Artisan Design Team - Les Shoppes Suite Collection

 

 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 Les Shoppes Suite Collection 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.

Les Shoppes Suite Collection

The Les Shoppes Suite Collection (161337) is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2023-24 and is on page 30 of the catalogue. The collection includes Let's Go Shopping Bundle - Photopolymer Stamp Set & Dies (161333), Les Shoppes 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (161322) and Loose Silver Sequins (161626). For the month of June 2023 a selection of Designer Series Paper is on sale now and the Les Shoppes is one of them. More details below.

Here are my two projects that I have created using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection.

Hello Shoppes Card

I used the Les Shoppes 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper for most of my card and very little stamping at all. I've fussy cut out the buildings and layered them over background DSP. The cobble stone foot path has been coloured in using Misty Moonlight ink with the Blending Brush.

I just love all of the different pieces of dies you can use to create a scene for your shop. My favoutite would have to be the bench set and street lamp which fits perfectly behind the background design pattern of the DSP.

I wanted my shop to be a plant shop so added a few of the die-cut plant images to create plants hanging on the shop front. I also added a few of the Loose Silver Sequins to the green die-cut plants. They look like fairy lights and I could imagine them lighting up at nighttime.

I popped a few stamped potted plants behind the shop. I used Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends by added interest to create depth to the pots and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend to colour in the plants.

Bakery Shoppes Card

This was a fun card to create and I so could eat some of those delicious treats from the bakery. I wanted to keep most of the card in a black & white format and only focus on the sweats in colour. Plus, the striped Designer Series Paper in Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo.

The bakery shop front is heat embossed by stamping the images in VersaMark onto Basic Black Cardstock, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. 

The shop window has been die-cut out using the window die and then I placed the coloured treats behind the shop. The awning is created by using die-cuts in Basic Black & Basic White Cardstock from the Let's Go Shopping Dies.

I've layered the bakery over Basic Black gift tag and black & white stamped background panel. 

To create the stamped panel, I used Stazon Black ink as I found it was better than Memento Black ink. I used most of the sentiments from the stamp set and the sweats, pot plant and shop sign. I stamped them free hand and in random places until there was no more room left, but still leave some white space.

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

Great news is Stampin' Up! have a fantastic sale on at the moment with a selection of Designer Series Paper on sale 15% off from 1-30 June 2023. More details here 

Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page or Stampin' Up! Instagram page for lots of inspiration using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection. You will just need to go back to the first weekend of June 2023 to view our 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.

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Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher