Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Challenge #109

Hello and welcome to Inspire.Create Stamping Challenges #109. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia and we have a CASE the Designer challenge for you today. The designer we are casing is one of our very clever and creative Inspire.Create team members Denita Wright-Smee.

Denita is very special to me as she is not only a member of my Stampin' Up! team but a very dear friend who provides never ending inspiration and encouragement to me.

Is there anything sweeter than a galloping unicorn and none are sweeter than the cartoon style unicorn in Stampin' Up!'s Hippo Happiness Bundle from the 2021-2022 Annual catalogue. Here I have created a simple card CASEing the design from Dentia's card

but substituting and featuring the great elements from the stamp set and its coordinating dies.

I've substituted Denita's swirly frame for a die cut stitched frame that creates a base for my sentiment and unicorn. I have also used another of the dies to replace the ribbon.

For the unicorn there are two stamps in the set that are used together to build this cutie. One stamps the full shape of the unicorn, and the other fills his body, leaving the face blank so it can be filled in with the face stamp. I have stamped the full body in Daffodil delight and then head and body in Melon Mambo stamping directly over the Daffodil Delight body. Using Tuxedo Black I then stamped the face.

The Hippo Happiness Bundle has so many elements I think it is a must for you wish list. 

Would you like to join the challenge? Then pop on over and view the gorgeous creations by our team and other talented stampers here. We would love for you to join in the fun. Add your project to our gallery here. 

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

Below are the products I have used for today's 

Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge if you wish to purchase just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. 

Bye for now. 

Please stay safe.

                                        Product List

Hippo Happiness Bundle (English) [154080]	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]
Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126]	Rainbow Glimmer Paper [153056]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool [129056]

Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Challenge #108

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

I have a short post for you today as I have been a little time poor this week. I have chosen to show case a little of the Heart & Home Suite available now in Stampin' Up!'s new Mini Catalogue January-June 2022.

These beautiful papers are from the Heart & Home Designer Series 12" x 12" Papers and I have teamed them with a strip of the Silver Foil Specialty Paper (no longer available sorry), a Bumblebee Trinket and a leaf from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack.

Would you like to join the challenge? Then pop on over and view the gorgeous creations by our team and other talented stampers here. We would love for you to join in the fun. Add your project to our gallery here. 

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

Below are the products I have used for today's 

Inspire.Create Stamping Challenge if you wish to purchase just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. 

Bye for now. 

Please stay safe.

Product List 

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008]	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605]	Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157928]	Honeybee Home Cling Stamp Set (English) [157943]	Bumblebee Trinkets [155568]	Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack [155465]
Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457]

Inspire.Create Stamping Challenges Theme: Birthday

 Happy New Year! Hello and welcome to another Inspire.Create.Challenge. I am Karen Farquhar from Australia. This week we have a theme challenge for you, the theme being 'Birthday'.

I always feel sorry for people who celebrate their birthdays around Christmas. My Granddaughter, Emily, was born on the 3rd of January and there is always the problem of what to give her for her Birthday. At least I have a card for her. How convenient.

Given that Emily is turning 15 years of age I thought she may like a bright, sparkly card. 

So I have a little sneak peak for you from the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue, due for release on the 4th of January. 

I have used the Brilliant Rainbow Dies and teamed them with the gorgeous Rainbow Glimmer Paper from the Annual Catalogue to create these cards. The sentiment 'Happy Birthday' is from the  Special Moments Stamp set available for free during our Sale-A-Bration promotion which will be running from 4th January-28th February, 2022.

I have used opposite ends of the Glimmer Paper to create a feminine version and then a more masculine version of the card.

I liked the idea of having the rainbow card front as a cut away but I can tell you it was a bit difficult to trim the card front back to the rainbow neatly and evenly as there isn't a die for this. Not perfect but I gave it my best shot. The sun is cut from the Tasteful Labels Dies available in the Annual Catalogue.

Would you like to join the challenge? Then pop on over and view the gorgeous creations by our team and other talented stampers here. We would love for you to join in the fun. Add your project to our gallery .

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

Below are the products I have used for today's 

Inspire.Create Stamping Challenges if you wish to purchase just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store. 

Bye for now. 

Please stay safe.

Product List 

Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Rainbow Glimmer Paper [153056]	Magenta Madness A4 Cardstock [153085]	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096]
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886]

Last Minute Christmas Gifts

Hello I thought I would share with you today some of the quick small Christmas gifts I have been creating during the lead up to Christmas.

The first are my little Santas for my grandnephews and grandnieces. 

 I simply cut a 5cm x 21cm strip of card stock punched, both ends with the Delightful Tag Topper Punch and scored along the long side at 9cm from each end. 

I stamped Santa from the Be Jolly stamp set, coloured him with my blend pens, fussy cut him out then adhered him to the front of the 5cm strip. I then die cut a hole for his tummy. I needed a hole in the front and back to accomodate a Lindt chocolate. 

 My next projects are gifts for family and stamping friends. I have created some pretty polished pink poinsettias using the Poinsettia Dies and the gorgeous 2021-2023 Shimmer Vellum. 

Using the die cut poinsettias I have added them to gift tags large and small.

For the small poinsettia I have just used up my scraps as I couldn't bear to waste the beautiful paper.

Here I have added the poinsettias to the top of our 31/8" x 31/8" acetate card boxes adding some pink Lindt chocolates to coordinate. 

For this project I have decorated a candle jar 

I have had such fun with these colours this year inspired by the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Paper I couldn't not pass up creating a gift box of tags with the Whimsy Wonder Suite.

 I have packaged them in a Stampin' Up! C6 Acetate Card Box.

I found adding the ribbon to the tag tops was a little bulky so I have folded and tied the ribbon and nestled it in the box with the cards to create a pretty presentation. 

 Notice a little sneak peak? The Soft Succulent Satin Shimmer ribbon available next month in our new January-June Mini Catalogue.

Below are the products I have used today just click on the product thumbnail to take you to my Online Store if you wish to purchase. Be quick though as supplies from the Mini catalogue are selling out fast as this catalogue will end at the end of this month.

Bye for now. 

Please stay safe and have a very Merry Christmas.

 

Product List

Be Jolly Cling Stamp Set [156370]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344]	Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147935]	Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Mixed Satin Ribbon [147894]	Poinsettia Dies [153522]
2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616]	Whimsy & Wonder Suite Collection (English) [156276]	Delightful Tag Topper Punch [149518]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	White 3/8'' (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [156408]	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620]