Gold, gold & yes more gold!!

Though I think I may have gone a wee bit overboard with the Gold Glow Smooch Spritz though Joan loves gold & glitter so I wanted to make her leaving from the neighbourhood/retiring card as golden as possible.

And yes it's another Triple Time stamping card!! Loving these & they look so much better in real life too.

Stamp sets: Everything Eleanor, Loving Thoughts
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, River Rock (Color Coach combo)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Champagne glimmer
Other: Gold Glow Smooch Spritz, Basic Pearls, dimensionals

Inside the card:

A few piccies at the leaving lunch with some of my fabulous team Sally, Debbie & Judy.

Well I sincerely wish Joan & David a long & happy retirement,  may they be blessed with good health & I'm sure they will make lots of new friends at their retirement village but we sure are going to miss them around here!

How to do Triple Time Stamping (in metric)

I just loved this technique so much I whipped up a couple more cards for an upcoming birthday & also to celebrate a retirement today for some dear friends, so whilst KReating I took some step-by-step pictures to share with you.

The first thing you'll find when you look how to do this,  is there are a lot of "American measurements" out there but none easily found for A4. So this is my take on the conversion & if you'd like to print off a Word doc to save - click HERE.

I used my Everything Eleanor stamp set & randomly chose Bravo Burgundy & then looked up my Color Coach for it's colour combo; which was with More Mustard & River Rock & they do look fabulous together. I used Very Vanilla as my neutral card stock.

There's nothing tricky about the technique just the cutting, which isn't that hard. First layer the 3 neutral card pieces together & lightly adhere with a removal adhesive or a teeny weeny bit of SNAIL.

Very Vanilla & Whisper White card stocks are perfect for this technique as good quality & "thin".

Stamp randomly all over the 3 layers - you'll notice there is a wee gap where the mats meet.

But once you add the neutral mat to it's corresponding coloured mat the gap "disappears" - it's very cool.  I would also highly recommend using a wet glue like Tombow Multipurpose adhesive - you need WIGGLE!!!

Layer all the mats up, trying to line the images up as close as you can.

For the finished card I added an embellishment to the front of the card as the Everything Eleanor stamp set has a very cool frame, the wee sentiment comes from Petite Pairs.

I've got a few more cards to share with this technique which I did at my home class last night plus a "golden" version of this card for the retirement celebrations  - so hope you check back soon.

Happy stampin' in the interim xox

Watercolor Winter does Triple time

I must be the last demo in the world to do the technique of  Triple Time stamping but I love it, the cutting is fiddly but as I know that I can pre-order the new Stampin' Up! trimmer tomorrow (it'll be on sale on December 1st in NZ RRP $59.95); so this would make a really effective Christmas card to mass produce for Christmas & I hope the attendees at my home class tomorrow think so (this is one of 3 cards they're creating).

Stamp sets: Watercolor Winter, Greetings of the Season, Creative Elements
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Champagne Glimmer
Other: Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

Bleaching with Pleasant Poppies

This was the 2nd card everyone made at my techniques starting with B class inspired by the fabulous card of Sandie McIvor's HERE. Nothing tricky about bleaching except you need strong bleach & an aquapainter which remains reserved for bleaching.

Stamp sets: Pleasant Poppies, Tiny Tags
Ink: Versamark, Garden Green
Paper: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Punches: Jewelry Tag, handheld 1/16" circle
Other: Cherry Cobbler embossing powder & scalloped tulle ribbon (love, love this - hope it's staying as it's a Holiday mini item) & baker's twine, Watercolor Pencils, aquapainter x2 (one with strong bleach & one with water), dimensionals.

Some close ups showing the colouring (nowhere as good as Sandie's), just bleached (no re-colouring with the watercolour pencils & aquapainter) & the image stamped inside the card:

Well I think you'll be seeing some more of this fabulous stamp set real soon as everyone loves poppies - especially if you're a kiwi (or an Aussie).

I'm running Triple Time Stamping classes this week Monday & Friday nights - to see more information click on my classes tab or picture. I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Twisted greeting cards for Christmas

Yes been MIA (again) but was prepping for my team's Extravaganza which 58 ladies had the pleasure of attending & doing 5 projects yesterday afternoon - this is the project I taught with Sally Williams which looks really hard but is very easy when you know how. Thanks to all that attended the response has been very positive .

Stamps:  More Merry Messages, Ornament Keepsakes

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Illuminate

Paper:  Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Silver glimmer, Be of Good  Cheer DSP

Framelits:  Labels Collection, Holiday Ornaments

Other:  Snow Flurry Bigz die, dimensionals, basic jewels, square punch

Cutting Instructions:  Gumball Green A4 cut in ½ lengthwise, DSP 28.5cm x 9.5cm, Very Vanilla strip 10cm x 2.5 cm wide (banner) 

 If you want to know how-to; I’d recommend watching the creator of this fold's card Kelly Gettelfinger’s video