April 2017 - My Paper Oasis

26
Apr
2017

Colour INKspiration 08

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration, Flowers, Techniques

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #08!

At Colour INKspiration, we play and create using a different colour palette every fortnight. It’s a fantastic way to stretch your creativity and I encourage you to join in. We have a dedicated Facebook group where you can upload your own creation to right HERE.

I missed the last challenge, so I was determined NOT to miss this one! And boy is this a challenging one!

I love this picture but I must admit, I was a bit daunted initially with the colour palette – Delightful Dijon; Tip Top Taupe; Soft Suede; Early Espresso and Very Vanilla. But after a little pondering I realised what it reminded me of … the colours of a sepia photo …you know the ones … with just a hint of colour to highlight a certain area.

Once I had that idea in my head I knew exactly which stamp set to reach for – so I am giving you a little sneaky peak at one of our new upcoming sets from the Birthday Memories Suite. It is sooooooo adorable!

Isn’t she gorgeous! I used the masking technique for the addition of the flowers before lightly water colouring them with Delightful Dijon. I created the sepia effect by watercoloring around the image of the girl lightly with Soft Suede, then inside the image gradually building with small amounts of colour until I was happy with it. As this is on Very Vanilla Cardstock, I did have to make sure that my aqua painter was not very wet or it would ruin the card.

The flowers were created with the Succulent Flower Dies (retiring item) simply sponged in Delightful Dijon, curling the tips under and then layered on each other.

I absolutely love the vintage feel of this card! I hope you do too. And I know you are going to love the entire Birthday Memories Suite!

But don’t stop here!!! We have an absolutely amazing array of stunning projects from our Design Team lined up to inspire you for this hop! Get ready to be WOWED as you make your way around to everyone’s blogs!!!!!

Up next is the lovely Rebecca Scurr and her gorgeous creation!

Happy Crafting!

PSSSTTTTT – don’t forget you can shop for your items, especially those retiring products, right in the comfort of your own home, from anywhere in Australia!

Product List

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126978]

$11.50

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$14.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126974]

$11.50

Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

[138343]

$14.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

[138345]

$14.00

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

$11.50

Succulent Framelits Dies

[142757]

$56.00

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

[141706]

$58.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$20.00

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

$8.75

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$12.25

23
Apr
2017

CTC 125 – Favourite Bigshot Project!

categories: 3D, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Gift Box, Off the Page

Hi crafty friends and welcome!

It’s Sunday night, so that means it’s time for another CASEing the Catty blog hop. I’m pretty excited about this weeks challenge! We get to showcase our favourite Big Shot project from the occasions catalogue!

How hard was it to choose! I mean, the Occasions Catalogue had so many great Big Shot projects. The Lift Me Up Bundle, Custom Tee’s, Nailed It, So Succulent Bundle and not to mention the So Detailed Thinlets, Cool Treats and Dragonfly Dreams!

But for me – well, let’s just say that I am an absolute sucker for a box – so my choice for this weeks challenge just had to be the Window Box Die.

I had seen a picture from Pauline Barnfather at icreatecraft, who had designed a timber like box. I immediately fell in love with it and have been wanting to create my own version since. So this was my chance. I really wanted to create an antique style box, that reminded me a little of an old jewellery box. Some Soft Suede cardstock stamped with the Hardwood stamp helped me easily achieve that!

I am so happy with the way it turned out. Once I created the box I knew it needed some beautiful flowers to top it off. I haven’t created these flowers for a few years now, so it was fun to really play and make them again. I used the Flower Shop stamp and co-ordinating punch to create them. Here’s a better look at the top for you.

Luckily I had kept hold of my retired Antique Brads from a couple of years ago. I think it really enhances the antique feel of the box perfectly and acts like a little handle to lift the lid open!

You can take a look at how I created these flowers, with my You Tube Link, at this post – 3D Flower Making.

I hope you have enjoyed tonight’s project. Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Judy May and see what beautiful project she has created for you!

Keep Crafting!

Grab everything you need by clicking the shop now button! Don’t forget to take a look at the retiring list to save up to 50% off!

Product List

Window Box Thinlits Dies

[142762]

$63.00

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[133032]

$35.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126978]

$11.50

Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set

[130942]

$34.00

Pansy Punch

[130698]

$28.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

16
Apr
2017

CTC 124 – Hostess Sets Love You Lots!

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Gift Cards

Hi everyone!

Happy Easter (I hope it’s been lovely for you) and welcome to this weeks CASEing the Catty Challenge -CTC 124! You may be starting here, or arrived from Kathryn’s page – but make sure you keep hopping around to see all the amazing inspiration provided!

This week we get to CASE any of the hostess sets from any of the catalogues!

For me that meant I was going to CASE a project using the Love You Lots Stamp Set. My most favourite Hostess Set Ever! What’s not to love about all those cute critters. I will be sad to see this one retire at the end of May, but I will be hanging on to my set for future use!

I decided to focus on the card on the right from the image below …

A simple, quick notecard that could be created using any set really. I began by CASEing the card directly, but substituting colours and ribbon for wash tape, and of course using Love You Lots!

I know that ribbon has retired recently from Saleabration, but it just set the card off nicely with a bit of silver bling!

Then I moved on to a similar card, utilising one of the other Sunshine Wishes Framelits, but still those cute bugs …

I hope you enjoyed these cute critter creations!

Don’t forget to take a look at the Retiring List to grab yourself some amazing bargains! You can click the Shop button below to go straight there 🙂

Now it’s time to hop on over to Elizabeth’s blog and see what gorgeous project she has created for you all!

Then come and play along by adding your pic to the CTC 124 album on our Facebook Group

HERE

Product List

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141801]

$16.00

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

[141489]

$45.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon

[125582]

$11.95

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

07
Apr
2017

Adhesive Class Kits

categories: kit projects, Kits

Hi Everyone!

As I head off to Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage event for the weekend, I knew that I had to take along adhesives. This year I decided to dress it up a bit and create my very own personalised kit! I have taken my adhesives and snips in the past in a clear container, but this year – that container got all dressed up.

Then I thought – other’s might like these. They make fabulous class kits, with everything together in one place that is simple to transport and without adhesives get stuck to all your other bits and pieces!

So I am now offering them for sale! Your very own, decorated, Adhesive Class Kit!

The BASIC BOX

The Basic Box Includes:

-snail

-glue dots

-dimensionals

-Liquid Adhesive

-adhesive remover

All in a decorated, personalised box – $40.

Or – you can choose The Deluxe Box!

The Deluxe kit includes everything from the Basic Kit PLUS:

-bonefolder

-piercing tool

-snips

All in a decorated, personalised box for $75.

Everything you need to be class ready! With FREE postage for all your goodies to boot!

Please note, that the DSP will vary with each kit, although requests will be taken!

Happy Crafting

Product List

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$10.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$8.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Adhesive Remover

[103684]

$6.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Paper-Piercing Tool

[126189]

$7.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$17.00

Full Cases Wood-Mount Stamp

[127551]

$12.00

02
Apr
2017

CTC 122 – Falling in Love with So Detailed Thinlets!

categories: Blog Hop, Challenges, CTC, Flowers, Scrapbook Pages, Wedding

Hi everyone and welcome back to another CASEIng the Catty Challenge. This week is CTC 122 where we are focusing on the Falling in Love section of the Occasions Catalogue from pages 50 – 54.

There’s only a few pages to this section, but boy are there some lovely projects to CASE. I focused on this one ….

The pretty cluster of flowers caught my attention, set off with the gold leaf and the die. I actually hadn’t paid a whole heap of attention to the stamp set until I saw those flowers – now I need it – but you all know how that goes! Lol. I also didn’t want to make a card – but the idea of a scrapbook layout hit me (it doesn’t happen often – so when it does I make sure I act on it!)

So here is what I designed …

I used the flower from the Butterfly Basics stamp sets and just fussy cut a ‘few’ out to create the flower bunch. I stamped them in Sahara Sand and the sponged them lightly with Blushing Bride ink. I used the stunning Flower Die in the So Detailed Thinlets Dies instead of the heart one in the image. All teamed with the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper and a special touch of gold! I love the way it turned out – but my goodness – that photo makes me feel old! It seems like a lifetime ago!

Don’t forget to hop around and see everyone else’s creations for some extra inspiration, and then join in the fun by uploading your own project to the album CTC 122 on the Facebook Page right HERE!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Elizabeth Gross to see what she has created today!