Favourite Things.

With the summer holidays here things have been rather hectic. I have loved spending more time with my girls but now I'm looking forward to getting back to work and resuming normal service in September!

So for this weeks blog I thought id gather together some of my favourite creations.


1.

I'll start with this one as its one of the first cards I made after becoming a demonstrator.   I used the Eastern Beauty stamp set and the Eastern Medallions Thinlits.   I used the 2017-2019 in colours on a very vanilla base.

 Although the basic idea behind the card is fairly simple I was very proud of this one as it was probably the most complicated card I had made at that point and it was an idea I had come up with myself rather than CASEing something.

2.

This card is much more recent and uses the Graceful Glass Suite.  I was lucky enough to bring home the designer Vellum after OnStage in April, so naturally I ordered the rest of the suite and got crafting. This was also the first time I had really used the Stampin' Blends and I was so happy with how this card came out!

3.  

My final card is another 1st for me.  A z fold card.  I'd seen lots of pictures of these but had never tried one myself so, armed with plenty of card I found a tutorial on YouTube and set to work making the card base.    

I decided to use the Animal Expedition suite because I wanted an excuse to play with the gorgeous DSP.  I rather like how it came out!

4.  On to something different,  3D items.  In the last year I've made one or 2 Boxes or other 3D items, mostly following tutorials or as make and takes at team events but for this I was flying blind!  The moment I saw the Designer Vellum in the graceful glass suite I knew I had to make a tealight lantern to showcase it.  I am so happy with the result as I had no instructions for this at all and had to work out the right dimensions to work with the paper!  

 

I love how this turned out, and it looks amazing in the dark with a (battery operated) tea light!


5.    This next one is also something I worked out on my own.  I had done boxes before but hadn't seen one like this.

I used the Natures poem DSP combined with the detailed with love stamp set.  

I'm sure that someone out there has been making boxes like this for years, but the reason it's here on my favourite's list is because I was able to work it out for myself.

6.   And finally, a scrapbook page.  Now that may not seem very exciting but I haven't done a lot of scrapbooking before, and those I have done have been in classes.  This came about because of an idea I had for the Stamperatus!  

 I had seen people making templates to allow them to stamp a wreath or perfect circle with the Stamperatus, and I even followed a tutorial to make my own.  After playing with this for a while I began to wonder if it was possible to do the same for 12x12 card?  

After a bit of research, I couldn't find any indication that it had been attempted so I challenged myself to make one!

So now I had a template I needed to use it, and this is what I came up with.

This page uses the Colourful Seasons, Animal Outing and Pick a Pennant stamp sets and the Animal friends and seasonal layers dies.  I love this for 2 reasons, 1 because its exactly what I had in my head when I first tackled the template and 2, because its my daughters first picture!

I hope you've enjoyed this look at some of my favourite creations over the past 18 months and if you are interested in any of the products I've used then please, get in touch or head over to my website at  lilacdaisycrafts.stampinup.net

Colour Combo Blog Hop August 2018

Welcome to my project for the Colour Combo Blog Hop for August.  we've been challenged to use Pool Party,  Blackberry Bliss and Merry Merlot.

This is my first blog hop and it certainly proved challenging!  Blackberry Bliss is one of my absolute favourite colours so I was happy about that colour being included,  but I've not really used Pool Party or Merry Merlot much so they needed a little more thought.

This is what i came up with.

I used a Whisper White card base and stamped the happy birthday from Picture Perfect Birthday around the edge in Blackberry Bliss.  I stamped the streamers from Birthday Backgrounds in Pool Party


                    

I used the Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Starburst punch to cut out the top elements from Pool Party, Merry Merlot and Whisper White card and stamped the sentiment in Blackberry Bliss.
After putting the card together I felt the 2 starbursts needed something extra so I added some faceted gems in blackberry bliss which lifted the whole card.

Using this combination really pushed me to think about how I use colours.  I found combining the Blackberry Bliss and Pool Party easy but the Merry Merlot was a bit more tricky.  I definitely need to use this colour more.

I hope this has inspired you to use colours you wouldn't normally reach for!

Now follow the link below and see what Tricia Butts created with these colours!

Dragonfly Dreaming!

This weeks card uses the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.

This was one of the sets I chose with my starter kit when I joined Stampin' Up! so it has a special place in my heart.  I cased this card from an idea I saw on Pintrest ( I have forgotten who's design inspired it, but thank you for the inspiration!)

I used Flirty Flamingo and Blushing Bride on a Whisper White base.

The measurements are,  

• Thick Whisper White base,  cut at 21 x 14.8 cm. Scored at 10.5 cm.
• Flirty Flamingo, cut at 10 x 14.3 cm.
• Whisper White, cut at 10 x 14.3 cm and 9.5 x 13.8 cm.
• Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo for die cutting.

I used the Stitched Shape thinlits to cut the circle, but a circle punch could be used for the same effect.

To do the spot effect across the centre of the card I used a stamp from the Perennial Birthday stamp set.  Dragonfly Dreams has a spotty stamp but I don't feel it works for this card.

I also added a stamped layer to the inside of the card.  To give it extra depth I drew around the edge with a Stampin Write marker.  This creates an illusion of en extra layer of colour without making the card too bulky.

This is a useful trick and I have used it before to great effect.

I also used Wink of Stella on the dragonfly.  This adds a lovely sparkle which, although it doesn't show up in these photos, I hope you can see it in the video.  Wink of Stella is a perfect accent for many designs, and who doesn't love a little sparkle!

I hope you like this card and if you'd like to know how to get the products I used then leave a comment below or head over to my website at www.lilacdaisycrafts.stampinup.net