Pootler's Design Team September, Week 3

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

Today is the third week in this months Pootler's Design Team challenge.

I just couldn't enter this challenge without making a chocolate box and the Valentine sentiment was just perfect for that.

I used Real Red cardstock for the box and then a layer of whisper white. I used the Hearts and Stars Decorative mask and sponged the hearts using Real Red ink. I stamped the sentiment using Real Red ink onto Whisper White cardstock and die cut it using the sweet and sassy framelit dies. I then die cut a larger heart in Real Red and covered it with my Wink of Stella pen to give it a nice sparkle.

Then was the difficult part, tying a nice bow! The Stitched Satin Ribbon is absolutely beautiful and I think it looks fabulous on this box.

I will fill it with handmade heart shaped chocolates next year!

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

Jillian xx

Pootlers Team Blog Hop September 2016

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

Thank you so much for joining us for our Pootler's Team Blog Hop! This is the first time I've been brave enough to join the hop. This time we are celebrating the launch of the Autum / Winter catalgoue which went live on Thursday 1st September 2016.

I am rather addicted to making spinner cards at the moment so I jumped at the chance to make another for this challenge using the new Candy Cane Lane DSP. When I first saw this paper I thought the spiral sweet would be perfect as the spinner element and it works perfectly.

I started off with a base of Thick Whisper White and used the spiral sweet paper as a backing. Stampin' Up! brought out a sliding star framelits die in the Annual Catalogue which makes these cards so easy to make. If you don't have the framelits you can use the layering circles framelits instead. I fussy cut one of the gorgeous gingerbread men out and adhered in to the middle of the circle. I use 5p pieces for the spinner element, they work perfectly.

I used the sentiment from the Embellished Ornaments stamp set which  I heat embossed in gold before layering it onto a piece of DSP, I adhered it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Don't forget to use the buttons below to continue hopping, 'Next' will take you to Lynn and 'Previous' takes you to Fiona

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

Jillian xx

Pootler's Design Team September, Week 2

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

Welcome to week 2 of the September Pootler;s Design Team Challenge using the My Hero stamp set.

This week I have chosen to use the umbrella which has the words, 'heard you've been under the weather' and also the sentiment 'hope tomorrow finds you feeling better'

I started with a card base of Thick Whisper white, my first mat was in Elegant Eggplant. The second mat was Whisper White, I used this to sponge some sky using Soft Sky ink and the tree builder punch as a cloud. I really love this technique, you can get some amazing backgrounds using it.

I stamped the umbrella on Whisper White using Elegant Eggplant ink and then fussy cut it out. There are coordinating dies for umbrella but I dont't have them, yet. I'm not very good at fussy cutting but this was really easy. I stamped the handle first in versamark and then in Elegant Eggplant and added silver heat embossing powder just to the stem. I wanted to give some definition to the umbrella so decided to cut out the handle and the top bit (not quite sure what that's called!).  I adhered the handle and the top bit straight onto the clouds and put the umbrella on Stampin' Dimensionals. before stamping the second sentiment directly on the card.

I finished off the card by sponging a few clouds on the inside.

It's week 3 next week and what stamp will I be using? Well you'll have to stop by next week to find out! Or you could subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss a blog post.

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 July

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Jillian Selwood Purple Jelly Designs

 The theme for July was congratulations.

This is the card I made and although I didn't use the word congratulations I love this celebrate sentiment and thought it worked perfectly.

I used the Botanical Builder dies for the flowers and leaves, I really love these dies they are so versatile and look stunning in any colour.

My swap this month came from the lovely Gwen Magdour and I absolutely love it.

Next months theme is Flowers and Trees.

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

Jillian xx

Pootler's design team September, week 1

Jillian Selwood Purple Jelly Designs Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

I'm so excited to announce that I have been chosen to take part in the Pootler's Design Team for the month of September. My upline, Sam Hammond, sent the September team a stamp set which we have to use to create a project each week.

The stamp set we received is called My Hero and here it is. Not one I would have chosen myself but there are lots of fabulous sentiment and images and I cannot wait to get creating.

The first thing that jumped out at me was the shield with the sentiment 'you are my #1 Hero' and I immediately thought of a card a boy would buy for his Father.

I do find masculine cards very difficult to make normally but this brilliant sentiment made it so easy. I used a card base of Thick Whisper White and a mat of Night of Navy which is stamped with the shield stamp in Night of Navy ink. I used a piece of Floral Boutique DSP for the centre of the card. Using Night of Navy ink I stamped the image onto Whisper White cardstock and fussy cut it out. There is a shield punch but I don't have it, yet. When I placed the shield on top of the DSP it didn't quite look right so I adhered it to a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and fussy cut that out leaving a small border. I then attached it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Using two stamps from the Guy Greetings stamp set I used versamark ink to stamp 'Dad' and 'Happy Birthday' and heat embossed with White embossing powder. 

To complete the card I stamped the shield again on the inside.

I'm really pleased with the end result and hope you like it too.

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

Big Birthday cards

Jillian Selwood Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

We have some 'big' birthdays coming up this year and I thought that big birthdays deserve special cards.

The first card I made is for my Brother in Law who is turning 60 this year. I followed Jan Brown's You Tube tutorial, click here to watch it. Jan's original card was a Christmas card but it can be made for any occasion. Before you put the card in the envelope you turn the white circle round and round so when it is opened it spins. Looks really effective and would be perfect as a card for a child.

This is the first time I have 'distressed' a card and I really love the technique.

The second card I made is for a friend who is turning 70. This card was cased from Linda Parker of Papercraft with Crafty. Linda's You Tube tutorial can be found here.

This is an interactive / kinetic card as the 70 moves round 360 degs. It's very clever how it's put together and not too difficult to make either.

I'm not sure it is obvious that the 70 turns so I think I will have to put a little label on it saying 'turn me'! I do love the play on words with the sentiment saying 'look who's turning'.

Massive thanks to Jan Brown and Linda Parker for their excellent tutorials.

And a massive thanks for you all for stopping by this week to read my blog, I do hope you've enjoyed it.  Until next time.

Jillian xx