Relaxing at the Beach

Hello Everyone!  My goodness it's been a long time since my last post!  Here in Australia, it's Summer, the kids are all on school holidays and to be honest, I've taken the time to kick back and relax while I can, not to mention enjoy Australia Day on January 26th.  The kids go back to school tomorrow and life will be back to its usual craziness.  :)

For those of you who missed it, I had a Copic Oz tutorial last Wednesday showing how I used the TIPS of my Copic markers to colour this wonderful image by Our Daily Bread Designs.  How perfect is this scene for our Summer (and of course Australia has some of the best beaches in the world!).  For my poor frozen Northern Hemisphere followers, I hope this scene is warming and reminds you that Summer will come for you soon.  For all the information on how I coloured this image, Copic numbers and technique, go to Copic Oz HERE!

For the actual card construction, I've used a base of folded white card and die cut using Resplendent Rectangles (over the fold).  Then I used the largest die (not both and therefore no holes) to cut a separate piece of aqua card and glued it over the folded base.  Then I used the two largest dies and cut another piece of white and glued it to the front - this shows the aqua through the holes.  Then I cut another piece of aqua using the smaller die, wrapped a couple of ribbons around it and glued that to the front.  The beach scene is from Our Daily Bread Designs called Happy Retirement and has been stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics (see details HERE).  It's been die cut with Labels 29 and popped up on foam tape.  To finish I've added a bow and button.

Stamps - Happy Retirement (ODBD)
Paper - Xpress It Blending Card, White, Aqua 
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Labels 29 and Resplendent Rectangles, White Satin and Organdy Blue Ribbons, Bow Easy, Button, Twine, Xpress It Glue Marker, Xpress It Clear Gel Glue.

That's all from me for now, I hope to be back to regular scheduling soon!  :)

Butterfly Kisses

Hello Everyone!  It's Day Six of the January JustRite Papercraft Release!  Have you been enjoying all the projects so far??!!  Today we are showcasing a beautiful smaller set called Butterfly Kisses!

For my card I've used a base of Baked Brown Sugar and layered with vanilla and Kaisercraft DP. I've cut a piece of vanilla using Opulent Ovals Nestabilities and airbrushed the centre with E81 Copic.  The sentiment from Hello Daisy has been stamped in orange ink and cut with JustRite Papercraft Nested Oval Medallion Labels Dies and popped up on foam tape.  The butterfly from Butterfly Kisses  has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, coloured with Copics (YR12, YR16, YR18, E23), fussy cut and popped up on foam tape.  To finish I've added Blush Pearls to the corners.

I've also mad a Journal using this set!  These smaller JustRite Papercraft sets with their larger images are perfect for Off The Page projects, Mixed Media or simply to be a full feature on the front of a card.

I've covered the Journal with some FabScraps Shabbylicious DP, then added a strip of vanilla card (punched with Deco Fan Punch) down one side and topped with Soft Sky, White and a piece of blue ribbon.  Underneath the side strip, I've added a piece of white cut with Grand Labels Four Nestabilities and lightly airbrushed with E51 and topped with a pearl flourish.  The sentiment has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, cut with JustRite Vintage Sentiment Tag Die and lightly airbrushed with Copic B21.  The Butterfly has been stamped in Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics using the Feathering Technique using B00, B12, B14, B16, BG10, BG11, BG15, YR24.  It's been fussy cut, popped up and then I've added a pearl flourish to finish.

Butterfly Card
Stamps - Butterfly Kisses (JustRite Papercraft)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Kasiercraft DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Orange
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Opulent Ovals, JustRite Nested Oval Medallion Labels Dies, X-press It High Tac Foam Tape, Blush Pearls

Butterfly Journal
Stamps - Butterfly Kisses (JustRite Papercraft)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Vanilla, Soft Sky, FabScraps Shabbylicious DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, JustRite Vintage Sentiment Tag Die, Spellbinders Grand Labels Four Dies, MS Deco Fan Punch, Pearl Flourish, Blue Ribbon, Scissors, X-press It High Tac Foam Tape.

Don't miss the other gorgeous creations the team have for you today!!

JustRite Inspiration

Kathy Jones

Angela Barkhouse 

Margie Higuchi 

Sheri Holt 

Kristi Schurr 

Darsie Bruno

Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!

Vintage Beautiful World!

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to the first Flourishes' Beautiful World Tour of 2014!!!  If you've jetted in from Meredith's Blog, then you are at the correct destination!  If you have come here by chance, why not start back at the Flourishes Blog so you don't miss all the beautiful creations in today's hop!  Don't forget to comment for you chance to win as you hop along!  :)

This month Anne-Elise is our hostess and has challenged us to create in the Vintage style!

I've used Flourishes' Call Me stamp set for my card - don't you think this old fashioned telephone is just perfect for vintage!  :)  I've used a base of blue card, layered with white, a lighter shade of blue and then a couple of pieces of FabScraps DP.  Next I've added a piece of white diecut with Timeless Rectangles and attached a piece of lace and a dark blue ribbon over the top.  I've stamped the phone with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics, cut with Small Oval Nestabilities and matted with blue card cut with Opulent Ovals Nestabilities and glued to the front.  Next I've stamped the sentiment from Call Me, cut it with Tailor Made Classic Tag Die Set and attached it to the card with a button and a bow, also adding a couple of buttons to the top corner.

Hope you are enjoying the hop so far, the next stop in this month's journey is.......ENGLAND!

Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Damask Friendship

Hello Everyone!!  It's another JustRite Papercraft Release Day and today we are showcasing Friendship Vintage Labels Seven (which matches the new Vintage Labels Seven dies also released this week!) and Tulip Damask Background Cling Stamp!

I've used a base of pink bazzill, layered with white and then taken another piece of white, airbrushed it with RV95 Copic and stamped the Tulip Damask Background on it in Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  Around this I've attached some White Crochet Lace (from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store) and topped with pink satin ribbon.  The sentiment from Friendship Vintage Labels Seven has been stamped on white and die cut with Radiant Rectangles and then matted with pink cut with Majestic Labels 25 Dies.

Stamps - Friendship Vintage Labels Seven, Tulip Damask Background (JustRite)
Paper - Pink, White
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles, Majestic Labels 25, Copic, Airbrush System, White Crochet Lace, Pink Satin Ribbon, High Tac Foam Tape.

Don't miss the beautiful creations the team have for you today!!

Becca Feeken

Michele Kovack
Eva Dobilas
Darsie Bruno
Kristi Schurr
Sheri Holt
Marisa Job
Heidi Blankenship
Angela Barkhouse
Kathy Jones

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)

JustRite Papercraft January Release - Day Two!

Hello Everyone and welcome back to Day Two of the JustRite Papercraft January 2014 Release!  Today the team are showcasing three new sets and I've got projects using two of them!!  The new sets for today are....Coffee Cup, Time For You and Rose Vintage Labels Seven.

My first project is a Journal!  I've used some pretty FabScraps Shabbylicious DP and then added a piece of pink ribbon.  Next, I've used the small coffee beans image and stamped it all over a piece of white paper in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured it with Copics.  I decided with white was too harsh and toned it down by airbrushing E51 over it and then matted it with some kraft.  I've cut a piece of pink with Spellbinders Majestic Labels 25 Dies and attached as shown.  The Coffee Cup has been stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, coloured with Copics (E50, E51, E53, RV000, RV32, RV34, G40, G43, G46) and fussy cut.  The sentiment is also from Coffee Cup, stamped in Rich Cocoa and cut with JustRite Papercraft Vintage Labels Five Dies.  I've popped the sentiment and cup up on foam tape and finished by added a few Latte Pearls to the corners.

My other project today is a card using Time For You!  This is a super quick card to make - all these new smaller JustRite stamp sets have larger images, which means less work in construction!  I've used a base of Chocolate Chip and layered with white, Soft Sky and some MME DP.  I've added a piece of vanilla grosgrain ribbon across the bottom.  Next I've used Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets to cut several pieces of Baked Brown Sugar and layered as shown.  (It took me a while to finally get this die set....I really should have got it earlier because it is SO awesome!!!)  The watch is from Time For You and stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, coloured with Copics (Y21, Y26, Y28, W1, W3), cut and glued as shown.

Coffee Journal
Stamps - Coffee Cup (JustRite Papercraft)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Kraft, FabScraps Shabbylicious DP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Majestic Labels 25 Dies, JustRite Vintage Labels Five Dies, Scissors, X-press It High Tac Foam Tape, Latte Pearls.

Time for You Card
Stamp - Time for You (JustRite Papercraft)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Chocolate Chip, White, Soft Sky, MME DP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets, Copics, Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Scissors, Glue

Don't miss all the fabulous inspiration the team have for you today!!

JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson
Michele Kovack
Kathy Jones

Marisa Job
Kristi Schurr
Sheri Holt
Heidi Blankenship

Kazan Clark
Darsie Bruno

Margie Higuchi

Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone!!  What better way to start the new year than to have a hop full of yummy eye candy!!!  On top of that JustRite Papercraft is celebrating with a SALE - 25% Off EVERYTHING!!  WOOHOO!!!  :)

Now that I've whet your appetite with a sale, lets see what is new at JR!!  Today the team a showcasing new DIES - Vintage Labels 7 as well as stamps - Tufted Vintage Labels Seven Cling Background and Hello Daisy!  Now I just *LOVE* daisies, so I couldn't help myself and made several things with this yummy flower image.

 

 

For the card at the top of this post, I've used a base of Old Olive and layered with brown.  Next I've stamped the Tufted Vintage Labels Seven Background Stamp in Memento Bamboo Leaves onto Vanilla card then toned it down by airbrushing green copic over it.  Over this I've attached two pieces of ribbon.  I've used Vintage Labels Seven Dies to cut another piece of Vanilla and placed it over the middle and the ribbons.  Next I've stamped the daisy from Hello Daisy in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured it with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, G40, G43, G46, G28, YR24, E37) and then fussy cut it, popping it up on foam tape.  Next I've stamped the sentiment also in Rich Cocoa and cut it out using the end of the smaller sentiment die from Vintage Labels Seven Dies, making it into a tag and then secured it to the ribbon with a bow.  I've finished by added LOTS of clear rhinestones to the background.

I loved this Hello Daisy set so much I made a journal and matching card!  This time I've coloured the daisies in red using Copics R32, R35, R37, R39, YR24, E37, G20, G21, G24, G28.  The Journal has been covered with MME Notable Cute DP then a piece of ribbon added to one side.  The daisy was stamped, coloured and fussy cut.....then I realised it would fit on the panel!  I've used Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops Die to cut some vanilla card, airbrushed a little R32 Copic and matted it with red card then glued the daisy to the front.  The name has been cut out with Spellbinders Font One - Uppercase (love this font set, now I need to buy the lowercase one to match!!)

The card started with a base of red and layered with vanilla and MME DP.  I've cut some vanilla card with Spellbinders Floral Oval Nestabilities and airbrushed the middle with R32 Copic.  The daisy has been stamped, cut and coloured as above, fussy cut and glued to the middle of the card.  I've finished by adding some Blush Pearls to the corners.

Yellow Daisy Card

Stamps - Hello Daisy, Tufted Vintage Labels Seven Cling Background (JustRite Papercraft)

Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Old Olive, Brown, Very Vanilla

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories - JustRite Papercraft Vintage Labels Seven Dies, Copics, Green and Dark Ivory Ribbon, Bow Easy, Clear Rhinestones, Scissors, X-press It High Tac Foam Tape.

Red Daisy Journal

Stamps - Hello Daisy (JustRite Papercraft)

Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Red, MME Notable Cute DP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops, Font One - Uppercase, Copics, Dark Ivory Ribbon, Red Pearls, Spiral Punch, Scissors, Glue

Red Daisy Card

Stamps - Hello Daisy (JustRite Papercraft)

Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Very Vanilla, Red, MME Notable Cute DP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Spellbinders Floral Oval Nestabilities, Copics, Blush Pearls, Scissors, Glue.

Don't miss all the beautiful creations the girls have for you to kick off this brand new year!!

JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson

Marisa Job

Eva Dobilas

Michele Kovack

Kazan Clark

Angela Barkhouse

Sheri Holt 

Kathy Jones

Darsie Bruno

That's all from me today, pop back tomorrow for another couple of cards!  Thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)