Louise Sharp

INKspired Blog Hop #39

21 August 2016

Welcome to The Team INKspired Blog Hop. You may have just hopped here from Maree McIntosh. After visiting me, please make sure you hop all the way around by hitting the next button at the bottom of the page.

Teneale Williams, my Stampin' Up! upline has created some great sketches for the upcoming months and we will be sharing some beautiful creations. Here is this weeks sketch:

SNEAK PEEK ALERT! I am using a new stamp set from the up coming Holiday Catalogue, Stitched with Cheer. I used the White Stampin' Chalk Marker on the letters to give them a bit of pop. I will admit to colouring them at first and didn't like it, but felt they need a little something!

Next on the hop is the beautiful Barbara Williams. There are so many gorgeous creations in this group, be sure to hop all the way around and be inspired for the up coming week!

Thanks for hopping by,

16 August 2016

Hello! I have some incredibly exciting news to share. I have teamed up with 11 other amazingly talented Demonstrators from around the world to create a monthly Tutorial Bundle. Each month you will receive 12 tutorials for the next six months. YES! 12 TUTORIALS - one from each of these awesome Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.

The bundle is available in both Metric and Imperial (inches) measurements so that anyone in the world can use these tutorials. Also perfect for other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators to get some ideas for classes, events etc!

The first bundle of twelve tutorials will be sent out on the 23rd August AEST. These are exclusive projects using current product and have never been seen before.

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Do you shop with me? Those that order $50 or more using the monthly hostess code in my Australian Stampin' Up! Online Shop in August will be receiving this months tutorial absolutely FREE! CLICK HERE to shop now. Remember to use the Hostess Code: MFGTRZBK

15 August 2016

#GDP049

Time for another Global Design Project Challenge. This week is a colour challenge and I really enjoyed this fun and happy colour combo. So me! I will definitely use these colours again.

*SNEAK PEEK ALERT*

Unless you are living under a rock - (which you possibly could be, we've all been there!) - you will know that Stampin' Up! are getting ready to launch the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. Oh.M.GEE. Again, Stampin' Up! deliver on more beautiful stamps and accessories. You will want everything! Stay tuned, it launches on 1st September 2016.

For my card I am using the new Paisley & Posies Stamp Set from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. I had one of my friends make a yin yang card for her husband over the weekend and I was inspired by her card that I decided to use the paisleys to create a similar effect.

I watercolored the base card using the Aqua Painter and Shimmer Paper, then white embossed the small paisley over the base. I white embossed the same small paisley for the front of the card and carefully coloured using the Aqua Painter brush, picking up the ink from the lids of the ink pads.

Would you like to be a Guest Designer on the GDP? Why not play along this week and you could be chosen as a Guest Designer for the next colour challenge. This week we have the super talented and sweet Rochelle Blok as our guest, be sure to check out her gorgeous card when you head over. Click Here. Also be inspired by the amazing Design Team, they never disappoint!

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08 August 2016

#GDP048
I love it when we get to CASE team designers on the Global Design Project for 'CASE the Designer' challenge. This week we are getting our inspiration from the amazingly talented and super sweet Tanja Kolar from Germany.

The definition of CASE: Copy And Share Everything
Put simply, we get our inspiration from a particular project or creation. For this challenge we can use ANY element. You might be inspired by the colours, the stamp set or the card layout. However you are inspired, why not play along this week?

I love Tanja's clean style, always adding a little extra something to her creations. I decided use the same stamp set, Balloon Celebration, and water-coloured the balloon using the Aqua Painter. I added a little tiny bow to the balloon and softly stamped the background with stars, ensuring I add some other soft embellishments like Tanja does to her projects.

Balloon Celebration

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Now to head on over to the Global Design Project and see the amazing project the Design Team has for you! Have a great week.

29 July 2016

Welcome to the Hello! Annual Catalogue 2016-2017 Blog Hop! You’ll be hopping around 10 amazing Stampin’ Up!® Independent Demonstrators blogs, each with an inspirational project, featuring new catalogue products.

Currently you’re visiting Louise Sharp from Australia. You can continue hopping my using the previous and next buttons at the end of this post. Now, let’s scroll down to see what I’ve been making.

IT'S BIG!!! #planning #planners #prettyplanning #memoryplanning
Yes, planners and planner pages are on trend at the moment and it's something I have started doing in the past couple of months using my Hello Lovely Project Life Card Collection from Stampin' Up! and fussy cutting out some of the elements and also using the stickers from the Accessories Kit.

As you all know, Stampin' Up! have awesome products for all sorts of papercrafting, card making and memory keeping addicts, like myself! I decided to use things I already have to prettify my current planner.

The little Bow Clips Embellishments and Gold Binder Clips are seriously the best! I also made my own page bookmark using some the Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon.

Here's a snippet of a couple of my pages from this week:
*Planner is my own - not from Stampin' Up!

Other ideas that are going around my head with things I can use in my planner are endless. These include:

Other Project Life Card Collection & Accessory Packs on pages 164-165
Any of the Stamps. I especially like the Project Life Date It stamp on page 166.
Washi Tapes and Ribbons
Any of the Punches. The new Duet Banner Punch comes to mind on page 186.
The Thinlits & Framelits

I'm sure there's many other ideas I have missed, please let me know if you have other ideas. I will share more planner pages in the future with other ideas and I hope I have inspired you to get creative with your planners and journaling pages. #planning #youaregoingtoloveit

Hello Lovely Project Life Accessory Pack

Photo Credit: instagram @beckyhigginsllc

Bow Paper Clips

Gold Binder Clips

The next stop is the talented Caroline van der Straaten from The Netherlands. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!