Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop – Party Pandas Valentine

18 January 201819 January 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ 24 Comments

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave Party Pandas Valentine For Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Welcome to the monthly Stampin’ Dreams Blog Hop. This month’s theme is Love. You are currently visiting Anna Krol from United Kingdom. I hope you enjoy my project. It’s my first time ‘hopping’ with Stampin’ Dreams crew. And I’ve got for you the most adorable love card EVER! Even if I do say so myself haha

Party Pandas card dimensions:

Basic Black cardstock: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm)
Lemon Lime Twist cardstock: 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″ (8.9 cm x 13.4 cm)
Whisper White cardstock: 2-1/2″ x 4″ (6.4 cm x 10.2 cm)
Watercolour Paper
Whisper White cardstock for the inside of the card: 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″ (8.9 cm x 13.4 cm)

When I saw a theme of this month’s blog hop I instantly knew which stamp set I will use. Isn’t this panda adorable?! Especially with its slightly oversized heart balloon!

The base of my card is standard A6 size in Basic Black. For the first layer I took a piece of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, spritz it with water to soften the fibres, and run it through the Big Shot with lovely Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I adhered it to the card base with Fast Fuse

Next, I inked my panda (I didn’t ink the balloon part) with Black Memento ink and stamped it onto Whisper White. With help of Stamp-a-ma-jig I positioned and stamped the sentiment ‘love you’ from the same stamp set.

Using watercolour paper and Brusho Crystal Colour in Brilliant Red and Gamboge, I created a watercolour wash. Once it dried, I took the heart die from Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies, die-cut my balloon and added some shimmer with Clear Wink of Stella.

I glued my heart to the panda, where the balloon was and adhered the whole piece to the card base using dimensionals.

I’m really happy how this card turned out! Love the colours, dimension but most of all this adorable panda. And I hope that my card inspired you & brightened your day. I would love for you to see the list below & hop through all of the lovely artists on the list to see all our projects. You don’t want to miss any!

I’m also entering this card at

Inspire.Create.Challenges#009 – for their love theme challenge
CAS on Friday #124 – for their LOVE theme challenge

If you wish to purchase any of products I have used, simply click the images below to go directly to my online store and don’t forget to enter the hostess code for the month of January GK3G3AR3 to receive a gift from me.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Hostess Code for January 2018 GK3G3AR3 Use this code in the month of January and receive a gift from me.

Special Notes:1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147221] £0.00	Party Pandas Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147218] £0.00	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547] £36.00	Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143699] £9.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £7.25
Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Brusho Crystal Colour [144101] £27.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50
Aqua Painters [103954] £15.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.25	Stamp-A-Ma-Jig [101049] £11.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] £9.00
Stampin’ Trimmer [129722] £27.00	Big Shot [143263] £99.00	Clear Block D [118485] £7.75

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Spring Summer Catalogue Paper & Ribbon Shares. Shares are open to Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands & United Kingdom. 102 sheets of DSP & 2 yards of each type of ribbon from Spring/Summer Catalogue. Click here for more details —>

The New Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer 2017 Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration is LIVE and it’s AMAZING! For every 60 €/£45, you spend either from Spring Summer Catalogue or Annual Catalogue, you will get to choose one FREE level 1 product from SAB brochure! If you spend 120 €/£90, you get one FREE level 2 product, OR, you can choose two level 1 items. If you spend 180 €/£135, you have the option to choose three level 1 items or one level 1 item and one level 2 item. Click here for more details —>

Stampin’ Up! Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set Sale-a-bration Product Of The Week

10 January 201812 June 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ Leave a comment

Stampin’ Up! Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set Sale-a-bration Product Of The Week

Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set was made with a patent-pending Distinktive style, which lays down the ink at different opacities, giving the finished image more depth. You won’t believe the amazing detail this single stamp creates.

This is such a beautiful, photographic bouquet in a gorgeous vintage look. A one-step stunner for all your projects!

Stamp in one colour or stamp in a neutral colour

and colour in your favourite shades.

Aren’t these just stunning?!

And what’s even more exciting? You can get this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration (3 January – 31 March 2018) with a qualifying order. Check more details here —>

If you don’t have a demonstrator already and would like a paper copy of brand new Spring/Summer Catalogue please request your copy here. I would love to earn your business.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Hostess Code for January 2018 GK3G3AR3 Use this code in the month of January and receive a gift from me.

Special Notes:1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150 or more do not use the code and grab your own Stampin’ Rewards + gift from me

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It’s a Sale-A-Bration Time!

6 January 20187 January 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ Leave a comment

The Sale-A-Bration is in full swing and you can order now from the new Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer 2018 Catalogue.

You will be blown out at all the amazing new products Stampin’ Up! have in store for us! Click below to view this fun, live-action video of new products:

Once you flick through the catalogue, you can check out Stampin’ Up!’s new product videos all in one place HERE. They will provide helpful tips and details for many of the new Spring Summer Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration products!

There are few ways for you to make the most of this amazing promotion!

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During the Sale-A-Bration for every 60 €/£45, you spend (before shipping), you get to choose one FREE Sale-A-Bration product from a Sale-A-Bration Brochure. It’s the perfect time to purchase those products you’ve had your eye on while earning more products for free.

For anyone who has enjoyed Sale-A-Bration in the past, we have an exciting new announcement for this year: We now have a new reward level, giving you more flexibility and options for your free items.

Let’s break it down:

If you spend 60 €/£45, you get one free level 1 product.
If you spend 120 €/£90, you get one free level 2 product, OR, you can choose two level 1 items.
If you spend 180 €/£135, you have the option to choose three level 1 items or one level 1 item and one level 2 item.

This new option allows everyone to create a personalised Sale-A-Bration experience! JUST LOOK FOR THESE IMAGES IN YOUR SAB BROCHURE:

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As you will know, there are ‘benefits’ when you place an order over £150. For this time only, if you place one single order of 275 € | £200 or more, during Sale-A-Bration, you will earn 27 € | £20 more in Stampin’ Rewards!* These rewards can even be applied towards a Starter Kit, allowing you to join and become a demonstrator.

*Additional Stampin’ Rewards can also be earned by an individual purchase or order of 275 € | £200 or more.

JOIN!

Sale-A-Bration it’s the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up!

Have a big wish list and want it ALL? I’m not surprised! But if you want the most product for your money, I highly recommend purchasing the £99 Starter Kit. It’s the ULTIMATE BUNDLE

For a limited time (Sale-A-Bration 3 January – 31 March):

1.Purchasing the £99 Starter Kit during Sale-A-Bration gets you £130 in your choice of Stampin’ Up! Products. In addition, you can select TWO FREE STAMP SETS* of your choice extra. Plus Business Pack on top of that! (*excludes bundles and Sale-A-Bration sets.)

2. The Starter Kit ships FREE

3. You’ll become part of the Stampin’ Up! family and enjoy demonstrator discounts (20% or more) and benefits through at least July 31, 2016.

4. Do it for YOU! There’s no risk and no obligation to purchase anything further. £270 in quarterly sales is required to renew after 30 June. However, there’s no penalty to drop. You don’t lose anything!

5. Access exclusive virtual resources at Stampin’ University and become a member of my team when you purchase the kit and join through me.

Want to join only for a discount? – that’s brilliant! I welcome hobby stampers from across the UK, The Netherlands. Germany, France & Austria. That’s how I started! So what are you waiting for? CLICK HERE to join my team.

If you have got any questions, please do not hesitate and drop me a message. I am here to help.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day

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Dragonfly Dreams Clean & Simple For GDP#069 Colour Challenge

Image ~ 12 January 201721 February 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ 10 Comments

Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – Dragonfly Dreams Clean & Simple For GDP#069 Colour Challenge

Hello and welcome everyone! Something new from me today as it’s the first time when I bite the bullet and decided to take a part in Colour Challenge over at Global Design Project.

I’ve been following this blog for some time now, just never felt confident enough to join in the fun. But hey! It’s just for fun, right?! And when I saw Delightful Dijon (I really, really love this colour) amongst other colours in this week’s challenge, I just knew: now or never. It’s a great colour combination and as my free choice, I simply used Whisper White.

I didn’t craft much lately due to health issues, but I was eager to use a new stamp set from Stampin’ Up! Spring Summer 2017 Catalogue, called Dragonfly Dreams. It comes with coordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies, as a bundle, and is just beautiful. It seemed perfect for the idea I had in my head.

Just forgive me poor photos. I don’t have any fancy equipment and take my photos in the daylight. But the weather is so miserable since few days down here in Midlands, UK, that it was just impossible to take any decent picture.

‘Nearly Inlay’ Dragonfly Dreams card dimensions:

Delightful Dijon cardstock: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm)
Whisper White cardstock: 2 panels 4″x 5-5/8″(10,2 x 14,3 cm)

First, I stamped the card base with the polka dot (kinda) background stamp from Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set until it was all covered. I’ve used Delightful Dijon ink for a tone on tone effect.

Next, I die-cut the largest detailed dragonfly, using Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies, from one of the Whisper White panels and adhered that panel (without dragonfly) to the card base. Of course, I forgot to stamp my sentiment before adhering the panel to the card front. Typical, right?! LOL But nothing was lost yet. I picked the beautiful ‘You sure know how to make someone happy’ sentiment from Dragonfly Dreams Stamp Set (I love sentiments and the fonts in in this set) and heat embossed it on my card base with silver embossing powder. Seemed easy, but while heat embossing it, the base ‘curled up’ a bit. So I run it through my Big Shot to straighten it up. Bear in mind if you’ve got worn out plates they will leave an impression on your cardstock – ask how do I know.

For the inside panel, I stamped few dragonflies in Delightful Dijon in the corners before adhered it with liquid adhesive.

I wanted for my dragonfly to carry some silver detail too, so I stamped tiny splotches/dots from Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set all over the die-cut, using Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

My original idea was to inlay the dragonfly die-cut back to the negative on the card base. But I’ve changed my mind along the way as the stamped detail on the card base wouldn’t be really visible through the die cut. So I decided to adhere my dragonfly only on the body length but it didn’t look good either. At the end, I’ve used tiny pieces of dimensionals to pop the dragonfly up.

I’m really pleased how this card turned out and I hope you like it too.

I really want to encourage you to check the Global Design Project challenge blog. They have a new challenge every week with various themes and extremely talented Design Team – they will simply blow your mind with their creativity! Just click on their logo below to visit the website

As always, if you wish to purchase any of the products I have used, simply click the images below to go directly to my online shop.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Bundle

[144728]

£42.25

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies

[142749]

£28.00

Dragonfly Dreams Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142924]

£19.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

[130517]

£18.00

Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

[138345]

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin’ Pad

[138327]

£6.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

£5.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

£7.75

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

£4.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

£3.75

Stampin’ Trimmer

[129722]

£27.00

Big Shot

[143263]

£99.00

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop #6 – You Are My Person

13 February 201621 February 2018 ~ Anna Krol ~ 18 Comments

Thank you for joining us for another Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! We’re so excited to be sharing this hop with you. The products used are all available in the current Annual, or seasonal, Stampin’ Up!® Catalogues*. Simply use the buttons at the bottom of the post to keep hopping!

Today’s sketch was designed by very talented Debbie who sadly couldn’t take a part in Hop today. But we’re all hoping she’ll be back with us soon. I also wanted to wish a very Happy Birthday to Sam from Sam’s Crafty Things as she’s celebrating today! Happy Birthday, Sam, have a good one!

But now let’s get back to the sketch.

My card for today is pretty simple and created using few favourites from Annual Catalogue. As Valentine’s Day is just one day apart I wanted to create something in this theme. I’ve made this card purely with my husband in mind. He is my partner and best friend. He is my person. He is a true blessing in my life.

The base of my card is standard A6 in Very Vanilla. For the background, I chose Colour Me Irresistible Specialty DSP. I love this paper! Each pack contains 6 white sheets and 6 other colours sheets (one of each colour). And each sheet has a subtle embossing in various designs. For my card, I decided to use a white sheet with the geometrical design.

To add colour to my background I’ve used a brayer. I bought it recently (finally) and it was the perfect occasion to open it and have fun adding colour. It’s so easy! The ink I’ve used is Bermuda Bay. When I was happy with my background I decided to add some twist to it. First I sprinkled few water droplets on top to lift some of the colour. Next, I stamped few splotches from Gorgeous Grunge. For this. I’ve used Pacific Point. I trimmed my piece so once adhered to the base I would have nice, clean border. I also added a tiny strip of Pacific Point cardstock.

Next, I created the banner. I took a piece of Very Vanilla that measures 2 x 5-6/8″. To create this elegant edge I’ve used 3rd biggest of Lots Of Labels framelits dies. I die-cut a heart from Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies. And die-cut it twice: once from my banner and the second one from Red Glimmer Paper. I glued these two hearts together and traced the edge with Real Red Stampin’ Marker. Before I put my card together I stamped the sentiment. Word “you” comes from Rose Wonder stamp set. It’s actually “Thank You” sentiment, but it was very easy to ink just that one word. To create the rest of my sentiment I’ve used Alphabet Rotary Stamp. Oh, wish Stampin’ Up! had “You are my person” sentiment in their offering. It’s such a beautiful thing to say. Not only to your partner but also to a friend. I stamped inside of my card as well.

Now was the time to put the card together. I adhered the background and a strip of Pacific Point cardstock using Tombow glue to make sure it will hold the paper really well. I added the banner with snail adhesive and I popped my glittery heart with dimensionals.

And what do you think? Do you like my card? Please let me know in the comments below. I would love to hear from you.

Now, be sure to hop along and see more inspiring projects. Your next stop is lovely Karen – go and see what she has made using our cute sketch. It’s her first blog hop with us, so please show her some love.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Anna' Stampin' Cave

creative life by anna krol – stampin' up! uk independent demonstrator

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Dragonfly Dreams Clean & Simple For GDP#069 Colour Challenge

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop #6 – You Are My Person

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HOST & EARN!

Special Notes:1) Make sure you select Anna Krol as your demonstrator;
2) If you select “No Contact” box I do not have access to your name and can’t send you a gift;
3) If your order is £150