Forever Fern

Hello and welcome back. Yes I know, I'm back again, 3 times in the one week! But I've had some many new projects I just couldn't wait to share with you all and since the Just Add Ink challenge for this week is to "Just Add F" I figured it was a perfect time to share a Forever Fern project

As I have previously mentioned I had the pleasure of co-hosting an Online Catalogue Launch with the lovely Mikaela Titheridge and another of my Facebook live tutorials featured the Forever Greenery suite  

One of the things I love about this particular suite is the way the artists at Stampin' Up! have incorporated all the different shades of green in the Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper. Inspired by this, on this card I have stamped each of the leaves from the Forever Fern stamp set in three different greens, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive and Garden Green. Sticking with a crisp Whisper White base and Stitched Rectangle layer used that the green leaves and DSP were the focal point. 

As I was creating this card I started to think about a second project I could share that would compliment this first card and from that a "stepped-up" version of this card was born.

Sticking with the same elements of DSP, sentiment, and leaves stamped in the different shades of green, I've stepped this card up by adding a vellum window to the card front. Using one of the dies from the Forever Flourishing dies and some of the new Adhesive Sheets I've arranged some leaves over the vellum creating almost a lace effect. What do you think? While I love the scaled back version this particular card is just that little bit extra special.

Thank you for joining me again today. 

- Tan xx

Just Because | Be Inspired Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. You are currently visiting Tanya Rees in Central Victoria, Australia. If you are following the hop, you may have arrived here having just visited Louise Sharp. If you are just joining us be sure to click on the "Next" button at the end of this post and hop all the way through to see all the inspiring shared by the Be Inspired Design Team using this month's theme, Happy Mail/Just Because.

Who doesn't love getting happy mail! I once heard a fellow Stampin' Up! demo say "A card is a hug with a fold in the middle" and while its great to receive cards on your birthday and Christmas, finding an unexpected "Just Because" card in your mail box really is like receiving a hug in the mail. 

I've had the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and coordinating dies sitting on my shelf for a couple months now and just haven't had a chance to play with them, so they were to obvious starting point for this project. I also wanted my Happy Mail project to be bright. I had a special person in mind for this card and when I think of her, I think of bright colours so I've gone with a combo of Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Night of Navy. 

I did, however, encounter one small problem when putting together my card. I had envisioned Night of Navy and White stripes behind the cluster of flowers and sentiment panel and had my mind set on using this stripe pattern from the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper pack, but since it has been my favourite pattern in the pack (I always have one fav) I didn't have a large enough panel to fill the card front. After trying (and ditching) other alternatives, When I turned to Instagram for some inspiration I came across a few projects by the Just Add Ink Design Team and their sketch challenge this week solved the problem for me. Following the sketch below I was managed to cut what DSP I had left into some strips and layered them on the card front with a small gap in between each one.

Well that is it for me. I best be off to the post office to send this "hug" to a very special person. I hope I've inspired you to create and send some happy mail yourself. Next up in the hop is Janneke de Jong with a super special project. 

- Tan xx

Be Inspired Design Team Blog Roll

LouiseSharp

Tanya Rees (You are here)

Janneke deJong

Jackie Aitken

ManuelaGeiswinkler

CarolynnSander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Stesha Bloodhart

Hello Seaside Spray

Hello everyone, welcome to the first of a series of posts featuring the new 2019-2021 In Colors. For those of you who haven't seen the new In Colors, here they are;

Aren't they beautiful? They remind me of a colour palette that you might see in a home design magazine. In fact Terracotta Tile is a very similar colour to a feature wall in my living room.

Today I am featuring a project using Seaside Spray.

The background has been created by embossing the fern from the new Daisy Lane Stamp Set and I fussy cut the same fern to layer on top of a Sahara Sand label die cut using the new Stitched Nested Labels Dies.

Here's a closer look at the detail created by Stitched Nested Labels Dies. I think these are my new favourite dies. Inspired by the Just Add Ink challenge theme this week I chose to go with a Sympathy sentiment, although this card could easily be suitable for a birthday, get well, congratulations or thank you card.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Make sure you pop back in a couple of days to see another project featuring another new In Color.

- Tan xx

Incredible Like You | Just Add Ink #444

Hello and welcome.

Well with my youngest child off to kinder this week I was able to have a little "me" time yesterday morning and I decided to spend the time crafting. For the first time in a few weeks I was able to take a break from my other crafting commitments and just have some fun playing with my supplies. As a starting base I chose to play along with this weeks Just Add Ink colour challenge and this is what I came up with.

The parameters for the Just Add Ink challenge were

I am really loving the combination if soft pinks with Poppy Parade at the moment, and for this challenge I also included some Soft Seafoam. 

The background on this card was created with the stripes stamp in the Incredible Like You stamp set. I love that the stripes are all just a little wonky so you don't need to be too perfect when lining them up. The sentiment also came from this same set and of course I've gone with my go-to flowers from my favourite, Jar of Love set.

If you're looking for some colour inspiration this weekend, why not try take up this challenge. For more inspiration head over to the Just Add Ink blog to see what the designers have come up with. 

Happy stamping

- Tan xx