2017 July

Colour INKspiration Challenge CI13

Stampin' Cat Eastern Beauty CI13

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. Today’s card is for the Colour INKspiration Challenge CI13. The colours for this challenge are Sweet Sugarplum, Wild Wasabi, Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig. We can also use any neutrals such as Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Metallics.

CI13

These beautiful colours would suit any kind of flower, especially the Climbing Orchid, but that set is still on my wish list. I’ve had the Eastern Palace Bundle for a while now but I’ve really only used the dies in this set. It was time to create something with the stamps.

Stampin' Cat Eastern Beauty CI13

I wasn’t sure at first that these colours would actually go together but I love how this card has turned out.

Stampin' Cat Eastern Beauty CI13

If I’m not using neutral colours I’m slightly out of my colour comfort zone lol. That’s what I like so much about the INKspiration Challenges, they make me think about colour.

Stampin' Cat Eastern Beauty CI13

I’ve given the inside of the card a little bit of love as well.

I hope you like my card today.

Thanks for stopping by.

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By Peta Stephen|2017-07-30T08:58:42+10:00July 21st, 2017|Colour INKspiration|0 Comments

CTC 137 – Artistic Expression – Pages 132-181

Hi everyone and welcome to my very first CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop as a Design Team Crew Member!!! I’m very excited to join the team. I had been playing along with a few of the challenges previously. I’ve really enjoyed putting my spin on some of the beautiful creations in the catalogue.

CTC 137

This week’s CASE is the Artistic Expression section featured on pages 132-181.

There were so many wonderful ideas to case this week I had a hard time choosing. I decided on the Birthday card on page 149.

I made my card the standard C6 size and I changed it up slightly.

Stampin' Cat Butterfly Basics Timeless Textures

I’ve added a layer of Basic Black Cardstock to my card and I’ve made the sentiment smaller.

Stampin' Cat Butterfly Basics Timeless Textures

I’ve heat embossed the flowers from Butterfly Basics in White and the fern in gold. If you look really closely at the white flowers you might notice they are a bit lighter in colour? I’ve filled my Aqua Painter with bleach and just painted it on my flowers.

Stampin' Cat Butterfly Basics Timeless Textures

I’ve also heat embossed the edges of my card with gold embossing powder. I used the Timeless Textures stamp set. And of course I added some bling with some Mini Gold Sequins.

Thanks for joining me for CASEing the Catty this week. Phew…..my first blog hop done and dusted.

Next up is Julia, I’m sure she has created something fabulous. Make sure you hop around all of the team members and don’t forget to leave some love.

We’d love you to join in on the fun too. It’s super easy to just add your projects to our Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by.

Peta Stephen Stampin' Up! independent Demonstrator

By Peta Stephen|2017-07-16T09:26:49+10:00July 16th, 2017|CASEing the Catty Crew|14 Comments

#JOS001 Challenge – The Letter “F”

The Joy of Sets challenge f

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. Today I’m sharing a card that I made for The Joy of Sets Challenge. This is their very first challenge and I’m excited to be playing along.

Every 2 weeks there is a new challenge. You may use any Stampin’ Up! stamp set, new or retired, but there’s a twist. There will be a new letter selected each fortnight and that letter must be in the name of the stamp set you use. For this challenge the letter is “F”.

Stampin' Cat Floral Statements

I’ve use the new stamp set Floral Statements. I’ve only just got this stamp set and this is the first card I’ve made with it.

Stampin' Cat Floral Statements

Don’t you just love the colours? I tried a new technique called the Baby Wipe technique. Can you see what I’m doing here…….new challenge, new stamp set, new technique…….

Baby Wipe Technique

I folded up 3 baby wipes and put them in my embossing tray so I didn’t make a big mess lol. Then I squeezed ink from my re-inkers onto the baby wipe then used the baby wipe like an ink pad. The colours I’ve used are Wisteria Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party and Sahara Sand.

I hope you like my entry for the challenge. I’d love if you left me a comment.

Peta Stephen Stampin' Up! independent Demonstrator