Saturday 30 April 2022

Whales of the Ocean cards

whale cards using Stampin Up Waves of the Ocean paper, whale punch, Biggest Wish & Happiest of Birthday stamp sets. Cards by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - stampinupaustralia - cardmaking - stamping - handmade cardswhale cards using Stampin Up Waves of the Ocean paper, whale punch, Biggest Wish & Happiest of Birthday stamp sets. Cards by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - stampinupaustralia - cardmaking - stamping - handmade cards

Remember the whale card I shared a couple of weeks ago? I got a bit whale obsessed and made more cards - this time teamed with a paper print from the amazing Waves of the Ocean paper pack  to create some fun watery scenes. Sadly this is a last hurrah for the paper as it's only available until 2 May. Get it now if you love it. Take a closer look at the cards:
 

Friday 29 April 2022

JAI 601 sketch challenge - Let's have a cup of tea

 Handmade cup of tea card using Stampin Up Cup of Tea stamp set and bundle & Teacups dies, & Beautiful Shapes dies, Card by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - stampinupaustrallia - diecutting - cardmaking - stamping - stampinupcards

Hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing a sweet tea cup themed card using the new Cup of Tea stamp set and bundle. This is my Design Team project for this week's Just Add Ink challenge, which is a sketch with many, many possibilities. I hope you like how I used it.

Thursday 28 April 2022

Simply blended stitched leaves

Leaf themed cards using Stampin Up Stitched Leaves and All Together paper. Sentiments from Biggest Wish, Inspired Thoughts & Peaceful Moments stamp sets. Cards by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - die cutting - clean and simple cardsLeaf themed cards using Stampin Up Stitched Leaves and All Together paper. Sentiments from Biggest Wish, Inspired Thoughts & Peaceful Moments stamp sets. Cards by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - die cutting - clean and simple cards

Hello & welcome. As promised last post when I shared this leafy card, I have 2 more cards to share made with the Stitched Leaves dies. Both are very clean & simple and include blended ink panels, one with patterned paper and one with the Timber embossing folder. Let's take a look.

Friday 22 April 2022

JAI 600 inspiration challenge - leafy thanks

Handmade thank you card made with Stampin' Up! Stitched Leaves dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Peaceful Moments stamp set. Card by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - just add ink - card challenges

Hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing a project for Just Add Ink's 600th challenge. A major milestone worth celebrating.

The inspiration image has lots of lovely details and texture but did challenge me, as the colours are not my fave choices. That said, the leaves reminded me of the beautiful Stitched Leaves dies so I've used these to create a card that fits the challenge in my style. I hope you like what I made.

Friday 15 April 2022

JAI 599 Just add fave animal - Whale amazing thanks

handmade sea - whale themed thank you card using Stampin' Up Waves of the Ocean collection, Amazing Thanks dies,  whale punch. Card by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - die cutting -

Hello & welcome to a new project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge suggested by Kerry - Just Add your favourite animal.

The trickiest part of this challenge was choosing my favourite animal. It's like choosing your favourite human or fur child. After much pondering I chose whales - and made a thank you card for a dear & amazing friend.

I mixed new and old goodies on my card - new Waves dies & Blue foils from the Waves of the Ocean collection (see & click image at end of post to see all items), current Amazing Thanks dies & Whale Punch, and papers from the Whale of a Time paper pack. (retired sadly in 2021 & one of our most beautifully illustrated packs ever - a big call I know). Take a look at how it turned out.

Friday 1 April 2022

JAI 597 choose two challenge - Inspired by Ink floral birthday

Handmade floral birthday card made with Stampin Up Artistically Inked stamp set, Artistic dies from Expression in Ink suite. Card by Di Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - stampin up - colourmehappy - cardmaking - stamping - papercraft

Hello and welcome. How can it be April 1st already? Anyway today I'm sharing my team project for this week's Just Add Ink - Choose Two challenge - flower, paper or pattern.

I of course chose flowers and paper creating a pretty floral birthday card for a friend & SU teamie using the Artistically Inked stamp and Artistic die bundle teamed with the coordinating Expression in Ink patterned paper. Take a look.