Stampin Up Blendabilities

First of all let me say a big fat OOPS that I have forgotten to post my Youtube videos to this Blog. I actually did some crafting before Christmas and forgot to add the links here. I will hopefully do that soon.

In the meantime.

I have purchased the full set of Stampin Up Blendabilities. I LOVE colouring. I LOVE Copics. So I thought I would give these a try.

I was impressed with the price point compared to Copics, as well as the nibs. I love the paintbrush nib, of course, it's like Copics. But I really wanted the smaller nib as well. That was primary reason for getting these markers.

I also appreciate how they have three colours to blend in however you choose, and the lifter.

Here are my observations:

1.) The Nibs are great. Both.

2.) The colours are luscious. I do, however, wish there was more variety in the yellow department, the only yellow, Daffodil Delight, is quite muddy for me.

3.) Here's the downside. The colours to NOT MATCH THE LIDS. AT ALL. And since I am a CTMH gal, not a Stampin Up gal, I'm not as familiar with what the colours 'should' look like paper wise, so I had no idea they were not like their pen lids. At all. Did I mention that? AT ALL. So this makes it VERY difficult to choose what colours to use, if, like me, you choose your PAPER first, then try to coordinate with the paper.

Here is an example:

Same stamped image, using Stampin Up Whisper White. On one image is the Blendabilities Rich Razzlberries, the other is an assortment of Copics as close as I could get. I wanted to match the CTMH Brushed Paper in the background. 

 I'm really sorry to say, but this is a really poor quality of these markers. I've also noticed they don't blend as well as Copics. However, I don't mind that as much as I mind the fact that these colours do NOT line up! You will notice how PURPLE the image looks with the Blendabilities, compared to the lid colour. Notice below, with the Copics, how the lid colours match exactly what was coloured. I coloured and blended the same way with both, and used the brand lifter with both. 

Somewhat disappointed. 

PS I used a Micron to doodle on the designs. 

PPS Yes, I will colour the flowers!

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Pretty Bird Card

This card combines a bunch of my FAVOURITE things: my new Spellbinders Grand Calibur, colouring with my markers, stamping...AND Cricut! And to top it off, another new favourite passion: hand dyed rayon seam binding. I love how my ribbon came out so juicy - and matching exactly how I wanted it.

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St. Patrick's Day Birthday Card I

My sweet, amazing father-in-law turns 87 this week. He is a proud Irishman and we are celebrating his birthday on St. Patrick's Day! We, hs extended family, have rented out a community hall to accomodate his 5 children, their 5 spouses, his 19 grandchildren, 14 grandchildren-in-love, 10 great grandchildren and 2 more on the way! Phew! And yep, the math took me a minute.

This totals 55 plus the man himself!

I made two fun cards, one will be from my husband (the youngest and best of the children) and myself, the second will be from our two youngest children (grandchidren 18 and 19!)

I will feature the first card on this blog post!

I used "Simply Charmed" and cut the leprechaun at 3.5". The shamrocks are from "Spring Holiday Cards" and are cut at 1.5", 2" and 2.5".

I cut the "coil" from a flower from "Art Philosophy" since I am eagerly anticipating my Papertrey Ink die to arrive...

The card is a clear card from CTMH. I printed the leprechaun hair and face on white aper on my Imagine, and pribted his other layers using my stock colours. I then used my AMAZING Spectrum Noir pens to colour his skin and hair.

Sadly his eyebrows were lost in cutting. Poor fella.

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Butterfly Beauty

I used my SU Butterfly Punch, some foam tape, and my CTMH Gypsy Ink to create this fun card. I also used my Butterfly Print SU set and Flight of the Butterfly SU set. I stamped the sentiment on the INSIDE of the card (gasp!!!) from My Pink Stamper Buggy Punnies.

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Little Boy Smashbook

Well, my sweet sister-in-law loved the baby smashbook so much she asked if I could make one for her older baby, my little nephew, who is four. She loved the idea of the randomness of it, as well as the fact that she isn't a scrapper but can make a unique book.

Of course I was up for the challenge! I had a stack of all boy's paper and some really great boy stamps from My Pink Stamper and CTMH that have been sorely neglected!

I cut out a few Cricut images, made some extra tags and tickets, also stamped from CTMH...cinched it and we were done! Of course it was a little more involved than that, but very fun!

The picture is a bit shiny due to the plastic cover. The cowboy is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up, thr face is of course, Peachy Keen!

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Christmas or Not? Doily Card

For this card I used layers of CTMH cardstock in Tulip, Sobet and Juniper. I then stamped SU Delicate Doilies in the same inks, and, although it might not show up here, also clear embossed a couple over the coloured ones. The awesome Juniper ribbon is CTMH.The colours could be Christmasy, or not!

You can order the CTMH from the link on my page, and the SU products from my friend Doris at

Calgary Stamper

The stamp is My Pink Stamper.

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Hello Doily Card

I was beyond excited to get my Stampin Up Doily stamp today!

I heat embossed on CTMH Olive cardstock and mounted it on Vineyard Berry. I also used Vineyard Berry ribbon. I stamped with My Pink Stamper stamps.

I ordered the stamp from my friend Doris at

Calgary Stamper