Author: Hullahbaloo

InColor Notes Part 1

Birthday Party Live – Project #1

Yesterday evening, the first of my Birthday Party Live events took place over on my Facebook page – if you missed the video, you can view this here on my blog or over on my Youtube challenge. Thank you to those of you who watched and showed your support, it is much appreciated.

These incolor notecards came about from an idea my daughter had – a few weeks ago, I made a Penguin Winter Card using an ink technique, which she wanted to do again. However, with the small surface area that a notecard presents, she decided to use a single colour in a simple circle.

Together, we added a simple sentiment and finished them off with a resin dot. Keeping them simple and without using many resources.

** Don’t forget to take part in my Birthday Party Giveaway **

Good Luck!

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Card Bases = 6 x 3 inches (5 pieces)
  • Whisper White = 13/4 x 11/4 inches (5 pieces)

Scoring:

  • Score all 5 card bases at 3 inches

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Birthday Party Live Giveaway!!

HULLAHBALOO BIRTHDAY PARTY LIVE GIVEAWAY!

As part of my Birthday Party Live Event, I have launched a special giveaway – the prize? The winner of the giveaway shall receive a Box of Sunshine Paper Pumpkin kit, full of all the things you need to make 8 cards (you would only need a block for stamping).

To enter this giveaway, you can action the below:

  • Comment on this or any Birthday Party related blog post. This shall give you one entry into the giveaway draw.
  • Comment on the giveaway Instagram post. This shall give you one entry into the giveaway draw.
  • Comment on the giveaway Facebook post. This shall give you one entry into the giveaway draw.
  • Place an order with me between 07/09/2020 19:30 and 13/09/2020 23:59. This shall give you five entries into the giveaway draw (plus the usual free gift from me).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • All comments and orders must be placed between 07/09/2020 19:30 and 13/09/2020 23:59 (UK time) to be placed into the draw. Comments and orders outside of this time will not be entered.
  • You must reside in the UK, the Netherlands, Austria, France or Germany to win the Stampin’ Up! prize.
  • All comments will be monitored to ensure fair play i.e. no unnecessary spamming. Only one entry per blog post, per person will be entered. Duplicate entries on a single post from the same person will only count as one entry.
  • Five runners up will receive a free gift from myself for taking part.

Best of Luck!

Suzanne

Halloween Magic

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This year’s Halloween paper is absolutely gorgeous and whilst Halloween is still almost two months away, I find myself using it again and again (you’ll see it make an appearance in my Birthday Party Live Week). For this project, I wanted to showcase the gorgeous bats and the giant label you get as part of the stamps and dies, so a large box was the perfect solution.

The large bat on this project was the first item I used when I received my Mini Catalogue pre-order, the fact that the dies fit around the Designer Series Paper (DSP) patterns is a great added bonus and I love how these bats look when they’re cut out.

I went quite simple with the box design so that the paper and the decoration could take centre stage. The Metallic Mesh ribbon is perfect for this project with its almost spiderweb appearance – but could be a great addition on Christmas projects too.

Finally, a bit of blends colouring on the label brings it all together. The box is large enough to fit numerous treats – perhaps to give to children out trick treating? Or as a table gift at a Halloween party? What do you think? I hope you like it. #

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Cardstock = 8 x 11 inches.
  • Designer Series Paper = 6 x 9 inches.

Scoring:

  • Base (Cardstock): 2 inches on all four sides.
  • Lid (Designer Series Paper): 1 inch on all four sides.

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Autumnal Thanks

Who loves Autumn and the latter part of the year? I know I do. The colours, the cosy nights, the lead up to Christmas. The Gilded Autumn suite is a great hit of everything that’s gorgeous about that period. With gorgeous copper ribbon, brushed metallics and leafy patterns, the suite screams Autumn before you even read the title of it.

Yesterday, on my Facebook Live, I showed this gorgeous bag. Ideal for thank you gifts, table favours or perhaps treat bags full of goodies. The ribbon keeps the bag closed by wrapping back on itself – no punch holes required. Which means you don’t have to tie / untie it repeatedly either – score!

The bag is a good size too, 6 inches in height by 31/2 wide by 2 inches deep. Plenty of space to fit lots inside. The paper I used on the sample in the photo above is Mint Macaron, with the one in my video made using a Cajun Craze pattern. Both are stunning designs, which is why I chose to showcase them in the way I have.

The fussy cut stitched leaf acts as a tag on the bag, whilst acting as decoration, it doesn’t take away from the gorgeous paper being used. The Stitched Leaves dies are utterly gorgeous and you’ll see them make more appearances on my blog!

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Designer Series Paper = 111/2 x 10 inches.

Scoring:

  • Long Side (111/2) = 2, 51/2, 71/2 and 11 inches.
  • Short side (10) = 2 and 8 inches.

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Wild Hedgehog

This stamp set was the first one from the Annual Catalogue to make it on my ‘wish’ list. I absolutely love hedgehogs and this one is so cute! I love the sketched nature of the stamp set and the free reign it allows me for art materials – the imagery would suit Watercolour Pencils, Stampin’ Blends, using ink with an Aqua Painter or just left as outline images.

For this particular card, I chose to use Stampin’ Blends as I wanted to play around with the colours and the shading. The image shown is made up of three separate stamps – the mushrooms, the hedgehog and the leaf. Only the mushrooms came with grass as part of the image, but the versatility of my Stampin’ Blends allowed me to replicate under the hedgehog and leaf also – barely noticeable too?

I wanted to keep this card simple to show off the coloured image, so backed it onto a single piece of Just Jade – which I think it absolutely gorgeous. Don’t you agree?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

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