Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – September 2016

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

Stampin' Up! Sketch ChallengeHello! I am so pleased to be back and sharing with the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! You may have noticed that we took last month off (August is just too busy already!) but we are back this month with a great challenge set by the gorgeous Mandy Barton! Although, we have no sketch! The challenge set to us was …. Anything Goes!

How scary! and I will admit that I have been wracking my brains on this one for most of the month, and actually only managed to create my project on Thursday evening! (and this blog post was only written at 8AM this morning, nothing like a deadline!) I am usually more organised, but this past week has been just crazy busy – I was at a team training event last weekend, and then my job has really kicked in this week too. Anyway, that’s enough of my moaning! Time for my card ….

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

This stamp set was gifted to me last weekend, and although it had caught my eye in the catalogue it hadn’t found it’s way into my craft room – but my lovely team leader is just a little bit psychic and always managed to send me things that I either LOVE and use all the time, or things that I LOVE but haven’t managed to purchase yet! This medallion it just so pretty, and I couldn’t not heat emboss it as it’s first use!

Saying that, the heat embossing is a little bit special, and a mixture of clear and copper heat embossing. I heat embossed the medallion in Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and then while I still had the powder melted I added a few pinches of Copper Embossing Powder too.

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Frosted Medallions watercolour card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The background was created using Rose Red, Sweet Sugarplum and Tempting Turquoise. I just love this watercolour technique, I think I have a video on it somewhere, will have a look and share later in the week.

Oh, and before I go, the last totally cool technique I have used on this card is using the Fine-Tip glue pen to create little raised dots, that are almost like water droplets. So pretty!

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Pootles Colour Challenge!

Pootles Colour Challenge using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up! UK

Pootles Colour Challenge

Right, its that time again, I’m on a challenge roll! My lovely friend Sam has this colour challenge on her blog every week and I have been trying for ages to join in but somehow life keeps stopping me – well not this week! I’m on annual leave from the day job this week and even managed to get the weekend off! (which was a last minute surprise!) so I managed to carve out sometime on Sunday to make a card for Sam.

Pootles Colour Challenge Birthday Card using Butterfly Basics from Stampin' Up!

So, the colour challenge this week was to use:

I had so much fun creating the background of this card! I am planning a Make It Monday video, but it will be a few weeks before I get it to you (yes, I’m evening managing to film ahead of time!!!!)

This card uses Butterfly Basics, which is definitely one of my Must Have stamp sets, with the flowers heat embossed in white over the watercolour background.

Butterfly Basics Card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and heat embossed in clear on Vellum.

I had so much fun taking part in this colour challenge….. right, I’m off to make another card for a different colour challenge, which you can see on Thursday!


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Watercoloured Happy Ornament

Watercolour Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, The 2016 Autumn / Winter catalogue is now LIVE and you can shop to your hearts content! I am loving this catalogue, although I’ve had such a busy summer that I haven’t had chance to make much using my new goodies yet! I have however got a AWESOME Christmas themed online card class available this month… more on that Tomorrow!

Watercolour Christmas Card using Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m sure I could have found a more exciting card for my first post from this catalogue, but I have only made a couple of bits, and they are for some exciting Blog Hops coming up this month, that and I couldn’t help myself I needed to watercolour!

Watercolour Happy Ornament from Stampin' Up! UK

The ornament is one stamp, and is only available in Wood Mount. Actually it is the only Wood Mount stamp I currently own! I know, its shocking, I LOVE Wood-mounted stamps but I have such limited space that Clear mount and photopolymer are wining out at the moment.

Right, I stamped the ornament onto Watercolour Paper using Versamark before heat embossing it in White Stampin’ Emboss powder. Then it is watercolour-ed in Soft Sky, Real Red, Crushed Curry and Cucumber Crush. I added a touch of Gold Wink of Stella to the metal bit of the bauble too.

Have you checked out the new catalogue yet? You can download a copy HERE, or request a proper copy HERE!


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Watercolour Congratulations using Birthday Blooms

Watercolour Congratulations Card using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up! UK

Do you remember a few weeks ago I took part in the Simply Sketched Saturday Blog Hop!? Well, one of the lovely ladies that joins us very month is Ania from anna’s stampin’ cave, and she made this fabulous watercoloured card using Birthday Blooms – and I could not pass up the opportunity to CASE it!

Watercolour Congratulations Card using Birthday Blooms from Stampin' Up! UK

I haven’t watercolour-ed properly for ages! and felt really rusty doing this piece, but I am fairly happy with how it turned out. The flower itself is in Mint Macaron, with Emerald Envy leaves and a hint of Crushed Curry, while the background is in Sweet Sugarplum. The dappled effect is created by stamping over the image (once it was dry) using the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge, in Sweet Sugarplum, Crushed Curry and Whisper White. Birthday Blooms Watercolour Congratulations card Stampin' Up! UK

The sentiment was heat embossed onto a strip of Watercolour Paper in white, and the water coloured in Crushed curry.


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Thoughtful Branches | Watercolour

Watercolour Background Thoughtful Branches card using Stampin' Up! UK supplies

Do you think I could get through a week of cards featuring the fabulous Thoughtful Branches Bundle without sharing some Watercolour? nope, me neither!

Watercolour Background Thoughtful Branches card using Stampin' Up! UK supplies

I am such a sucker for a good font, and I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make this sentiment the star of a card. You’re In My Thoughts is heat embossed in Gold over the top of this fabulous watercoloured background. The background super simple to create, if a little messy. Mint Macaron and Dapper Denim blended on a piece of Watercolour Paper using an Aqua-Painter.

Watercolour background your in my thoughts card using Thoughtful Branches from Stampin' Up!

The sequins are taken from a piece of the Gold Sequin Trim and adhered with some Fine-Tip Glue. Lovely!

Measurements:

Dapper Denim Card Base – half a sheet of A4, folding in half

Mint Macaron – 9.5 x 13.8 cm

Watercolour Paper – 8.5 x 12.8 cm


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Christmas In July | Watercolour!

Christmas in july Peace this christmas from Stampin' Up! UK

Stamping Christmas in July

I haven’t featured any special techniques this week, and I couldn’t end this series without a special something. You guys know how much I love watercolour and stamping, and this card incorporates both.

Christmas In July Featuring Watercolour Peace This Christmas from Stampin' Up! Uk

I have shared this technique before, inking up a Clear Block and adding water before stamping onto Shimmery White card stock. You can check out the video tutorial here too:

Christmas in july watercolour stamping peace this christmas

I think this is one of my favourite Christmas cards this week, simple card making is totally my thing, a simple technique and lots of white space. Just lovely.


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Jar of Love | CASE

Stampin' Up! UK Card Case Jar of Love

I have LOVED sharing these CASE cards with you this week. If you want to go back and look at the other 3 cards I have shared on my blog you can check them out; Sweet Cupcake, Garden In Bloom, and Sitting Here.

I couldn’t CASE the catalogue without sharing a card featuring the Jar of Love stamp set. This set is high up on my MUST HAVE list, and I will probably be using it again to CASE the front cover very soon!

Simple Card using Jar of Love from Stampin' Up! UK

How cute is that goldfish?!

This card is a one layer card in the catalogue, but I have chosen to add my watercoloured layer onto a card base of Pool Party card stock – mainly because I am running a little short of Thick Whisper White card stock!

Jar of Love goldfish card using Stampin' Up! UK products

This card caught my eye because of the Goldfish, but once I started to make it I fell in LOVE with it, all because of that strip of Washi Tape – I mean, how often do we actually use our stash of Washi Tape on cards! well, here is one opportunity for you!


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Sitting Here | CASE

Sitting Here Stampin' Up!

So, we continue our journey through this years Annual Catalogue with another one of my top picks! Sitting Here, I’m a sucker for a stamp set that I can use a heap of different techniques with and while this one is designed to be used with Masking I have also used watercolouring and fussy cutting with this set.

Card CASE Sitting Here watercolour from Stampin' Up! UKI have been eyeing up this card for a while, but haven’t been brave enough to get the Aqua-Painter out to watercolour it!

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I chose not to include the dog in my version, although he is super cute, I was trying to keep things simple! The swing seat, cushions and sentiment are all stamped in Archival Basic Black ink, onto Thick Whisper White or Watermelon Wonder for the sentiment.  The images are watercoloured in Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder.

Simple Card CASE featuring Sitting Here from Stampin' Up! UK

I just love the torn edge at the top of this one, and the burlap ribbon trim!


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Love and Affection Birthday Card

Birthday card using Love and Affection from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so some of my email subscribers may have already seen this blog post as it went live on Saturday morning as part of the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop, however at the time of it going live I was sat in the middle of a field camping with my family and wasn’t able to deal with an issue. So, instead I thought I would post it this evening. If you would like to see what the other ladies made with this fab sketch you can hop from Anna’s blog HERE!
Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Sketch June 2016This months sketch is brought to us by the fabulous Keren Howell from Tuppence Coloured. I cannot wait to get home and see what the girls have done with it!

Birthday card using Love and Affection from Stampin' Up! UK

I’ve been using the Love and Affection stamp set and the Affectionately Yours Speciality Designer Series Paper a lot this month as it has featured as my Stamp of the Month. I’m still loving the colour combination in the papers and the gorgeous flowers in the stamp set.

Anyone has visits my blog on a regular basis knows that I’m a bit of a watercolour addict (although I haven’t done any of a little bit, too distracted by shiny new stamps!) and so they won’t be too shocked to find that I have watercolored the flowers and leaves on this card

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Love and Affection Birthday Card Stampin' Up! UkThe Designer Series Paper features flowers in Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight, so I have mirrored that on my piece, and added some leaves in Cucumber Crush. The Designer Series Paper also features some gorgeous copper accents, which I have also picked out on my card with some loops of the stunning new copper metallic thread and some copper heat embossing.

The sentiment, as it goes, isn’t from the Love and Affection stamp set, but is from Endless Birthday Wishes – I am a sucker for a pretty font, and I love the combination of these two, the cute little happy, and the swirly birthday. So pretty.

 


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Global Design Project #040 | Jars of Watercolour

Thank You watercolour Card featuring Jar of Love from Stampin' Up! Uk

Hello! I cannot believe it has been weeks since I joined in over at the Global Design Project! I have missed it, this weeks challenge is to CASE the Designer. This type of challenge always makes me a little nervous as the girls and guys over at GDP are so super talented, but I’m giving it a go

GDP 040 - Case the Designer

I love the stamp set Shawn De Oliveira has used on this card, and I almost used it as well. But I was totally drawn to the layout of this card, with the offset panel. So I thought I would use that instead.

Thank You watercolour Card featuring Jar of Love from Stampin' Up! Uk

Jar of Love was one of the stamp sets I knew I HAD to have when I first looked at the catalogue, those jars are just so adorable! I was actually making a different card when this one sort of appeared as if from no-where (I’ll be sharing the other card here on Saturday!)

Jar of Love Thanks Card Stampin' Up! UK

That watercolour background was so easy to create; add ink to a large acrylic block and use an Aqua Painter to pick up the colour, and wash it onto the Watercolour Paper. I repeated it several times to get an intense wash of Flirty Flamingo.

I cant get enough of that pretty side panel either, stamped on Pool Party ink onto Pool Party card stock for a great tone on tone effect – similar to what Shawn had done with his card too!

Watercolour Thank you card featuring Stampin' Up! UK Jar of Love

I couldn’t use Jar of Love without using a jar could I?! so this one is stamped in Smoky Slate, with Pool Party ‘water’ and a bow of Flirty Flamingo. That ‘Thanks’ is in the same stamp set, is stamped in Smoky Slate too.

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