Party with Cake - Happy Birthday! (1)

Hello!!!

It is school holidays here by us (Western Australia) and for now I love having my two home! They are both a little bit under the weather but with movies keeping them occupied,  I have some time to work on this week's posts!

When the Global Design Project Challenge #031 posted their Nature Themed challenge this week, all I could think of was Black on White Butterflies! Easier said than done, because working in Black and White is not my strongest point! Well I stuck to my guns and this is what I came up with...

Definitely inspired by nature!

A Pink color pop!

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Hints & Things

• I used StazOn Jet Black Ink to stamp on the Vellum, it dries quickly on a non-porous surface.
• To add dimension I cut a few extra layers Designer Series Paper with the Bold Butterfly Framelits.
• Rich Razzleberry ink and the Pink sequins from the Love Blossoms Embellsihment Kit add a pop of colour to the Black and White card! A little bit of Metallic Gold Thread adds some extra sparkle.

As easy as that! As always I welcome your feedback!

Take care!

Bloomin'Love ft. Something to Say - Happy Birthday for Global Design Project #28

Hello!

I had quite a busy weeks with two workshops! Not that I am complaing, I absolutely love workshops... a chance to share Stampin' Up!'s beautiful, coordinating products! What is not to like! This week my focus will be on recruiting and Easter! I aim to recruit two lucky people AND make some tiny Easter gifts for my kid's school teachers!

My entry for this week's Global Design Project challenge (we are CASE-ing the designer, Jessica Williams ) is a birthday card that I made for a wonderful mom from my daughter's class! I thought the colours suited her! The layout and the colours from Jessica's card inspired me!

Calypso Coral, Basic Black and Gold!

What beautiful inspiration!

I love teaming the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack with the Typeset Speciality Designer Series paper!

Yes, I did heat emboss the Sahara Sand Lace Trim with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder! Very carefully I might add!

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Hints & Things

• With just more than a week left of SALE-A-BRATION (ending the 31st of March '16) to go, I urge you to place those qualifying orders before you miss out! 
• Be careful when heat embossing the Sahara Sand Lace Trim - too long and you will melt it! It gives an Old Gold effect to the lace. Very nice!
• I always use my Embossing Buddy, but it is especially handy when heat embossing onto Basic Black ( or any dark cardstock)! Nothing nastier than white or gold specks where you don't want them on your projects!
• I used quite a few Dimensionals underneath my Calypso Coral Die Cut piece to prevent it from sagging in the mail. 

Well something bold from me this time! I hope you like it!

Take care!!

Mel xx

Watercolor Wings - Just for you

Hello again! 

This must be one of my favourite color combo's! Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Calypso Coral! Thanks to the Pretty Petals DSP paper stack (138442, p 144, AC) it wasn't very hard to come up with this bright (and super sassy!) combo! This is a 3" x 3" card!

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139424 Watercolor Wings Photopolymer stamp set (p 75, AC)

138135 Bold butterfly Framelits (p 172, AC)

137360 Butterflies Thinlits (p 172, AC)

121688 Basic Black A4 Cardstock (p 141, AC)

124392 Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock (p 139, AC)

106550 Very Vanilla A4 cardstock (p 141, AC)

133704 Typeset DSP (p 142, AC)

138442 Pretty Petals DSP paper stack (p 144, AC)

133719 Gold Glimmer Paper (p 149, AC)

138325 Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad (p 137, AC)

126983 Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad (p 139, AC)

102283 VersaMark Pad (p 163, AC)

109129 Gold Embossing Powder (p 162, AC)

Nothing like a bit of BLING! My card is a small one, but it is easy adaptable - just change the size of the butterflies!

As always take care!

Mel xx