Card 1 - Baby wipe technique, create your own stamp pad

This is the first card we made. The stamp set is Eastern Blooms. We stamped the large flower onto the babywipe and then onto gloss card stock. Then we punched it out with the 5-petal flower punch. The blossom was done by colouring the stamp with markers. The branch is Certainly Celery and the blossoms are Taken with Teal. The main card is Taken with Teal and the ribbon and mount card are Certainly Celery. The 'Wish Big' is from the Short and Sweet set and was punched with the word window punch.

Card 2 - Baby wipe technique, swipe

This card has been made with two of the wonderful new 'in colours' Pacific Point and Tangarine Tango. I love both of these colours but then I tend to go for the strong colours. To do the background for this one just swipe the babywipe across the gloss cardstock. The stamp set used is Ocean Commotion and the 'Make a wish" is from the Big bold birthday set. The seahorse and Tangarine Tango ovals are punched with the large oval punch and the 'Make a wish' was punched using the word window punch.

Card 3 - Baby wipe technique, dabbing.

This is the third card we did. It is a very simple design using the new Cheers to You set. The card colour is Gable Green and the blue is Tempting Turquoise both from the Bold Brights colour family. The beer and 'Cheers to you' are stamped in Tempting Turquoise. To do the babywipe back ground you dab the baby wipe randomly on glass card.

Playing around with the baby wipe technique

I had decided we were going to do the baby wipe technique at this months stamp club so I was playing around with colour combinations and cards and this is one I ended up with. It was a little to detailed for stamp club with limited time but I thought I'd put it on here to show you all.

The card colours are black, bashful blue and certainly celery but it's a bit difficult to make out the colours on the scan because I used dimensionals to raise up the main design so the celery looks a bit grey.

Out with the old and in with the new

It's that time of year when the new Stampin' Up! Ideas Book and Catalogue is released and some of the current stamp sets are retired. The other thing that changes are the 'in colours' so it's time to say goodbye to Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky and Groovy Guava and Welcome our NEW in colours: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Pink Pirouette, Pacific Point and Riding Hood Red. As demonstrators we are able to order a few items from the new catalogue so we can prepare for the catalogue release and one of the items is a sample of the new in colours. Here are a couple of cards using the retiring Groovy Guava and the new Tangarine Tango. The top one is using the new Cheers to You set.