March 2018 - My Paper Oasis

29
Mar
2018

Colourful Seasons Bike Ride Shadow Box

categories: 3D, AddINKtive Design Team, Birthday, Cards, Fancy Folds, Male, Paper Boxes

A big Hello to you all!

I wanted to share with you today a bit of a fun project using Bronwyn Eastley’s Bike Ride Shadow Box Tutorial.

I made this one for an order for a friend who needed a fiftieth birthday card for her brother in law. The brief was – he enjoys bike riding.

Isn’t is lucky that we have the Build a Bike set to make this even easier. My design is based pretty close to Bronwyn’s, but I needed to make it more masculine!

I used some embossing paste directly over the cloud dies on the background and gave the card an Autumn feel using Colourful Seasons Bundle and attaching the leaves to the branch.

I did have to use the retired Little Numbers Dies to make sure a 50 could fit nicely onto the card! And I think this is the first time EVER I have used Always Artichoke! Lol. But it needed just a little green to lift the overall look!

You get a bit more of an idea of the depth with this picture.

Bronwyn’s tutorials are super fun for creating a ‘special’ card. Why not pop over to her tutorial shop HERE to see what you can start creating! They really are versatile!

And don’t forget – you only have until the weekend to stock up on all those FREE Saleabration goodies you are after! Now is the perfect time to stock up on cardstock, Designer Paper, adhesives and the retiring In Colours and reap the rewards with FREE items!

Contact me to place an order, or Securely Shop Now by clicking the image below!

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

[145348]

$92.50

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

[144193]

$17.50

Embossing Paste

[141979]

$11.50

Bike Ride Photopolymer Bundle

[145314]

$73.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126965]

$11.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

$11.50

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126972]

$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

14
Mar
2018

Colour INKspiration 29

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blog Hop, card in a box, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration

Good evening everyone! Welcome to Colour INKspiration 29.

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month the Colour INKspiration Crew get together and create a hop using a selected colour palette to create with. You can join in the fun by creating a project with the colours and popping a picture of it on our Facebook Page HERE by the Monday night before the next challenge.

This weeks colour palette is a beautiful selection chosen by Bronwyn with colours Crumb Cake; Chocolate Chip; Blushing Bride; Garden Green and Very Vanilla. I initially went to go straight to florals for this colour palette as it’s so suited, but I had another project that needed to be done for a customer order, so I decided to combine the two tasks.

My task was to create a card for a 21st for someone who loves baking. I was inspired by how Jackie Aitken created a brilliant BBQ Card a few weeks ago, so I thought I could adapt a basic Card in the Box design to create an oven and get it baking!

I must say, once I worked out how to cut it to achieve the look I wanted, this was quite fun to make! I did use a few different bits and bobs to make this card. The cupcakes were from Lift Me Up Stamps and coordinating dies and utensils and glove from the Apron of Love Bundle. The Basket Weave Embossing Folder made for a great background to represent tiles – I am so glad this Saleabration item will be continuing in the new Annual Catalogue – I Just love it!

And the best bit – it folds flat for posting!

Don’t forget – there is only 2 more weeks of Saleabration left to grab your freebies!

Keep hopping around – the crew has some beautiful projects on display this week. Up next is Narelle:

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Product List

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142896]

$37.00

Up & Away Thinlits Dies

[142748]

$50.00

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[145986]

$79.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$7.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$8.75

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126973]

$11.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$11.50

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126979]

$11.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$58.00

11
Mar
2018

CTC 169 Saleabration – Blossoming Basket

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

Hi all and welcome to CTC 169 where we are back taking a look at the Saleabration Catalogue.

The CASEing the Catty Crew hop every Sunday night and recreate projects from given sections of the catalogues to inspire you all to get crafting! You can play along too by CASEing a project and then uploading your version to our Facebook group before the challenge closes.

There is only a couple of weeks left to make sure you have everything you want off your Saleabration wish list! It’s a great time to stock up on all your papers and embellishments and get rewarded for FREE products at the same time!

This week I received my Blossoming Basket Bundle from the second release of items, so I took it for a spin for tonights challenge.

The basket has a beautiful bunch of flowers and the bundle is teamed with the basket weave dynamic embossing folder which will happily be available in the new Annual Catalogue in June 🙂

I created my project using another FREE saleabration item – the Tutti Fruitti Cards and Envelopes. I would have loved to create a whole set (and I will at some stage) but I ran out of time before the challenge to colour and get all the fussy cutting done! Lol

That embossing folder is just WOW, and when you layer up the flowers in the basket it really adds some extra prettiness to the card! I also love the effect of the loosely tied tag around the basket using some linen thread.

You really will have lots of fun with this combination and the endless colour combinations you could produce. And it’s the perfect product for Weddings, birthdays, thank you and sympathy!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Fi to see what she has created for you all this week!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Blossoming Basket Clear-Mount Bundle

[147505]

$0.00

Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes

[147242]

$0.00

Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$15.50

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$15.50

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$15.50

Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$15.50

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

04
Mar
2018

CTC 168 – Petal Passion with Charming Cafe

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Hello again!

It’s Sunday night so that means it’s time for another CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop.

This week the crew will CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from the Petal Passion suite in the Occasions Catalogue on pages 22 – 27.

If you follow my Facebook Page then you would see I have been playing A LOT with the Petal Palette Suite. I absolutely love it! But tonight I thought I would pop a few more pages in and focus on the Charming Cafe Bundle on Page 25.

I know I say it a lot, but this bundle really caught my eye and I had been waiting (not so) patiently to purchase it for my ‘collection’. I am a bit of a sucker for a fancy framelit and these were no exception. What really grabbed my attention was how easily the framelits work together to make a multi layered or dimensional card.

I began by creating a bit of a quirky card CASEing the image above. However, I wanted my Chairs and tables behind the cafe window, so I added an acetate layer to my card. I need the stamp-a-majig to line it up properly in my window – which ended up being quite fiddly as the acetate kept moving when I tried to move the stamp-a-majig. Not for the feint of heart I tell you!

I didn’t mind the overall affect, but I was very impatient with my acetate as I used Momento Ink on it hoping to colour the brickwork, but it took far too long to dry and as you can see – it smudged and didn’t dry at all – so if you wanted to do this you could use the archival ink and colour from the back of the image.

Never mind…you live and learn and at least I had my colour choices right now, so on to my next project…the one I really wanted to create. A diorama card. I have made a few of these over the years and we all know I love a 3D card, but this set really just lent itself to creating one of these so very easily! The framelit that cuts out the seats and table whilst leaving the base intact does all the work for you for this card! I even pinched a couple of birdies from the Flying Home Stamp set! Shhhh. And colouring is sooooo simple with the Stampin Blends to really make your project pop!

Charming Cafe Diorama Card

Now I LOVE how this one turned out! I guess you could say I ended up CASEing myself! Lol!

What do you think?

Unfortunately I cannot find the You Tube video I used a few years ago to create a Diorama card, but I am giving away the tutorial with any order placed with me during March. And don’t forget – March is the LAST month to get any of the FREE Saleabration items with a $90 or $180 purchase! Don’t miss out!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Monique and see what she has created for you all xx

Happy Crafting

Product List

Charming Café Clear-Mount Bundle

[147508]

$75.50