29 May 2022

Artisan Design Team - Wisteria Wishes Bundle


 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'll be sharing two projects using the Wisteria Wishes Bundle, turning them into a slimline card and standard card.

The Artisan Design Team are featuring the Wisteria Wishes Bundle on Stampin' Up! Facebook and their new Instagram page where you'll sure to be inspired by everyone's creations, I'll add the link at the end of my blog.




The Wisteria Wishes Bundle (158860) is located on page 92 of the Stampin' Up! 2022 - 2023 Annual Catalogue. This beautiful bundle consists of Wisteria Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (159434) and coordinating Wisteria Dies (158859). 10% bundle savings when you purchase the stamp set and dies together using (158860). I love the trio wisteria stamp and sentiments are so beautiful too.


Wisteria Wishes Bundle (158860) 


Faith is about Trusting Card

As this is a new catalogue I just had to play with the new In Colors 2022 to 2024 for both of my cards. I've used Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky. I just love them so much!




I started with the card base using Starry Sky Cardstock, I really like the deep blue color. The ombre panel is Basic White Cardstock, using the Blending Brush I started with Tahitian Tide then onto Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky Classic Ink. The three colours combined nicely together and I left white exposed at the bottom of the card.




I die-cut out a number of wisteria images in Basic White and applied the same colours to the wisteria as the background panel. I also die-cut a number of leaves in Basic White and added Parakeet Party with the Blending Brush.




I used the twisted vine die in Basic White Cardstock and layered the leaves over the vine. I like how the white stands out against the shades of blues.




To create the sentiment I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to create a smaller label, by die-cutting the cardstock across at the top for a cute stitched look. 


To a Friend Slimline Card

To create the slimline card I used Orchid Oasis Cardstock measured at 18 x 21.5cm and at fold at 9cm. The Basic White panel is measured at 8.5 x 21cm this gives lots of room for stamping using the trio wisteria stamp. 




I would recommend starting off with the lightest color using Tahitian Tide Classic Ink in full strength and keep on stamping until there is no more ink on the stamp. Then to create realistic depth and variation I used Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky Classic Ink. Next, I used the single wisteria stamp and stamped over the wisteria images in either Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis or Starry Sky. I really liked mixing the colours together.




I wanted to add some depth and add another colour into the mix, so I used the flowers and leaves from the Wisteria Dies and die out a number of times in Basic White Cardstock.

To add contrast I used Parakeet Party, Bermuda Bay and Tahitian Tide to the leaves using Sponge Daubers for more control when adding colour to delicate die-cut pieces. 




I know you don't normally see green wisteria, but I wanted to make them pop against the stamped images. I used Basic White cardstock, applied Parakeet Party, Bermuda Bay and Tahitian Tide ink using Blending Brushes and the Classic Ink.

To finish off the card I stamped the sentiment in Starry Sky and die-cut out using the Stylish Shapes Dies and layered over the leaves with Diemensionals. 




Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below. Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page for lots of inspiration using the Wisteria Wishes Bundle.

If you would like a copy of the new Annual Catalogue 2022 - 2023 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.



Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher




15 May 2022

Global Design Project #342 Sketch Challenge

 Hello and welcome,

Today I'll be sharing with you the latest sketch challenge #342 for Global Design Project make sure you check out their designs using the sketch below.



I've created a vintage/shabby chic style birthday card using the Happiness Abounds bundle and combined it with Texture Chic Designer Series Paper and Distressed Gold Specialty Paper. I love to mix and match products from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2022 - 2023.




The stamped images from the Happiness Abounds stamp set are heat set using Versmark onto Shimmery White cardstock, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. The images are perfect for a watercolour look, I've used Petal Pink and Pool Party for the flowers and leaves. All of the images are die-cut out using the Blossoming Happiness Dies.




I've embossed the Shimmery White panel with the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder, then run Paper Snips along the edge of the Cardstock to distress it even more. I added Multi Mono Liquid Glue with a Sponge Dauber, wait for it to dry and then add Gold Gilded Leafing, brush off excess.




To create the strips I used Tear and Tape, placed a strip along the embossed panel then applied Gold Gilded Leafing. The other three strips are from the beautiful Texture Chic suite, two are from Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper I love the colours and design in the paper. The other is a gold strip from the Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.




To finish off the card I've stamped the sentiment in Pool Party, fussy cut out using Paper Snips and applied three butterflies from the Brushed Brass Butterflies.




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

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini January to June 2022 Catalogue and Annual Catalogue 2022 - 2023 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.



Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher


08 May 2022

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Colour Crush

 


Hello and welcome,

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




Stampin' Up! 2022 - 2024 new In Colors are amazing and so fresh! The colors are Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis. They come in a range of coordinating products Cardstock, Ink, Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Blends just to name a few and they are available in my online store. Do you have a favourite? I love them all, but if I had to choose it would be Orchid Oasis.






Today's two cards are using the Happiness Abounds Bundle which is available now in the Stampin' Up! 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue. There are so many amazing new products in there and this bundle is just one of many.

Happy Birthday Card





I started with Starry Sky Cardstock for the card base, layered with a strip of Orchid Oasis 2022-2024 In Color Designer Series Paper layered with Orchid Oasis Cardstock and Basic White Cardstock die-cut using the edge die from the Blossoming Happiness Dies.




The Happiness Abounds Stamp Set features beautiful line-art floral images which is perfect for heat embossing. Stamp the images in Versamark ink onto Shimmery White Cardstock, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. The flowers and leaves have coordinating dies to make it easy to die-cut out your images.




Using a Water Painter, I've watercoloured the flowers using the following In Colors - Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky. The leaves are in Parakeet Party. You can arrange the flowers in many ways into an elegant card, I really love the larger images and then I'll add a few of the smaller ones to my card, then followed with the leaves. 





The stamp set features all-occasion sentiments for celebration I've used the Happy Birthday greeting in Orchid Oasis and fussy cut out. To finish off the card I've added 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots and In Color 2022-2024 Baker's Twine in Orchid Oasis.


Friend Card



For my second card, I started with Tahitian Tide Cardstock then I added Basic White Cardstock panel and applied Tahitian Tide ink with the Blending Brush for a bright coloured background to make the flowers pop.




Again for the flowers I used Versamark ink and White Stampin' Emboss Powder for the stamped images and then heat set with the Heat Tool. This time I used Sweet Sorbet ink and watercoloured the flowers with the Water Painter. I was surprised with the lighter pink from Sweet Sorbet it's just so pretty. The leaves are in Parakeet Party. 




I've used Tahitian Tide Baker's Twine before layering the flowers over the blue background and followed with the leaves. The sentiment is stamped in Tahitian Tide ink and fussy cut out. I added a few of the 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots in Tahitian Tide.







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

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

1. 

Sara Levin  

2. 

Tami Hewlett  

3. 

Su Mohr US  

4. 

Mikaela Titheridge  

5. 

Vicki Boucher  

6. 

Anne Marie Hile  

7. 

Cheryll Miller  

8. 

Jay Soriano 

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini January to June 2022 Catalogue and Annual Catalogue 2022 - 2023 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.



Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher