Where do you get your inspiration from?

The question about where I get my inspiration from is the commonest question I think that I have been asked since becoming a demonstrator two years ago.
Well my inspiration comes from just about everywhere, The most obvious being the ideas book & catalogue that is produced by Stampin' up & that is where the inspiration for todays cards has comes from page 66 in the catalogue.

I always look at what my fellow demonstrators are doing & often use their cards or projects for a starting point for my own projects & always share where the inspiration comes from.
Colour inspiration comes from the colour coach tool which is always out on my work desk. Other colour combinations come from magazines of all types especially home & garden magazines, Photo's I have taken. Nature is very good for finding colour combinations that work well & are always changing like the seasons, so they provide a constantly changing colour palette.
I think one of the strangest places for inspiration for colour combinations are DIY stores when they have wallpaper & paint samples.


Here is my case of the above cards

Card 1

Cardstock

Daffodil delight

Marina Mist

Poppy Parade

Soft Suede

Whisper White

Ink 

Marina Mist

Tools

Heart Punch

Modern label punch

Stamps

Perfect Punches

Card 2 which is a great card for using up your left overs from the other two cards

Cardstock

Soft Suede 

Daffodil delight

Whisper White

Poppy Parade

Marina Mist

Ink

Perfect punches

Poppy Parade

Tools

Paper piercing tool

Mat pack

Scallop trim border

Stamps

Perfect Punches

Card 3

Cardstock

Crumb Cake

Marina Mist

Poppy parade

Whisper white

Daffodil delight

Ink

Early espresso

Pacific point

Daffodil delight

Marina Mist

Tangerine Tango

Stamps

Tiny tags

Just perfect alphabet

Tools

Jewelery tag punch

Paper piercing tool

Mat pack

Stamp a ma jig

Pretties

Asstd Brads

So now you know where my inspiration comes from, where is the strangest place that you have found creative inspiration?

Folded tree tutorial

I am loving this colour way at the moment & really should try harder to try one of the other fabulous combinations, you never know I may find a new favourite.

That was after I had seen the card & cut a circle in half & kept folding it until I was happy with the tree, that tree is on a decorated Christmas cracker at work.

The recipe for this card

Old Olive cardstock 106576

Tiny tags stamps 118091

Tiny tags punch 117190

Scallop trim border 118402

Linen thread 104199

Very Vanilla cardstock 106550

Real red Ink pad 103133

Four the Holidays stamps 116921

Dazzling diamonds 102023

2-way glue pen 100425

Jolly holiday DSP 117159

All of the above product is available from Stampin' Up and can be purchased through me.

Bird on A Branch ~ Stampers 10 card

Last night was the stampers 10 group meeting & I knew that many of my ladies wanted to take advantage of the August Two step Stampin' promotion so I used the set as one of the make & take projects coupled with the lovely Rich Razzleberry card stock.

For the month of August there is 20% of the BIRD ON A BRANCH SET.

Just £11.96 until the end of August

The card uses Whisper White, Rose red, Garden Green, Regal rose & Rich razzleberry card stock. The inks are Garden green, Soft suede & Regal rose. The greeting is from occasional greetings which is a set I am reaching for more & more. The backing  papers are from the Sweet pea paper stack. All products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

The tiny tags & matching punch are used on the last card

Stampers 6 cards

Tonight was the monthly meeting of my stampers 6 group.

Sarah was the hostess & tonight she bought her friend Sarah who has joined our group, we madebtwo cards using the Simply said stamp set.

Stamps

Simply said

Tiny tags

Circle of friendship

Polka dot background stamp

Baroque background stamp

Ink

Basic Grey

Melon Mambo

Rich Razzlebury

Versamark

Cardstock

Whisper White

Lavender Lace

Kraft

Pretty In Pink

Accessories

Buttons from own stash

Black Gingham ribbon

Linen thread

Soft suede Dot grosgrain ribbon

Whisper white 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon

Tools

Medium jewellery tag punch

1" circle punch

1 1/4" circle punch

All of the above items are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Stampers 10 comes to an end with a fond farewell card

Last nights stampers 10 was the last of this group.
This has been a lovely group of Ladies & most of them have joined the next group that starts on the 16th June.

We used the bird on a branch set & made one Fond farewell card & one using the three newly released colours that form part of the colour renovation.
Fond farewell cardI used the refill inks to make a custom ink pad to colour the bossom on the branches.
I used the cut'n' dry stamp pad felt whilst this isn't a Stampin ' Up product it is well worth thinking about adding it to your regular Stamping kit. The inked pads can be stored in mini ziplock bags & reused. You could allso use the Stampin Up markers to hand colour the stamp for a similar effect.

Stamp set
Bird on a branch
Tiny tags
Wonderful words
Cardstock
Whisper white
Basic black
Taken with teal (FF)
Inks
Basic black
Rose red ~ refill
Regal rose ~ refill
So saffron ~ refill
Tools
Medium jewellery tag
Eyelet border punch
Paper piercing tool
Stamp-a-Ma-jig
Accessories
Linen thread
1/4" tempting turquoise grosgrain ribbon
Button ~ earth elements & neutrals





2nd card using the colour renovation colours

Stamps
Bird on a branch
Inks
Soft suede
Melon mambo
Rich razzleberry
Cardstock
Melon mambo
Rich Razzleberry
Whisper white
Tools
Stamp-a-ma-jig
1 3/8 circle punch
Accessories
Night & day papers including the dotty window sheet
Linen thread
Button from my own stash


All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Vintage vogue again for another Fond Farewell

Not just one card today but two & they are slightly different.


This is one of the cards that i did with my lovely stampers 6 ladies on Thursday evening.

Can you spot the two fond farewell colours?

Stamps
Vintage vogue
Tiny tags
Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Bordering blue (FF)
Bashful blue
Sage shadow (FF)
Ink
Bordering Blue (FF)
Bashful blue
Trimmings
Hemp twine
Very vanilla Taffetta ribbon
Basic Grey Taffetts ribbon

All of the above products are available from Stampin' Up & can be purchased through me.

Fond Farewell ~ 2

Can you spot todays fond farewell colour ?
I am loving the Kraft card as it goes with every colour in the range.
Stamps
Vintage vogue
Tiny tags
French filigree
Ink
Mellow moss (FF)
Whisper white
Pretty in pink
Card stock
Very vanilla
Kraft
Ribbon
Very vanilla Taffetta


All of the above products are from Stampin'Up & are available to purchase through me.

Check back tomorrow & see if you can spot the fond farewell colour.

Vintage vogue & Tiny tags A perfect pair

A beautifully simple easel card using not one but two of the lovely sets from the new Mini catalogue.

Since I first saw the easel cards I have fallen in love with this easy fold of card.






Cardstock
Basic black
Whisper white
Old Olive
Taken with teal
Ink
Old olive
Taken with teal
Tempting turquoise
Stamps
Vintage vogue 117690
Tiny tags 118091
Tools
Medium jewelry tag punch 117190
Eyelet border punch 117402
Trimmings
Rhinestone brads ~ Circle fire 110027
Linen thread 104199

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.