#TGIF422 - What Would You Do...

 

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My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you a card I've made for TGIF Challenge #TGIF422 and the challenge is "What would you do ... with a Navy Blue background?" Make sure you check out the design team and see their amazing projects. 

I love anything blue and especially when it comes to Night of Navy it's such a beautiful colour. I just had to enter into the challenge and I needed to create a card for my dad whose birthday is coming up next month. 

Exciting news! I just found out that I was the lucky winner to win the #TGIF422 challenge! Thank you so much to the Design Team for choosing my card!

 

To create the background panel, I used Basic White cardstock and added my three favourite blues from Stampin' Up! inks. Using a Blending Brush, I started with Boho Blue which is a new In Color for 2023 - 2025, then Misty Moonlight which is a returning color and then to finish off with Night of Navy ink. I love to create an ombre look for my cards. Then I added water droplets to the panel by flicking water using my fingers. It's such a fun technique.

I've used the Earthen Textures stamp set and stamped the images in Night of Navy ink to the background panel. Next, I added layers to the panel starting with torn strips of cardstock in Night of Navy and Basic White. I like to add different textures, so I placed Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon and Boho Blue Jute Trim.

Other elements are die-cut pieces using Earthen Textures Dies and Basic White cardstock by adding colour to the cardstock with the Blending Brush in Boho Blue and Misty Moonlight. Then die-cut out the images.

Then the final touch is using the Sending Smiles Dies and coordinating stamp set. By creating a soft ombre look for the sentiment and heat emboss using Versamark, White Stampin' Emboss Powder onto Night of Navy cardstock and set with the Heat Tool for the sentiment.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, please contact me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here. 

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Wild Wheat AWH Colour Creations 2023-24

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you the fifth colour of many blog hops. It's Week 5 of Colour Creations with the Art With Heart Team in Australia.

This week's colour is Wild Wheat which is part of the In Color Collection for 2023 - 2025. Stampin' Up! have created a colour which isn't normally my go to but use it with other colours that will complement it and you'll come up with an amazing project. I've used Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Cajun Craze and I just had to use the gorgeous More Dazzle Specialty Paper in Gold this time. Wild Wheat has a gold look about it and they go well together.

This card was inspired by a card Cindy Schuster made a long time ago using the Daisy Lane bundle for The Crafty Carrot Co and other now retired products. I really like the colours she used, so I decided to CASE it. I've used a few different tools for my card. I like to mix and match using different coloured cardstock with different dies. They are Cheerful Daisies Dies, Earthen Textures Dies and Paper Florist Dies.

The other elements I have used are a torn strip of Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper in Wild Wheat, Wild Wheat In Color Dots and Wild Wheat In Color Jute Trim which I have unraveled into three strands.

The background panel is dried embossed using Timber 3D Embossing Folder with Pretty Peacock cardstock and then I scored the embossed panel to give the impression of strips of wood.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Theresa Gerrard on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, please contact me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here. 

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Artisan Design Team - Crafting With You

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you two projects I created for Stampin' Up! earlier this month for my Monthly Artisan Assignment using the Crafting With You bundle which was shared on Stampin' Up! socials. The design team did such an amazing job on their projects so make sure you check out their creations. I'll have the link at the bottom on my blog.

Crafting With You bundle (161226)

The Crafting With You bundle (161226) is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2023-24 and is on page 91 of the catalogue. This is a gorgeous bundle to create with and there are so many different stamp images and tools to use for your paper craft. I just love it so much! It's a Million Sales Achiever stamp set by Irene Wendlandt.

You Inspire Me Card

I wanted to create a shabby chic card using the Glorius Gingham 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (163170) in Berry Burst and Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (161449) in Berry Burst and Bubble Bath. 

To do this I ripped up strips of designer series paper and layered them over a panel in Basic White Cardstock. Some of the strips have been stamped using images from the stamp set. 

Then I used my sewing machine and stitched a boarder around the edges of the layered designer series paper. I think I need to do more stitching with my paper craft. It just gives you a shabby look!

There are so many detailed tools from the Crafting with You Dies and one of my favourites is the embroidery hoop die-cut in Crumb Cake Cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on the center part of the hoop and added different elements such as the stamped image of the flower, cute buttons and heart.

The spools of thread are just adorable I've die-cut the spool in Crumb Cake Cardstock and added thread in Bubble Bath, Berry Burst and Old Olive Cardstock. I layered the Burlap Ribbon under the embroidery hoop.

This card was for my mum for Mother's Day, she is a crafter and just loves to sew. I wanted to use the Alphabet A La Mode Dies (160750) and create the word MUM using the letters in Basic White Cardstock. To make them pop I used the Foam Adhesive Sheets (152815).

With Love Card

For my second card I started off with the background panel using Crumb Cake Cardstock, stamped the flower image in Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the panel and add Crumb Cake ink to the edges with a Blending Brush. I also destressed the panel by running the Paper Snips blade along the edges and curl the corners by using the Bone Folder.

To create the patchwork quilt I used coloured cardstock in Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock, Glorious Gingham 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper and die-cut out nine squares with the small square die from the Stylish Shapes Dies (159183). 

The other elements I added to the card are the scissors, buttons, hearts and spools of cotton which can all be achieved by using the images from the Crafting With You Dies. 

I stamped the balls of wool in Pretty Peacock onto Pretty Peacock Cardstock and placed it between two baskets die-cut in Crumb Cake Cardstock with a little sponging using a Sponge Dauber to add depth. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page or Stampin' Up! Instagram page for lots of inspiration using the Crafting with You Bundle. You will just need to go back a couple of weeks to view their projects.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue send an email to me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Pebbled Path - Colour Creations 2023 - 24

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you the fourth of many blog hops. It's Week 4 of Colour Creations with the Art With Heart Team in Australia.

This week's colour is Pebbled Path which is part of the In Color Collection for 2023 - 2025 and Stampin' Up! have created another beautiful new color to create with. I've used it with Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Basic White and I added some bling by using that gorgeous More Dazzle Specialty Paper in Champagne.

I had some left over daisies from a project I created on the weekend, and I wanted to use them again. The White heat embossed daisies from the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set are stunning and when you add colour either with a Blending Brush or Sponge Dauber. It can give you a wow factor to your projects! I wanted to try out these colours together and I was very happy on how they turned out.

The torn Basic White Cardstock was also left over from a previous card, I added Pebbled Path ink with the Blending Brush and Splattered ink by using the brush tip from the new Stampin' Up! markers. The other panel in Pebbled Path Cardstock is also torn down the side and dried embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

I love to add texture and other elements to the card by adding other tools such as the Textured Floral Dies in die-cut out in Crumb Cake Cardstock. Linen Thread goes really well with Pebbled Path and my new favourite embellishment are the Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems. The sentiment is stamped in Pebbled Path ink using the Go To Greetings Stamp Set.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Andrea Sargent on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, please contact me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here. 

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI144

 

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My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI144 this photo was chosen by Monica Formosa.

The chosen colour combination for #CI144 is Bubble Bath, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lolly, Parakeet Party and Azure Afternoon. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Tahitian Tide instead of Azure Afternoon .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 3 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 12th June 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

These colours were a challenge for me! I really like them all. The photo of the ice cream makes me want to have one! I created a fun birthday card with a watercolour background using watercolour paper and Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (161449).

Other Stampin' Up! products used are Beautiful Balloons bundle (161457), Give it a Whirl Dies (154336), Dots & Spots Dies (159164) and Something Fancy Stamp Set (160416).

I just love the fun paper garland die from the Beautiful Balloons Dies the bottom layer is Bubble Bath Cardstock and the top layer is the Bright & Beautiful DSP using the cute Lemon Lolly stars paper. I added Lemon Lolly Sheer Ribbon under watercolour die-cut pieces from the Beautiful Balloons Dies and Give it a Whirl Dies. 

Other elements I have used are the Dots & Spots Die as I had left over pieces from other projects I added white dots to the balloon, Azure Afternoon dots to the background and Bubble Bath Cardstock for the background. 

The sentiment is stamped in Azure Afternoon using Something Fancy Stamp Set and die-cut out using the label die from Give it a Whirl Dies.

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI144 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 12th June 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI144 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue send an email to me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - New Beginnings

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today is the Stamping Sunday new blog hop for the month of May and it's all about new beginnings. The 2nd Sunday team have joined with the 4th Sunday team and we will now be showcasing our projects on the 3rd Sunday of each month. It's so exciting to see so many people join in the hop. All of the links will be at the bottom of my blog.

Today's project I've used new colors and new Stampin' Up! products, I've used the Cheerful Daisies bundle which I would have to say is one of my favourite stamp set and coordinating dies to create with and turning them into cards.

The technique I've used is the embossed resist by stamping the images in VersaMark onto Basic White Cardstock, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set using the Heat Tool. Then either use Blending Brushes or Sponge Daubers and add colour to the daisies. Tip: I use a tissue to wipe off any ink from the images.

For my first card I used Boho Blue which I just love and it seems to just go with anything. It's one of the new In Colors 2023-25. Misty Moonlight is back which blends in well with Boho Blue. I've added Pecan Pie which is a new permanent color. I also tried the torn layered look with three layers of Basic White Cardstock. 

I added some bling to the card using the new Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems in Champagne and added a bow using Linen Thread to finish off the card.

For my second card which I wasn't going to do but I really wanted to try out this combination of colors. I used Wild Wheat and Boho Blue. When it comes to heat embossing, I like to stamp the images a number of times and play with color to see different results. I'm really liking Wild Wheat and it gives you a gold look to your projects.

For the background panel I used Queen Bee Stamp Set which is available on the Stampin' Up! Online Store. I've stamped the images in Wild Wheat and added colour by using the Blending Brush. I just couldn't decide on a sentiment, so I've left it blank for now. I added a few Boho Blue 2023-25 In Color Dots to the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, please contact me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here. 

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below. 

Moody Mauve 2023 - 24 AWH Colour Creations

 

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you the third of many blog hops. It's Week 3 of Colour Creations with the Art With Heart Team in Australia.

The third colour is Moody Mauve which is part of the In Color Collection for 2023 - 2025 and Stampin' Up! have created a beautiful dusky pink and I've combined it with a favourite colour palette of mine. 

Paper Florist Dies (161284)

I just had to try out another new Stampin' Up! product from the Annual 2023 - 2024 Catalogue and I'll be showing you the Paper Florist Dies (161284) which is focused on page 33 of the catalogue. I just love the idea of creating paper flowers and with a little bling.

Moody Mauve is a dark pink, but I do like to wash it out for the flower petals by making a watercolor wash onto a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. Once dry I then die-cut the flowers using the Paper Florist Dies. I also used Moody Mauve, Night of Navy Cardstock and More Dazzle 6" x 6" Specialty Paper in Champagne. 

The background panel watercolor wash is Bubble Bath ink, water and Clear Wink of Stella. I like to mix the three together in the well of the Stampin' Pad and then add the glitter ink to the watercolor paper using Water Painter the large flat brush gives you a quicker application. 

Once dry I then add Moody Mauve ink, I splatter the ink using one of the Water Painters and sometimes I add water to the ink for a lighter colour.

I used Night of Navy Cardstock and heat embossed using VersaMark, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and Sending Smiles Stamp Set, then die-cut the images using the coordinating Dies to create the sentiment. For some more bling I used Moody Mauve 2023-25 In Color Dots. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Rachel Woollard on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, please contact me here. 

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here. 

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher