BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP - FEBRUARY - SALE-A-BRATION

Welcome to the February 2020 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Sale-a-Bration".

For this month's Sale-a-Bration theme I chose to use The Gang's All Meer Stamp Set which you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-Bration.

I have had such a busy few weeks and haven't had time to do a lot of creating, so decided to check out all the gorgeous cards on Pinterest.  Cased this card from Barbara Maynard, thank you for your inspiration.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to see what all the other talented Blogging Friends have been creating:

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP - JANUARY 2020

Welcome to the January 2020 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Can You Feel The Love".

I knew I wanted to use the beautiful new Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper as the basis for this project.  

These papers are just stunning and add in the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder - just beautiful.

You will find a list of the products used at the end of this post.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to see what all the other talented Blogging Friends have been creating:

Product List

Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper [151192] $25.00	Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder [151474] $17.00	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50	Petal Pink 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon [151194] $12.25	Meant To Be Cling Stamp Set [148626] $42.00
Stitched Be Mine Dies [148527] $61.00	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Layering Ovals Dies [141706] $58.00

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP - DECEMBER 2019

Welcome to the December 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "New Year New You".

Along with many others I am sure, these last few years seem to have thrown quite a few difficult times at me.  Sometimes you just need to stop and think, take some time for yourself and recharge.

So with this in mind and this month's theme being New Year New You I decided that the Little Ladybug Stamp Set was perfect for my card today.

My card also includes a couple of sneak peeks at some of the new products coming in the new January-June 2020 Mini Catalogue.

So the stamp set is Little Ladybug and is exclusive to hosts only  of workshops with sales of $500 during Sale-a-Bration.  The background paper is also a Sale-a-Bration product - Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper  and lastly there is a little bit of embossing which is created with the new Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to see what all the other talented Blogging Friends have been creating:

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP - NOVEMBER 2019

Welcome to the November 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Celebrate With Some Christmas Cheer".

My card this month is a Shaker Card and has been created with a couple of stamp sets and uses the Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP as a background.

The deer is from the Nature's Beauty Stamp Set and has been stamped in Soft Suede and whilst the ink is still wet I have used an Aquapainter to lightly spread the colour.

The Christmas Tree is from the Winter Woods Stamp Set and has been stamped with the Silvery Shimmer Ink Pad and die cut with the co-ordinating die.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Snowman Season Stamp Set and has also been stamped with Silvery Shimmer Ink.

I have used both the Ice Stampin' Glitter and Snowflake Sequins in the Shaker and finished off with some of the very pretty shimmery Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon.

There is a full list of the products used to create this project at the end of this post.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to see what all the other talented Blogging Friends have been creating:

Product List:

Nature's Beauty Cling Stamp Set [150528] $37.00	Snowman Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [150458] $31.00	Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151359] $40.00	Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150444] $25.00	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $19.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00	In The Woods Dies [147919] $57.00
Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Seaside Spray 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic Ribbon [150446] $12.25	Ice Stampin' Glitter [150445] $13.00	Snowflake Sequins [150443] $10.50	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00

BLOGGING FRIENDS OCTOBER 2019 BLOG HOP

Welcome to the October 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Things That Go Bump In The Night".

Again, I had a little trouble coming up with something for this theme as I don't generally buy Halloween Stamps etc as we here in Australia don't really celebrate Halloween too much.

So, again I had to think outside the box again to come up with a project using current products.

Here is what I ended up creating.

I have used stamps from the following sets to create the background - mountains from Waterfront, the birds from Sailing Home (could pass as bats), the hair of the little gremlin is the top of the palm trees from the Waterfront set.

The trees are from the In The Woods dies.  The gremlin was created with the 1" circle punch.

The background sky has been sponged randomly with Black Memento Ink and Blueberry Bushel Ink and the Brick Wall was created with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder, torn and sponged with Black and Soft Suede Inks.

Hope you have enjoyed my card today and it inspires you to think a little outside the box.

Now it is time to see what all the other Blogging Friends have been creating.  Please follow the links below:

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP SEPTEMBER 2019

Welcome to the September 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Fall" showcasing new products from the Holiday Catalogue.

As we don't really have a "Fall" here in Queensland - we are actually now in Spring here - I don't usually create any "Fall" related cards.  The great thing about Stampin'Up! however is that you can always find something that you can use for whatever occasion you are celebrating.

So here is my card.

In my pre-order I did order the "Feels Like Frost" DSP and both the Silver and Gold Delicata Metallic Ink pads, so I decided to use these products as a basis for my card.

I used the absolutely gorgeous "Feels Like Frost" DSP as the base for my background.  This double sided Specialty Paper is just beautiful and it is very difficult choosing which side  to use.

For my "Fall" stamping I used the very versatile "Rooted in Nature" stamp set and co-ordinating dies.  I stamped in both Early Espresso and also added a few images stamped with the amazing new Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink.  Absolutely love this new Metallic Ink.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to take a look at what some of the other talented Blogging Friends Stampers have been creating.

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP AUGUST 2019

Welcome to the August 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Back to School Bash".

I had a really difficult time trying to decide what to create for this theme.  In the end I decided to use the It Starts With Art Stamp Set and create a card for "Going to Art School".

The colours I chose were Black, White, Bermuda Bay as the base.

The stamped images were all coloured in with Blends Markers - Bermuda Bay, Call Me Clover, Shaded Spruce and Soft Sea Foam.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to take a look at what some of the other talented Blogging Friends Stampers have been creating.

The list of supplies used:

It Starts With Art Bundle [151090] $81.75	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144600] $15.50	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [148059] $15.50	Call Me Clover Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147282] $15.50	Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147938] $15.50

BLOGGING FRIENDS BLOG HOP JULY 2019

Welcome to the July 2019 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  My name is Tracey and I am from the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   Thank you for joining me here.

The theme this month is "Summer Lovin".

I created this card for a recent card class and thought this card card was perfect for this month's theme.  Summer always makes me think of the seaside.

Absolutely love this new Seaside Notions stamp set.  I couldn't wait to start on this card as soon as I received this set.

There was a lot of stamping, heat embossing, water colouring and fussy cutting involved in creating this card.

It is also another fancy fold card and this is the view of the card after opening the first layer.  This is the scene which is peeking through the oval opening on the front of the card.

And finally the card fully open and below a little closer look at some of the detailed stamping and cutting etc.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  Please follow the links below to take a look at what some of the other talented Blogging Friends Stampers have been creating.