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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | February 2017

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Birthday Card using Cupcakes and Carousels from Stampin' Up! UK

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Oh I am so excited to be back hopping with my girls again this week! We took January off, things were just crazy busy for all of us, but we are BACK this week with a fabulous sketch from the lovely Sam Charlton!

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I knew exactly were I wanted to go with this sketch as soon as I saw it! Unusual for me, usually the girls set us a challenge…but this sketch is just lovely, although I have left off a couple of the elements. That’s one of the things I love about creating with a sketch, selecting the bits you love and changing the ones you’re not such a fan of!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Birthday Card using Cupcakes and Carousels from Stampin' Up! UK

I haven’t played with the Cupcakes and Carousels paper for a few months. This was one of the items I got to play with early as a Display Stamper for OnStage Local back in November, and I think I sort of over-dosed myself with it… and bit of time and separation later and I am back in love with it again, and paired with this sentiment from Carousel Birthday this card was almost finished!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Cupcakes and Carousels Birthday Card using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up! UK

but there was something missing, and I couldn’t stick anything down, until I had reached for the Lucky Stars embossing folder…and my card as done.

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Question of the day: What do you do reach for when you card needs an extra something?

I will often grab an embossing folder, Enamel shapes, or sometimes the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set!

Product List

Carousel Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack

£9.00

Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

£7.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

£7.25

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

£7.25

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – December 2016

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Hello! Welcome to the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge for December! One of our brand new members Amanda Charlesworth set us a fabulously swirly challenge this month, and while I have straightened out the swirls to fit in with my style I cannot wait to see what the other girls have made!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge December challenge using Birthday Blossoms from Stampin' Up! UK

Amanda’s original sketch had a swirl on the diagonal from top to bottom, but seeing as I don’t own a single swirl stamp I have removed that bit of the sketch. This is one of those things I love doing with sketched, changing them to suit what I own and my style of card making. I do however love the floral cluster idea in the middle of the card, so I took that and ran with it!

The darker flowers are punched using the Blossom Builder punch, and I have used the faux suede technique to create these fabulously textured flowers

Birthday Blossoms Card in Rose Red Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz from Stampin' Up! UK

Thank you so much for checking out the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge this month, we can’t wait to see you again in the new year!

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Product List

Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Blossom Builder Punch

£16.00

Pansy Punch

£14.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

£7.25

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

£4.50

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | July 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge featuring Crazy About You Gorgeous Grunge Bunch of Blossoms From Stampin' Up! UK

 

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Hello! Welcome to another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! This sketch has been sat on my desk for a couple of weeks, but only in the last few days have I actually managed to create something! I love sketches like that, really thinkers, thanks Louise!

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I have to admit that I have moved things around a bit on this one, but the sketch was definitely my ‘jumping off point!’

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge featuring Crazy About You Gorgeous Grunge Bunch of Blossoms From Stampin' Up! UK

This week I received one of the new Ombre Ink Pads from my gorgeous team leader, and this weeks sketch challenge just seemed like the perfect opportunity to use it! The flower is taken from Crazy About You and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry Ombre – there are a couple of important things to remember when using the new Ombre pads

  • Larger, and more solid images work best
  • take the stamp to the pad to ink it up, gently tap the stamp to the pad repeatily in a circle pattern to ensure that you don’t end up with a stripy image. There is a great video on the Stampin’ Up! YouTube channel that I will post to my Facebook page later on.
  • There are 3 great colours available; Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge July 2016 Featuring Crazy about you from Stampin' Up!The horizontal and vertical elements of the sketch were the trickiest bit for me, but I never need an excuse to grab Gorgeous Grunge off the shelf!

The leaves are taken from the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set. Stamped in Cucumber Crush onto Cucumber Crush Card stock and fussy cut. The card is finished with the sentiment heat embossed in Copper and some loops of the Copper Metallic Thread.

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Rich Razzleberry Ombre Stampin’ Pad

£8.25

Crazy About You Clear Stamp Set

£35.00

Bunch Of Blossoms Photopolymer Stamp Set

£19.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

£18.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Cucumber Crush A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£8.25

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Copper Metallic Thread

£2.75

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | April 2016

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Thank Card using Go Wild Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Hello! Long time to see! I have really missed this hop over the past couple of weeks, I can’t wait to hop around and see what the girls have created with this weeks sketch from Karen

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I was totally intimidated by this sketch. I have no idea why, but the whole thing really scared me. I stared at this sketch for over a fortnight before I had any inspiration what so ever, to the point where when Sam Johnson messaged me earlier in the week to remind me that the hop was this weekend, I had such a panic!

Once I had re-composed myself I started to look around my craft room. My shelves are currently looking kinda bare after I’ve removed all the stamp sets and embellishments that are retiring at the end of May. I don’t tend to share retiring products, I would hate for you to spot something I posted this week on my blog and go to shop only to find that it has already gone and you missed out. But please do use the link at the bottom of this post to check out the things that are retiring.

I almost used new products, but then felt bad that you wouldn’t be able to shop for them until 1st June – and that still feels like a very long way away!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Thank Card using Go Wild Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

I also apologise for this photograph, I took my camera away with me last weekend, and I think the travelling has upset it because I cannot get a clear crisp image for love nor money! Looks like its time for a new camera!

Anyway, this card uses the Suite Sayings stamp set (staying with us for another 12 months) as well as some Designer Series Paper that is retiring – Go Wild! oh, and that ribbon is on the goodbye list too (I’m not good at not using retiring products am I!)

 

Card Measurements:

Card Base – (Half A4 folded in half ) – 14.85 x 21 cm scored on the long side at 10.5 cm

Card Layers – Whisper White Card stock – 14.2 x 10 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 7 cm, Designer Series Paper – 14.2 x 2 cm

Whisper White Banner – 3 x 6.5 cm and cut into a banner

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – Forever Begins Today

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Suite Sayings Wedding Card

Stampin' Up! Sketch ChallengeHello Everyone! So glad you could join us for another week of the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! This weeks sketch comes from the lovely Justyna.

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I love this sketch, it totally pushed me outside of my norm, and allowed me to create something very different for me. I have to admit that I also took inspiration from the ever so talented Teneale Williams for this one, particularly stamping on coloured card stock – definitely something I shall be doing more of!

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms Suite Sayings Wedding Card

I of course had to turn the sketch this time. I haven’t rotated a sketch for a while – I love taking a sketch and editing it to suit me. So this time I turn it sideways.

I really don’t use a lot of coloured card stock, I buy heaps of Whisper White but a pack of a colour can last me years! This particular colour I didn’t think was one of my favourites, but now I’ve used it in such a big way it is starting to grow on me. Actually I use so little of this colour (Soft Suede) that when I came to stamp I realised I don’t even have the coordinating Ink! Shocking! So to get the tone on tone effect I jumped to another brown, Crumb Cake instead.

I’ve also used Crumb Cake to stamp and watercolour the Bloom in the circle. Can you believe that that is one ink colour?! its super pretty in real life, my camera work just has not done this one justice. The flowers from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack are also sponged in Crumb Cake.

Stampin' Up! UK Sketch Challenge Wedding Card Birthday Blooms Suite Sayings

The only other ink colour I have used here is Early Espresso for the sentiment, taken from Suite Sayings, and perfect to send as a wedding congratulations.

Have you spotted the gold glitter? Its actually a tape! and its currently FREE during Sale-a-bration! Awesome. Remember Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st of March, so don’t wait too long or this beautiful tape may have just already left us. To get this lovely tape for free you just have to spend £45, and the choose the tape as your free gift!

Thanks for stopping by today, and don’t forget to hop along to see what the girls have made with this sketch

Til next time

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Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£19.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

£6.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack

£15.50

Circles Collection Framelits Die

£24.00

Metallics Glitter Tape

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge #4

Stampin' Up! Uk Sketch Challenge Hello Card Cherry on Top

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you.  The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*.  Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

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I love this sketch from Ania. I was sat looking at it one night, trying to work out how I was going to tackle it, when my lovely James turned to me and said “Have you not already made that one?” I was a bit confused, but he pointed out a gift I’ve been saving for one of my team members (I was supposed to have put this in the mail before this blog hope, but I’m waiting for some goodies that are going with it!)

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So I made a card to coordinate with the gift bag and note pad I had already made!

Stampin' Up! Uk Sketch Challenge Hello Card Cherry on Top

The Designer Series Paper is from the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper stack. I’ve actually only used one piece, as the circles show the print on the reverse of the chevron! The yellow strip is a piece of the coordinate Washi Tape too. I love Washi, and use it all the time in my planner, but it doesn’t find its way onto cards very often. I thought it made a great addition though, and provides the horizontal element suggested in the sketch.

The Hello is taken from Crazy About You, and is punched with the 1 1/4″ circle punch, and mounted on a 1 3/8″ circle of Bermuda Bay card stock

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The note pad element of my Team gift is a jotter sized notepad, I have made a video tutorial previously showing how I do this. I love making covered note books, and will often give them as customer and team gifts.

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – Week 1!

Stampin' Up! UK Sketch Challenge Lovely Lace Die cutting Card

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Thank you for joining us on the first Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re a small group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators who fancied a new challenge to share with you all.  The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*.  Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

My regular blog readers will know how much I love a sketch challenge, and I am so excited to be taking part in this one!

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The lovely Sam Johnson has designed this lovely sketch this week, and it scared the pants off me! However, after about a week of staring at it, and find some further inspiration in Instagram, I finally managed to actually make something!

Stampin' Up! UK Sketch Challenge Lovely Lace Die cutting Card

Definitely outside of my usual clean and simple style, but I’m super pleased with this card. I used my favourite embossing folder, Lovely Lace, to emboss a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I love this folder so much that I actually need to replace it – its currently held together with parcel tape! Shocking I know, but that is how much use it has had!

Once I had the piece embossed I added ink around the edges of the card stock with my Stampin’ sponges, inked in Tip Top Taupe, Chocolate Chip and Blackberry Bliss. I have been taking colour inspiration from the packs of Designer Series Paper recently, and have done the same here – using the Farmers Market Paper Pack.

Stampin' Up! UK Simply Sketched Challenge Hello You

I added two strips of the Designer Series Paper to the bottom of the card after using my Triple Banner Punch to fishtail the ends, and completed the sketch with a Vellum circle added with two Glue Dots.

The sentiment is taken from the Crazy About You stamp and die bundle, and I used my Blackberry Bliss ink to emboss the word Hello – mainly because the ink takes so long to dry on Vellum, adding some clear embossing powder and heat setting it meant that I could get this card finished! The die cut ‘You’ is in Tip Top Taupe and is attached using Tombow Multi-purpose glue.

I finished the card with four of the Metal Rimmed Pearls

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