Colour INKspiration Challenge #96

 Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration challenge #CI96 and this beautiful photo was chosen by Leonie Stuart one of the Design Crew Members. This colour combo is so pretty and I just love the pink bunny!

The colour combination for #CI96 are Petal Pink, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory' and 'Bronze' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Pear Pizzazz instead of Granny Apple Green .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 3 weeks until 7pm on the 12th April 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

For today's project that I've created a card using the Pretty Perennials Bundle which is perfect for this bright happy colour combination. I just love the stamped images of the water colour flowers and the detail of the additional layers with the die cut pieces. 

The main largest flower is in Blushing Bride followed by Petal Pink for the second largest flower and then Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo for the smaller flowers. I've added Granny Apple Green Ink using the Blender Brush and sponged ink to Basic White Cardstock in circle motion leaving some white showing. This gives an Ombre look to the leaves.

The Basic White panel underneath the flowers, I've stamped the watercolour images of the flowers, first stamp off then stamp multiple times in Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Blushing Bride. Layering the images to give a watercolour effect. Krista Frattin from The Crafty Carrot Co showed us how to use this technique with the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set and I just had to try it out.

The added sentiment and DSP is in Flirty Flamingo and the Basic White panel is layered over Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. I've used The Elegant Faceted Gems for the center of each flower.

We hope you can participate in this latest round and as we so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specially for this challenge.

#CI96 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 12th April 2021.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge pics straight to the discussion wall and not in an album.

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

You can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

Happy Stamping!

Vicki Boucher

Stamping Sunday March Blog Hop - Easter Parade

 Hello and welcome,

It's Stamping 2nd Sunday latest blog hop for March and the theme is Easter Parade for the Design Team. I love this time of year with Easter not too far away and with all the yummy chocolate goodies to treat ourselves or give to someone we love. 

For my projects today I was thinking what do I already have in my crafty stash that I could come up with for my Slimline Card and 3D Project. Well for one thing I couldn't go past is the Springtime Joy Stamp Set which is available in the Mini 2021 January to June Catalogue. There is a bunny (which is so adorable), chicken and lamb plus cute little flowers, butterfly and sentiments. 

Slimline Card:

Starting with the card base using Thick Whisper/Basic White Cardstock cut at 21cm x 21cm, score at 10.5cm. Cut a panel of Basic White Cardstock at 10cm x 20.5cm this will be the base for the background of the bunny scene. To create the grass I've used a stencil of scrap Cardstock and created a curve in the cardstock with the Paper Snips. 

Using Pear Pizzazz Ink I lightly added Ink with the Blending Brush to the Cardstock and then I added Balmy Blue Ink for the sky lightly fading out to the top.

As it's not Spring in the Southern Hemisphere and I didn't have any other Stamp Sets that said Happy Easter, so I used Playful Alphabet Dies and created an Ombre effect using Cinnamon Cider Ink, a strip of Basic White Cardstock and Blending Brush. I used the Foam Adhesive Sheets to add more depth to the card.

The three bunnies are stamped in Memento Ink onto Basic White Cardstock and coloured in with the Stampin' Blends using - Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Purple Posy, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green and blending in with the Color Lifter.

I've fussy cut out the bunnies, butterflies and flowers sorry no Dies with the Springtime Joy Stamp Set. 

The pot plants images are from the Simply Succulents Stamp Set they are stamped in Memento Ink onto Basic White Cardstock and coloured in with the Stampin' Blends using - Purple Posy, Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, Smoky Slate and Balmy Blue. Then I fussy cut out the pot plants. There is a Die for the pot plant but it didn't take too long for me to cut them out. 

I've placed the bunnies inside the plant pots and added the flowers and butterflies. I like how I've made them peaky out from the pot plants. It looks like they are up to mischief! 

3D Project

To create my Daisy and bunny treat bag, I've used the All Dressed Up Dies and Basic White Cardstock. Using the bag die to cut out two pieces for the treat bag. I've added coloured ink to the dies cut pieces as I did with the Slimline Card. 

To create the Daisy I've punch out two of the Medium Daisies and two of the larger Daisies in Basic White Cardstock and added Daffodil Delight Ink with the Blending Brush. The Highland Heather center piece is a button which is from the All Dressed Up Dies and it fits perfectly in the center. The Pear Pizzazz leaf is from the Hydrangea Dies.

On the other side is the stamped images of the bunny, basket and flower all the same as the bunnies on the Slimline Card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below.

1.	Sara Levin
2.	Su Mohr
3.	Tami Hewlett
4.	Jay Soriano
5.	Vicki Boucher

 

To purchase any of the above mentioned Stampin' Up! products, please visit my online store here.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #95

Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration challenge #CI95 and this stunning photo was chosen by Jacque Williams one of the Design Crew Members. This colour combo it's so rich and I just love addition of gold.

The colours for #95 challenge are Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Blackberry Bliss and Gold. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory' and 'Bronze' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Seaside Spray instead of Balmy Blue .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm on the 22nd March 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

For today's project I've used a number of different Stampin' Up! products which are from the Annual 2020 to 2021 Catalogue and the Mini Jan to June 2021 Catalogue. Plus the up and coming 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalogue which I've used the detailed butterflies Dies from the Butterfly Brilliance Collection.

I've created lots of layers for my project and the Ombre blending technique using the Blending Brushes creating a mix of the challenge colours together. 

The smaller butterfly is a mix of Balmy Blue, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape Ink onto White Cardstock. The medium size butterfly is a mix of Highland Heather and Blackberry Bliss Ink. In between the coloured butterflies I've die cut Gold Foil butterflies. 

The blend of purples and Balmy Blue makes up for the Stitched label die cut and is from the Floral Heart Dies. This gives you an added layer to the card and shows off the larger Gold Foil Butterfly.

To create the Ombre embossed panel, using Shimmery White Cardstock I started with Balmy Blue Ink around the edges but also leaving the corners almost white. Then I added Highland Heather Ink and in the center Gorgeous Grape Ink.

The Ombre panel is embossed using the elegant Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and I've added the Gold Gilded Leafing. The Gold highlights the beautiful detail of the embossing and gives it a lovely finish.

The layer underneath is Gorgeous Grape Cardstock embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder and more Gold Gilded Leafing was added to this panel. The card base is a half sheet of Gorgeous Grape.

The other elements to the card are Gold Trim tied in a bow adhere to the tiny gift tag from the Hydrangea Dies and the sentiment is also from this bundle stamped in Gorgeous Grape. Also from the bundle are the small flowers die cut in Whisper White and I added Gold Gilded Gems for the center. The delicate Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper is also added to finish off my project.

We hope you can participate in this latest round and as we so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specially for this challenge.

#CI95 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 22nd March 2021.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge pics straight to the discussion wall and not in an album.

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

You can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

Happy Stamping!

Vicki Boucher