Stampin' Up! Perennial Birthday Project Kit

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

Welcome to the Pootles Blog Hop, this time we are celebrating the brand new Stampin' Up! Spring / Summer catalogue and what a catalogue it is, there are so many beautiful new products it was hard to choose which to showcase on my blog today.

 I'm not usually a big fan of kits but when I saw this stunning box I just had to buy it. Doesn't it look amazing? It also comes with 12 dividers that you can label up for the months in the year so you can store all your birthday cards in there.

I'm so pleased with the cards in the kit as well, I have made them exactly as the instructions. There are 4 of 4 different designs so 16 cards in all. Here's a closer look of them, aren't they just beautiful?

Don't forget to continue hopping by using the links below to see more fabulous creations my fellow Pootlers have made, we really are a very talented lot!

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! Boys Toys card

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

The Theme for the Great Card Swap for August was Boys Toys. This really stumped me, not having children or grandchildren so I went for the easy option of Lego!

Here's the card I made

All I can say is thank goodness for the new mini Stampin' Dimensionals - it would have taken me much longer if I'd had to cut the standard Stampin' Dimensionals to fit!

I do love taking part in these challenges, they really make you think outside of the box.

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! Colorful Seasons Sunset Card

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

It is week 2 of the Crafty Cupcakes Design Team for this month. 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 I have stepped right outside my comfort zone with this card.

I never seem to get the shading just right whenever I attempt to blend colours together, so I've been practising and am rather pleased with this. I used shimmery white cardstock and the Stampin' Up! sponge daubers and it seemed to blend much easier.

I die cut the chair from a piece of Wood Textures DSP Stack, I love this paper but just wish it was 12" x 12" instead of 6" x 6".

This sentiment is my favourite from this set, I just love it.

It just seemed the perfect stamp set to use with the chair and the sunset.

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

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