Bold & non Christmassy

Yesterday was a very creative day for me, wether it was because I was up early & did all the housework with Paul enabling me to concentrate fully on my crafty tasks, or if going to the crop on Saturday just filled me with creative energy that was fizzing about all day, who knows.


Whilst I was running my bath I made another version of the pocket card, this time in bolder colours and using a very versatile set called seeing spots. We all struggle with mens cards & this set works just as well for masculine cards as it does for fill ins & backgrounds.



Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Night of navy
Summer Sun

Ink
Summer sun
Night of Navy

Accessories
Cropodile
Eyelets
Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain ribbon
Round tab punch
Assorted circle punches
Hemp thread { optional }

Seeing Spots

Another set I got in my starter kit is the seeing spots set & the Spot on wheel, so I have set aside a couple of hours to make some samples with these two sets today.
I have been using the Colour combo site which helps to match colours not only from the same colour families but from the whole colour range.


Stamps : Seeing spots
Paper : Whisper White, Pumpkin pie, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip
Inks : Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, chocolate Chip
Accessories : White Grosgain ribbon
Techniques : Stamping, Matt & Layer

Stamps : Seeing Spots
Paper : Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pixie, Certainly Celery
Inks : Chocolate Chip, Pink Pixie, Certainly Celery
Accessories : White Grossgrain ribbon, scallop circle punch
Techniques : Basic stamping using pens direct to stamp

Stamps : Seeing spots, Best yet (sab)
Paper : Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
Inks : Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
Accessories : 1/2" punch used as a corner cutter
Techniques : Basic rubber stamping, using 3 colours on one stamp.

Stamps : Seeing spots, Season of joy, starring you
Paper : Close to cocoa, Pink Pixie, Chocolate Chip
Inks : Pink Pixie, Chocolate Chip
Accessories : White gel pen, scallop border punch
Techniques :

Stamps : Seeing Spots, Starring You
Paper : Chocolate Chip, Pink Pixie, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Inks : Chocolate Chip, Pink Pixie, Certainly Celery
Accessories : Three for you punch, 1/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, DSP Sweet always
Techniques :

Stampin up ~ Stampers 10 challenge

Michelle our stampers 10 demonstrator has started a stampers 10 challenge.
The theme of this challenge is green for St Patricks day & must contain Stampin up products.

The stamp set I have chosen is the Polka dot punches from the recent sale a bration I stamped the images using Versamark ink & embossed with white embossing powder. The paper is also Stampin up & I have cut out the corner using the large scalloped circle pinch and out of the waste cut a smaller circle. The cardstock is certainly celery.

Once I got started on the green theme I was on a roll so heres a couple more cards

The flower on the above card is from a Stampin up set called seeing spots, cardstock and paper are all Stampin up. I used a versamark ink pad before using my Stampin up ink & was able to emboss using clear embossing powder.

Again Polka dot punches from Stampin up and Stampin up double sided paper.

Today in Norwich started beautifully with bright sunshine, it's a shame I didn't think to photograph my cards then but at 6.45 that wasn't the first thing on my mind.so when I tried this afternoon the light was so poor I really struggled. As I desperately wanted to post these tonight I had one of my daft ideas. I used blu tack and stuck my cards to the painted wall & got Paul to angle the light like a spotlight & hey presto the best pictures I have managed to take all day.

Daft idea or brainwave...................... you decide.