Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI130

 

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, it's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI130 and this photo was chosen by lou Kitzelman. It's such a pretty photo and I love the colour palette.

The colour combination for #CI130 is Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss, Night of Navy and Granny Apple Green. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, 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: Parakeet Party instead of Granny Apple Green .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 10th October 2022 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Today's card, I've created a watercolour look using the large floral stamp from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set and stamped it in Stazon Ink onto Shimmery Whisper White Cardstock. I've actually stamped the image about four times around the edge of the panel. 

Then with the four challenge colours I started mixing them together on the paper using the fine tip Water Painter. For example I would use Highland Heather and then add Blackberry Bliss ink to the three larger flowers. I like to leave a little white space at the tip of the flower petals. Then I would firstly add Highland Heather and then Night of Navy ink for the other two large flowers. 

Once the watercolour panel was dry, I lightly added Night of Navy ink to the edge of the cardstock with the Blending Brush and I also did this Highland Heather.

Using a couple of the smaller stamps from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set, I stamped randomly a number of times in Highland Heather and Night of Navy ink. I really liked this and there's hardly any white space left at all.

To finish off the card I added White Glittered Organdy Ribbon and Silver Simply Elegant Trim. The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy ink onto a strip of Basic White and adhered to a strip of Night of Navy Cardstock.

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 #CI130 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 10th October 2022.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI130 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 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini Catalogue 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 - Boughs of Holly Suite

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'll be sharing three projects using the Boughs of Holly Suite, turning them into two Christmas cards and Christmas decoration.

The Artisan Design Team are featuring the Boughs of Holly Suite on Stampin' Up! Facebook and 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 Boughs of Holly Suite Collection (159612) is located on pages 24-25 of the Stampin' Up! July - Dec 2022 Mini Catalogue. The suite collection includes the following items Leaves of Holly Bundle (159608) (Leaves of Holly Stamp Set and Holly Berry Dies 10% bundle savings), Natural 1/2" Woven Ribbon (159611), Textural Elements (159966) and Boughs of Holly 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (159600).

This suite is gorgeous and I'm so excited to share with you my creations using the above Stampin' Up! products. I just love the natural wood pieces and the detailed holly leaves dies are so elegant.

Season's Greetings Slimline Card

I was looking at the Designer Series Paper to see which Stampin' Up! greens was in the paper and I like to experiment to see which green goes well together. I started with Soft Succulent Cardstock for the panel and stamped the holly leaves in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen ink. Then with the Blending Brush I applied the following colours to the Soft Succulent panel, Evening Evergreen, Shaded Spruce, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Soft Succulent ink. I also splattered ink with either Stampin' Write Markers or Stampin' Blends.

I used the large label die to die-cut out a sheet from the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and layered it over the Natural Woven Ribbon. Gold works perfectly with green and it's elegant, so I used the Distressed Gold 12" x 12" Specialty Paper for the holly leaves and berries. 

The sentiment is heat embossed using Gold Emboss Powder onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and this time I used the smaller label die. Adding more gold to the card I used Gold Simply Elegant Trim and Champagne Rhinestones. 

I added another panel using the same sheet of Designer Series Paper as the large label die to the slimline Evening Evergreen card base.

Season's Greetings Mossy Meadow Card

For my next card I used Old Olive and Mossy Meadow to go with Very Vanilla, Gold and a touch of Real Red. Starting with the Old Olive Cardstock panel, I stamped the holly leaves in Mossy Meadow ink. 

Then with the Blending Brush I applied Mossy Meadow and Old Olive ink to the edges of the cardstock. Using a different sheet of paper from the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper, die-cut out from the large label die and layered over Very Vanilla Baker's Twine.

The holly leaves are a mix of Designer Series Paper and Old Olive Cardstock, I like to add more Old Olive and Mossy Meadow ink to the cardstock for interest. The touches of gold to the holly leaves are Gold Gilded Leafing applied with random applications of Versamark, then add Heat & Stick Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then quickly add the Gold Gilded Leafing and brush off with your fingers. I also added Gold Gilded Leafing to the natural Textural Elements. 

The other elements I've created for the card are the Real Red berries, by sponging Real Red ink to Real Red Cardstock then die-cut out the base for the berries and then place over the top layer using Real Red Glimmer Paper for glitter berries. 

Using Paper Snips Scissors, snip up the middle of the Natural Woven Ribbon to create thinner ribbon and pulled apart a few of the strands away. Then layer under the natural Textural Elements. The sentiment is heat embossed using Gold Emboss Powder onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and die-cut out using the smaller label die.

Christmas Wishes Decoration

These detailed dies are perfect to make not just Christmas cards, but other projects too. I wanted to create something to hang on the Christmas tree. Starting with the base I used a sheet of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper and die-cut out using the circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies. Then use a long enough thread of the Gold Simply Elegant Trim and attached to the backing of the DSP with Tear and Tape. I then added to the backing of the decoration, Evening Evergreen Cardstock die-cut out using the same circle die and adhered together with Multipurpose Glue. 

I used the Distressed Gold Specialty Paper for the top layer of the holly leaves and Soft Succulent Cardstock for the bottom layer, I added Evening Evergreen, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow ink to the cardstock with the Blending Brush. Then I added Gold Gilded Leafing to the inked up holly leaves.

The other elements are the same as the above card, Real Red berries, natural Textural Elements and Natural Woven Ribbon. The sentiment is heat embossed using Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and die-cut out using the smaller label die. Adding a few of the Champagne Rhinestones for some bling!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below. Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page for lots of inspiration using the Boughs of Holly Suite Collection.

If you would like a copy of the Stampin' Up! July - December 2022 Mini or the 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

Global Design Project #GDP361

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I am from Melbourne, Australia. I always love to enter into the Global Design Project  and it's a Colour Challenge #GDP361 I just couldn't resist these bright colours they've chosen Parakeet Party, Shaded Spruce and Flirty Flamingo.

Today's card is a variety of Stampin' Up! products from the July - December 2022 Mini Catalogue. I've used the Spruced Up Outlines Dies (159700) for the Christmas tree and stars. I added Shaded Spruce ink with a Blending Brush to the Parakeet Party Christmas tree. A handy tip is to place the Adhesive Sheets (152334) onto the cardstock and die-cut the detailed pieces out with the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.

I just love the Celebrations Tag Dies (159866), I've used the cute tag die and die-cut out in Shaded Spruce and Parakeet Party cardstock. I dried embossed the Parakeet Party tag using the Charming Landscapes Embossing Folder (159593).

There are some really cute stamp images from the Sweet Gingerbread Stamp Set (159714), I inked them up in Flirty Flamingo ink and stamped them onto Basic White cardstock. There's coordinating Gingerbread House Dies (159718) for the images.

The layers under the gift tags are a panel of Basic White Cardstock, lightly inked up with the Blending Brush and Flirty Flamingo ink. Plus a splatter of Flirty Flamingo ink using the Stampin' Write Marker.

The other panel is Parakeet Party cardstock and I've moved it so it appears under the white panel.

To finish off the card I used the Handmade Wishes Stamp Set (159684), I stamped the sentiment in each of the challenge colours. 

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 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini 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 #CI129

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, it's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI129 and this photo was chosen by Monica Formosa. I love the bright colours and with added touch of silver in the photo.

The colour combination for #CI129 is Mango Melody, Starry Sky, Basic Gray and Silver. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, 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: Daffodil Delight instead of Mango Melody .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 26th September 2022 details to follow at the end of my blog.

The colours go so nicely together, but I was wondering how I was going to add Basic Gray with Mango Melody and Starry Sky? So, I decided to use it in a sentiment. The sentiment is from Full of Love stamp set.

Starting with a panel of Shimmery White Cardstock I created an inky wash using the two bright colours together, once dry I splattered ink using Starry Sky and Basic Gray Stampin' Write Markers.

For the torn-up Designer Series Paper I've used Hues of Happiness for the Mango Melody and 2022 - 2024 In Color 6"x 6" DSP for Starry Sky.

I wanted the Mango Melody butterfly to pop against the background, so I used the Stylish Shapes Dies and die-cut out in Starry Sky Cardstock. The silver threads can be removed from the Silver-Threaded Twine just unravel by hand to make thinner strands.

To finish off the card I removed the silver thread from the Simply Elegant Trim, placed it under the butterfly and added a few of the Starry Sky In Color Matte Decorative Dots.

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 #CI129 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 26th September 2022.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI129 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 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini Catalogue 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

Creation Station Blog Hop - Gold

 Hello and welcome

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. This is the latest hop with the design team at Creation Station, if you have come from Denita Wright-Smee or you may have started with me. Please make sure you hop around and see everyone's amazing projects. I'll pop a link at the end of my blog to hop around....

The design team at Creation Station are presenting their projects with the theme "Gold" which I just love to use in my paper craft and it's so elegant especially with green. 

Today's slimline card I've used a variety of different Stampin' Up! products from the Annual Catalogue. Starting with inking Soft Succulent cardstock panel, I've stamped a number of different images in Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Garden Green and Shaded Spruce ink. Here is the list of stamp sets used: Season of Chic, True Beauty, Honey Bee Home and Celebrating You for the Gold Embossed Sentiment.

I added Gold Gilded Leafing to the edges of the stamped panel, to do this I use a Sponge Dauber and add a little of Multipurpose Glue, then run it along the cardstock. You can either wait for it to dry or hurry it with the Heat Tool, then add Gold Gilded Leafing and brush off with your fingers or a brush.

I've used the Organic Beauty and Meadow Dies, die-cut out using the detailed dies in Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Distressed Gold Specialty Paper. I also added Gold Gilded Leafing to the die-cut pieces for an interesting effect.

Other gold items I've used on the card are Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper, Gold Shimmer Ribbon, Gold Simply Elegant Trim and Brushed Brass Butterflies, they seem to have a gold feel about them.

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 to Julie Mercer Beltramo for lots of inspiration using gold.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini 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

Bron's 60th Birthday Blog Hop

 Hello and let's everyone give Bron a very happy 60th Birthday,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, I'll be blog hopping along with other stamping friends that are celebrating Bron's 60th Birthday in 2022 with six blog hops, over six months with six different themes. This is the last month and it's all about this beautiful photo, Tropical Holiday which Bron is currently away in Port Douglas celebrating her birthday. 

Bronwyn Eastley of Addinktive  Designs has set up this blog hop for her birthday. I'm so excited to see everyone's beautiful tropical holiday projects and I'm so glad I could join in the fun with everyone.

Whether you just came from Vy Tran's blog, or you are just starting here, be sure to continue on through the rest of the blog hop by clicking the navigation button at the end of this post. I'll pop the next link at the end of my blog.

Tonight's card is based on the beautiful blue tropical water and colourful seashells. I've used the Friends are Like Seashells Stamp set and variety of blues from the Stampin' Up! colors.

To create this fun paper tearing ripple effect I recently watch a tutorial by Cindy Schuster from the Crafty Carrot Co 'He's All That August 2022' and I just had to try it out with shades of blues for the ocean.

I've used strips of cardstock in the following colors Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky and Night of Navy. All you do is rip the cardstock towards you with your fingers, I added coloured ink on each of the strips with the Blending Brush and then adhere the strips with Multipurpose Glue onto a piece of cardstock. I used Night of Navy 7.5cm x 14.4cm

I had some strips longer than others, so I just used the Paper Trimmer to cut off any excess cardstock. This technique is a great way to use up those strips of cardstock that you may have laid around.

The background panel is Tahitian Tide Cardstock embossed with Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder, I applied Starry Sky and Night of Navy ink with the Blending Brush to the panel. I so love the colours mixed together.

Recently I watched CASE the Guest Designer for August on Instagram and Melody from Stampinthroughthecatalog used this fun colouring technique where you go over your stamped images with Watercolor Pencils and Stampin' Blends. 

The larger seashell was stamped in Starry Sky ink, Stampin' Blends in light Tahitian Tide and Orchid Oasis and finished off with Watercolor Pencils in Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green. 

The round sea urchin was stamped in Cajun Craze ink, Stampin' Blends in SU900 and SU800 and finished off with Watercolor Pencils in Cherry Cobbler and Cajun Craze.

The starfish was stamped in Calypso Coral ink, Stampin' Blends in light Pale Papaya and finished off with Watercolor Pencils in Pumpkin Pie and Calypso Coral. 

To finish off the card I unraveled the Silver-Threaded Twine by hand to make thinner strands, just remove the silver thread and there's plenty of twine left over for your projects.

Please click on the below button to see the amazing Andrea Sargent, I always love seeing beautiful projects. 

Make sure you hop around and see everyone's beautiful projects; I think I need a holiday on a tropical island!

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 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini 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 - Masculine Projects

  

Hello! My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'll be sharing with you three masculine projects I designed using a variety of amazing Stampin' Up! products.

I made three rustic, vintage-style projects featuring Mountain Air and Grassy Grove Stamp Sets - two cards and a 3D treat cracker box. I like to use masculine colors with lots of layers and textures.

Dad 3D Cracker & Treat Box 

The 3D Cracker & Treat Boxes Dies are perfect for a quick, easy, and fun gift package. To make the masculine cracker box, first place the checked mask over Cajun Craze Cardstock and add Cajun Craze ink with a Blending Brush until you have an even coverage. Then, carefully move the mask along the cardstock to cover and apply ink. 

Use the Cracker & Treat Box Die and die cut using the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Fold on the scored lines with a Bone Folder and adhere the end pieces together with Stampin' Seal +. Add twine to each end.

Using the Alphabest bundle for the sentiment, stamp the outside image and letters in Evening Evergreen ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock, then punch out using the Best Label Punch and add Crumb Cake ink with a Blending Brush or Sponge Dauber.

Happy Father's Day Card

Father's Day is almost here for us in Australia, and I've used the Majestic Mountain Dies, Grassy Grove and Celebrating You Stamp sets for this project.

For the rustic feel use the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder, Crumb Cake cardstock and run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Add colour to the edges in Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink with the Blending Brush. Use your Paper Snips and run the blade along the edge of the inked-up cardstock, this will create a vintage look.

To create an impression of depth, apply Evening Evergreen ink to Cajun Craze deer die-cut pieces with the Blending Brush. This adds shading to the deer's body and head. For a darker sky, apply Evening Evergreen ink to the Cajun Craze Cardstock panel.

Lots of Love Masculine Card

To create this masculine card, I've added lots of layers to the card, stamp the mountains and trees in Evening Evergreen ink onto Cajun Craze cardstock panel.

Emboss Crumb Cake cardstock panel with Stripes 3D embossing folder through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, add Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink with the Blending Brush. Using the checkered mask from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, add Evening Evergreen ink to the cardstock panel. Use your Paper Snips and run the blade along the edge of the each of the panels, this will create a vintage look.

Did you know that the Silver-Threaded Twine can be unraveled by hand to make thinner strands? Just remove the silver thread and there's plenty of twine left over. I've used the twine throughout my projects. I love the natural texture and it's perfect for masculine cards and 3D boxes.

Here are the products you will need: 

Alphabest Stamp Set (158884)
Best Label Punch (158885)
Grassy Grove Stamp Set (157836)
Grove Dies (157844)
Cracker & Treat Box Dies (159182)
Mountain Air Stamp Set (151610)
Majestic Mountain Dies (151608)
Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Celebrating You Stamp Set (158028)
Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder (156505)
Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folder (157980)
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad (155576)
Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (147115)
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116)
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114)
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad (147085)
Evening Evergreen Cardstock (155574)
Soft Succulent Cardstock (155776)
Crumb Cake Cardstock (120953)
Cajun Craze Cardstock (119684)
Silver-Threaded Twine (159662)
Artistic Mix Decorative Masks (159178)
Blending Brushes (153611)
Bone Folder (102300)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108)
Stampin’ Seal + (149699)

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

If you would like a copy of the Stampin' Up! July - December 2022 Mini or the 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