Tuesday 30 January 2018

FAB FRIDAY 129

Tuesday 30 January 2018     Today’s card is inspired by  Fab Friday 129 's sketch challenge. It's clean, simple and you can use any shape for their challenges, as it's just a guide/suggestion, so there's plenty of leeway!     What did I do before Tutti-Frutti DSP? I love Navy, White and Red together - it always looks so smart and fresh!     The sentiment is from Picture Perfect Birthday and it fits perfectly inside one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The background has been embossed using the Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder.     The cute little strawberry is from the Fruit Basket stamp set and the Gold Metallic Thread behind the circle adds a little sparkle!   This post is short and sweet today as it's 28°C here at present and I'm off for a swim!   Have a great week, thanks for stopping by and see you later in the week for the February All Stars Tutorial Bundle Blog Hop with lots of fabulous Sale•A•
Sunday 28 January 2018

CASEING THE CATTY #163 SALE•A•BRATION

Sunday 28 January 2018   Hello and welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. This week we are CASEing the Sale•A•Bration Brochure. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid's blog, you may have come from Jackie's blog or if you're just joining thanks for stopping by. Make sure to click on the next button at the end of this post to continue on the hop - you won't want to miss any!   The Sale•A•Bration Brochure has lots of new inspiration to CASE and I'm looking forward to sharing these with you. And of course there are lots of free products and three different ways to earn them!   I'm caseing the card above which uses a card base from the Tutti-Frutti Cards and Envelopes set in the Sale•A•Bration catalogue.     I really liked this layout so I decided to make one for the boys too!      Perennial Birthday stamp set is perfect to use, it just requires a little fussy cutting!     I also added a few gl
Thursday 25 January 2018

INK & INSPIRATION BLOG HOP

Thursday 25 January 2018         Welcome to this month's Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop and the first for 2018, we look forward to sharing lots of inspiration this year with you. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid from Christchurch, New Zealand. The theme this month is Love Me Tender - all ready for Valentines Day! Please hop around the list at the bottom to check out all the inspirational projects created by the team.     For my card base I've used one from the Tutti-Frutti Cards and Envelopes which are a Sale•A•Bration item. Contact me if you'd like to know how to get these for FREE!   The hearts have been stamped in the Tutti-Frutti card colours - Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party and I've stuck Tutti-Frutti Adhesive-Backed Sequin to each. The squares shapes are from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.     "From the Heart" is from the Petal Palette stamp set and the frame and scalloped e
Tuesday 23 January 2018

CAS(E) THIS SKETCH!

Tuesday 23 January 2018   Today’s card is inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #255 , a sketch challenge. I loved the simplicity of this sketch and decided to break out my products from the new "True Gentleman" Suite. I often struggle with male cards but the new "True Gentleman" Suite in the Stampin' Up!® 2018 Occasions Catalogue makes creating male cards a breeze.       . The True Gentleman Designer Series Paper is a great base for this card and I've picked out three of the colours, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy and Tranquil Tide.   I've stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy, cut it out using the co-ordinating Tailored Tag Punch then stamped the moustache and triangular stamp to the top and bottom.      I've cut a mat to go around the punch in Tranquil Tide and adhered it to the card using dimensionals - these always seem to add a little pop to any card! Then a strip of DSP on the insert tied up with Linen Thread finishes u
Sunday 21 January 2018

CASEING THE CATTY #162 SWEET SOIREE

Sunday 21 January 2018       Hello and welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. This week we are CASEing the Sweet Soiree Suite on pages 10-14.     This is a gorgeous suite full of pretty colours, designs and accessories.     For this week's CASE I've picked the Marina Mist floral card on the right hand side.     The card in the catalogue was made using the Sweet Soirée Embellishment Kit and as I don't yet have this kit I had to improvise. So starting from the base up here's what I used:   The scalloped edge used the Scalloped Velvet Ribbon - I used a thinlits die from the Petals & More Thinlits Die. I had to play around with this to keep it in a continual strip. I then added the Silver Mini Sequin Trim and Silver Baker's Twine; I didn't have a stamp that I liked as much to create the sprigs stamped in Versamark on the card base so I cut some in vellum from the Petals & More Thinlits Dies; the
Thursday 18 January 2018

STAMPIN' DREAMS BLOG HOP

Thursday 18 January 2018   Hello and welcome to the latest Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Angela Meiritz-Reid from Christchurch, New Zealand. If you are hopping with us today you may have arrived from the fabulous Jessie Holton  or if you are just starting here there's a list at the end of this post to continue on the hop. I hope you enjoy my project which showcases our latest theme of "Love".  The card base is one from the Tutti-Frutti Cards and Envelopes set. They make a great base, come in a lovely selection of colours with co-ordinating envelopes and, of course, are one of the Sale•A•Bration items being offered for FREE.   The hearts are from the Heart Happiness stamp set and the sentiment is from the Petal Palette stamp set. The embellishments I've used are a piece of Calypso Coral Ombre Ribbon, Silver Metallic Thread, Silver Baker's Twine and a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.     This heart has been
Tuesday 16 January 2018

PETAL PASSION FOR FUSION CARD CHALLENGE

Tuesday 16 January 2018   Today I'm playing along with this sketch challenge over at the Fusion Card Challenge Blog . I'm loving the holidays, less pressure and more time to craft!   For my card I went with the sketch on the left.     As a Display Stamper for Stampin' Up!® in Auckland last year at our On Stage event I was lucky to receive the Petal Palette stamp set to create products to showcase. It's a great set with lots of gorgeous images, a range of sentiments and a selection of co-ordinating thinlits.   The embossing folder is one of two in the Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders set. I love it here embossed in the Pool Party cardstock.     Thank You has been stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. The frame around the Thank You is one in the Thinlits Dies set I've just shortened it!     The floral image has been stamped with Basic Black ink onto Shimmery White cardstock and
Sunday 14 January 2018

CASEING THE CATTY - CTC161 SALE•A•BRATION

Sunday 14 January 2018 Hello and welcome to this week's CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. This week we are CASEing the Sale•A•Bration Brochure. Oh how I love this time of year - lots of free products and three different ways to earn them! Plus it's summer time here in the southern hemisphere so no school and I've taken some time off work!     The Sale•A•Bration Brochure has lots of new inspiration to CASE and I'm looking forward to sharing these with you. I've chosen to CASE the tag and jar on page 2 of the SAB brochure. Who doesn't like a jar full of sweets? I thought these would look cute at my up-coming January Occasions and Sale•A•Bration events - I'll just need to fill them up with sweets again!!! A strip of the Tutti-frutti Designer Series Paper along the bottom, a pineapple stamped and punched out using the Fruit Basket Bundle and stuck on a Stitched Framelit Circle, then a scalloped circle from the Layering Circles Framelits
Friday 12 January 2018

OSAT SALE•A•BRATE THE OCCASION BLOG HOP

Thursday 11 January 2018     Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm so excited to be participating in my first hop with the OSAT team. You may have arrived here from Dani Dziama's blog or if you have just started, you can navigate through the hop by clicking the Next button at the bottom of this post.     For my project I've chosen to use the Sale•A•Bration Party Pandas stamp set and have teamed it up with the Tutti-Frutti Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Catalogue.     This stamp set is going to be such a hit as it seems everyone loves pandas!     This image only comes with one balloon so I stamped an extra one and added it to his little fist! The Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins are definitely one of my favourite embellishments from the Occasions catalogue. The Lemon Lime Twist one co-ordinates with the Ticket Tear Border. I've also added a couple of the Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes.    And a little more Ticket Te
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