Punch It Out | Be Inspired Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome. Here we are again, getting towards the end of another month and time for the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop. Is it just me, or is this year just flying along? This month the Be Inspired team are playing with punches and when it comes to punches my absolute favourite go-to is without a doubt the Medium Daisy punch.

Given the focus of this card was to use punches I wanted the daisies to be the focal point and kept the rest of the card fairly simple. The sentiment panel is actually a card from the Flowers for Every Season Memories & More card pack. The teeny tiny daisies tie in with the larger flowers and I love the bright pop of Magenta Madness in the sentiment. I added some texture to the Misty Moonlight background by embossing it with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder.

One of the things I love about the Medium Daisy punch is that the daisies can easily be punch out of plain cardstock and still look great, however to add a little extra detail I chose to stamp and heat emboss the daisies in white with the Daisy Lane stamp set. I also added some Just Jade leaves from the Sunflower Dies.

Thanks for joining me today Next up in the hop is my lovely friend Janneke Dijkstra de Jong. I can wait to see what she has "punched out" for us. 

Be Inspired Design Team Blog Roll

 

Tanya Rees (You are here)

Janneke Dijkstra de Jong

Cathy Caines

Manuela Geiswinkler

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Angela Meiritz-Reid

 

Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop - Come Sail Away Suite

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop. This month myself and my Artisan colleagues have been having a lots of fun playing with the nautical themed range of products in the Come Sail Away Suite from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue.

Initially, when I first saw this suite my first thoughts were, "Awesome! A great range of products to create masculine cards." But when I opened the Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack that are featured in the suite, I was inspired to create something to document an upcoming family holiday on the coast.

This sentence, "Let's go Somewhere and do Something", from one of the Memories & More cards, is the exact thing my husband said to me when we realised we had a sport-free weekend coming up. So of course it was the perfect element for the cover of the album. The design of the album was kind of made up as I went along and the first challenge I came across was how to keep the album closed. My solution was to use secure one of the cute little silver trinkets to the cover with some hot glue and then wrap some of the Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine around the album to loop around the trinket.

As I mentioned earlier, I've created this album to fill with photos that will take when we go a family holiday in a few weeks, so at the moment my album is without photos, but I figure this way I will be even more determined to capture moments on our holiday so I've got photos to fill little framed pockets like this.

To be able to include lots of photos in the album I decided so go with a tri-fold layout with a extra pages secured to the inside. As you can see in the following photos I've used a combination of stamped images, diecuts, Designer Series Paper, Memories & More cards and stickers to embellish each page and have included a photo mat or frame where a photo can be attached.

One this page I wanted to include another of the Sail Away trinkets and I thought it would be fun to attached it to the page using a "Sailors" knot. My beautiful friend, Jennifer Frost, taught me how to do this Carrick Bend knot when I first started attending her classes over 5 years ago. To learn how to tie this knot yourself pop over to Jenn's blog here to see her step-by-step instructions) 

The font used in the Memories & More cards features big calligraphic swirls and to help them stand out a little more on both of these pages I cut the frames a little smaller so that the fussy cut swirls could sit out of the border.

One of the inclusions in the Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Packs are six printed laser-cut cards, one of which features this intricate seaweed design. Admittedly I was a tad hesitant cutting this piece from the card because it was sooo pretty but I think you'll agree the cutting looks great on it's own too.

Another awesome new Stampin' Up! product in the Annual Catalogue are these Stitched Nesting Label dies. Don't you just love the delicate stitched detail?

Another cute little discovery I made when I first opened the Smooth Sailing dies was this compass needle die. Teamed with compass image in the Sailing Home stamp set creating your own compass embellishment is super easy.

In this close up of the compass you can see I've used Copper Foil for the outside case and needle and I've sponged some StazOn Jet Black ink to give it an aged look.

On the final page of the album I've carried over the cover DSP pattern but added a little extra detail with some inlaid diecut anchors.

Next up in the hop is by beautiful Kiwi friend, Angela Meiritz-Reid. Click on the button below to continue on the hop.

Thank you for joining me today.

- Tan xx

Supplies used

Stamps: Sailing Home
Card: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Balmy Blue, Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper, Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack, Copper Foil

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso, StazOn Jet Black
Accessories & Tools: Smooth Sailing Dies, Stitched Nesting Label Dies, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Subtles 3D Embossing Folder, Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine, Sail Away Trinkets, Metallic Pearls

Bundle of Love Memories & More

Hello again everyone.

I'm so glad you've decided to pop back.

Today I am having a closer look at the scrapbook page I shared in my first blog post (you can see the post here).

As I've mentioned before, scrapbooking is not something I often spend time doing, but when I saw the Bundle of Love Memories & More card pack in the 2017-2018 Stampin' Up! catalogue I was inspired to step out of my comfort zone and create this scrapbook page featuring my youngest little man.

At first glance the Memories & More cards are the perfect accessory for pocket style memory keeping, but as the name suggests these card packs can be used for so much more.

In this project, I've combined the Memories & More cards, acetate sheets and stickers with photos, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, some embellishments and a little stamping to create a traditional 12 x 12 scrapbook page.

I have to admit, I was pretty chuffed with the finished project. I definitely see more memory keeping in my future.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you've enjoyed this post and I look forward to sharing another project with you very soon.  

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog.

I am so excited to be starting my blogging journey with you.

When I decided to begin my blog I immediately set out to create the "perfect" card for my first post. Fast forward a week and instead of a blog entry I had created a few cards, some party decor and a scrapbook page. Clearly starting a blog when I have new Stampin' Up! supplies to play with wasn't my smartest move.

So instead of trying to decide which project to share with you first, I've decided to share them all with you now. Then, over the next few posts, I will revisit them in more detail. So here goes...

The instant I saw the Oh So Eclectic suite in the 2017-2018 catalogue it was love at first sight. Add a little watercolouring and a touch of vellum and silver glimmer paper and Voila!

Sometimes a simple die-cut circle of designer series paper is all the inspiration you need to create a special card for a wonderful friend.

Jar of Love and the coordinating framelits are one of my favourite go-to's when creating a feminine card. Add a new In Color and an old favourite feels like new again.

I consider myself to be more of a cardmaker than a scrapbooker but the new Memories & More product line from Stampin' Up! inspired me to challenge myself and create this scrapbook page featuring my youngest little man.

Those who know me well know I'm a sucker for party planning and the Happy Birthday Gorgeous bundle makes creating stunning cake toppers and party favours easy.

I hope you've enjoyed my first post. I look forward to sharing more details of my projects with you very soon.

Thanks for stopping by

- Tanya xo