Card for Technique Class

Hello!

Today I knew I had to sit down and prepare for some of the classes I have coming up this month and next. The one that was giving me the most grief was a second card for our technique class.

I went on Pinterest to get some inspiration and saw a card by a stamper called Gery. I loved the look of it and thought it would make a great technique!! The website is http://stampingismagic.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/life.html so many thanks to Gery for her wonderful card and website!!

I'm not sure what to call this technique as I don't think the way I have done it is how Gery did it, but I am thinking Sponged Circle would be a good name :)

First, I cut my Whisper White cardstock to 14cm x 28cm and folded it in half. I cut a second piece of cardstock to 14cm x 14cm and cut a circle out using the third larges plain circle from Circles Collection - Framelits (I think it is about 8cm across). A little bit of repositionable tape (I still have some dotto, so I used that, but you could use the two way glue and wait until it dries before using) on the back of the 14cm x 14cm piece of cardstock and attached it to the card as a mask. Then using the cut circle as my template (making sure that you always move it from the same position - ie. have it touching the outside of the circle in the same spot each time you reposition it) I sponged the different colours.

I have made 3 cards using different colours (thought it may be a good idea if not everyone was waiting for the same colour in class) :) I am really happy with the way they have turned out and they were lots of fun to make too!

What do you think??

Thanks for looking!!

Until next time

Deb

March 2016 Class Challenge - Ombré

This month our class challenge was ombré.

My sample was using the dragonfly (which I really love) from Awesomely Artistic.

I love the way the way the dragonflies look in all the pretty blues!

Here are all the awesome cards my class made!!

They are all so gorgeous! I love how we all start off with the one example, but end up with so many different cards!!

The class would all love to hear any comments you have, so please leave your comment below!

Until next time.

Deb

Global Design Project #029 Colour Challenge

Wow! There is some brilliant inspiration on the Global Design Project website this week! I know it's always good, but given the colours for the challenge, these guys have excelled themselves!!

Here's my twist

Certainly not the easiest of colours to use together, but then I remembered that we get lots of those gorgeous Wanderer butterflies at our place so that nailed the Tangelo Twist and Early Espresso colours, just had to add the Bermuda Bay! 

Thanks for looking!

Until next time.

Deb

Global Design Project #028 - CASE the Designer - Jess Williams

The challenge this week with Global Design Project is a CASE challenge.

Such a sweet card for us to CASE Jess!!

I decided to keep the flower component and for that I used the gorgeous What I Love Sale-A-Bration set and combined it with the Silver Glitter tape (also Sale-A-Bration). Don't forget, time is running out if you want any FREE products from Sale-A-Bration - you only have until the 31st March 2016 to order, which you can do at www.debmacdowell.stampinup.net any time, day or night!

Here are the products I used to create the card.

Until next time

Deb

CAS Colours & Sketches

Since I was a total goose yesterday, trying to enter a closed challenge, I thought I would try again today - in a challenge that is current!!

Flowering Flourishes was the stamp set I chose to make my card with.

I had been wanting to use the glimmer tape from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, so I put some on scrap cardstock and stamped with Papillon Potpourri then punched them out.

To see all fabulous cards for this challenge, click here!

Until next time!

Deb

TGIF Challenge! - Sketch

Wow! It's either a feast or a famine with me.....lol

I had some spare time this morning and thought it would be a good idea to do another challenge!

Just tried to add this to the challenge and realized that it was last week's challenge!!! LOL!!! Teach me to read the instructions properly!! Oh well, I still like the card! This is what I would have entered if I had made it last week :D

As usual, I combed through my stamp sets, hoping for some inspiration. Spotting the Six Sided Sampler set, an idea came! Sat down with some Whisper White cardstock and realised that I hadn't mounted all the stamps yet :( Didn't want to spend the time doing that instead of the challenge so had to look through all the stamps again!!

Finally, I settled on Made with Love! What do you think?

Such a cute stamp set! I didn't want to cover up any of the cute little animals, so I had to move my little jump suit up a bit!

Thanks for taking the time to look! Please leave a comment too, I love reading them!

If you would like to see all the other cards in the challenge, click here!

Here's a list of the products I used:

Until next time

Deb

PP286 - A Colo(u)r Challenge from Nance

Hello again! Today I have decided to enter into a colour challenge with The Paper Players!

Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay are two of my all time favourites and Basic Black goes with everything! Great choice Nance!

Since we have been doing so many cards with the Sale-A-Bration stamps lately (don't forget this great chance to earn FREE products ends 31st March 2016 - still time to get in an order with me www.debmacdowell.stampinup.net) I thought I would use something from the Annual Catalogue!

Out comes my old favourite (drum roll please).........

Perfect Peacock!!! Yay!!!

I love the way this turned out! I had been thinking I would use the banner from Large Numbers Framelits but it was too big (serves me right for not trying things out before sticking them down!). The Ticket Duo Builder Punch to the rescue! Then I thought it looked a bit bare with just the Calypso Coral so the corner lines from Helping Me Grow were added. Still not happy, so I added a piece of Bermuda Bay and used the 1/8th circle punch to make the corners match.

Using the Trio Corner Punch just added that small touch of softness that I think the card needed.

On the inside I thought just a portion of the peacock tied it all together!

Finally, a touch of Wink of Stella clear on the peacock and it was done!

To see all the wonderful cards at The Paper Players, click here

Don't forget, you can purchase the products I used to make this card by simply clicking on the pictures below or you can go to my online store www.debmacdowell.stampinup.net

Thanks for taking the time to have a look, please leave a comment, I love hearing from you!!

Until next time,

Deb

International-Blog-Highlight-Theme

I have been lucky enough to be able to participate in an International Blog Highlight that Kylie Bertucci has organised. Thanks so much Kylie!!

The theme is Thank You and only current Stampin' Up!® products are used.

YOU are the judges! Everyone gets an opportunity to vote on their favourites (choose me, choose me).....hahaha!

As some of you may know, I am hosting a beyondblue Bash on 1st May to raise funds and awareness of how common depression and associated issues are, and how difficult sufferers find it to cope with. You can get more information here: https://beyondbluebashcommunity.everydayhero.com/au/deb

Because I was aware that Stampin' Up!® will donate to some charitable causes, I approached them to donate to my beyondblue Bash. They agreed and I was expecting a couple of card kits or some old DSP etc. to use as prizes. A few days later, I received a large boxful of product - I couldn't believe my eyes! What a wonderful company to be associated with!!! They really do put their money where their mouth is!

I wanted to send a thankyou card to them and because of the name of the cause I wanted to use blue as a main colour. I started searching on Pinterest for inspiration and I found a card by Kathryn Mangelsdorf (www.klm55.blogspot.com.au) that caught my eye.

Using Kathryn's card for a starting point, my card was born!

I started with Night of Navy card base and added a first layer of Tempting Turquoise.

Next I cut out the small rose with Rose Garden Thinlits Dies in Night of Navy and then twice more using Pacific Point and Tempting Turquoise from the Brights DSP stack.

Using Garden Green, I cut two leaf stems with the die from Rose Garden Thinlits and again cut out two more using Cucumber Crush and Mint Macaron from the 2015-2017 In-Colours DSP stack.

I glued the outline of the rose and leaves to Whisper White cardstock using the Fine-Tip Glue Pen. Then I used the DSP cut-outs and randomly placed them in the rose and leaf frames, also using the Fine-Tip Glue Pen.

Because the arrival of the box from Stampin' Up!® had made my day (blew me out of the water, actually!) I had to use the stamp from A Dozen Thoughts and inked it in Pacific Point. The Thanks was inked in Night of Navy and was from Cottage Greetings.

If you would like to vote and/or see the other cards, click here!

Until next time!

Deb

Global Design Project #026 - Sketch Challenge

The challenge this week is a Sketch Challenge based on the sketch below.

I had been playing with Picture Perfect and had an idea to use the rose (or is it a camellia?) as my main feature. Unfortunately by using a flower, it was not possible to put the banner over the top, so mine went underneath.

Here is my interpretation:

I started with a Very Vanilla card base, added a layer of Tip Top Taupe, then a layer of DSP from the Going Places stack. The scallop is 2 3/8" in Tip Top Taupe, 2" circle in Crumb Cake, 1 3/8" circle in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and the rose stamped from Picture Perfect in Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Tip Top Taupe. The banner is done in Tip Top Taupe using the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelit and another piece of the DSP from Going Places stack.

To see the other wonderful cards in the challenge, click here!

Please feel free to pin and share. Comments appreciated! 

Don't forget, you can purchase any of the products used to make this card from my online shop, simply click on the product below!

Until next time,

Deb

Global Design Project #025 - Colour Challenge

Almost a week has gone since my last post! I have been very busy, trying to learn how to make my blog look a bit more professional and user friendly! It is a work in progress (hopefully the progress is forward!) and I still have lots more to learn!

These are not colours that I am instantly drawn to and my first thought was to use them in a masculine card with the Basic Gray as the card base and the image stamped on the Smoky Slate with the Daffodil Delight as a backing layer.

I decided to make it more 'in your face' but hopefully still feminine by using the Daffodil Delight as the image layer. Do you think it worked?

To see all the wonderful creations from this challenge, click here.

You will need the following supplies to make this card:

Don't forget simply click on the supply list to be taken to my shop for easy on-line purchasing!

Until next time,

Deb