Soft Suede, which has bee embossed with the Ampersand embossing Folder.

The card-base is Soft Suede, which has bee embossed with the Ampersand embossing Folder.

The paper is used for the envelope is from the “All Abloom” Designers Paper Stack, and is cut 4”x4”.

The Envelope Punch Board is used to make the cute little envelopes. It took me 8 attempts to get the sizing right, as there is not a small enough size printed on the guide sheets.

Punch and score at 2 ¼”, second punch and score is at 1 3/4”

Third punch and score at 2 ¼”, and fourth punch and score is at 1 3/4”

For the Butterflies, I used scraps of Calypso Coral and Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, and used the “Beautiful Wings” Embosslits Dies, which cuts and embosses the butterflies at the same time.

The Basic Rhinestone Jewels have been coloured with the Calypso Coral Blendabilities.

The Tag is stamped from the “Perfect Pennant” stamp set in Early Espresso on Naturals Ivory. Cut with the “Hearts A Flutter” Framelits, and a veil of Vellum is overlaid.

A hole is punched using the Crop-A-Dile, and Venetian Crochet Trim is tied off and a small safety pin attached.

The finishing touch is the Candy Dot in Calypso Coral, at the bottom right-hand corner, which anchors the project.

On the inside of the card, it is easier to see the effect of the Ampersand Embossing Folder.

And on the Insert which is Naturals Ivory, a scrap of cardstock left over from the “All Abloom” DSP Stack is punched using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

An “Elegant Butterfly” is punched in scraps, and a Calypso Coral Butterfly is punched from the “Bitty Butterfly” Punch, and layered, with the coloured Basic Rhinestone Jewels added to the body of the butterfly.

The words stamps in Early Espresso are “The best thing about a person like you is that you bring out the best in everyone” is from the “World Of Dreams” stamp set.

#Stampin’Up! #CreateWithKathe #JorjaRoseFiles

 "Beautiful Wings” Embosslits Dies

“Festive Flurry” Stamp Set and matching Framelits 

“Mixed Bunch” Stamp Set

“Perfect Pennants” Stamp Set

“White Christmas” Photopolymer Stamp Set

"World Of Dreams” Stamp Set

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets : “Festive Flurry”, “Mixed Bunch”, “Perfect Pennants”, “White Christmas”, “World Of Dreams”

Ink : Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Soft Suede

Blendabilities: Calypso Coral

Cardstock : Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Naturals Ivory, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Vellum, “All Abloom” Designers Paper Stack

Punches : Bitty Butterfly, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Elegant Butterfly

Embossing Folder : Ampersand

Framelits : "Beautiful Wings” Embosslits Dies, Circles Collection, Festive Flurry, Hearts A Flutter

Xtras : “All Is Calm Snowflake” Embellishments, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Candy Dots, Candy Dot Brad Bases, Dimensionals, Embossing Powder in White and Silver, Rhinestone Basic Jewel, Safety-Pins, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Venetian Crochet Trim, and 2x 10c pieces of real money!!!

Special Tools : Big Shot, Crop-A-Dile, Envelope Punch Board, Glue Gun, Heat Tool, Magnetic Platform, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin Trimmer