Inspire.Create.Challenge | This Little Piggy

Cute and Girly Birthday Card using This Little Piggy from Stampin Up!

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Oh my goodness, I was writing the challenge blog blog post for this weeks Inspire.Create.Challenges challenge, and released that I had completely forgotten to write my own! These posts seem to be coming around awfully quickly at the moment… where are the weeks going?!

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This weeks challenge is a theme… and I am so excited to see what you guys make with this one! I stood in front of my stamp shelves for ages debating over butterflies, when I remembered that I needed a birthday card for one of my crafty besties… and the This Little Piggy stamp set jumped out at me.

How to make a cute birthday card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I had so much fun making this one! I’ve been really enjoying using layers on my cards recently, and this card totally plays into that with embossing, a doily, stamping, vellum and bakers twine!

This piggy is stamped in Powder Pink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock, which I then die cut with the Layering Circles Framelits and layered into onto the coordinating scalloped circle cut from Powder Pink card stock.

Cute birthday card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

The other thing I have been doing quite a bit recently is using my Stampin’ Blends to colour Delicate White Doilies… I took a Pink Piroutte Blend to this one for a subtle off-white colour.

This card is finished with a Everyday label punched from Vellum, a double bow of White Bakers Twine and a trio of Glitter Enamel dots… oh and a splatter of Sahara Sand ink too

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This Little Piggy Feat. Stampin’ Blends

Cute Just Because Card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

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I am LOVING my set of Stampin’ Blends! Have you got your hands on your favourite colours yet?

She Believed She Could., So She Did Stampin' Blends Card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!These alcohol markers are just awesome… Suddenly it is super simple to create perfectly blended images that coordinate with your Stampin’ Up! inks, card stock and embellishments for professional looking projects. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! for their coordination, no longer do I spent hours searching for a ribbon that matches that odd shade of pink, or the perfect green ink, or Patterned Papers that match…. Stampin’ Up! have it covered!

Cute Just Because Card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

This lovely little piggy is lovely to colour using Stampin’ Blends. I used Pink Pirouette and Pool Party here. Firstly, I laid down a base of Light Pink Pirouette across the whole of out piggy friend, the added dimension and shadows using the darker marker. I LOVE that these pens come in pairs, one light, one dark, giving you easy blending. Then the wings are coloured in flat colour using the light Pool Party marker

Stampin' Blends This Little Piggy Card using Stampin' Up! products

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This Little Piggy…. Flying high with Embossing Paste

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

A few weeks ago I attended a Stampin’ Up! team training event… as was totally honoured to be asked to present a technique to the other ladies attending. First of all this scared the pants off me! I have been suffering recently with my anxiety and panic disorder, but I am trying really hard to push through… and I knew that the ladies coming would be happy and understanding! So I agreed. Then came the next problem….What technique to showcase!

I have been making heaps of cards projects recently using Fine-Tip Glue… and did a video recently on how to use this fab glue as a Mask. So… I have a heap of projects to share using Fine-Tip Glue. But I thought today’s card was particularly special…

She Believed she could, So she did Fun Encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

This card started life with the background… The card base is Soft Sky, with a Soft Sky layer on the top. This layer has fab dimension thanks to Stampin’ Up!’s Embossing Paste which I have used along with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to create fluffy clouds.

Fun encouragement card using This Little Piggy and Embossing Paste from Stampin' Up!

The piggy was stamped in Basic Black archival ink, and then ‘coloured in’ using Fine-Tip Glue. This takes a while to dry, and I left it overnight. Once dry I added a hint of Powder Pink ink with a sponge over the top and die cut the piggy using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies. The ‘She Believed She Could’ sentiment is actually attached to the bottom of this piggy stamp, but I didn’t want it underneath our flying piggy here… so I used a Sticky Note to avoid inking it when I stamped the piggy and then stamped it separately, along with the ‘… So She Did’.

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This Little Piggy Birthday Card

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I love making birthday cards for my family. Yesterday was my dad’s birthday, unfortunately he is out of the country this week with work, so instead we had a sort of farewell / birthday dinner a few weeks ago… which mum sort of sprang on me. I usually fairly organised when it comes to these special cards, but suddenly I need a card for my dad over a fortnight early!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

This card uses This Little Piggy…. which I’m sure doesn’t immediately spring to mind when your thinking of men’s birthday cards, but I think it works! I did add a hint of Powder Pink watercolour to Mr. Piggy, but it was so light that the camera didn’t pick it up. This particular piggy stamp does come with a sentiment attached, I just masked it off with a piece of Sticky Note when inking the stamp with Basic Black Archival ink, but you could perform some stamping surgery and cut it off if you wanted to!

Men's Birthday Card Using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

The Designer Series Paper is a strip 4 cm wide of the Colour Theory Designer Series Paper Stack in Dapper Denim. Have you noticed how much Dapper Denim I have used recently? I am currently on a bit of a use it all up mission…. I just have so much of it!

The sentiment is from Sweet Cupcake… I just love the cute birthday font, and it fits perfectly in the Classic Label punch too.

This card was finished with a spritz of Dapper Denim Stampin’ Write Marker. My dad loved it!

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Simple Sunday | This Little Piggy

Simple Sunday This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I have to admit that this card isn’t all that simple…. but I just couldn’t resist! It is a CASE card (copy and selective edit) and you can find the original by Mary Fish HERE!

Simple Sunday This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I have been playing around with ribbon a LOT recently… although not much of it has made it to much blog yet, I am trying to achieve the perfect bow …. I don’t think I have done too badly here! Mind you, I think that has a lot to do with this ribbon, its the Finely Woven Ribbon in Berry Burst, and it ties lovely bows.

There isn’t much to say about this card… other than I am totally addicted to the Pig! Here she has been stamped on Powder Pink and fussy cut before being popped up on die cut circle. The flower is from the Blossom Builder punch… and it has an Enamel Glitter dot in its centre

Have a great Sunday


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Techniques Series | Masking with This Little Piggy

Techniques Video Masking using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

Stamping Techniques Series

I am loving the new This Little Piggy Stamp Set and just could not resit a spot of Masking with it…. before this series ends next week! But, do not despair… there will be more Techniques Videos! I promise

Video Tutorial How to Create a fun Z fold card using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

How fun is that Pig! Just so cute… and so easy to Mask too.

Miss Piggy is stamped in Basic Grey Archival ink… and then the stamp, stamped off onto a piece of Sticky Note (those ones where the sticky is all over work best!). This is then cut out… yes, it’s fussy cutting… no, I’m not sorry… she’s just so cute! You then cover the stamped image with the sticky note mask… and add ink!

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This alternative Z fold card is also quick and easy to do…

Measurements:

Card stock – 21 x 14.8 cm (scored on the long side at 3 and 10.5 cm) (8 1/4 x 5 7/8″, scored on the long side at 1 and 4 1/8″)

Designer Series Paper – 7.5 x 14.8 cm and 3 x 14.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5 7/8″ and 1 x 5 7/8″)

Whisper White – 7.5 x 14.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5 7/8″)

Techniques Video Masking using This Little Piggy from Stampin' Up!

I have used the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper for this cards…. I am still loving the watercolour effect of them

Which is your favourite current Designer Series Paper?


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Make It Monday | Hogs and Kisses Note Card Set using This Little Piggy

Make It Monday

Do you ever have those stamp sets where you absolutely HAVE to make something with them the second they arrive in your craft room?! Well, this is one of those projects from one of those stamps! This Little Piggy is just the cutest stamp set…. I mean, who doesn’t love pigs!

When we first saw this stamp set back in April at On Stage Live the room went nuts… partly because the stamps are just adorable, but partly (I’m sure) because the lady demonstrating had put them in tutu’s!!!! yes… I am damn sure I will be making a piggy tutu card really soon! but for now…. here is my Hogs and Kisses Note card set

The note card holder holds 3 note cards and their envelopes…. but there is room for a couple more! Particularly as you get 4 card bases from a single sheet of A4 card stock.

Note cards measure – 14.8 x 10.5 cm, scored on the long side at 7.4.

Matt – 6.9 x 10 cm

Stamped layer – 6.4 x 9.5 cm

Note card box measurements (because this project uses the Envelope Punch Board I only use Imperial Measurements)

Card stock – 8 x 8″

Punch and score at 3 5/8 and 5″

Belly Band

Card stock – 1 3/4 x 11″ (4.5 x 27 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 1 1/2 x 11″ (4 x 27 cm)

The Envelope Punch Board is one of my all times favourite tools… its great not only for custom sized envelopes for those special cards, but also boxes and other packaging.

Envelopes for the note cards use Designer Series Paper measuring 6 1/4 x 6 1/4″ (punch and score at 2 3/4″)

What is your favourite Card Making tool?


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