CAS(E) this Sketch #181

This week's sketch:

My card:

Supplies:

Precut craft card (square, cut down to a C6 size)

Stampin' Up! Whisper White cardstock

Stampin' Up! Tap Tap Tap stamp set

Stampin' Up Tip Top Taupe inkpad

Altenew Ruby Red inkpad

Stampin' Up! Washi tape

Some new goodies

I've been watching quite a few videos from various crafters, but particularly Jennifer McGuire. She's so talented and knowledgeable.  I watched a couple of her videos last week on the different types of ink pads and thought maybe I'd check out some of other brands of inks besides Stampin' Up!  I was planning on getting the inks and the coordinating card stocks from Stampin' Up! but wanted to look at some other inks to compare the quality.  And to be honest I don't want to limit myself to one company.  So I have also been checking out a lot of the other stamp companies.  Very much falling in love with Altenew, and some Hero Arts stamps are on my wishlist now too.  This is hobby is way too expensive! 

I decided to get an ink pad from Ranger, some Altenew Crisp inks and some Hero Arts inks.  I tried to choose some colours that I didn't have in the (very few) Stampin' Up! ink pads I have. I also want to try out Lawn Fawn inks but the online site that had this lot didn't stock them, and I wanted to try to keep shipping costs down by purchasing from the one place.  It's very hard to find stuff in Australia - few shops in Adelaide anyway that are close to me, so I have to resort to online.

 

I also couldn't resist getting this Mama Elephant Labelled Messages stamp set; I really like the "dymo" labelled look or typewriter style fonts for sentiments.  I thought it was a pretty cost effective set given all the sentiments you get.

Hey!

Today's card using an image from a Butterick 1965 sewing pattern catalogue:

I used the new Labeler Alphabet stamp set from Stampin' Up! and gosh was it hard to stamp it.  I'm not steady enough to stamp such small stamps I think (each letter/character is an individual stamp).  A bit disappointed, I think I should have got the rotary stamp before it retired - it's probably more of the look I want - that typewriter style font.  Oh well.

And, my Carl trimmer has gone a bit wonky again, so I'm having trouble cutting straight lines and getting a rectangle instead of a rhombus! So annoyed, given it cost $100 for this trimmer. 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up! Whisper White notecards
Stampin' Up! Lost Lagoon (?) cardstock - I'm not really sure if that's the colour of the green cardstock
Stampin' Up! Moonlight Designer series paperstack (retired)
Stampin' Up! Hello Honey ink

Birthday card

For my husband's nanna who just turned 91.

Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Whisper White Notecards
Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Berry Bliss (retired) and Mint Macaron card stock
Stampin' Up! Berry Bliss (retired) and Mint Macaron ink pads
Stampin' Up! Flower Shop stamp set
Stampin' Up! Pansy Punch
Stampin' Up! Cottage Greetings
Stampin' Up! Metallic Enamel Shapes

What a shame the Berry Bliss ink has been retired, it's such a gorgeous colour. All products (except retired) can be purchased here.

CAS(E) this Sketch #178

This week's sketch, found here:

My card:

Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Whisper White Notecard set
Stampin' Up! Love You Lots Hostess Stamp Set - image and sentiment
Stampin' Up! Watermelon Wonder Ink
Stampin' Up! Aqua Painter

CAS(E) this Sketch #176

This week's sketch:

I had this vision of using the Stampin' Up! Six Sided Sampler stamp.  Well I couldn't get them to line up neatly so then I thought I would use one of the stamps and colour it with ink and the Aqua Painter, punch them using the Hexagon Punch, then mount it on Whisper White cardstock and then stick on a Crumb Cake notecard.  It looked good in my head but it didn't turn out what I expected. The watercolour paper I have was quite a different white to the Whisper White and it looked terrible. So I cut around it.  And I hate that too.  But here it is, in all it's averageness.

I'm thinking of giving this up; it's an expensive hobby especially when you don't feel like a creative person and nothing really turns out how you envisage it.  It started because I wanted to just use up my vintage kids books - I never meant to get into stamps etc. Fools rush in... 

Or maybe I should try some card-making classes. Don't know.


Supplies:
Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock
Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake Notecards
Stampin' Up! inks - Lost Lagoon, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey.
Stampin' Up! Six Sided Sampler stamp set
Stampin' Up! Hexagon Punch.

Stampin' Up! Goodies

Finally picked up my goodies from the post office last night.

I had a few things I wanted to get from the retiring list, so I didn't buy many things in the demo pre-order period. Though I did get a couple of the cute hostess stamps (you can view details here):

Here are some cute images from Stampin' Up! using the stamp sets

I love the "Sorry, I'm Not Too Bright" sentiment.

Two on the retiring list:

I also got the Hearth and Home Thinlits to go with the Happy Home stamp set.

Some Project life goodies at a really good clearance rate.  Next quarter I'm going to buy some Project Life albums and inserts and finally start printing out the hundreds of photos I have on my hard drive.  I haven't printed any family photos or photos of the boys since they were born. 

The Happiness Is Accessory Pack is currently $6.78 and the Card Collection (with 100 cards) is $8.38.  Great prices.  Unfortunately my photo does not do justice to the colours, but if you check out the links you can see it better there.

Some background stencils and sponge daubers.  My 4 1/2 year old would like playing this.  He did some stamping with me a few weeks back and keeps asking to play and to learn what the Big Shot does.

Some washi tape (obsessed with washi tape) and some ink and aqua painters so I can try watercolouring stamped images.  Can't afford Copic Markers at the moment.  And the cute, now retired, bird builder punch.  Another tool that I think my son would like playing with.  I really love the Stampin' Up! punches. Very easy to use and I like they how lock flat.

I also got some thick Whisper White card stock, some Whisper White notecards and envelopes, some stamping dimensionals and last but not least some catalogues!

I've got a wish list a mile long, but at least I've got a year to work my way through it.  If you're interested in receiving a catalogue, you can get in touch with me on my demonstrator page