Mix It Up Monday: Birthday Fiesta

This colour combination from my In Color charts is not a million miles away from the one I used in last week’s Mix It Up Monday project. I really feel like I’m on the home stretch now, as I have seen the new catalogue and the lovely new colours heading our way.

And what’s particularly unusual this year, is that I actually LIKE them. As in, straight away, it hasn’t taken me two years to start enjoying them fully. 

Because that’s exactly what’s happening right now with the outgoing In Colors; I was very slow to warm to them but I’m beginning to miss Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe and Delightful Dijon already. 

But enough looking forward and backwards, how about now? This week’s combo uses Dapper Denim in a patriotic red, white and blue scheme. Yes, there’s grey – and you probably know I’m not a fan – but I’ve kept it in the background out of harm’s way. 

It’s nearly time to say farewell to the llovely llama, too. I normally sell ALL of my retired products but I may have to make an exception for this fellow. 

Festive llama banner

You know when you have a million and one things to do and should be crossing something off your list not adding to it? Isn’t this always the moment you have an “amazing” idea that you simply must carry out? That’s what happened this week.

Inspired by a beautiful pop-up llama/alpaca Christmas card, I just had to make a festive llama banner to send back in return.

And this is the result. A string of behatted llamas with some festive bling in between. I wanted to make pompoms but didn’ t have the time or resources, so compromised with some punched shapes instead.

The llamas are backed with a plain die-cut to sandwich the Baker’s Twine, and the stamped circles are backed with another one the same, just in case they flip around. The pompoms on the hats are carefully trimmed from the Whisper White pompom trim. Some of them are a bit ropey but needs must!

Ok, I’m off to hand it over, reluctantly... (wish I’d made two!)

Birthday Fiesta - out of this world llama

Continuing the white card base theme, this project is clean but not so simple as it uses not one but four different stamp sets. I had a concept in my head which looked a little like this, and it was fun to create a crazy dream-like situation for this llovely llama. I made it for my friend and former colleague Kerry, who kindly organised a collection for me when I left work... and in an absent-minded move, almost asked me if I’d like to contribute! Bless her.

Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Bundle [142268] £38.50	Mixed Drinks Photopolymer Stamp Set [141928] £19.00	Marquee Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set [141727] £19.00	Sprinkles Of Life Photopolymer Stamp Set [139971] £19.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] £32.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] £7.25	Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock [138345] £7.25
Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock [138341] £7.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] £6.00
Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] £6.00	Tree Builder Punch [138295] £16.00

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Northern Lights Mountain Adventure with a llama

Fed up of llamas yet? I will NEVER be fed up of llamas, and will take every opportunity to use this stamp until it retires.

Here I’ve given him a snowy backdrop again, the results of last Crafty Friday where we experimented with the Northern Lights technique. It’s a simple sponging technique and this one was originally rejected as “too stripey”, so I tried to salvage it with more ink before rejecting it again as too dark. However, once it had dried, it was a little lighter and I wondered if I could claw something back from the wreckage.

So I splashed some clean water over the top, left them for a few seconds, then dabbed them dry with a tissue. It gave me this lovely snowy effect, just right for a llama, who is positioned very carefully to cover the damaged cardstock, where I’d used the adhesive remover too early. Yes, it was one of those mornings...

Mountain Adventure Photopolymer Stamp Set [142194] £19.00	Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Bundle [142268] £38.50	Blooms & Wishes Photopolymer Stamps [141784] £19.00	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] £7.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] £7.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] £6.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] £6.00	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] £6.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00
Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] £6.00	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] £6.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] £6.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] £3.25

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Around the World Blog Hop - Autumn/Winter catalogue

Welcome to another Around the World Blog Hop, in which we’ll take you on a global tour of talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators (and me!) to showcase some of the fabulous products from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. Whether you’ve come to me via Julie Davison’s blog, or landed here by accident, thank you so much for visiting, and I hope you enjoy the journey!

My project uses the Mountain Adventure stamp set, which I absolutely love. I love the clean lines and the way you get lots of different sized tree stamps so you can create a scene to scale. I confess I haven’t used the snowboard/skis/whatever as they ’re not really my cup of tea but I think this set is totally worth it for the mountains and trees! As you may have gathered if you’re a regular blog visitor, I particularly like this set when used with Birthday Fiesta, because llamas make everything better. And as Christmas is on its way, why not a Christmas llama? I’ve given him a festive hat, stamped with Jolly Friends and trimmed down to size. I had to make my own hat trim, so hand drew that and fussy cut it, then added a single pompom from the Whisper White Mini Pompom trim. It was worth it though, to see the llama’s smiling face.  Now you’ve rolled your eyes at my crazy llama card, it’s time to head to New Zealand to see what Kristine McNickle has in store. Safe travels!
Julie Davison (United States)  http://juliedavison.com

Helen Read (UK)
http://allthingsstampy.blogspot.com  
Kristine McNickle (New Zealand)
http://www.creativestamping.co.nz
Barbara Meyer (Austria)   http://barbaras-kreativ-studio.blogspot.com

Marie-Josee Trudel (Canada francais)

http://alapause.blogspot.ca

 

Miriam van Eyden (The Netherlands) 

 http://miriam-cardsandscrapping.blogspot.com

Mountain Adventure Photopolymer Stamp Set [142194] £19.00	Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Bundle [142268] £38.50	Jolly Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [142112] £15.00	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock [121681] £7.25	Always Artichoke A4 Card Stock [108610] £7.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £8.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] £6.00	Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad [126972] £6.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] £6.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] £6.00	Project Life Journaling Pens [135304] £4.50	Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim [141486] £6.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.25

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