Sweet Stampin' Design Team - Green

Hello and good morning everyone ---

Here in the UK it's starting to look a lot like spring ---- not!! Actually it's typical British weather - it changes from day to day which makes it really hard to fine something suitable to wear. LOL!

Anyway, enough of my complaining its onto my Sweet Stampin' Design Team card for you this week. Our theme is' 'Green' in honour of St Patrick's Day - your card must contain green and have a stamped element on it.

I made this panorama card for my hubbie's birthday just before Christmas, and as it included quite a lot of green so it seemed an ideal opportunity to share it with you. I love making these cards as the 3D effect really brings them to life, however they're a nightmare to photograph. 

 

 

 

 

Here's What I Did
The panorama layers, 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, hills, clouds and floral border were all cut from dies. To make life a little easier I cut the fab man in the hammock (centre layer) using my Silhouette machine - however this did take some working out but thankfully it worked out beautifully (did a little bit of hand cutting in some area). The man, hammock and trees were then coloured with Copic markers and then die cut to fit the panorama shell. When fully assembled the 6" x 6" panorama contains 2 inner layers, 2 sides, frame and a front and back panel.

Here's What I Used
Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl 'Fathers Day Snooze'
Cardstock (CS): Sheena Douglas Stamping CS, Green, Blue , Brown CS, First Edition 'Boho Chic' CS
Copics: E000, E000, E00, E11 / Hair - C3, C5, C7 / Shirt - Y000, Y00, Y02, Y17 / Shorts - B000, B00, B05, B18, B23 / Grass - G00, G02,G03, G07 / Hammock Stripes - G00, G02,G03, G07, R20, R22, R27 / Tree - E31, E33, E35, E59
Dies: Tattered Lace 'Panorama' Die and 'Square' Collection, 'Happy Birthday' Washing Line, Autumn Edge', Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Curved Border One', Joy! 'Clouds'
Other: Distressing Ink 'Tumbled Glass and '
 

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our 'Green' challenge we'd love to see your entries. 

 

REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card, follow our theme and link back to the Sweet Stampin' blog for a chance to win a prize!  Have fun and good luck.

 

This week's prize sponsor is Flat Friends

I look forward to seeing what you create.

 

Thank you so much for dropping by, why not leave me a message to say hi :)

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 x Janine x

Panorama Card

Good morning everyone

Because I've been visiting my step-dad in hospital (who's improving thankfully), and helping to look after my mum I haven't made a Design Team card today. So instead I thought I would share with you the Panorama Christmas card I made for them both.

 

Sorry for the photo quality peeps!!!

 

Here's What I Did
I die cut the panorama sides, 6" x 6" back square and a front frame. The panorama layers were also die cut using a village die and a sloping border die, and on each of the layers I added a small amount of pale blue Copic pen and some glitter to the edges.  Before assembling the scene I added snowflake paper onto the back plate, a flower border to the front frame and then on the front slopes I attached a reindeer and Christmas tree.  To finish off I added some blue gems and a die cut banner to the top corner. Look out for more Panorama cards in the future.

Here's What I Used
Cardstock (CS): Sheena Douglas Stamping CS, Forever Friends Paper (old stock), White glitter Card, Navy CS 
Dies: Tattered Lace 'Panorama' Die Collection and 'Summer Edge', Xcut 'Village', Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Curved Border One', Marianne Design 'Christmas Tree', Die'sire 'Elegant Reindeer'
Other: Gems, Glitter, B000 Copic Pen, Computer Generated Sentiment

There will be more of my Design Team cards later in the week.

Thank you for dropping by and I look forward to seeing you soon.

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x Janine x

Sweet Stampin' - Easter

It's Sweet Stampin' time again. How's life been treating you? Are you enjoying the spring or you in the mist of the mist!!

I'm once again a happy bunny- yey, my holiday is booked along with my excursions.  My hubbie and I are going on another cruise in the middle of the year, and everyone assumes that we're planned a lovely warm weather one.....but nah!! Why be boring lol.  Nope, we're going to Alaska - we've planned to watch a Lumberjack show, a visit the glaciers, go whale watching, and visit a huskie puppy pound and go sledding with their mums and dads. So excited is an understatement.

Anyhoo, back to my Sweet Stampin' - our theme this week is Easter. 
 

 

Here's What I did

I used a 6 x 6 card base, and matted and layered it with some pretty lemon paper and doodled around the edge.  Then using my Die-namic die I cut out 2 squares (one in blue and one in green) and cut them in half, I re-joined 2 of the halves onto the page to make my sky and grass.  I stamped my 'Happy Easter' sentiment banner and coloured it with Copics and added glitter. From my brand new dies which are so sweet, I die cut a couple of pieces of picket fence and some clouds and attached them to the scene. My little Forever Friends bear was stamped 3 times, coloured with Copics, cut out and layered up. He was stuck onto my card along with the coloured and cut out little chicks. 

To finish off I die cut some flowers and plants (in reality these were made stamen and leaf dies) which I added them to the front along with some punched out butterflies. I wanted a clean and fresh look and hopefully I've achieved it..

Here's what I Used:
Stamp: Docrafts 'Spring Time', Crafty Impressions 'Spring Border'
Cardstock (CS)/Paper: White Neenah Colouring CS, Various Coloured CS

Copics:  Bear - E01, E50, E51, E53, R20, R30, C-0, C-1 / Chicks - Y000, Y00, Y17

Dies: MFT Die-namics 'Blueprint 3', Joy! 'Cloud', Tonic 'Circle Layering Die', Tattered Lace 'Embellishment Kit', Marianne Designs 'Picket Fence LR0205', Marianne Designs 'Poinsetta' 

Other: Fineliner Pen, Glitter, Butterfly Mini Punch

We hold a weekly challenge with a fantastic prize plus a monthly prize draw for everyone who enters a card/project throughout the month. 

So why not drop by Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our Easter challenge we'd love to see you. REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card!

 

This week's sponsor and prize is from Crafty Devils.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Challenges entered:

Hugs

Janine x