Bonus Days July 2016 - Last Few Days!

Wow! Where has July gone!!! I have only done a couple of my regular posts... and all I can say is that sometimes life (and the heat in London) just gets in the way!  

Anyway, I will be back in the next few days with my weekly blog posts, but thought I would just pop in to make sure you know that the Bonus Days promotion ends on the 31st July!  Until then for every for every £45 you spend, you will get a coupon for £4.50 to spend from the 2nd to 31st August!  How cool is that!!!

A few points to note before for heading to my online store:

• An email address is required to participate in this promotion as Bonus Days coupons can only be delivered by email
• It is recommended that participants save the email(s) containing the Bonus Days coupons AND write down the coupon code as codes cannot be resent if the email is lost
• Bonus Days coupons can be redeemed for any product, excluding Starter Kits

Enjoy Shopping!
Mandy x
 

Stampin Saturday with Birthday Blooms

The inpsiration for this card came from a couple of cards on page 145 of the Annual Catalogue - not from the images or the layout, but the colours.


I am adding this card to to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 05/07 
A Bit More Time to Craft - #23 Anything Goes

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp Sets - Birthday Blooms, You've Got This, Rose Wonder
Ink Pads - Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral
Markers - Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze
Card - Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Whisper White thick

Dies - Layering squares framelits

Other - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Dimensionals, Brights sequin assortment, fine tip glue, Big Shot

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658]	You've Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139575]	Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983]
Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708]	Many Marvelous Markers [131264]	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Brights Sequin Assortment [138389]
Stampin' Trimmer [129722]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]	Big Shot [143263]

 

1 Stamp Set 5 Ways - Pop of Paradise

Hi!  Welcome to the 1 Stamp Set 5 Ways for July!  I have used the Pop Of Paradise stamp set - the pineapple plus a leaf - along with some sentiments from other sets.

I started off by taking an A4 piece of Whisper White card, and using the baby wipe technique to create a multi ink pad with some re-inkers I stamped the complete card with the pineapple to create a background sheet, and decided to see how many card I could make from it.


The first card above is very simple, by cutting 3 of the pineapples out of the card I was able to turn them into 3D embellishments to put on the front of a card.

For this next card I used some small strips of the pineapple background, a couple of strips of Old Olive card, then a layer of Whisper White with a stamped sentiment.
 
With this card I "splashed out" and used a big piece of the card for a background layer, adding a sentiment and a couple of the pineapples as embellishments.

Card number four uses a strip on the pineapple background down one side, a couple of pineapples cut out for embellishments and a nice large sentiment - easy!

Card number five that I am going to share with you uses another strip of the background card, a thin strip of Old Olive card and some star sequins around a stamped sentiment!


I hope you have enjoyed seeing the fun that you can have creating your own piece of background card with one stamp, and using the baby wipe technique!

 




I am adding this card to to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 05/07

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp Sets - Pop Of Paradise, Better Together, Cottage Greetings, Build a Birthday
Ink Pad - Soft Suede
Ink Refills - Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron, Old Olive
Markers - Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron, Old Olive
Card - Old Olive, Whisper White, Whisper White thick card
Other - Brights sequin assortment, Wink of Stella, fine tip glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Trimmer
Other Materials - dry baby wipes

Pop Of Paradise Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141581]	Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141736]	Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139962]	Build A Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set [138646]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141403]
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [105225]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [100531]	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Many Marvelous Markers [131264]
2016-2018 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [141393]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Stampin' Trimmer [129722]	Brights Sequin Assortment [138389]

Bonus Shopping Days 7th - 31st July 2016

Bonus Days!  What is that I hear you ask!  Well from the 7th to 31st July for every £45 you spend, you will get a coupon for £4.50 to spend from the 2nd to 31st August!  How cool is that!!!

A few points to note before for heading to my online store:

• An email address is required to participate in this promotion as Bonus Days coupons can only be delivered by email

• It is recommended that participants save the email(s) containing the Bonus Days coupons AND write down the coupon code as codes cannot be resent if the email is lost

• Bonus Days coupons can be redeemed for any product, excluding Starter Kits

So if you have a long list of goodies that you would like to get from the 2016-17 annual catalogue, now is an ideal time to get them and get those Bonus Days coupons too!

Have fun shopping!
Mandy x

Watercolour Wednesday with Papillon Pot Pourri

Hi, well its time for July's Watercolour Wednesday post and I have to say that I have been having some fun with watercolours recently, so I will be sharing more ideas with you soon!

For this card I chose 3 nice bright colours of ink that I thought went well together, spritzed an area of the watercolour card and stamped the butterfly then sprizted on some more water whilst holding the card up so that the ink could run down creating a lovely effect.  I repeated this for each colour, drying with a heat tool before adding the next colour so that they did not run into each other.

I then inked up the butterfly with ink, and spritzed the stamp lightly with water before stamping onto watercolour card.  I repeated this for each colour, once dry I cut them out with the Elegant Butterfly punch. I layered the watercolour card onto a piece of Melon Mambo card, then onto a card base, added a sentiment and glued on the butterflies.

Stampin' Up! Materials Used:
Stamp Sets - Papillon Potpourri, Rose Wonder
Ink Pads - Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede
Card - Melon Mambo, Whisper White thick card, watercolor card
Punch - Elegant Butterfly
Other -  fine tip glue pen, Stampin' Trimmer, heat tool, Stampin' spritzer
 

Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set [123759]	Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set [140697]	Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [126951]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945]
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Watercolor Paper [122959]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]	Stampin' Trimmer [129722]
Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]	Stampin' Spritzer [126185]