Colour Creations Blog Hop - Bubble Bath

Hello and welcome my friends,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia, I'm still on holidays and we are now on the Gold Coast, QLD for our family holiday reunion. Today, I'll be sharing with you another colour for Colour Creations blog hop and we are now at week 14 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

The next colour is Bubble Bath, which is part of the Subtles Collection and I just had to create a card using this colour before I left Melbourne. Bubble Bath comes in Cardstock, Classic Ink Pad, Ink Refill, Embellishments, Designer Series Paper and other Stampin' Up! products.

I went with a subtle look for Bubble Bath and created a shabby chic style card for this week's project. It's a pretty pink, I've paired it with Moody Mauve by stamping the roses from the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set and then die-cutting it out using the Layers of Beauty Dies. 

I used this fun technique that I learnt from Cindy Schuster over on Stamping Through the Catalog on Instagram, she made a beautiful card using Stampin' Blends as a paint brush to colour in the roses and only using minimal colour. It's very effective technique by using coloured shading where needed. I also used Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends for the leaves and a tiny bit of Moody Mauve for the center of the roses. 

The choice of Stampin' Up! designer series paper was a mix of Nature's Sweetness DSP; Country Woods DSP and Perennial Lavender DSP I just couldn't resist Crumb Cake gingham paper. I also stamped the roses onto the gingham paper in Crumb Cake. I like to rough up the paper by using the blade from the Paper Snips Scissors and run it along the edges of the paper. Another way to add interest is to tear up strips of paper and layer them over one another.

Before I added the subtle roses onto the paper, I used the Spotlight on Nature Dies and die-cut out a paper ring using Basic White Cardstock. To finish off the card I used the Country Birdhouse Stamp Set for the sentiment, stamped it in Moody Mauve and fussy cut out the greeting. I also added a few of the Brushed Brass Butterflies to the card. 

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

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Andrea Sargent click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Boho Blue

 

 Hello and welcome my friends,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia, actually I'm on holidays up at the Sunshine Coast, QLD for a family holiday. Today, I'll be sharing with you another colour for Colour Creations blog hop and we are now at week 13 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

The next colour is Boho Blue, which is part of the In Color Collection for 2023-2025 and this would have to be a very beautiful blue.  Boho Blue comes in Cardstock, Classic Ink Pad, Ink Refill, Embellishments, Designer Series Paper and other Stampin' Up! products.

I've been wanting to show off this card for a number of weeks, because if you remember a while ago, I mixed up my blues and made this card for the Balmy Blue blog hop. I used the sketch challenge "THIS or THAT" for the month of June which Stampin' Up! had shared on their social media. The good thing was I had a card already completed for this hop.

I used the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set and coordinating Cheerful Daisies Dies for my card this would have to be an all-time favourite of mine. I just love it! I die-cut out a few of the daisy elements from the dies and added Boho Blue ink to the center of the daisy with the Blending Brush. Leaving some white space to give it some depth. For the main daisy I used the embossed resist technique by heat embossing the daisy and then apply Boho Ink with the Blending Brush. I like to wipe away any excess ink with a tissue.

To go with the daisies, I decided I wanted a Scandinavian look and the beautiful paper from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper was perfect for my card. I actually cut out the strip of Pool Party using the Paper Trimmer and layered the two pieces together for the background panel. 

                  

 Country Woods Designer Series Paper

                             

Next, I used another piece of Country Woods DSP and die-cut it out using a circle die from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. Then I stamped the smaller daisies in Boho Blue onto the circle.

I created a fancy bow using the White Diagonal Trim, unraveling the ribbon into thin strands and then tie it into a bow. The Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder suited the background panel embossed in Basic White Cardstock.

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

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Kate Morgan click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI170

 

Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI170 this photo was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Rose.

The chosen colour combination for #CI170 is use your 3 favourite Stampin' Up! colours. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. 

The challenge will run for almost 3 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 12th August 2024 details to follow at the end of my blog.

The challenge colours I've used are Pecan Pie, Old Olive and Wild Wheat for my colour combo and I also added Basic White, Basic Black and Crumb Cake. I love these colours together and I hardly use Wild Wheat in my cards.

The card I made was a CASE of Cindy Schuster's sneak peek card from The Crafty Carrot Collective they are featuring the Friends for Life Bundle and I just love her card.

I also used the Friends for Life bundle for my card, stamping the leaf stamp in Black Tuxedo ink three times onto Basic White cardstock and using Old Olive Stampin' Blends to colour in the leaves. I like to leave some white space at the tip of the leaves. 

The Friends for Life Dies are so good especially the "friend" Die in Basic Black and layered over Basic White makes it pop! The detailed leaf die is die-cut out in Old Olive Cardstock. For some texture and adding another layer by using the label die, die-cut out in Pecan Pie Cardstock and then dry embossed using Timber 3D Embossing Folder.

Using the larger circle die from the Spotlight on Nature Dies, I added a half circle in Basic White Cardstock and layered it under the Crumb Cake coloured bucket. I used two different sheets of paper from Country Woods Designer Series Paper and used them as the base layers for the card.

To finish off the card I added Wild Wheat Jute Trim and tied it into a bow. I think all three colours balance nicely together and they go well with the basic colours. What three colours will you chose? Make sure you see everyone's gorgeous colours combinations over on our Colour INKspiration Facebook page.

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.

Challenge guidelines:

• Create a NEW project made specifically for this challenge.
• Use all of the challenge colours (or close substitutions) unless stated.
• Upload only ONE picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and NOT in an album.

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI170 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 12 August 2024.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI170 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 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Kaleidoscopic Depths

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today is Stamping Sunday blog hop for the month of July and for this month's theme is "Kaleidoscopic Depths" colours from under the sea for our projects. It's the 3rd Sunday of the month. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects and you'll be able to see them by clicking on their names at the end of my blog.

The colours I've chosen are turquois a mixture of blues and greens for my card and here's my inspiration photo I found it on Pinterest, see below. I do love the colours of the sea. I used a range of Stampin' Up! Colors starting with Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Summer Splash, Shy Shamrock, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel and Night of Navy.

I started playing around with the colours for a water colour wash and a under the sea background. I used Fluid Flow Watercolour Paper, a wide tip brush Water Painter and all of the above mentioned coloured inks. I started with the lightest colour at the top and then moved my way down to the darkest colour. I used the Heat Tool to dry the inks on the watercolour paper and then I would apply more ink to achieve a deeper colour. Next, I added splatters of ink by tapping the brush against the Bone Folder.

I used the Round We Go Bundle which is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and is located on page 63. I love the pinwheels from the Round We Go Dies they are so much to use and to create different elements for your projects. I made another water colour wash using the same technique as before for the pinwheels and smaller circles.

The sentiment is stamped in Blueberry Bushel onto a part of the watercolour wash and then I used the Round We Go Dies to die-cut the sentiment. Then I layered the different elements onto the card and added Tinsel Gems in Blueberry Bushel and Lost Lagoon. 

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 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Blueberry Bushel

 Hello and welcome my friends,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you another colour for Colour Creations blog hop and we are now at week 12 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

The next colour is Blueberry Bushel, which is part of the Regals range and it's such a pretty blue.  Blueberry Bushel comes in Cardstock, Classic Ink Pad, Ink Refill, Embellishments, Designer Series Paper and other Stampin' Up! products.

Today's card is a bit of a mish mash of Stampin' Up! products used together to create a unique card for a friend to say hello! I only used Blueberry Bushel and no other colour except Basic White Cardstock. I wanted to make this colour shine and standout against the white cardstock.

The list of products I've used are the following Flowers of Beauty Stamp Set and Dies, Simply Said Stamp Set, Unbounded Love Dies, Round We Go Dies and Friends for Life Dies. They are all in the current Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue for 2024-25.

I created a fun ombré pinwheel (using the Round We Go Dies) by adding Blueberry Bushel ink with the Blending Brush to a strip of cardstock (you will need two of these) and then use the pinwheel die to die-cut out two strips. They are easy to fold with your hands and then add Tombo Multipurpose Glue to the ends of the die-cut pinwheels. I like the depth of colour from the center and leading out to a pale blue.

To achieve a water colour look without using water try this idea. I stamped a number of blue flowers from the Flowers of Beauty Stamp Set in Blueberry Bushel, then colour the flowers in using the Blue Watercolour Pencil and then apply the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter brush to create a watercolour look with lots of glitter. 

I just love the Friends for Life bundle, especially the Friends for Life Dies and you can make a variety of different combinations of sentiments. I just had to use the word 'Friend' from the dies and use it as a focal point, I like the freshness of white against the ombre background. I used the 'hello' greeting from the Simply Said Stamp Set and die-cut it out using the stitched circle die from Unbounded Love Dies. 

The background panel is not just white, I applied Blueberry Bushel ink with the Blending Brush to give it some colour and I also added some splatter by tapping Blueberry Bushel Stampin' Blend against the Bone Folder.

To finish off the card I added a few of the leaves and Blueberry Bushel Tinsel Gems.  

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

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Theresa Gerrard click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's blog.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI169

Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI169 this photo was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Cathy Pinchbeck.

The chosen colour combination for #CI169 is Basic Beige, Blueberry Bushel, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Azure Afternoon instead of Blueberry Bushel.... for example).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 22nd July 2024 details to follow at the end of my blog.

This is gorgeous this colour palette, I just love the blues together and with a touch of beige for a masculine birthday card for my farther in-law. I've used the Round We Go Bundle (163730) and is located on page 63 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

I made a slimline card starting off with a panel of Basic White Cardstock, then adding Misty Moonlight, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy inks and the Blending Brush to the cardstock. Next, I used the Round We Go Stamp Set and stamped the images directly onto the inked up cardstock. I added multiple circle images using Blueberry Bushel and Misty Moonlight ink. 

Then I used the Round We Go Dies and used the peek-through diamond and circle dies to add some interest to the card, I layered another panel of Basic White Cardstock underneath the top panel. This makes the images pop!

I layered different pinwheels together using the challenge colours in cardstock and with Basic White Cardstock.

To finish off the card I heat embossed the sentiments in white onto Night of Navy Cardstock and I added a small piece of Basic Beige Bordered Ribbon to one of the pinwheels.

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.

Challenge guidelines:

• Create a NEW project made specifically for this challenge.
• Use all of the challenge colours (or close substitutions) unless stated.
• Upload only ONE picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and NOT in an album.

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI169 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 22nd July 2024.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI169 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 2024-2025 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.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Creation Station Blog Hop - CASE the Catalogue

 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 Rachel's blog 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.

My take on the cards I've CASEd from the Annual Catalogue 

The design team at Creation Station are presenting their projects with the theme "CASE the Catalogue" where we choose a favourite card in the catalogue and CASE it. My card or should I say cards is on page 107 of the Annual Catalogue as per photo below was chosen because of the gorgeous Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and the layout of the detailed elements. 

Page 107 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue

Here's a close up of the cards from the catalogue

My three cards are the same layout as above, but I've used different paper, stamp sets, dies and colours for my CASE. I used the Country Lace Designer Series Paper I just love the colours from the paper especially Misty Moonlight, but all of the paper is just so pretty! Then I had to choose which stamp set and dies to use for my project. They are Unbounded Love Stamp Set which has a variety of sentiments, Unbounded Love Dies, Flowers of Beauty Stamp Set and Flowers of Beauty Dies they are all located on pages 52 to 55 and are part of the Unbounded Beauty Suite Collection. 

Next, was the colours to use with Misty Moonlight and they are Boho Blue, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath and Silver. I would use all of the colours on each of the cards and mix them around to change it up. Each of the sentiments are heat embossed with Silver Emboss Powder.

Happy Birthday Card

Out of the three cards this one would be my favourite because of the Misty Moonlight Designer Series Paper for the background and Silver Foil which is now available in the Annual Catalogue. 

I've stamped the large branch image in Fresh Freesia ink, die-cut out and then layered all of the other detailed die-cut pieces together.

With Sympathy Card

I don't do too many sympathy cards for my projects, but I like that the Unbounded Love Stamp Set has so many different greetings and you can mix and match them together. 

I used Misty Moonlight cardstock to die-cut out two of the smaller labels dies and placed them under the larger label in Basic White Cardstock. The large branch image is stamped in Boho Blue ink, die-cut out and then layered together with all of the other elements.

Hello Friend Card

For my last card I created my own sentiment using two separate stamps and making a friendly hello card. 

This time I used Boho Blue for the two smaller labels and stamped the larger branch image in Misty Moonlight ink. 

I found all three cards easy to make once you've stamped the images in the three colours, die-cut out lots of different elements and then arrange them to your card. I think it would make a lovely gift set to give to someone special for a present.

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 see Sara's blog for lots of inspiration with her projects.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for more inspiration.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher