Miss Pinks Craft Spot

I had a super full on working week, assistant Rimmer decided that as he was hungry there was no sleep in required! But looking back, sleep is over rated, I'm  so happy with my early morning creation and the early start  my crafting room this morning to start the weekend. I've made the hero of the card the nautical themed Designer Series Paper - Come Sail Away, perfect for a masculine card (which I normally struggle with where to start, but not with this DSP, problem solved. I raided my cardstock scraps and stamped the sentiment to finish #simplestamping for the win early on a Saturday morning! Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed viewing my project. Stay tuned for more inspiration and tips this month. If you live in Australia and don't already have a demonstrator I'd love love to be yours.  Stamp sets & Framelits: Seaside Notions (sentiment) Ink:   VersaMark Cardstock :  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Come...

Welcome this this month's Stampin Friends Blog Hop, it's a "Summer theme" - my friends in the northern hemisphere are enjoying the sun, s ummer feels like it couldn't be further away for me, you see our heater broke 3 weeks ago, I am counting the days til our air conditioning get replaced and I don't need to have layer upon layer to feel "not cold". Summer = Beach = the Seaside Notions stamp set in the new catalogue! I only got it a couple of weeks ago, I'm in loving the hand drawn look of the images, and thought I would put it together with a water colour background. For something a little different I've used clear blocks to create my water colour background - this technique is so much fun and easy to boot too, it's a win, win. Here's a stop motion clip of how I created my card and the oversize chocolate block belly band using the Clear Block Background  technique: How cool is this technique, not to mention...

Wow, where does the time go! It's been a super busy week, at my day job & at home,.... and it's the 3rd week with out heating, my mojo needed some thawing, so I set up a portable heater right next to me chair in my craftroom to see what would come of it - and I'm pleased to say it worked, here is my first creation with the Seaside Notions stamp set, new in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue. This is a one layer card, with simple black ink stamping, but not dull or boring to the eye, and yes I did add some shimmer and bling, but that's me and you could easily leave of the splatter of Shimmer Paint and Glitter Enamel dots if it's not your thing. Here's the steps to make this card: Mask a section in the middle of the card. Sponge a mixture of Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay & Pacific Point Take the card into the kitchen, run the tap and get a little water on your fingers, then "flick" the card front - as the water dries it draws...