Karen Farquhar

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #147|Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to another Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have my favourite challenge a sketch challenge.

For my submission I have created a scene with the Les Shoppes Suite Collection from 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

I may have cheated a little and substituted a strip of the Bubble Bath colour ribbon for the strip across the centre of the sketch design as I wanted to keep the design soft. The ribbon has silver thread along the edges so I thought that my pass. This ribbon is one of the three coloured ribbons included in the 3/8" Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack. The other colours in the pack include Azure Afternoon and Lemon Lolly.

My next card is a pop-up shop. The shop folds flat for posting.

My background shop images where stamped in Bubble Bath ink I then applied ink to a stamp block and moved it around my background until I was happy with the result. To build the pop-up I cut a piece of Bubble Bath cardstock 5.8cm x

11.5cm.

I then scored the long side at 1cm, 2cm, 9.5cm &10.5cm.

I stamped a top and bottom storey of the shop in Bubble Bath ink on Bubble Bath cardstock, die cut the shop pieces then adhered the shop pieces between the two middle score lines.

I then positioned my window and door dies on my stamped shop and die cut them out.

I adhered a piece of window sheet to the back for window glass. I then applied tear and tape along the top and bottom edges of the score lines, folded the top and bottom scored flaps inwards and adhered the shop to my card face. I stamped my interior displays on basic white cardstock, coloured them with my Stampin' Blends, applied adhesive to their backs and slide them in position lining them up with their respective windows.

While I was playing with this suite I had an idea to make a cute Christmas Shop. For my Christmas images I have used stamps from the new online only Trucking Along Stamp Set and Punch Bundle. The wreath I trimmed from the Delightful Doily Hybrid Die. (Sorry the little bows are from the Tree Lot Dies which are no longer available, however their coordinating stamp set Trees for Sale is available in the Clearance Rack at the moment.)

I thought It would be a nice idea to include a Gift Card pop-up section in the centre of the card to go with the shopping theme.

Thank you for dropping by today I hope you are inspired by my projects. Do you feel like you would like to join the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time).

Below are the products I have used for today's project.

If you are an Australian resident and wish to purchase the products I have used for todays projects just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. To make your way to our new Annual Catalogue either click on an image below or the catalogue image to the right of this page.

Bye for now.

Product List

Les Shoppes Suite Collection (English) [161337]	Trucking Along Bundle (English) [162306]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock [161727]	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578]	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686]	Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]
Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674]	3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack [161635]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #146|Inspiration Challenge

Hello and welcome to Inspire.Create. Challenge number #146. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have been set an Inspiration Challenge. The challenge is to create a project from anything that appeals to you in this cute card created by Jo Blackman. You could choose to recreate the layout, use the colour scheme. Whatever you wish.

To me the card looked like it was a Double Z Fold card. So I have created three different versions of the Fancy Fun Fold Technique. Measurements can be found at Amanda Bates website. Amanda provides both USA inches and A4 measurements. Thank you so much Amanda for sharing.

I have used the oh so cute characters from Stampin' Up!'s Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper. There are so many animal characters in this paper you could create dozens and dozens of cards for almost any occasion.

My first card I have teamed the elephant image with Pool Party Cardstock and the Pool Party design from the Subtles Designer Series Paper.

For my background spots I diecut a Cardstock Mask from the Dots & Spots Die then randomly daubered though the spots in the template.

My dancing Hippopotamuses are coordinated with the Bubble Bath Cardstock and the Subtles Designer Series paper.

And for the gorgeous knitting Alpaca I have used Lemon Lolly Cardstock and again the Subtles Designer Series Paper in Lemon Lolly.

Thank you for dropping by today I hope you are inspired by my projects. Do you feel like you would like to join the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time).

Below are the products I have used for today's project.

Bye for now.

Product List

Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161304]	Crafting With You Bundle (English) [161226]	Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161644]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock [161727]	Lemon Lolly A4 Cardstock [161729]
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Sponge Daubers [133773]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]	Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad [159208]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges #145|Theme Baby or Child

Hello and welcome to another Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have been set a Baby or Child theme

I thought I would have a play with the Carousel Horses stamp set. I have stamped out the images and used it with the gorgeous Designer Series Paper from the Beautiful Balloons Suite. This is the front of my card.

But the inside reveals a surprise Twist and Pop insert. Here is the link to the tutorial I have used from Taffy Crafting. I thought this would be a fun little element to add to a children's card. I do apologise for the poor quality of my photographs I had a lot of trouble as the Fresh Freesia colour kept bleeding into my background.

My next two cards are fun little shaker cards one for child and one for a new arrival.

Thank you for dropping by today I hope you are inspired by my projects. Do you feel like you would like to join the Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge?

We really would love to see your creations. Note we need your projects submitted here by 10am. Sunday (UK time).

Below are the products I have used for today's project.

Bye for now.

Product List

Carousel Horses Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161463]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161449]	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675]
Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161673]	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894]	Window Sheets [142314]	Loose Silver Sequins [161626]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Simply Scored [122334]