World Card Making Day Stampin' Up! Blog Hop!

Hello!

Join me in celebrating World Card Making Day today the 1st of October 2016! What better way to celebrate this special day, than with a World Card Making Day Stampin' Up! Blog Hop! My name is Melodie Viljoen and I am posting from Australia! I love surprising someone with a handmade card! Not sure yet who will receive this one...

Flowers and a heart to make someone smile... might just add some chocolate!

Heat embossed greetings add extra interest to the flower petals...

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Notes

• For the background I used one of Stampin' Up1 new Seasonal Decorative Masks with embossing paste, tinted with the beautiful Green, Pear Pizzazz.
• To add extra interest to the flower petals I added heat embossed words with our White Stampin' Emboss powder! Really pretty!
• The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is also from Stampin' Up!'s new Holiday Catalogue - yes I used the Presents & Pinecones DSP for my base layer! 

I hope you are lucky enough to have some time to create your own cards on this very special card making day! 

Let me know what you think! I would love to read your comments!

Take care!

Mel xx

Love & Affection ft. Rose Wonder - Wishing you a marriage made in heaven...

Hello!

First of all this week I earned this badge... (my second one)

for this card!

Yay! I love the Global Design Project Challenges and it is such a great feeling to be one of the 3 winners amongts so many talented cardmakers! Do yourself a favour and hop on over to the Global Design Project for inspiration! The previous week I was fortunate enough to earn a Special Mention Badge for another card! Yay again!

Today I'm sharing a card featuring a sentiment from the Rose Wonder stamp set and I think it says it all.

Now all I need is a pair of Newly Weds!

(sigh)

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Notes

• For the tiny flower bouqet image from the Love & Affection Photopolymer stamp set, I used Stampin' Write Markers (Sweet Sugarplum and Mint Macaron) to colour the stamp. Remember to "huff" over the ink before stamping - this is to moisten the ink again. Does this make any sense?
• I love using Vellum whenever I want to showcase something, without taking too much away from the background.

With the beautiful Blooms & Bliss Designer Series Paper it was possible to create a quick card by adding only a stamped sentiment!

As always I hope you like it! Comments are always welcome and very much appreciated! If you would like to Pin the image, just click on the image and Pin away!

Take care!

Mel xx

Love & Affection - sending a smile your way

Hello!

Today I'm sharing the second make & take that was part of my Stampin'Up!  New Annual Catalogue launch on the 1st of June! I tried to keep it simple, because most of the ladies were relatively new to stamping! My first make & take you can see HERE!

This time I focused on the beautiful Affectionately Yours Suite (p. 44 in the New Annual Catalogue). The Affectionately Yours Speciality Designer Paper features this season's hottest trend - Copper!

I am smitten with the cursive  font used for the greetings in the Love & Affection Photopolymer stamp set. It is perfect!

One of the Floral Affection Textured Impression Folders (there are 2) frames the lovely greeting.

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Notes

• There is a new Big Shot Platform (p. 190 of the Annual Catalogue) available for purchase seperately if you already have a Big Shot. If, however, you are buying a Big Shot for the first time, the new platform is already included with 2 cutting pads. The new platform is very easy to work with as it doesn't have different tabs  - only an adapter for thin dies. 
• The Precision Base Plate is still the one to use for dies with fine details.

If you still don't have the New Annual Catalogue in your hands, contact me! 

Take care!

Mel xx