Stampin' Up! Black and White themed card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

The theme for the Great Card Swap challenge group for January was Black and White.

This is the card I made using the Just Add Colour Speciality Designer Series Paper. It took a lot of will power not to colour it in!!

When I blogged about the last Great Card Swap Challenge one of my lovely subscribers, Lorraine Turner, left me a comment saying that it would have interesting to see what the other crafters had used in their swaps too. I thought this was a brilliant idea and asked the other members of the team if they would mind me putting their cards on my blog.  So here they are, in no particular order.

This is the stunning card I received from the very talented Sally Shaw of SallyStampers  

This beautiful card has been made by Janice Thomson of JazzleDazzlecrafts

Nicky May made this stunning card

Toni Harris of TLHPapercraft made this beautiful wedding card card

I'm not sure who made the following cards but they are still fabulous

Thank you so much Lorraine for your brilliant suggestion.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree Retiform Card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

Welcome to the Crafty Cupcakes Team Stampin' Up! Blog Hop for October 2017. Each month members of the Team take part in our Team Blog Hop to share with you our cards and projects made using the fabulous Stampin' Up! products. You are currently visiting Jillian Selwood from the UK and below you will see the full list of everyone taking part. To move to the next blog just click the name after mine in the list. 

This month our theme is Inspired by nature. I worked in the Falkland Islands for 14 months years ago and it was so strange to live somewhere with absolutely no trees.  When I came home I really noticed them and I realised how much I had taken them for granted before. Now I love watching the buds appearing in the Spring and equally love watching the leaves turn colour in the Autumn. Isn't nature amazing?

Anyway I digress, I've wanted to make a Retiform card for a while so this seemed the perfect opportunity. What is Retiform I hear you ask? Well the official Definition of retiform is crossing lines and interstices, reticular, netlike.

I used the gorgeous Stamp Set Lovely as a tree and managed to use all the stamps in the set so that was a bonus as well. The sentiment comes from the Colourful Seasons stamp set.

For the inks I used Lemon Lime Twist, So Saffron, Peekaboo Peach and Basic Black Archival.

Thank you once again for visiting my blog and taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so make sure you carry on hopping through the list. Remember that currently you are at my blog Jillian Selwood so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next.

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Colorful Seasons Easel Card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

I'm so disappointed that it's the final week of August as that means it is also my final week on the Crafty Cupcakes Design Team, I've thoroughly enjoyed myself and would like to thank Lea for the opportunity.  I am on the Design Team with Emma Hudson of Little Crafty Me, you can visit Emma's blog here. We have been given the Colourful Seasons Stamp Set to work with. It also comes with the Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies and you can save 10% if you buy the bundle. 

This week was a difficult one, as there are only four seasons and I've already done Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter what on earth was I going to do for this week? So I decided to take part of each of the four cards I have already made and put them onto an Easel card.

I die cut cardstock in Powder Pink, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Pool Party using the Stitched Shaped Framelit dies then die cut a scalloped square in Gold foil for the Summer and Autumn colours and Silver foil for the Spring and Winter colours.

I also die cut the flowers, chair, leaf and snowflake in Gold and Silver foil.

Then I had to decide which sentiment to choose and not only that what colour to stamp it in. So I decided on 'Just breathe' as that is my favourite and I used both gold and silver Heat Embossing powder, I was quite pleased how it turned out.

I think I might trying that again. I also layered the sentiment on Gold and Silver foil which is cut on an angle.

Here is the card in all it's glory. I'm not sure I would have chosen all these colours together but I actually think it works. What do you think?

Don't forget to hop over to see Emma's beautiful creation here.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Stampin' Up! Disney themed Minnie Mouse Card

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

The Theme for the Great Card Swap group for July was Disney / Pixar. I'm afraid I took the easy route this month and made a Minnie Mouse card.

It's still very cute though, well I think so!

I used the Swirly Scribbles Thinlet Dies for the head and ears. The red spotty DSP is from the now retired Brights Designer Series Paper Stack. I made the bow using the bow builder punch. The sentiment and stars are both from the Wood Words Stamp set.

This is the card I received from the very talented Sally Shaw of SallyStampers, you can visit Sally's blog here.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Card Swap April

Jillian Selwood, Purple Jelly Designs, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

The theme for the April Card Swap was Football. Well this was a challenge until I saw my dog, Harley, playing with his football  and there was my inspiration!

Here's the card I made.

I used the hexagon punch and punched out black and white shapes, I was rather pleased with how it turned out. What a perfect card for a football fan.

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Bokeh Technique

Jillian Selwood Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

I have watched quite a few You Tube tutorials on the Bokeh Technique and have been meaning to try it for ages. I recently watched this tutorial by Sacha van de Kerkhof which inspired me to make these cards. 

 This is the first one I made

I used a sponge rather than a dauber which has left scratchy marks but I actually like it as I think it gives some extra texture to it. Doesn't it look moody?!

The second card I made was for a Tic Tac Toe challenge so I could only use three colours; White, Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo with white embossing powder for the sentiment. I also used daubers for this card so no scratchy marks. Which one do you prefer?

I will certainly be using this technique again but will I be using sponges or daubers...I'm undecided so watch this space...

Thank you for stopping by this week and reading my blog, I do hope you’ve enjoyed it. Until next week.

Jillian xx

Post it note holders

Jillian Selwood Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

I've been watching Jan Brown's You Tube tutorials again, I love these post it note holders, wouldn't they look fabulous on any desk? Click here to watch Jan's tutorial.

As with all 3D projects I can't just make one! I bought a pack of 8 post it notes so decided to use them all. I'm very pleased with how they have turned out. They looked fabulous on my stall last month and I have a some left over for my next craft fair.

I do hope you've enjoyed my blog this week. Until next time.

Jillian xx

Card swap – March

The card swap for this month is Trains, planes and automobiles.

I had recently bought the ‘Guy Greetings’ stamp set from Stampin’ Up! and fortunately this included a lovely vintage car. I was rather pleased with how this turned out.

My card from Angelina at Intatwyne Designs is a slider card and is absolutely stunning. I’ve never made a slider card so I think I need to check out some videos on You Tube and start practising!

The theme for next month is Pets or Animals – again another hard one for me as I don’t have any stamps that are suitable.