Colour Renovation Re-do

Stampin' Up! recently announced they were renovating their colours, with a complete shake up of how they group colours and what colours they will carry over the next few years. As part of this change they will be introducing 5 new colours as well as making Kraft a new core colour so it will have a coordinating inkpad and many more coordinating accessories (oh I am so cheering for that one!). Another aspect of this change is many current colours will be retiring at the end of our current catalogue. While I am sad to be waving good-bye to some of them, others I am very glad to finally give the boot (Yoyo Yellow & Only Orange you know I am talking about you!).

Why I am I telling you all of this? There are a couple of reasons, but the first is to do with the card you see above. As I was going through things on my desk last week I came across some cards I had taken out of my sample boxes as they featured products that were no longer available. One card in particular I had really liked, so I decided to remake it using current product. To mix it up even more, I decided to use mostly retiring colours. I'm sad to say Mellow Moss, Brocade Blue and Close To Cocoa will all be leaving us at the end of August. This card also features two punches that are part of this weeks Deals Of The Week special offer. You can order both the Scallop Oval and the Trio Flower punches for $20.12 each (normally $30.95 each), but only until Wednesday so you only have one day left to take advantage of this great deal! Contact me now to order yours before it is too late.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock:Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White, Brocade Blue
Stamp Sets: Flight Of The Butterfly, Best Yet
Inks: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Always Artichoke
Accessories: 5/8" Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon, Trio Flower punch, Scallop Oval punch, large oval punch, butterfly punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop edge punch, Pretties Kit, mini glue dots, dimensionals

Better Late Then Never

Some weeks ago, the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge was Australia. I made my card, on Australia Day to boot, photographed it but just never got around to uploading it... so here it is! I hadn't seen this movie before, so I was happy to see it come up. I knew it had got a bit of a bagging but that doesn't always match our own personal views does it? I actually found it very funny, though that suddenly stopped about half way though (understandably, but then it would have been nice for it to be revived more at the end), it did seem a bit long but that may just have been because it seemed like the film was wrapping up and then there is another half hour to come! I also had no idea that David Wenham was in it so that was a nice surprise (even if he doesn't play the nicest of characters). Anyway, while I naturally had the temptation to base my card on a costume, the required element was to use the colour "Kraft" which lead me to do a more masculine card. I did sneak some ribbon on, but kept it all pretty simple. I did have a point behind picking that particular quote but it was so long ago I have forgotten it now!

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, Kraft, So Saffron, Whisper White
Stamp sets: Wanted, Best Yet
Inks: Really Rust, VersaMark
Accessories: Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain, Button Latte designer buttons, linen thread, 3/16" corner rounder, 1 1/4 circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch
Show watched while creating: Australia, cricket

Cinema Saturday #62

This weeks Cinema Saturday movie is Night At The Mueseum. I really like this movie, and there were so many directions we could have gone in with inspiration. Brooke & Sankari made the required element "something minature", which did throw me a bit but it was a great idea, it tied in so well with the movie. I found I kept thinking about how it was the mueseum of natural history, so I went the nature tangent (I would have gone Egyptian if I'd had Egyptian stamps!). I guess my "minature" element is open to interpretation, but I decided to make a smaller than standard card, and to play with proportions... so I put a little birdie on a big flower

The card base is a scallop note card (which I received in a Secret Santa gift, thanks Santa!), and I added a strip of textured Chocolate Chip cardstock behind the scallops so the card could stand up on it's end. Colours were somewhat inspired by the outfit that Rebecca wears while showing a tour group around the muesem. I don't know that you'll necessarily look at this card and think "Night at the Mueseum!" (though there is that line about "a little birdie told me..."), but I think it turned out rather cute.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: textured Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Inspired by Nature, Cheep Talk, Jumbo Outline Alphabet, Best Yet
Inks: Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Scallop Notes II, Kiwi Kiss marker, Pumpkin Pie marker, Chocolate Chip marker, 1 1/4" circle punch, Button Latte, Earth Elements brads, dimensionals
Show watched while creating: Night At The Mueseum

Embossed Circus

Sorry I've been AWOL again. I haven't been stamping much (not having a desk light is putting a huge crimp on my mojo), and completely forgot that I had some stuff already photographed, some even editted!

The above snippet is from a card I've just uploaded over at Elite Challenges, for last months Circle Circus stamp set challenge. While the set hasn't been used much on the card, it is the feature. The colours (and bling!) were inspired by Tina's first Traveler's Inspiration Challenge. This card is also one that we'll be making at my embossing class on Tuesday night (2 spots left if you're around Newcastle and interested!).