Tuesday 19 March 2024

Make it Simple Monday and Tips Tricks and Techniques Tuesday - ON STAGE

Hello and thank you for joining us. Firstly, as you possibly remember Cary and I went to Rotterdam last week for a Stampin' Up event called ON STAGE. Well, we are home, exhausted and way behind on everything! Consequently, I sincerely apologise for my tardiness in getting my post ready for Monday. 😒😞😪 I am really sorry.

Here are a few samples of the swaps that I made 1 or 2 of for swapping in Rotterdam! They are based around Susan Campfields Flying Seagull card. Her cards are amazing! She is a very clever lady.

These ones are some of the ones for our team mates. I used a few different embossing Folders and stamp sets for for the sentiments for all of the different colourways. The images were from several  different DSP's including... Simply Zinnia, Stippled Roses, Painted Lavender and Perennial Postage. The images were from several different DSP's which coordinate with the stamp sets and I fussy cut all of them!!! I know, I am definitely crazy!! 

 
 
 

Friday 15 March 2024

Fun fold Friday Kiddin Around

 Wow Rotterdam is amazing 😃 So amazing I forgot to write this post! So very quickly here are 2 versions of the same card using the adorable Kiddin Around stamps and the wonderful Just Kiddin pattern papers. 

The fun fold is simple and I'll make a short video and add written instructions when I get home from Rotterdam next week.

But in the meantime here they are.

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card

Kiddin around stampin up just Kiddin pattern paper fun fold card


Thursday 14 March 2024

This or That Thursday Kiddin' Around

 Let the Stampin' Up! Fun begin! Tonight we are taking part in the OnStage After Hours event at the Ahoy center in Rotterdam. There might be sneek peeks over on ourFacebook page 😉 but for now lets have a look at more inspiration using the Kiddin' Around stamps.

So for today's This or That you can choose from 2 cards that were created as a result of my Facebook live a week ago. You can find the video below.


The cards feature backgrounds made using Stampin' Write marker pens. The first is a dotty background This would be Gill's choice as she likes spots/ dots!

Kiddin around stampin up easy marker pen backgrounds for fun cards

Me I just couldn't choose between the dotty background or the stripy one!

Kiddin around stampin up easy marker pen backgrounds for fun cards

Which would you choose? This with it's dots ? Or That with the stripes? 

Kiddin around stampin up easy marker pen backgrounds for fun cards


Wednesday 13 March 2024

Watercolour Wednesday Kiddin' Around

 We are off to Rotterdam today to take part in a Stampin' Up!  Event called OnStage live! We're traveling by the Eurostar train dirrect to Rotterdam ! I'm super excited 😄 Stampin' Up! events are always great fun. Filled with great people, interesting presentations and demonstration as well as getting to see the upcoming annual catalogue and seeing andbusing new products 😀 whilst on the train I will be finishing my swaps for the event. Swaps are an integral part of such events. So of course I had to make mine using the cute Kiddin' Around stamps. 

But I can't share the swap until I've given them out so for today's inspiration here is a simple watercolour card using the Kiddin' Around stamps.

Kiddin around stampin up stampin write marker pen block watercolour technique card

To see how to create "sea" for  the boat to sail up check out this video. The video shares a variety of different ways to use waterbased marker pens. The technique uses markers, acrylic blocks and a water spritzer. 



For the sea I used 3 shades of blue pens in bands across the block so that when it was spritzed with water it blended beautifully. 

The cardboard box filled with it's intrepid sailor's was stamped and die cut out. Then coloured using alcohol markers.

Kiddin around stampin up stampin write marker pen block watercolour technique card

Using a craft knife a slit was cut in the background panel. The boat was then tucked into the sea.
A mat of pale blue and a stamped sentiment and the card was finished. 

Kiddin around stampin up stampin write marker pen block watercolour technique card


Tuesday 12 March 2024

Tips tricks and techniques Tuesday Kiddin Around

 Sometimes you just want to make quick cards with little effort or time. So today I'm sharing a great way to do just that! Sometimes all you need is some fantastic paper and you're sorted.. and the pattern papers that coordinates with the Kiddin' Around stamps is a fab one to use!

Called Just Kiddin' this 12"x12" double sided pattern paper is full of cute characters and fun backgrounds. 

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards

The sheet that is especially fun for quick and easy cards is the one that can be cut into 5 different parts. Each part is a scene to place your characters. 

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards

The panels are cut and adhered to a card base and then a character was cut from various. 

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards

The sentiments chosen have come from a very different stamp set called Cheerful Daisies

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards


I chose the set to show that you don't need to use the sentiments in the Kiddin' Around stamp set. Any sentiments will work with this fun paper!


Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards

The characters come in a range of activities and outfits that work so well for a variety of occasions.
I particularly like the grumpy little girl in her pink dino costume 🤣.

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards

Don't you agree these fun papers make for fun cards?
If you want to see what I've created with the 2 other panels come back on Friday 😉

Just Kiddin Kiddin around stampin up quick pattern paper cards






Monday 11 March 2024

Make it simple Monday Kiddin' Around

 Hello and welcome to another week of inspiration with myself, Cary. This time it's all about the cute characters in the fun Kiddin' Around stamps and coordinating dies and papers. Do you like cute images? or are you more about florals? Or scenes? Or... there are just so many styles and varieties to choose from!

Kiddin around stampin up simple easy stamping card

These images are super for colouring in . For this #simplestamping card I have used pencils to add colour but you could use so many different mediums.

Kiddin around stampin up simple easy stamping card

Don't you just love his cute little bunny slippers? 😍 
This is a fun set that works for youngsters as well as the young at heart 😉

Kiddin around stampin up simple easy stamping card


Friday 8 March 2024

Fun Fold Friday - Magnolia Mood

 Hello for the last time this week. I have made a very quick and easy fun fold for you today. I know that I say that a lot but it really is true. The card today is still a standard A6 or C6 whichever is what you want to call it. It is made from half a sheet of A4 and scored and folded with some little extras. I started by stamping the small flowers from Magnolia Mood stamp set onto Highland Heather card in the same colour Ink pad. I then cut the images out and also die cut the large floral image too. In fact I die cut 3 of the large flower. I used Granny Apple Green, Bubble Bath and Highland Heather card. I wasn't sure which colour I wanted to show but by cutting each colour out and removing the leaves from 2 of the die-cuts I then added each one using Tombow multipurpose glue and finished off with the purple flower on the top. I rather like the light edge that you can just about see by having the pink beneath the purple. 

 Please see the layout below. I recently made one of these versions last week for my grand-daughter's 25th birthday as an A5 card. The only difference was the measurements on the outer corner as well as obviously the card base. If you want to make an A5 or C5 card base, the score marks on the corners should be at 7cm where it shows 5cm on each area.

Once the card base was made, I chose some DSP from the Perennial Lavender papers. I love the colours used in them, including the Crumb Cake background of some of the papers. Anyone who knows me knows that my least favourite colour of card is beige or Crumb Cake! YUK! That sounds terrible for me to say but I love all of the other colours just not that one! Sorry!!

As I wrote on the layout, the mats for the front and inside of the card is 14.4 cm wide by 10 cm wide. I then marked the paper at 5cm the same way as on the card base and trimmed those triangles off. For the inside, I cut 2 mats in the same papers and another smaller mat in White card for the sentiments. I love the way that the white pops off the page with the purple shades behind it. 


 

 
Here is the completed inside view. The triangles that I cut off from the original rectangle were used to fill in the inner corners but had to be trimmed down a couple of ml or very small fractions of an inch.
I decorated the edges with small circles of DSP adhered to slightly larger circle of Glimmer papers and the flowers that I stamped at the beginning were adhered to them.  They do look a little like Mickey Mouse ears but they arent!! The large die cuts were fixed to the front of the card using Dimensionals to add some more height.
Below is a picture of my Grand daughter Olivia's A5 card.  If you didn't know that's half a whole sheet of A4 folded in half.



 

Well, that's it from me for another week, thank you for stopping by once again. I hope that you have found something to trigger you into making some cards. Hand crafted cards are truly the best gift you can give. 

Cary will be back next week so please stop by to see what she will be sharing. 

Until we return from Rotterdam, stay safe, keep well but most of all...

KEEP ON CRAFTING

xxx 😍 Gill 😍 xxx