InStyle Stamps Valentine Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to InStyle Stamps Valentine's blog hop. The theme this month is Valentine's, and there is a $25 goodie bag up for one lucky person who votes for their favourite project on the InStyle Stamps blog. 

If you have arrived here from Cathy's Blog you are on the right path...  if not, you need to go back to the start of the hop on the InStyle Stamps blog. 

For my project I made a Sweet Notes box for my daughter. I used the cute Rapunzel image from the Fairy Tales collection {she picked the image ;) } 

Next up on the hop is Taylor.

Box Template: Splitcoast Stampers
Image: Rapunzel by InStyle Stamps
Papers: Rose Garden by Papermania
Tools: Copic sketch markers, MS scoring board, Classic & Scalloped circle Nestabilities
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Butterfly: Prima
Ribbon: Stash

Thanks for visiting me today. Have a wonderful Friday! xx

Sandie

PaperPlay Challenges & a Whiff of Joy GDT

Good morning! I hope your Thursday is going well. It's a bright & sunny, yet chilly, day here. 

This week's PaperPlay Challenge is Layer it Up and we would love to see loads of layers on  your creations. I made 2 cards for this challenge as I just love layering my papers :D We are being sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts and the prize is a cool $10 store voucher.

On this first one I used another Fairy Tales image - Alice - by Instyle Stamps. Now I'm not usually a fan of all things blue when it comes to girls, lol, but I really like the colour scheme for this image. 

My papers are a mix of Basic Grey and Pink Paislee. The co-ordinating ribbon came wrapped around my little man's pj's when I bought them.. definitely a case of recycling here :) The flowers and crystal drops are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Challenges: 

Kaboodle Doodles - Bling it up

Crafty Pad - Girly

Craft Your Passion - Use 2 patterned papers

Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers

My next card is also my entry into Whiff of Joy's colour combo challenge which is Chocolate, Teal & Cream. LOVE this colour combo!!!! The image I used, Ben, is one of the Valentine releases but I made a Birthday card. Works well, yes? lol. 

The papers are Graphic 45 Steampunk - who'd a thought you could make these papers 'cute'? haha!! The green & brown seam binding.. hmm.. I paid a sweet fortune for this on Etsy a while back before it became popular and easier/cheaper to get.. *sulking*. lol. Still, I love the distressed effect on it and am hoarding it like nobody's business :D 

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

Ben has been coloured using copics - 

Skin: E21, 51, 00, 02

Hair: E53, 51, 50

Pants/Shoes: E44, 43, 42

Sweater: BG13, 15, 18

Shirt/Tie - E41, 40

Gift -  BG0000, 10, 11

Rose/Ribbon: R32, 35, 37

Challenges: 

Gingersnap Creations - coffee and cream

Paper Pretties - sewing

Penny's Paper-Crafty  – anything goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - my favourite thing

Wild Orchid Challenges - Let's Get Sentimental

Copic Creations - Something New

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog today. Be sure to pop over to the PaperPlay blog and leave my teamies' a little love :) Have a great day!!

Sandie

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Instyle Stamps Colour Challenge.

Good evening folks!! It's time for the very first Color Challenge of the year over on Instyle Stamps Blog. 

Use the colours in this photo to inspire you - you can use them all, or you can leave out the neutrals and use whatever neutral you'd like. Just be sure to focus on the shades of green and brown! 

My image is the very sweet Snow White from the Fairy Tales collection due to be released at the end of the month. 

 This challenge (and all ISS challenges) have a specific keyword. Please use this when you upload to any online gallery, so that your creation can be easily found. For this challenge, the keyword is ISSCC01.

Challenges:

Fairy Tale  - flowers

Stamp Something - anything goes 

AiFactory -  anything goes

 Moving Along With The Times  – make your dreams come true

Stampin' B's - use a die cut

Creative Cottage  - something new

 Fab 'n' Funky - warm, toasty colours

Stampavie and More - glitter
ColourQ - COLOR (melon mambo, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, taken with teal, white)

Thanks for dropping by

Sandie

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InStyle Stamps - Fairy Tales

Happy Sunday!! Today I would like to share a card I made using the Fairy Tales collection by InStyle Stamps.  This set has 6 Fairy Tale inspired images. Snow White, Alice in Wonderland, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood and Thumbelina.

Fairy Tales will be available to buy just after CHA at a cost of $21.95 

Deciding which cutie to use was the hardest part, but Sleeping Beauty is just so precious. 

I followed InStyle Stamps sketch, which is the first sketch of 2011. This sketch challenge is still running, you can find the details HERE

 

Challenges:

One Stop Craft - card for a child

Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Something New

2 Sisters (2 weeks) - gettin girly

Catch The Bug (3 entries) - anything goes

Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new

Colour Create (2 weeks) – COLOR – pink, red, white (optional: hearts)

Paper Crafting Journey - use a digi

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

Papers: BG Olivia

Image: Sleeping Beauty by InStyle Stamps

Tools: MS Doily Lace punch, Circle Nestabilities

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brads, pearls, ric rak and pearl topped pins from my stash

Check out the Instyle blog for more samples from this fantastic set, and other new release sets. 

Sandie

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