Stamping Sunday Blog Hop All Stitched Up

 Hello and welcome,

It's Stamping 2nd Sunday latest blog hop for July, hosted by Sara Levin and for this month the design team will be showcasing the theme 'Stitched' in our projects. The list of participants will be at the end of this blog.

Today's projects is a handmade card and 3D Mini Paper Pumpkin Box using Stampin' Up! products from the Annual Catalogue for 2021 - 2022. I've used the Pierced Blooms Dies as my main focal point plus adding the Stitched So Sweetly and Floral Heart Dies.

I love anything that has some sort of stitching for my projects, it just gives that extra special touch! Both the card and Mini Paper Pumpkin Box are very similar and are perfect as a gift set to someone special. I've just changed the layout of the flowers and leaves.

Card and Mini Paper Pumpkin Box

When it comes to creating quite a few die cuts I like to use a half sheet of Cardstock in this case Shimmery White and Watercolor Paper. I add a wash of water with using the wide brush tip of the Water Painter and then apply coloured ink. Sometimes I like to mix in the similar colours or even create light and dark with the same colour.

The colours for the flowers are Petal Pink, Blushing Bride and a little of Polished Pink Ink. For the leaves I've used Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent and a little of Evening Evergreen Ink. Then I'll die cut out the pieces. I used Soft Succulent Shimmer Vellum for the leaves.

To create some dimension to the flowers I've used the Bone Folder to curl the petals and the Stampin' Pierce Mat with the Take Your Pick Tool by creating a circular motion with the Stylus.

The card base is Thick Basic White Cardstock with a panel of Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper This DSP is on sale from 1st July until 2nd August 2021 with 15% discount. There are a total of 9 Designer Series Paper on sale, more details below and on my online store. I've used the Mint Macaron and white stripes DSP for my background panel.

The layout is on a Shimmery White die cut piece using the largest die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and I've added a Mint Macaron wash with the Water Painter. 

The greeting is from Create With Friends Stamp Set, stamped in Soft Succulent and fussy cut out. It's layered out the stitched label die from Floral Heart Dies. I've added a few of the Mint Macaron Genial Gems to the card.  

The Mini Paper Pumpkin Box is almost the same as the card except I've added the cute paper bow from the Pierced Blooms Dies and there are no Gems on the box. 

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.	Cheryll Miller
4.	Mikaela Titheridge
5.	Vicki Boucher
6.	Jay Soriano

If you live in Australia and would like to purchase any of the above mentioned Stampin' Up! products, please visit my online store here.

Here is the list of Designer Series Paper which is on sale with 15% off discount and is available for purchase from my online store.

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

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Melbourne, Australia.