Good morning and welcome to my little part of the 2011 In Love With Stamping Mini Catalogue Blog Hop organised by the lovely Erika. Hello to all that have hopped here from Laura's Blog. I am looking forward to checking out all the lovely projects my fellow Demo's have created.
My apologies to begin with. I did have a lovely big scrapbooking LO planned for this Blog Hop. However life has taken over a bit recently. I start a new job on Monday and have been helping my Dad wind up his business over the past couple of weeks. So preparation and Mini Catalogue playing time has had to take a bit of a backseat. So instead I have a few smaller projects that I have been working on.
Project one:
I created this 4x4inch mini card for a Demonstrator Swap I joined in with through In Love With Stamping. I wanted to have a go at creating a masculine type card using the single Sail Away stamp which can be found on the last pages of the Mini Catalogue. For this it was time to dust off my brayer and break open my Stampin' Up! glossy paper. I used Peach Parfait and So Saffron to brayer the sunset (with a 1 inch Pumpkin Pie circle punched to create the sun). I then tore strips of Bashful Blue and Marina Mist and sponge daubered White Craft ink onto the edges to create the crests of the waves. I finally stamped the Sail Away boat in Basic Black onto Stampin' Up! Vellum and attached over the image with 4 complimentary coloured brads.
Project Two:
This was a beautiful project I cased from the samples board at the recent Stampin' Up! training tour. The moment I saw it I fell in love with the Springtime Vintage DSP, seam binding ribbon, Four Frames set and the gorgeous Decorative Label Punch. This card sums up ALL the things I love the most about the Mini Catalogue.
The colour combination for this card is Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz on a Very Vanilla Cardstock base. It is such a great card for showing off the designs of the Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper.
Project 3:
I probably shouldnt be posting this one just yet. But I've made my Mum promise not to come online till tomorrow. So I might get away with it. This is my Mum's Mother's Day card which I have created using my shiny new Big Shot and the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. I've used Soft Suede and Marina Mist Card Stock with a strip of Springtime Vintage and Basic Pearls. I've created the spiral flowers using Elegant Soiree offcuts (which beautifully compliment the Springtime Vintage DSP). The 'Mum' is stamped using the Broadsheet Alphabet in Marina Mist.
Thank you for stopping by my blog on todays Hop. Now jump on over to Natalie's blog to continue with the Mini Catalogue creativity....
Happy Crafting all ;0)
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Love them all Sarah, but my favourite is the sailing boat! So appropriate for where you live. Zx
ReplyDeleteThe sunset sky is amazing! Me and the brayer just don't mix! Loving the quilted look on the Springtine vintage card too. TFS x
ReplyDeletelove the sail away card - the brayered background is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove them all, especially the yacht - what a clever idea, and so effective
ReplyDeleteLove your projects but the first one is my favourite - it is gorgeous and thank you for sharing the instructions - very inspirational - B.
ReplyDeleteI love all your projects but especially like the first card - what a great technique - it looks so effective with that stamp set.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous and congratulations on the new job :) x
ReplyDeleteSo impressed with your brayered card, and having the boat on vellum over the top is very clever. Love it!
ReplyDeleteLovely projects.. but love Sail Away - very clever and very effective.....
ReplyDeleteOoooh I LOVE LOVE LOVE that brayered project! I have Sail Away and you have inspired me. Thank you. X
ReplyDeletefabulous array of creations Sarah, I do hope i am in that swap group!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful projects, the Sail away one is stunning. xx
ReplyDeletefab srt of projects, sail away is stunning x
ReplyDeletelovely projects - i love the patchwork one
ReplyDeleteYour projects are gorgeous x
ReplyDeleteI love them all but the sailboat - wow!
ReplyDeleteI love the boat card. I really like the method. Emma xx
ReplyDeleteI really love the brayering. Thanks for sharing the 3 lovely projects
ReplyDeleteKaren x
Beautiful cards Sarah. I LOVE the sailing one, the background is beautiful. Glad you like the print, see you at the crop x
ReplyDeleteI love all your projects but I really love the sailing boat one, it is beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove your projects and I agree with Zoe the sailing boat is just fab.... tfs
ReplyDeleteLove the sailing card. Fab projects.
ReplyDeleteOMG your sail boat card is simply wonderful x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful projects. I was really lucky in being in the swap which gave me the sailing card & it is stunning. Great techniques. I hope you don't mind me casing this as because of your card, I have ordered it!
ReplyDeleteLove the Sailing Boat card, and the waves are brillaint! Really need to start using my Brayer.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards, but I especially like the Sail Away one. I was blown away by it when it arrived with all the group swaps.
ReplyDeleteThe sailboat looks fantastic on vellum - clever idea!
ReplyDeleteAmazing projects Sarah. I really like the sail away card xx
ReplyDeleteLove the Sail Away card, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThose single stamps are good aren't they? love what you've done with yours!
ReplyDeleteThe quilted look is something I should try with my class ladies, I think they would love it!
Carol xxx