Baked Brown sugar - virtually centre stage!

hi all and happy Sunday

well fresh from my class yesterday - and still with the 2013-2015 In-Colours to hand - by that I mean they were still in my bag and I hadn't emptied it, so didn't have far to go in search of supplies.!

So today was the turn of Baked Brown sugar to strut its stuff.

Actually I think on reflection I may have mis-judged it - as had hardly used it at all if am honest..  Hands up - anyone who confesses to be in the same boat?
But now I have, am thinking  I  should really have made more use of it a lot sooner.

Today's card  is a good luck card for my a friend's grand-daughter and partner who are just setting up their first home together. I understand paint pots, packing cases and healthy debates on colour schemes are currently the order of the day!

For their 'Happy house' card - basically I have very little in the way of  'houses' .so had to make use of an already retired set from the 2014 Autumn/Winter catalogue.   It was the 'Holiday Home' stamp set, - but the about to retire 'hostess set' - Life's Adventure - has a lovely 'Welcome' stamp which would have worked just as well.

This is what I came up with - and am having a slight giggle as now I look at it again it seems to me  the street lamp is getting in on the act and almost jigging in tune, what do you think?  (That will teach me to take care when adding a polymer stamp to a stamp block! - Makes mental note!)

Using just Whisper White as my base, with Baked Brown Sugar as a layer for my matted centre panel I  opted to just stamp a few copies of the same house any which way, to make a background, then repeated 3 further copies for the focus panel. I then decided to fussy cut  one more for the middle  which I propped up on some dimensionals to add a bit of depth.

But I couldn't leave it without any other pop of colour though, so stamped the little hearts from the same set in Strawberry slush.

I used  it again  for my banner sentiment 'Good for you' from the Banner Greetings Hostess set which is also about to bow out.

I matted this onto some more of the white card stock, and a final matt of Strawberry Slush.

To finish I added a little bit of bling,  courtesy of my  favourite rhinestones,  and those, coupled with my 'dancing' streetlight and it was done.

I hope they like it.

Those Stampin' Up! Supplies for this card: still available

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  
Pay just  £4:95 whatever the size of your order, and have them shipped straight to your address.. 

Please  contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you prefer.

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Stampin' Trimmer

Paper Snips

Snail Adhesive

Stampin' Dimensionals

Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents

My goodness, almost Monday again,  how did that happen?  But, next weekend we have the Bank holiday to look forward to so shall set my sights on that..

Have a lovely week everyone and don't forget to keep checking that  'retired list' as things are certianly going fast.

Jan x

Retiring In-Colours 2013 - 2015

hi all

as well as the products and accessories that Stampin' Up! are retiring, this means we say good bye to the 2013 - 2015 In-Colours range  as well.

That's Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and my favourite from this range - Strawberry Slush..

I was at my local craft class today so thought I would take the opportunity to ink some stamps up using these colours for probably their last outing..  well for me at least..

I decided to go with  Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar for my colour schemes - but then thought why not use all of them whilst trying out the 'Bokeh' technique which seems to be very in vogue at the moment as regards card-making.

Lots of lovely videos out there to showcase how to do this -  and I came up with this as my rendition on the subject.


I did learn a salutary lesson though! You do need to leave your card to dry for quite a long  time before applying the white craft ink - when you think it is ready - leave it for a bit longer to make sure!

and for the craft ink - again this takes a fair bit of time to dry and if you aren't careful you can easily transfer colour from your card to the White craft ink pad.


One suggestion I have read since was to transfer a little of the white ink to some thing like your stamp-a-ma-jig template sheet, or a blending sheet of some sort and use the ink from there. Uhm, wished I read it before class this morning!

With it being such a busy card topper, I just kept it the rest simple - matted on top of a layer of Strawberry Slush card stock, itself, matted on Whisper White.

I finished off the card with some toning Strawberry Slush Baker's twine and the really ornamental Happy Birthday from the Sassy Salutations stamp set, positioned just where I wanted it, by using my Stamp-a-ma-jig.

Although there is very little left of the 2013-2105 In-Colour range available now - obviously you can substitute colours of your choice and repeat the process with those and thankfully not everything I needed is on the retired list!.

Those Stampin' Up! supplies for this card: still available

Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store  
Pay just  £4:95 whatever the size of your order, and have them shipped straight to your address.. 

Please  contact me if you have any questions or to place an order for you, if you prefer

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Stampin' Trimmer	White Vellum A4 Card Stock	Sponge Daubers
Sassy Salutations Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Well tomorrow should really find me swapping my stamp sets and ink pads for dust pan and brush am thinking... but I also need to give some thought to the next home-grown mass outing for Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

May 16th will see in excess of some 300 demonstrators converge on Telford for a busy day of inspiration, talks, and possible hints as to what may be coming  up.

So speaking of swapping -  and certainly not house work related this time - this forms a very valuable and much appreciated part of the proceedings  - swapping samples with other demonstrators is a lovely  means of passing on ideas and gaining some in return, not to mention having a very nice time meeting and mixing with everyone  in that very happy family that is 'Stampin' Up!'

til next time - have a lovely week whatever you get up to.

Jan x