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Saturday, 8 April 2017

My Favourite Bundle Dragonfly Dreams Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop 8

Hello again my friends from all over the world welcome to our global hop. Thank you for joining me from Sarah's Blog I hope you are enjoying the hop around the world with Anja next. We were asked to pick our favourite Bundle for either current catalogue - that's a big ask as there is more than one I love. I have chosen Dragonfly Dreams because there is so much to love.

My favourite saying is 'Fairies fly on the wings of Dragonflies - see one and make a wish'

Out came the Watercolor Pencils and I decided to play on the Shimmery white card as well. The dominant colour here is Pacific Point but I also used the Bermuda Bay Pencil for the background.

The gold looks lovely - as does the addition of a little splatter thanks to the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

So how about another variation? Silver ribbon and a couple of pearls with the dragonflies cut from Shimmery cardstock so they sparkle just a little.

And this is for my friends that love PINK - saving this card for my cousins birthday in September! I used 4 pencils from the set to give this lovely background and how great does that Silver glimmer paper look?

1. Sarah McDermott
2. Courtenay Heuston YOU ARE HERE
3. Anja Reuss
4. Lisa Hardie
5. Georgia Missy Gaydos
6. Kimberley Anne Morris
7.Hannah Jones
8. Christine Wrede
9. Erica Jones
10 Angélique Stempelkeuken
11. Jenn Curtis Charles
12. Marieke Bart

Thank you for Hopping along with us. If you are from Australia you can click the images below to purchase what you need to create these cards. I'd love to see them when you make your own so find me on Social Media Facebook, Instagram or use the #bagsthatone when you share. Happy Stamping.

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies

[142749]

$54.00

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

$27.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Gold Glimmer Paper

[133719]

$8.75

Silver Glimmer Paper

[135314]

$8.75

Pacific Point A4 Card Stock

[116202]

$14.00

Gold 1/8" Ribbon

[134583]

$8.75

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

$14.00

Silver 1/8" Ribbon

[132137]

$8.75

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$13.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Whisper White C6 Envelopes

[106588]

$11.50

Courtenay
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Friday, 7 April 2017

Crushed Curry Blooms & Wishes What's not to Love?

Some more Blooms & Wishes for you.
This set has seen a lot of ink at my place and there's more card shares to come with this one - I am really enjoying how versatile it is.

So you have looked at the card and are now thinking mmm those little leaves are not in that stamp set! Where are they from they are not on the supplies list below - they are in fact the little flowers that I have also used for the centres in Peekaboo Peach - they are coloured with the marker so I only put ink on 3 petals at a time to give the illusion of leaves.

The other thing I did was give each Crushed Curry flower a quick brush over with the Aqua painters to 'wash' them out a little more.
Tip of the day - use Shimmery White Cardstock not Whisper White as its not a fan of water.

To make this card you will need -

Blooms & Wishes Photopolymer Stamps

[141784]

$37.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

$14.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[131173]

$11.50

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

$14.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

$11.50

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Crushed Curry Baker's Twine

[134586]

$5.25

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

$8.75

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$13.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Whisper White C6 Envelopes

[106588]

$11.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$20.00

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Blooms and Wishes Especially For You

Since I had the Blooms & Wishes stamp set I decided I needed to use it more - I loved it as the One Sheet Wonder that I did with my Stamp Club and sat thinking why didn't I get this one right at the start of the catalogue? Oh that's correct I bought a heap of other great goodies!

How pretty is that? The flowers are beautiful it is actually a very versatile set. I will pop a link below with all the items I used but the main flower colour is Peekaboo Peach, what I found interesting though is the cardstock boarder you see is actually Pumpkin Pie because it just didn't work the other way around. The Peekaboo Peach boarder was to pale and if I stamped in Pumpkin Pie it was way to dark for the look I was trying to achieve. The green is Old Olive - one of my most favourite colours.

There is a little Flirty Flamingo stamped off as highlights, the Old Olive is both solid and stamped off and can you see the Chocolate chip centres in the flower - they are stamped off as well.

The BOW - how does one tie a perfect bow? Well this is how I do mine thanks YouTube - sorry no video from me but the photos will give a good idea.

I leave the ribbon attached to save on ribbon and I can cut it without any wastage.

Slip the ribbon off the block and you have a big loop, work out where you want the bow to sit on your card prior to cutting the loop. Cut the loop with enough ribbon to wrap around your card on each side.