Essential Stamps February 14th challenge!
We have started another challenge over at our challenge blog. Challenges are now open for a 2 week time frame to give you more time to create and upload your creations!
We did a simple sketch challenge pictured here:
Please visit the challenge blog
http://sbebcchalleng
es.blogspot.com/ , complete your card, upload it and link it back to your blog.
Here is my card for this sketch.
As it was Valentine’s Day I thought that it would be fitting to keep with Reds/Pinks. The bird image is from the Bird Background stamp set. The branch that the bird is on is from the Birdhouse Background 1 stamp set. The bird image was coloured using Pebbles Chalks. I used Basic Grey Kissing Booth pattern paper and Bazzill cardstock. A variety of sizes of paper flowers, dew drops and stickles finished it off.
Happy Stamping!
Stacey
Jan 17th Challenge
Hello Papercrafters!
Today is the start of a new challenge over at our Challenge Blog “Scrapbook Essentials BC Challenges”. We are featuring The Welcome Home collection by Bo Bunny today. This week’s challenge is a colour challenge:
The Design Team has come up with some fabulous samples for you for inspiration. Make sure you head over to our Challenge Blog to see all of the samples. If you have any questions regarding the products we use, please leave us a comment and we will be happy to answer your question.
Here are 2 samples for you to start with.
The first sample is by the Illustrator of the Essential Stamps Teresa Winstone. She has created a wonderful card with so much detail. She created a layered background using Bazzill Cardstock as well as Welcome Home pattern paper and distressed the edges of each. She followed this by also inking them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Peeled Paint and Walnut Stain). She hand cut different flourish details out of the Welcome Home pattern paper and added them in 3 more layers and adding Stickles glitter glue to the top flourishes. Did you notice that she used the Flourish Fillers 1 stamp set to add even more detail on the background paper? She coloured in a portion of the rounded end of the flourishes using COPIC markers. The butterfly image from the Natural Butterflies 1 set is stunning. To keep the butterfly light yet colourful, she left some white space. Notice how precise her cutting was around the antennae! A little Cinnamon coloured Stickles glitter glue in the bottom right corner adds just an extra touch and helps to ground the card.
The 2nd sample is the card that I created. I used the Bo Bunny Welcome Home collection to create the backgrounds. On the top light brown pattern paper, I stamped the butterfly bush using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut stain. The 3 butterflies were stamped on scrap white cardstock, coloured with COPIC markers and hand cut out. I inked the edges of the pattern papers with Walnut Stain distress ink, border punched the green cardstock with the Martha Stewart border punch. Where the small holes are punched out, I placed dabs of Liquid Pearls White Opal colour. The ribbon at the top of the border is 1/8″ velvet ribbon (antique gold).
COPICs: YG93, YG95, 0 Blender, B05
Pattern Paper: Bo Bunny Welcome Home collection (Picket Fence, Flourish and Porch Swing)
Cardstock: Bazzill
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Broken China)
Stamp sets: Essential Stamps Natural Butterflies 1, Flourish Fillers, and Whimsical Bird(Word)
Other: Stickles, May Arts 1/8″ Velvet ribbon, Liquid Pearls, Foam adhesive
Happy Creating and I hope that you will join in on the Challenge!
Stacey
Challenge #3
Today was the release day of Challenge #3 over on our Challenge Blog.
http://sbebcchallenges.blogspot.com/
Challenge #3-A Colour Challenge
Challenge #3 over at “Scrapbook Essentials BC” challenge blog will be our last challenge for 2011. We will return on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. We hope that everyone has an enjoyable and very Merry Christmas! We are extending this challenge for two weeks, therefore you have until January 1st to join us with our colour challenge!
The Design Team has come up with some fabulous samples for you using products from Scrapbooking Essentials BC. If you have any questions regarding the products we use, please leave us a comment and we will be happy to answer your question.
Here is my challenge card sample for your inspiration:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey Little Black Dress (tuxedo)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (***guess there was a little theme happening!)
Essential Stamps Stamp set: Natural Butterflies 1
Embellishments: The Robin’s Nest Dew Drops (Fairy Dust)
Glitter: Craft ‘n Glitz (silver, iridescent diamonds, Blush, Pink)
Other: Glossy Accents
I kept this card simple. The butterfly was stamped on a scrap piece of white cardstock. Each glitter colour was applied separately. Section, by section I applied a little glossy accents and then one of the glitter colours. I continued doing this until I had all four colours applied. I left it overnight, then cut out the butterfly. After adhering all the different layers together, I adhered the butterfly but only applying adhesive to it’s body. The wings were then bent up to create a 3D look. A little accent of a dew drop of each side of the saluation was all it needed. This kept the look simple without over doing it or taking away from the glittered butterfly.
Here is the stamp set:
Happy Stamping!
Stacey
Challenge Blog has started!
Hello cardmakers and stamp enthusiasts!
This is an exciting day for the design team and myself. The Challenge Blog has gone live and we all hope that you will take part. The featured stamp set for the month is Whimsical Butterflies (TW-WBF01). 
Each week we will be posting a new challenge and our designers will have completed some samples for inspiration. Our first challenge is a sketch:
Challenge #1 – Sketch Challenge
Below is the card that I created for this week’s challenge. I created the side view of the butterfly by stamping one of the wing images on a separate piece of cardstock twice. I coloured the wings using COPIC markers (Y15, YR14, and R37). Once I had each wing coloured, I then carefully cut out each wing including the antennae. I hand cut a separate body for the butterfly out of black cardstock. The 2 wings are placed slightly side by side and only adhered to the circle at the center portion of the wing where the body is located. The top wing is bent to create a 3D effect. The flourish die cut is from the Sizzlit Decorative Flourishes set. The circle die cuts are Spellbinders Standard Circle dies and Scallop Circle Dies. The resin rose is from my Essential Charms line: Aqua rose package. The leaves behind the resin rose is the Martha Stewart Medium Punch “Branch 2″. Pattern paper is from the Basic Grey Picadilly Collection “Prairie Grass” paper. Solid cardstock is from Bazzill.
Please visit the challenge blog to view the other design team members samples and to find out how you can join in! Here is the link: http://sbebcchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-1-sketch-whimsical.html
Angela Thomas
Lesley Croghan
Nina Forsyth
Stacey Rumsby
Teresa Winstone
Our Rules for Playing:
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Create a NEW project for this challenge.
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Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like us to visit.
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Please put a link on your post to our challenge.
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Create a project with only 3 challenges including our challenge.
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Feel free to use any crafting products you have!
Be sure to post your project to the linky by Sunday, December 11th at Noon (PST).
We look forward to visiting your blog!
Happy Stamping!
Stacey