{HAPPY NEW YEAR and some Daisy cards from a stamped One Sheet Wonder}

Happy New Year!

Inspite of the challenges of 2020, my heart is full of gratitude for continued sustenance, friendships old and new, family and their development and Hope for the future.  I'm hugely aware of the deeper challenges and sorrows that have and continue to face each day.  Praying you will know peace and strength if this is you.

The next few weeks are likely to become quite busy for me as we move home (locally).  I'll endeavour to keep you informed of Stampin' Up news.  Please be aware that other platforms tend to get updated sooner than this, so follow my channel on YouTube here and my page on Facebook here.

In a few days there will be a new catalogue to feast your eyes on. Be aware that because of recent Covid restrictions there are delays.  Do place orders, however don't stalk your UPS delivery person to early!

Here are some cards I really enjoyed making last year.

Love this colour combo, the warm tones of the Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider with the cool blue of Coastal Cabana make a harmonious palette.  

The other winning combination is the stamp sets, Beautiful Friendship and All Things Fabulous look beautiful together.

Here is how I stamped the paper

To see how I made them here is the video 

 

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{Stamped Summer Wreath using Floral Essence by Artful Stampin}

So I have been on quite a journey creatively these last few months.  My love and appreciation of the versatility and unlimited creative options of stamps has grown.  I always knew that once you had a rubber stamp in your hand the choice was yours as to what colour you used and where you stamped it.  However by playing and experimenting with multiple stamps and images has opened up a whole new world to me.

This world can be yours too.  You may not have the same stamps, that doesn't matter, as long as you have images you like and enjoy looking at. By spending time with them, experimenting with different colours, repeat stamping and seeing how they look with other stamps you can find a way of expressing yourself artistically.  BE WARNED you will most probably discover new techniques and new creative addictions along the way!

This is a detailed wreath stamped on 12 x 12 Whisper White cardstock.

To see this wreath being stamped skip to 40 minutes into the video below.

Here is a speeded up version of the wreath

To see a list of the products used go here 

https://s.tamp.in/wdxrnl

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{Playing with Timeless Tulips to make stamped one sheet wonders]

Hi there!

To my shame I've had this blog post half ready for ages.

I just needed to add some words.

The stamps used are Timeless Tulips, Beautiful Friendship, Woven Heirlooms and Botanical Prints.

This is what the sheet looked like before I cut it up

Here are a few video tutorials using the Timeless Tulips

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{Colour combination challenge with BLUES}

Combining different stamp sets is a great way to create some fantastical scenes and designs.

As part of a recent challenge I was given 5 blues to play with and chose some stamp sets at random 

STAMPS USED 

Leave a little Sparkle, Winter Woods, Butterfly Wishes, Beautiful Friendship, All wired up 

INKS USED 

Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock

Here is the long video

Here is the shorter and sped up tutorial

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{Purple Flowers and Unicorns}

Hi, and welcome to my blog, have you had the chance to be creative today?  If not, I hope these projects will give you some inspiration.

I'm playing catch up with various projects and videos I have created and not got round to blogging.

Here are a couple of projects that were just screaming out to be shared together as they have purple in common.  The first is a birthday card I made for my daughter.  I stamped a whole sheet of card then used just a quarter of it and mounted it onto a A5 card base (basically an A4 piece of card folded in half).  The main focal point is the unicorn from Leave a Little Sparkle, then I used various other stamps to decorate around it including Abstract Impressions, Very Versailles and Pop of Petals.

There are 2 versions of the video tutorial, here is the faster edited version

and here is the longer one, with all the mistakes I made along the way.

This second card was inspired by a friend who loves purple and butterflies.

I used Butterfly Wishes, Beautiful Friendship and the swirl from Leave a Little Sparkle.

The colours are Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Purple Posy (discontinued) and Gray Granite

Here is the sped up tutorial set to music...

and here is the longer "real time" one.

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Celebrating 5000 subscribers on YouTube - Stamp set GIVEAWAY

It's a happy giveaway day today, to celebrate having over 5000 subscribers on YouTube.

I did a live video earlier today and made 19, yes 19! card fronts with the gorgeous Beautiful Friendship stamp set.

To be in with a chance to win it, you have to head to the video and comment on it, if you like the video please remember to give it a "thumbs up" and share it with your crafty friends. 

 I will do draw live at 4pm GMT on 30th October 2019 , the winner will be announced, they have 48 hours to contact me (ruthtrice@gmail.com) with their contact details, failing to do so will result in me drawing again.

If you can't open up the YouTube page from the video below, click on the link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIs2uOULKGI 

And here are the cards I stamped in that session...

To purchase the stamps and inks you can see the catalogue here here

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{Stamping Florals and Geometricals on a One Sheet Wonder}

I've been having lots of fun over on YouTube doing what is called "lives".  It's been really fun getting to know viewers from all around the world as they're able to comment and ask questions as I stamp.  If you use YouTube please subscribe to my channel, and click the bell button to get notifications on your device of when I go "live".

Here is a long video of a process that took about an hour, I ended up stamping 3 sheets and making 8 cards from them.

 STAMPS USED: First Frost, Painted Glass, Lilypad Lake, Beautiful Friendship, Waterfront (splatters)
 COLOURS USED: Sea Side Spray, Purple Posy, Pretty Peacock, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Mint Macaron   

If you haven't got time to watch the long version please watch the shorter version below.

Here are the cards I ended up making.

I thought you might like to see the full sheet before I cut it up.

My usual card size is A6, however because I wanted to show off this stamping I made 2 A5 cards.

Hope you enjoyed looking at these.  If you have been inspired by what you see and would like to share your creations with others then please join my Facebook group Artful Stampin Space here.

Don't forget, if you would like a copy of the new Autumn/Winter catalogue you can drop me a line and I'll pop one in the post to you.  If you can't wait that long, you can see it here.

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