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Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #34: Sketch Challenge

by Kylie September 14, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi, welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our September 2021 Blog Hop is a Sketch Challenge. You can see the sketch below.

Here’s the Challenge…

Sketch challenges are always so fun. Sometimes they can be super challenging as you have to think outside of your regular design process. Other times again, you see a sketch and immediately you know what you are going to do. This card was a little bit of both. Once I decided upon my centre panel, the rest of the card came together quite quickly. I played around with patterned papers from different packs but in the end, I decided to go for quite a neutral, simple design.

I started by stamping the dahlia from the Delicate Dahlias stamp set on Crumb Cake cardstock in Early Espresso ink. Next, I coloured the images with White, Flirty Flamingo and Pumpkin Pie watercolour pencils. Over the top, I applied a light coating of Wink of Stella. TIP: Don’t be too heavy-handed with the Wink of Stella as it may cause your ink to bleed. Once I had finished this step I thought the design needed something else so I lightly applied some Early Espresso Watercolour Pencil to the edge of the dahlias and then blended it out with a Blender Pen. This helped the flowers to pop a little more.

I layered this coloured piece on a panel of Be Dazzling Specialty Designer Paper – such a pretty paper. This was then layered on a piece of Early Espresso cardstock which had been embossed with the Bark 3D Embossing Folder. I mounted this directly onto an Early Espresso card base.

The sentiment was chosen from the Artistically Inked stamp set. I gold heat embossed this on some Early Espresso cardstock and then die cut it using the Messages die. It was then popped up on the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The finishing touches were to add a few Gilded Gems and a gold bow.

Here’s the card…

This card is actually so much prettier in real life. The Be Dazzling Specialty Paper is just so pretty! It’s a great way to add that little extra something special. I had such fun colouring the dahlias too. I hadn’t used the Watercolour Pencils in such a long time.

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Olivia Liew’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Nikki Stalker’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Thanks for hopping along with us. Please continue on the hop and see the wonderful projects by the rest of the Stampers Anonymous ladies. They are always so inspiring!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set, die set, etc, also comes as a part of a bundle or suite, I link to all so that you have choices. I also link refills and basic supplies like adhesives which correspond with items used to make my projects. These links take you to my online store.

September 14, 2021 9 comments

Blog Hop Challenge Count On Me Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop

Stampin’ Creative Global Blog Hop – August 2021 – Friendship

by Kylie August 26, 2021

written by Kylie

Hello and welcome to the Stampin’ Creative Global Blog Hop! Currently, you’re visiting the blog of Kylie at Stampers Workshop! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. To see the rest of the blogs in the hop, there’s a list below.

The theme for our August 2021 Blog Hop is Friendship.

I loved the theme of this months hop. With the state of the world at the moment, I cannot think of one person who wouldn’t appreciate a card in the mail. I chose the delightful bears from the super cute Count On Me stamp set. This stamp set has the most darling critters along with some super sweet sentiments.

Here’s the card…

In order to create my card, I needed to do some reverse stamping. Have you tried this before? It is fun and pretty easy to do although, to be honest, I usually have a practice run because I always seem to mess up the first go.

Take your stamp, in this case, the bear from the Count On Me stamp set and ink it up. I decided not to ink up the heart for my reverse image as I decided the card only needed one. Once you have inked it up, take your Silicone Craft Sheet and careful stamp the image onto the sheet. This is where it is easy to make a mistake. You want to be careful not to slip. I also tend to hold the stamp in position a bit longer than normal to ensure the ink transfers evenly. Once you have done this step, take the Silicone Craft Sheet and press the inked image onto your Basic White Cardstock. You need to press firmly but try not to squeeze the Silicone Craft Sheet as your transfer the ink as it will cause the ink to move where you don’t want it to be. Stamp the second bear in place and colour with your Stampin’ Blends. Trim this piece to a square approximately 8cm x 7.4cm and put it aside for now.

Next up, take a sheet of Crumb Cake cardstock and create your card base. Add texture with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder. Take a sheet of Pear Pizzazz and Coastal Cabana paper from the Subtles 6″x6″ Designer Series Paper Pack and cut each down to a rectangle shape to fit on the front of the card. I then scraped the blade of my Paper Snips along the edges to rough them up and add a little more interest.

Attach the patterned paper to your card base and then tie some Linen Thread around the card. Before adding the stamped panel, pick out the sentiment you like and white heat emboss it on some Pear Pizzazz cardstock. I then die cut this with the Messages die set. Yes, this die set really is getting a good workout. Finally, add the stamped panel and the sentiment to your card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The final step is to add some Rhinestones, and some Wink of Stella to the bears.

It was so fun making this card and I do hope you’ll give it a go too!

Let’s continue on the hop…

Thank you for visiting my blog. To continue on the hop here is a list of all the participants.

Thanks again for hopping along with us. I hope you will play along with us too. Be sure to visit all the other blogs as I know you are going to be so inspired by all the wonderful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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August 26, 2021 10 comments

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Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #33: Colour Challenge

by Kylie August 14, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi, welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our August 2021 Blog Hop is a Colour Challenge. We were challenged to create a card using Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. We are also permitted to use Basic White, Basic Black and/or Very Vanilla.

Here’s the Challenge…

I actually found this to be a little extra challenging. I really like all the colours chosen. They all work so well together but they are a little more subtle than the colours I usually choose.

To start, I selected the Delicate Dahlias stamp set for my project. This is a Sale-A-Bration stamp set that could be yours for free with a qualifying order. The stamp set is a fun two-step stamp set which is fabulous. For my card, I chose to stick with the line art images only.

I started by stamping the large dahlia, and the leaves (three times) on a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper with Versamark Ink. I then heat embossed the images with White Embossing Powder. The greeting was also stamped in Versamark on a small piece of Soft Succulent cardstock and heat embossed this with the White Embossing Powder.

Next up, I added clean water to the images and then dropped in my colour. I used Pale Papaya to colour the dahlia. It looks so pretty. For the leaves, I added a wash of the Soft Succulent ink. I blotted some of the ink off and then added just a little of the Evening Evergreen to the lower parts of the leaves. When it was dry, I fussy cut the images out with Paper Snips.

The card base was made with the Basic White Thick cardstock. I covered the entire front with a panel of Soft Succulent patterned paper from the 2021-2023 In Colour 6×6 Designer Series Paper pack. I placed a panel of Basic White cardstock in the Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine before adding it to the centre of my card base.

The next step was to assemble the card. I adhered the leaves with Seal but decided to pop up the Dahlia with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment strip was popped up too. The final touch was to add a few Evening Evergreen rhinestones from the 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels pack.

Here’s the card…

I’m actually really happy with how this card turned out. I loved playing with painting my images too. It was so fun!

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Melissa Gifford’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Elizabeth Yager’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Nikki Stalker

Melissa Gifford

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Elizabeth Yager

Sharon Wilson

Marelle Taylor

Thanks for hopping along with us. These challenges are always so fun. Sometimes they are easy and other times they really push us out of our comfort zones. I hope you’ll give this challenge a go. Please continue on the hop and see the wonderful projects by the rest of the Stampers Anonymous ladies. They never cease to inspire me!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Shop 24/7 at my online store at Stampers Workshop!
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August 14, 2021 10 comments

Blog Hop Challenge Seascape Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop Thank you

Stampin’ Creative Global Blog Hop – July 2021 – Summer Dreams

by Kylie July 29, 2021

written by Kylie

The theme for our July 2021 Blog Hop is Summer Dreams.

I confess it was a little hard to think of Summer Dreams whilst smack dab in Winter. Now, it doesn’t get as cold here in WA as it does in Victoria (from where I moved late last year) but it does still get cold, windy and rainy. I started thinking about Summer and the first thing which popped into my head is the HEAT! I’m not a fan. So then I started thinking about things you do during summer and going down to the beach is one of my favourite things to do – albeit at sunset. Watching the sunset is one of my favourite things to do. A conversation my partner and I had with a man at the beach one summer a couple of years ago then popped into my head. The man had been searching the waters for signs of seahorses. That’s when I decided I had to use the Seascape Bundle for my card.

Here’s the card…

The card is actually pretty easy to create. I created the card base from Coastal Cabana cardstock. I also cut another panel the same size as my card front and die cut one of the shapes from the Layering Diorama die set. I stamped the sand onto a couple of strips of Crumb Cake cardstock and tore along one edge to give a little more interest. Next up was a lot more die-cutting. I cut out some fish, the seaweed/coral and the seahorse. These are all dies in the Sea Life die set. Such a great set. I used Blending Brushes to add colour to all the die-cut pieces. I also added some shading around the edge of my top panel.

The sentiment, from the Seascape stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink on Polished Pink cardstock and then white heat embossed. I love the look of the white on the pink. I also stamped a few fish in the background to try and create the illusion of a little more depth.

All that was left was to assemble the card. I adhered the base layer items first then popped up the top panel. I thought the card needed one final touch and so I added a coating of Wink of Stella to all of the die-cut pieces.

It’s such a bright and happy card. The colours remind me of summer too, don’t you think so too?

Let’s continue on the hop…

Thank you for visiting my blog. To continue on the hop here is a list of all the participants.

Thanks again for hopping along with us. I hope you will play along with us too. Be sure to visit all the other blogs as I know you are going to be so inspired by all the wonderful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Shop 24/7 at my online store at Stampers Workshop!
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July 29, 2021 14 comments

Birthdays Blog Hop Challenge Sketch Stampers Anonymous Stellar Birthday

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #32: Sketch Challenge

by Kylie July 14, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone, welcome to the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop day! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. The theme for our July 2021 Blog Hop is a Sketch Challenge. We were challenged to create a card based on the sketch featured below.

Here’s the Challenge…

I really like this sketch and I knew exactly what I was going to do as soon as I saw it. It rarely happens for me this way! The Stellar Birthday stamp set had been laying on my desk unused for a week or so. I thought this sketch would be perfect to create a scene of an astronaut child passing by the moon on a dark and starry night.

Here’s the card…

I used a Layering Circle die and cut out a mask from a Post-It note. This was going to be my moon shape. (If you don’t feel like masking, you could simply die cut a circle from Basic White cardstock and stick it down instead). After adhering my mask, I used a Blending Brush to add a layer of Misty Moonlight ink. Then I added a layer of Night of Navy ink. I wanted this to be darker around the edges of my panel. Depending on how juicy your inkpads are, you might find that some of the ink seeps through the mask. Don’t worry about it! In fact, it helps to add a little interest and you then don’t have to try and add anything to make it look more like a moon (well, that’s my theory anyway).

Once you are happy with the colour of this panel, splash some water droplets on it as this will ‘lift up’ the colour in places. Helps it look a bit more like a sky. Then put this panel aside to dry very well. I let mine dry overnight. You could heat it with a Heat Tool, but remove the mask first. Once the panel is completely dry, randomly stamp the stars from the Stellar Birthday set all over this panel with Versamark ink and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder. Put this panel aside. (If the panel isn’t completely dry you will end up with flecks of embossing powder where you do not want them).

Stamp the astronaut in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colour with your Stampin’ Blends. Cut out the image and add Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop the image up on the card. I added a torn strip of Polished Pink cardstock and a strip of paper from the Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper pack to the sky panel. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy. It was also popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The final touch was to add some silver diamond shaped epoxy stickers from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials pack.

Let’s continue on the hop…

You might have come here from Melissa Gifford’s blog. Next up, please hop along to Marelle Taylor’s blog. Here’s a list of all the participants:

Kylie Page | Stampers Workshop (You Are Here)

Marelle Taylor

Meighan Wheller

Sharon Wilson

Thanks for hopping along with us. I had so much fun with this sketch. I hope you’ll try your hand and creating something based on it too. We’d love for you to continue on the hop and see the wonderful projects by the rest of the Stampers Anonymous ladies.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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July 14, 2021 15 comments

Artistically Inked Blog Hop Challenge Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop

Stampin’ Creative Global Blog Hop – June 2021 – In-Color Inspiration

by Kylie June 24, 2021

written by Kylie

Hello and welcome to the Stampin’ Creative Global Blog Hop! Currently, you’re visiting the blog of Kylie at Stampers Workshop! It’s my first hop with these talented stampers and I’m so thrilled to be participating. Thanks so much for hopping with us this month. To see the rest of the blogs in the hop, there’s a list below.

The theme for our June 2021 Blog Hop is In-Color Inspiration. We were asked to create a card using any, or a combination of the In-Colours on our project. How fun!

Here’s the card…

I love all the new 2021-2023 InColours so this is where I chose to start when creating my card. I’ve also been wanting to use the fabulous floral die from the Artistic dies set so it seemed like a match made in heaven to combine the two. I die cut this image twice from Basic White Cardstock. My big tip here is to apply Adhesive Sheets to your Basic White cardstock before running it through your Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine. This makes it so much easier to adhere the fiddly die cut!

After I had my two die-cut pieces, I simply sponged them with the different ink colours before positioning them where I thought they’d look good on my card panel. I trimmed off the overhanging pieces and then layered this onto a sheet of Pale Papaya cardstock. This panel was then adhered to a Soft Succulent cardstock base (after I added some extra texture with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder). Yes, this is definitely my new go-to embossing folder since the Subtles Embossing Folder retired.

The final touches to the card was to add a sentiment from the coordinating Artistically Inked stamp set and some rhinestones. It’s quite a simple card and it really was easy to make. I think you’ll enjoy making it too.

Let’s continue on the hop…

Thank you for visiting my blog. To continue on the hop here is a list of all the participants.

Thanks again for hopping along with us. I hope you will play along with us too. Be sure to visit all the other blogs as I know you are going to be so inspired by all the wonderful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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June 24, 2021 4 comments

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StampingPals Challenge #15 | Colour Challenge

by Kylie May 1, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone! Welcome to the StampingPals Challenge for May 2021. This month we have a colour challenge and you can see it below. We were challenged to create a card using Highland Heather, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. You could also choose to add Basic Black, Basic White and/or Very Vanilla.

Here’s the Challenge…

Colour challenges can be just that – challenging! At first, I had no idea where to start and so I pulled out all the ink and swatched the colours to see how they worked together. They looked so pretty and before I knew it I had created a really pretty background. I really wanted that background to be the focus of my card and the Bokeh Technique popped into my head. Have you heard of this technique? It’s actually really simple and looks super pretty. Bokeh is “the blurred quality or effect seen in the out-of-focus portion of a photograph taken with a narrow depth of field” (Mirriam-Webster Dictionary). That’s the type of effect I wanted to create!

To create the card, I created a sponged a background of Melon Mambo, Highland Heather, and Pumpkin Pie using the Blending Brushes. Next up, I created my own template using the Layering Circles dies. Once this was created, I sponged White ink over my card base. Immediately, the Bokeh look began to appear. So cool! The card was finished with a sentiment stamped and embossed on vellum. The sentiment is from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set. I die cut the sentiment out using the Scalloped Contours dies (which will be available from 4 May 2021).

Add some Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the back of the vellum. I try to stick to the areas where I have the embossing so that it doesn’t show through the other side. Add some White Twine (from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack), a few gems from the Elegant Faceted Gems and you are done!

If you want to see this process in detail, I do have a technique video you can watch.

Here’s the technique video…

This was such a fun challenge and the Bokeh technique is so fun too. I hope you’ll play along with us. All the details, and the Link up, is on the StampingPals blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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May 1, 2021 0 comment

Challenge Fun Folds Itty Bitty Greetings StampingPals Technique

StampingPals Challenge #14 | Sketch Challenge

by Kylie April 1, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone! Welcome to the StampingPals Challenge for April 2021. This month we have a sketch challenge and you can see it below.

Here’s the Challenge…

I love a sketch challenge. Sometimes I find them to be so easy but other times I struggle. I don’t know why! This one, however, was SO fun! I chose to use products from the Fine Art Floral Suite Collection. Whilst it can be fun to mix and match products, it is also fun to be able to pick up one suite and know everything just works!

I had such fun with this sketch and using the Fine Art Floral Suite. I think it might be fun to replicate this design – which is quite simple – with some of the other colours featured in this collection.

I hope you will play along with us this month. All the details are on the StampingPals blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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April 1, 2021 0 comment

Challenge Fun Folds Itty Bitty Greetings StampingPals Technique

StampingPals Challenge #13 | Fabulous Folds

by Kylie March 1, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone! Welcome to the StampingPals Challenge for March 2021. This month we have a theme challenge. We were challenged to make a card with a Fabulous Fold.

Here’s the Challenge…

I don’t tend to make a lot of cards with fun folds…and I don’t know why. They look so good and many of them are also very simple. For this particular challenge, I decided to go with a Gatefold card. It’s simple but effective.

To create this card, all you need to do is score the card so that the sides meet in the middle. Simply cut an A4 sheet in half at 14.85cm. Next score this sheet at 5.25cm from each end.

I added a panel of Basic White cardstock, die-cut from the Stitched So Sweetly dies, to the front of the card but make sure you only adhere this to one side of the card. Add some butterflies which are die cut from the Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper (which will be available from 2 March 2021). They are so pretty! Once again, make sure you only adhere the butterflies to one side of the card or the die-cut panel. We don’t want to accidentally adhere anything to the other side of the Gatefold card as it won’t be able to be opened. Add the sentiment (from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set) and you are done! You now have a quick, easy and really pretty card!

I hope you will play along with us this month. All the details are on the StampingPals blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

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March 1, 2021 0 comment

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StampingPals Challenge #12 | Favourite Technique

by Kylie February 1, 2021

written by Kylie

Hi everyone! Welcome to the StampingPals Challenge for February 2021. This month we have a theme challenge. We were challenged to make a card using our Favourite Technique.

Here’s our Challenge…

The hardest thing about this challenge was deciding which technique was actually my favourite – I like so many! In the end, I went with the Joseph’s Coat technique. If you aren’t familiar with this technique, I do have a video showing this process. You can view it here.

Here’s my card…

I love the subtle look but you can certainly use brighter colours and really make the images pop!

I hope you will play along with us this month. All the details are on the StampingPals blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Shop 24/7 at my online store at Stampers Workshop!
Join my StampingPals team.

Supplies Used:

Listed below are the supplies used to create the above project. If the stamp set, die set, etc, also comes a part of a bundle or suite, I link to all so that you have choices. I also link refills and basic supplies like adhesives which correspond with items used to make my projects. These links take you to my online store.

February 1, 2021 0 comment

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