Miss Pinks Craft Spot

Welcome to this weeks What Will You Stamp?  Challenge, we have an amazing set for you to show of your creations - Tropical Chic. I was so happy when I saw this set is carrying over into the 2019-2020 catalogue, it's one of my "go to" sets, and I'm always able to  get inspiration when using it. I've also used the co-ordinating Tropical Escape DSP in my creation which is retiring this week :(  The colours in the suite were so me, the good news is that you could easily create your own look alike DSP with the stamps. I used the Rectangle Stitched dies for the stitched edging, making sure that the top edge of the cardstock wasn't resting on the cutting plate when I ran it through the Big Shot. Then I stamped the sentiment, aligning it to the top of the card, then some random background elements before mounting on the card front - I raised it slightly by using a layer of corrugated cardstock. Then onto the fun, creating the die cut arra...

How quickly time goes by, it's another All Star Tutorial blog hop already! I'm always looking for new techniques and ideas, and follow a number of paper crafters -there is always so much to learn and seeing one project can open up inspiration for another. Have you ever seen a project and just had to give it a try? My creation today is a inspired by all the Floating Frame cards I have been seeing, I just had to make one,.. but I was soon to discover that it wasn't going to be easy, search as I did, the wonderful Press & Seal still remains illusive to me here in Australia, whilst there is a Costco in Adelaide, it's a long drive so we don't have a membership, likewise the online options I located are just not cost effective, so I came up with an alternative approach for my card - my solution = a floating card front! The first phase was to find a stamp set with medium to large die cuts, I opted for my one of my favorite sets, Tropical Chic, then t...

It's a super exciting weekend with Stampin' Up! celebrating 30 years!  I would have loved to go to Orlando for the BIG event, but settled for a local OnStage event - I'm in Melbourne, the event sold out really quickly when tickets were released, so if you missed out, and we can't meet in person I'm doing the next best thing, sharing my swaps with you :) One of the things I love about OnStage events is making swaps.... yes it can be stressful and you end up saying #whatwasithinging with my swap design, but it is sooooo rewarding, and a fabulous ice breaker when meeting other demonstrators for the first time. No surprise, I left designing my swaps a little late.... at least I am consistent with previous events, hahaha, so I told myself keep it simple (not like last time with multiple intricate die cuts, ribbon and twine)...... well, things didn't go exactly to that plan! I really did try to do a 1 layer card, but... me being me, it just didn...