INKspired blog hop - The Undefined Hummingbird

The Undefined Hummingbird

Hi Hoppers!

Welcome back to another INKspired Artists Blog hop!

You would have hopped in from Cherie Davies and I have had a sneak peak at her card this hop and I love it!!

I hope you all had a great Easter... A friend told me all the chocolate consumed during Easter are Calorie Free (I wish that were true)

Over the Easter break I have spent a lot of time in my craft room!
I created another Undefined Stamp... A hummingbird!

I had found a picture of a hummingbird stamp on Pinterest by Andrea Lauren that I fell in love with and had to make one of my own!

After creating the stamp I started to look for colours to use...

I was surprised how many different colours Hummingbirds can be!

They truly are a very unique creature!

For my creation this hummingbird was my colour Inspiration!

Here is my creation!

Again instead of doing a card I framed my creation for a present for a very special friend :)

Thanks for stopping by again for another INKspired Blog hop!

I hope you enjoy my creation this week and it inspires you to create your own unique Undefined Stamp of your own!

Trust me you will love it!

I have made a basic tutorial on making this stamp on my Youtube channel!!

  

Next up is the incredible Lisa Eaton!

Until next time...

Kabrina xx

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INKspired Blog Hop - Bundled Baby

A New Addition - Bundled Baby

Hi Bloggers!

Welcome back to the 14th INKspired Artists Bog Hop!

This week you would have hopped in from Cherie Davies!

 We had a challenging sketch this hop! I had an idea of what I wanted to do but really struggled to get it to look right... So there were lots of different colour combinations that were left on the 'craft room floor'

Here is Sketch 14

And this is my creation!

 This hop instead of making a card I created a framed keepsake for our latest addition to the Piirlaid clan, my new Niece...

Jessica Margaret Piirlaid

I initially set out to make a card but as I progressed I had the idea to make something that could be used in her room.

As I created the 'recipe' for this I realised just how much went into making this! Many layers, many techniques, lots of product, fussy cutting etc!

I am exhausted just thinking about it!

Here is just a snippet of what I did...

Colour combination - Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Basic Black.

The 'bundled baby' was stamped on watercolour paper with StazOn and was coloured using the stampin' write markers and blender pens... This way of colouring is new to me as I am used to my Blendies (which are now discontinued) So this is my first attempt at colouring this way!

The background 'Irresistibly yours Speciality DSP' is from the Sale-a-brations freebies and was sponged with Blushing bride.

I layered the banners, the 'J' and the Sweetheart punch with Blushing Bride and Melon mambo to create a shadowed effect to make the colours pop out more!

I love the end result and I hope Jessica will too!

I also added my latest Undefined stamp to sign the back of this keepsake :)
What's a better way to sign then with your own personalised family portrait!
The Undefined Piirlaid's!

Next up is the the fabulous Lisa Eaton! I love seeing what she has created each hop! I am sure she will impress this round too!

Until next time... Happy Hopping!!

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INKspired Blog Hop - Blended Bloom

Blended Bloom Sunset

Hi Hopper!, Welcome back!

This week you would have hopped in from Cherie Davies Blog :)

This sketch was a simple design... but not simple to execute! 

The card I have used is the third attempt and this morning I did consider a forth!

So here is this week's sketch and my card

Colours used for the sunset brayering was Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo. I then stamped a centre image of the Blended Bloom and then masked more of them around it. I then coloured the centre flower with my Blendabilities... Now I know there is an issue with the current blendabilities BUT to date I haven't had an issue! I have just brought them out of storage and they are still as good as the day I bought them! I love using them and when they are available again I will continue to buy/use them!

It's 9.58am and this is about to post so I'll have to love you and leave you for now!

Next up is Lisa Eaton she is sure to impress!

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INKspired Blog Hop - Stippled Blossoms

Another very happy 80th Birthday!

Hi Bloggers and welcome back hoppers! You would have hopped in this week from Cherie Davies who like me has been busy renovating her craft room!

I am joining you this hop from the Beautiful Whitianga NZ to celebrate my Husband's Grandmother's 80th Birthday!

I know I have got it rough!

So I had to be a little more organised this hop lol... BUT this card had to be finished BEFORE I started packing... NO card NO holiday lol!

I spent all of Wednesday night creating this card. Then Thursday morning I finished it off with a matching envelope, so the packing started two hours before we were due to leave!

I had to get my priorities right!

This was another very special card for a very special lady who is very dear to me... 

Granny Helen.

I have known Helen for almost 18 years. The very first time I met Helen was the night of my own Nanna's funeral so I was very emotional that day but meeting Helen and her husband Don that night was very comforting and I will cherish that day for the rest of my life.

Now to the card, I was looking forward to this card as I had a great idea in mind and the sketch this hop worked out to be perfect... a Tri Fold card!

Helen's home in NZ is surrounded with a beautiful garden which is always in bloom, which was the inspiration for this card. 

The Stippled Blossom stamp set is a set that I bought a while back but hadn't used it yet, it was waiting for a special card.

To get this stamp right you really need a 
stamp-a-ma-jig!

You just cannot eyeball it... I tried... Many times!

Once I got the hang of it I couldn't stop!

Colours used were Blushing Bride, Rose Red & Crumb Cake.

I used the DSP from the Colour Selections paper stack and used the Venetian Crochet Trim (which was brand new hiding in my ribbon drawer)

The tri fold design was just dividing an A4 sheet into 8ths and scoring the 1/8th mark and 5/8th mark then I added a 2 inch (or 6cm) piece of crumb cake to overlap.

Here is the inside... Mikki's first comment (before I had finished was that the inside was plain... So I had to fix that :)

Thanks for stopping by again! Next up is the very talented Lissa I am looking forward to seeing her creation!

Until next time... 

Kabrina xx

P.S. Not forgetting to mention....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN!

We are so happy to be here in NZ celebrating this milestone with you!

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INKspired Blog Hop - Celebrate Today

Celebrate Today!

Hi Bloggers!

Welcome back to another INKspired Artists blog hop!

You would have just hopped in from Barabara Williams blog and I am sure once again she has created something awesome!

This hop was another tricky sketch... number 11! 

This time it is my big sister's turn for a birthday card! It is her birthday this weekend!

I struggled again with what I was going to use... Both my sister's are very different to me so coming up with a card for them is really really hard!

Bianca is into Harley's and Tigers :-/
Can you see my first hurdle...
Closest stamp to a Harley was a scooter lol and a Tiger was a cute little lion...
Nope that won't work either...
So what else to use??

Searching thru the Occasions cattie I found the Celebrate Today stamp set and Framelits and thought this would work... Yep! Bianca would like that :)

Next I picked out some paper from the 
Birthday Bash Speciality DSP! 
I love the gold in it! I now had a colour theme Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral and GOLD! (something else that suited Bianca)
I'm on a roll!!

I gold embossed the Balloon basket and bow.

Finishing it off with some Coastal Cabana ribbon from the Sale-a-brations Best Year Ever Accessory pack.
Voila!

I hope you like all of the INKspired artist's cards this time round! Be sure to leave comments... we all love your comments :) 

Next up is the inspirational Lissa Carter! 

Click below to hop to her blog hop post!

Enjoy Hopping!

Until next time xx

P.S... A big Happy Birthday to my sister Bianca xx

Make sure you check out all the goodies used to make this card below!

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INKspired Artists Blog hop #10

It's your Birthday!

Welcome back to another INKspired Artists blog hop!!

This is hop #10... OMG that has gone quick!!

If you are a seasoned hopper you should have hopped in from Janelle Taylor's blog

Well my craftroom is still looking the same here unfortunately and I am not feeling 100% so heading to Lou Lou's to invade her space again was not an option SO I had to make do with what I have scattered around the house... and when I mean scattered I mean SCATTERED EVERYWHERE!

....Sigh...

I WILL have a craftroom.... soon... very soon...

ANYWAY.... This is sketch 10 and I was kinda excited about it... I know the star could be swapped with anything you liked but I wanted to use it coz it's my sister's birthday on Australia Day so the star would work well,

being Australia Day and all :)

 Now to figure out what to make... that was harder than I thought!

As I searched for all my materials I came across a goodie pack Louise Sharp gave us at one of her technique classes, The Bokeh technique, so I thought I should try and attempt it again. I definitely need more practice as I could only use half of the sheet (the paper was too wet on one side)

as you can see above the left side was all spotty and the right side was perfect :/

After I finished the card I thought I probably should have done it in more patriotic colours 
1. Coz its her birthday on Australia Day and 2. It would have suited her better :/

Yes I thought of this after I was done and it was my last piece of watercolour paper :/ Bugger!

It's your Birthday 2.0

Lol... I couldn't help myself! After I had finished blogging this card I had a call from Lou Lou needing something for her card so went over to her place and borrowed some watercolour paper so I could fix my colours! It was bugging me that the card was too 'pretty' for my sister (not an insult, it just wasn't going to suit her personality)
Soooo I made another card :)

Patriotic AND it totally suits my sister more!!

Happy Australia Day!
and Happy Birthday to my sister Nadine xoxo

Next up is the fabulous Lisa Eaton!

Until next time :)

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INKspired Artists Blog Hop #9

Hi Again!

It's been a while!

Welcome back hoppers! If you have hopped in from Janelle's blog you are in the right place!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!

I feel I still have a Christmas hangover :)

Leading up to Christmas we had (and still have) major renovations going on so we have had a lot of sleepless nights painting walls and ceilings etc so I missed the last hop... The mad rush to get everything ready was due to us hosting Christmas celebrations at our house! Also we had to accommodate a full house with my sister and her family visiting from Townsville and friends from NZ here to enjoy the Sydney sunshine and to tinker on cars.

So I was going to miss this hop too as we are still playing host and my new craft room (instead of being completed) has turned into a storage room of paint, building materials and tools till we get back into it.

Current craft room state :(

But... I couldn't miss out again so it was Lou Lou to the rescue and I got to raid her craft room YAY!!

This is hop #9!!

Sitting in Lou Lou's craft room I couldn't think of a card to make :( My mind was blank... I didn't know what kind of card to make?!? I missed out on making a card for my dear hubby's birthday the other day and I really wanted to make up for it... All my handmade stamps are packed away so my Kombi stamps were out of action 
AAAAHHHHHHH what to do?!?

I started out by picking out the Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Bermuda Bay and this was the start of my colour base for the card. I spied out the new happy heart textured embossing folder which I HAD to use too!!

The Just sayin' stamp set was mixed up a bit as I used two stamps... the 'love ya' stamp is in an oval bubble but I wanted to use the rectangular bubble framelit instead (I had to make it difficult)

The last thing I added was the buttons... It was a should I or shouldn't I moment... Decisions?? Decisions?!? Executive decision was made by Lou Lou and three were added :)

It's not a very masculine card that I would normally make him but it shows how much I love him.

I hope you love my card! I am so happy I joined in again! I will be even happier when I have a craft room too where I can de-stress more!!

Next up is the fabulous Lisa Eaton I hope you enjoy the latest hop and see you all again next time!!

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