Using scraps

I set myself a challenge by doing a blind dip into my card stock case scrap section and same with the stamps. I had to make something up with whatever I found. Here's the result ~

The stamps used are from the In Full Bloom set and the Floral background stamp. I really love this stamp - it is so subtle, but puts a lovely depth into the background of the card. I better go - I've little time and lots of stamping to do!

What a great day!

I spent all day Saturday over at Fleur's place and we were Stampin' Up! all day. For our first project we decided to each bring a challenge, something that neither of us had done before. Fleur had a doozy! It was a Waterfall card~ it was great once we got all the bits sorted out and attached them the right way! But we still have two lonely pieces leftover, I wonder what we missed? Clues anyone?
Here's my version of the waterfall card. When you pull the ribbon at the bottom, the little cards flip up and then down again. It's very pretty and a lot of fun to make and, now that I know how to, I'll be making some more
The second challenge (mine) was a swing card. I'm not too happy with the one that I made, so I will make another to show you later. We also made a few items with stamps from the new Spring Mini Catalogue. They are just great and I can't wait to do some more cards and scrapbook pages with them. I can't show you them just yet. But as soon as I am allowed to, there will be pictures posted here ~ so keep watching!
We also had fun making and decorating our bagalopes. You don't know what a bagalope is? If you have a Stampin' Up! workshop, I'll show you how to make one. All in all it was a great day, with good company, lots of stamping, lovely soup & fresh, homemade bread for lunch and entertainment provided by Lauchie. He's such a lovely chatty fellow, it was lovely listening to him debating the merits of various superheroes, would a cushion house keep out a monster dog and the different colour of the noses of Chip and Dale. All very important stuff!
If you want to see what Fleur made on our stamping day, head over to Fleur's blog - she's very clever!

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Cybercrop

I was part of my first ever cybercrop last Friday - it was hosted by my upline Jayne. She set the challenges and we had to complete them.. It was a great experience.. This page is from the first challenge Jayne set.. it was a sketch from the SU! website (here's the sketch if you would like to see what it's based on... http://www3.stampinup.com/images/WorkshopWizardintl/30-4579925.jpg )
and here's my take on the sketch....
The backgrounds are created using SU! stamps and the papers are from the Earth Elements colour family. I've embossed the "PASTA" and cut them out with the tag punch (love it!!). Yes I know there is no jouranling.. that's what the big blue sqaure is for... When I get it done I will change the picture. I was pretty happy with this for my first 'cyber' attempt.

The second challenge was to choose a card from the catalogue that uses a set you'd never buy and make the card again using a stamp set you own. We could change the colour scheme if we didn't have the same colours but the layout must be the same. I picked a card from page 88 of the current catalogue to interpret... I didn't have any of the "hardware", so made up my embellisjment from a couple of cut out leaves from the In Full Bloom set.


I can't wait for the next team get together..!

Watercolours..

I didn't think that I would like it - but I love it!! I have discovered the fun to be had with the different ways that you can watercolour with SU!'s inks and pastels.... And going even further out of my comfort zone I played with a bit of pink last night.. here's the results....

What do you think..??