Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Coloring - Cup of Christmas

HELLO friends! Welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of paper crafters from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Our theme this month is coloring, basically we had to incorporate some form of coloring, such as maker, pencil or paintbrush. Trying to be a little EXTRA today so my card incorporates it ALL. Lol.

It’s amazing what you can create using stamps, ink and paper! Serious. It’s always rewarding to me to start with a black piece of paper and end up with something unique.

Poinsettia background step by step:

1. Watercolored the background in Flirty Flamingo ink. I used an aqua painter and Flirty Flamingo ink refill. Try to create some darker and lighter areas for extra depth.

2. Randomly stamp the poinsettia image all over the background.

3. Color each poinsettia. I randomly colored in the petals in shades of Flirty Flamingo and Poppy Parade using Stampin’ Write markers. Beside to leave some areas empty to have the base watercolor layer show through.

4. Add a little white craft paint into the centers of the poinsettias and make those centers pop.

5. Lastly, color bits of the poinsettias petals using Wink of Stella for a little shimmer.

Cup of Christmas Poinsettia card - Charlet Mallett - Stampin’ Up!

Our Guest Designer this month is Cathy Caines. She has an amazing way with color. I love her sense of humor and I am super excited to see what she has made for this hop.

Coloring - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

1.     Cathy Caines - Guest Designer – Canada

2.     Charlet Mallett – USA

3.     Tanya Boser – USA

4.     Lou Kitzelman – Australia

5.     Jenny Hall – USA

6.     Paula Dobson – New Zealand

7.     Marcy Denning – Canada

8.     Cheryll Miller – Australia

9.     Danielle Bennenk – Netherlands

10.  Jay Soriano – UK

11.  Sandi MacIver - Canada

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Cup Of Christmas Bundle (En)

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$47.50

Timeless Label Punch

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$18.00

Many Marvelous Markers

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Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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$3.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

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$9.00

Aqua Painters

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Snail Adhesive

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$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

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Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets

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Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

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Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

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$8.00

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Ink Refills

HELLO friends! Welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of paper crafters from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper. Every month we invite a guest to design with us. This month we are so lucky to have Tami Hewlett join us. She is so talented and I love her work and diverse style.

Boo To You Creepy Eyeball card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

GETTING INKY WITH IT. This month we are playing with ink refills. Pure solid ink. Refills are awesome and can be used for way more than reinking your dry ink pads. I use them all the time to watercolor with. They can be used to dye ribbon and paper. They can be mixed with embossing paste to easily add color. They can be added into a mister with drops of water or alcohol for spritzing on projects. Seriously, they are the best.

I’ve used them to create a fun and somewhat creepy background on this monster Halloween Card. It’s like this card is growing eyeballs and soon it will become monster …

Boo To You Creepy Eyeball card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Do you like this look and want to try it? Here’s how I created the background. You’ll need Pool Party and Pretty Peacock ink refills.

1. Create a water wash on a piece of watercolor paper using an aqua painter. Cover the entire sheet in water.

2. Add a couple small drops of Pool Party ink refill onto the wet watercolor paper. Tip the paper back and forth so the ink moves and swirls and covers the entire sheet. I was gong for full ink coverage with some areas darker than others. Use an aqua painter to help the process along if needed. Here is a super quick video showing what I mean.

3. With an aqua painter pick up full strength Pretty Peacock ink. Randomly touch the background with the tip of the brush and watch the ink bleed. The water the paper is the more the ink will bleed.

4. Once dry add google eyes to the center of the ink drops.

The Raven Halloween card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

I created a second background for this Raven card following step 1 & 2 from above. I only used Pretty Peacock for the background. The Pretty Peacock background has the look of an eerie night sky. Peacock is my HERO color on this card. It is the color I decided to build the entire look around.

The Raven Halloween card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Ready to see more fun ideas using ink refills? The full blog link up is below. Next up is my talented friend Tanya. She is a pro at ink techniques.

Ink Refill - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

1.    Tami Hewlett- GuestDesigner – USA

2.    Charlet Mallett– USA

3.    Tanya Boser– USA

4.    Paula Dobson– New Zealand

5.    Lou Kitzelman– Australia

6.    Marcy Denning– Canada

7.    Cheryll Miller– Australia

8.    Jay Soriano– UK

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Technique

HELLO friends! Welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of paper crafters from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Our theme this month is technique. Any and all techniques are fair game. You are sure to learn a few tricks on this hop. A couple of us have even made videos to share how-to tips.

Our Guest Designer this month is Christine Versluis! I love her style and am so impressed with her work. You can learn more about Christine here.

My card features a simple watercolor wash with a floating flower that registers perfectly with the greeting underneath. I’m not sure if this technique has a name. Let me know if it has a name and you know what it is.

Blog Hop Participants

1.    Christine Versluis - GuestDesigner – Netherlands

2.    Charlet Mallett – USA

3.    Danielle Bennenk – Netherlands

4.    Lou Kitzelman – Australia

5.    Jenny Hall – USA

6.    Paula Dobson – New Zealand

7.    Jay Soriano - UK

Video Hop Participants

1. Charlet Mallet – https://youtu.be/jfFKK5ME7al

2. Jay Soriano – https://youtu.be/3GDLnBGqQFg

3. Paula Dobson – https://you.tu/ocsCbhe_As0

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To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper

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Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Snail Adhesive

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

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Aqua Painters

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Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Landscape theme

Hi friends! Welcome to another Creating Kindness Around the World blog Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of paper crafters from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Each month we create around a theme or idea and this months theme is to create a Landscape. I decided to create a nautical landscape using the two sail boats from the new Sail Away stamp set. I really like how the black embossed ink really pops on the watercolor wash. I am focused on creating graduation cards this month and this sentiment from the Sail Away stamp set fits a graduation card perfectly. To see a step by step on how this card came together check out my instructional video here.

Every month, we invite a guest to design with us. Our guest designer is Eva Dobilas. Help me give Eva a warm welcome and leave her some comment love on he blog.

I filmed a quick video on how I made this card. You can view the video on my You Tube channel.

Landscape - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

1.    Eva Dobilas-GuestDesigner – Canada

2.    Charlet Mallett– USA

3.    Danielle Bennenk– Netherlands

4.    Lou Kitzelman– Australia

5.    Jay Soriano– UK

6.    Jenny Hall– USA

7.    Marcy Denning– Canada

8.    Paula Dobson– New Zealand

9.    Cheryll Miller– Australia

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set

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Sail Away Trinkets

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Watercolor Paper

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Aqua Painters

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Linen Thread

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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

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Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

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Coastal Cabana Classic In Color Stampin' Ink Refill

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Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

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Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

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Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Heat Tool

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Versamark Pad

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