Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop - Monochrome

Welcome to our Ink. Stamp. Share Blog hop, we are a group of global Stampin' Up! Demonstrators sharing creative ideas and inspiration using current Stampin' Up! products. I'm Laura Mackie from the UK you may of joined me from Sandra's blog or you may be starting off here, which ever I'm sure your going to be inspired to go get your Stamp on and get inky! enjoy...

This month our theme is MONOCHROME not heard of it before this is the meaning but in our case card making / papercraft!! Ha!Ha!

Monochrome definition, a painting or drawing in different shades of a single colour 

 and here is what I've made

I've used the Beauty Abounds bundle - (Rubber Stamps and dies) to create my card, using the Smooshing Technique to create my background on Shimmery White cardstock using Grapefruit Grove ink. smooshing is a pretty forgiving technique and gives great variation of one colour - so perfect for this challenge.

I added some of the bokeh spots from the Stamp set in Grapefruit Grove ink to my background.

I 'smooshed' some more on an off cut off Shimmery white cardstock then die cut some butterflies from it, I wasn't overly fussy when clearing out the bits that hadn't popped out from the die cutting machine,  I liked the lighter block of shade its added!

I added a few sequins to embellish and finish off my card.

The Beauty Abounds Stamp set and Dies will carry over into the new catalogue however NOT as a Bundle enjoy a 10% saving only until 3rd June.

Like my smooshing technique?? I just love playing with this technique with one or more colours! check out my post and a video sharing the Smooshing Technique HERE

You next hop is over to Pia who Im sure has a fab Monochrome project for you visit her blog my clicking the next button below

Full Blog Hop List

Sandra Roberts

Laura Mackie  ****YOU ARE HERE***

Pia Gerhardt

Michelle Bryant

Tricia Butts

Sue McDonald

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Jo Blackman

Linda Handford

Sandrine Jse

Shirley Merker

Karen Pearmain

If you don't already have a demonstrator or are looking for a demonstrator I would be delighted if you choose to order your Stampin' Up! products through me, you can shop with me now via my online shop, I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and I'm always happy to offer help when placing your order or if you need product advice, please don't hesitate to get in touch, 01842 828643

Heres what I've used today and all available to order right now:

click on an image below to go to my online shop

Beauty Abounds Cling Bundle (£51.25)	Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set (£21.00)	Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies (£36.00)	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Grapefruit Grove A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon (£5.50)	Iridescent Sequin Assortment (£4.75)	Stampin' Spritzer (£2.75)	Window Sheets (£4.75)	Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (£8.25)

Don't forget when you shop online to use my Monthly Hostess code, for a FREE extra goodie from me, this will arrive after your order and come direct 

from me with a hand made card... 

This month hostess code is  JAPDWJAE (for orders under £150)

Thank you so much for coming by today,
til next time happy craftin'

Stampers by the Dozen Blog Hop

Welcome to this months Stampers by the Dozen Blog hop, your currently with me Laura Mackie a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator based in the UK.
everything we use to make our cards and projects along the hop is available to purchase via our online stores. 

This month are theme is to case the Occassions / Spring Summer catalogue

Now I love the our catalogues are full of Ideas, so if we have or when we have crafters block and don't know where to start we can reach for our catalogues and boom we can simply case the catalogue, often this is all we need to inspire us!

Heres what I  came up with

I cased a card on page 13, using the Beauty Abounds stamp set and Dies

 I just changed the colours up

I love Butterflies and as soon as I saw this bundle I had to order it! the Dies are beautiful and I love that you can cut the die for individual butterflies too, 

You can purchase the stamps and dies together as a bundle saving 10% or purchase them individually, if you buy them as a bundle during Sale-a-Bration (ends 31st March 2019) you qualify for a free product! -n bonus, the bundle for the stamps and dies is priced at £51.25 

I used a colour combo of Highland Heather and Basic Black, with a Whisper White card base

Your next hop is over to Karie click on the next button below to hop over to her blog, Enjoy 

Like anything you've seen today, If you don't already have a demonstrator or are looking for a demonstrator I would be delighted if you choose to order your Stampin' Up! products through me, you can shop with me now via my online shop, Im committed to providing excellent customer service and I'm always happy to offer help when placing your order or if you need product advice, don't hesitate to get in touch, 01842 828643

You can have your order shipped to your chosen address either here in the UK or Germany, The Netherlands, France or Austria

Heres what I've used today and all available to order right now:
click on an image below to go to my online shop

Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set (£21.00)	Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies (£36.00)	Beauty Abounds Cling Bundle (£51.25)	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Basic Black A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Basic Black 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon (£6.50)

Don't forget when you shop online to use my Monthly Hostess code, for a FREE extra goodie from me, this will arrive after your order and come direct from me with a hand made card... This month hostess code is  QWQKNE6K (for orders under £150) Thank you so much for coming by today,

til next time happy craftin'

Colour Combo Blog Hop

Welcome to the first Colour Combo Blog hop of 2019, Your currently visiting Laura Mackie based in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, Now this is why I love this Hop... these colours had me, I don't think I'd ever actually used my Cajun Craze ink pad!

Heres my card..

My Cajun Craze card base measures 21cm x 14.85cm 

scored in half at 10.5cm

Whisper White card layer 10cm x 14.3cm

The background is stamped using a new stamp set Beauty Abounds, and I love the Bokeh effect stamps, I've stamped with Coastal Cabana and Gorgeous Grape ink pads, I stamped randomly til I was happy keeping away from the edge of my card layer, as I knew I didn't want to stamp near the edges!

More on how i made my card:

The 'Happy' is diecut using the Happy Birthday Framelit, but i cut away the Birthday part as I knew I didn't want that bit! Its cut in Gorgeous Grape cardstock, before adhering to my card layer I added some Coastal Cabana copper edged ribbon behind, the copper had a real Cajun Craze look to it and loved the look, 

I stamped the 'Birthday' in versamark on Coastal Cabana Cardstock then heat embossed with Copper embossing powder again to pick up on the Cajun Craze...

Spot those little flowers??? they are new PUNCHES! we all love a punch 

these are a set of 4, 3 punching various shaped flowers, and 1 that punches the 

flower centres and the little leaf

To finish off I flicked Cajun Craze ink with my Blend pen and coloured a few pearls with my dark Cajun Craze blend marker, and added those randomly... 

Thank you so much for coming by my blog today your next hop is over to Rebecca downunder in Australia.. click the next button below to visit her blog

Like anything you've seen today, make a note of it and then contact you demonstrator to order, If you don't already have a demonstrator or are looking for a demonstrator I would love to help you, you can shop with me now via my online shop HERE,

You can have your order shipped to your chosen address either here in the UK or Germany, The Netherlands, France or Austria

Heres what I've used today to make my card and its all available to order right now:
click on an image below to go to my online shop

Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set (£21.00) Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£20.00) Happy Birthday Thinlits Die (£19.00) Stampin' Trimmer (Metric) (£28.00) Simply Shammy (£7.50) Heat Tool (Uk) (£28.00) Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder (£4.75) Embossing Buddy (£5.50) Pearl Basic Jewels (£4.75) Cajun Craze Dark Stampin' Blends (£4.25) Bitty Blooms Punch Pack (£21.00) Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00) Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00) Tea Room Ribbon Combo Pack (£7.50)

Don't forget when you shop online to use my Monthly Hostess code, for a FREE Thank you gift from me, this will arrive after your order and come direct from me with a hand made card... This month hostess code is MZZ9SNMM (for orders under £150)

Thank you so much for coming by today, til next time happy craftin'