Artisan Design Team - Seas the Day

 

Hello and welcome, Today I'll be sharing with you my latest project for Stampin' Up! as part of the Artisan Design Team my group was asked to create projects using the Seas the Day Bundle. This bundle is in the Mini Jan - June 2022 Catalogue and is on page 38, which includes the Seas the Day Stamp Set and Sea Dies. 

This bundle was so much fun to use, I love the under the sea creates in the stamp set especially the octopus. The stamp images have a watercolour look and the Sea Dies die-cut out the fish, jellyfish, starfish, crab and the octopus. There are also under the sea intricate die-cut pieces, plus a large peekaboo die which fits perfectly on a card front.

Seas The Day Bundle # 157858 

Slimline Under the Sea Card

My first project is a slimline card which has become a favourite of mine lately, I've used the seaweed image stamping it a number of times on the panel of Basic White Cardstock. 

I've used the following colours Bermuda Bay being the darkest colour, then I also added Coastal Cabana and Pool Party Inks. I would also keep on stamping on the panel to get more variation of the colour and depth.

Giving the card more dimension I used Stampin' Dimensionals under the Calypso Coral octopus and crab,  Pale Papaya starfish and Bermuda Bay for the fish.

I've used the seaweed die and die-cut out a number of times in Basic White Cardstock and lightly coloured in with the Blending Brush. and Coastal Cabana Ink. The coral is from the larger die, I've just snipped it off and added Bermuda Bay Ink with the Blending Brush.

To finish off the card I've stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay onto Basic White Cardstock, added a white Baker's Twine bow and Coastal Cabana Artistry Blooms Sequins.

Octopus Ocean Floor Dimensional card

Going with the same colour scheme for my second card this time I went for an ombre look using Calypso Coral and Pale Papaya for the background Shimmery White Cardstock panel. 

I used the Foam Adhesive Strips in between the two layers for more depth. The Bermuda Bay Octopus is layered onto the Calypso Coral panel with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The next ombre layer is a combination of Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party Inks onto a panel of Shimmery White Cardstock with the Blending Brush and then die-cut out with the large die from the Sea Dies. 

To create the ocean floor by using Shimmery White Embossing Paste with Bermuda Bay Ink then apply to the panel with the Palette Knife and add sequins while still wet. I used the Sparkle and Shine Sequins which is in the Mini Jan- June 2022 Catalogue, they are perfect for an under the sea scene. 

I like to add interest and contrast with the colours by balancing them out and overlapping the stamped images and detailed die-cut pieces using the different tones of blue/greens against the oranges. To finish off the card I added the sentiment using Versamark Ink onto Bermuda Bay Cardstock, adding White Stampin Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. The Artistry Blooms Sequins are in Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral.

Jellyfish Gift Tag

Using monochromatic tones of Bermuda Bay, I started off with the die-cut piece using the largest die from the Tailor Made Tag Dies in Bermuda Bay Cardstock. 

I stamped the seaweed stamp image onto the gift tag and layered by adding detailed dies and the stamped image of the jellyfish. 

The sentiment is fussy cut out using the Paper Snips Scissors and I added a few of the Artistry Blooms Sequins and White Baker's Twine to the gift tag. 

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 this bundle.

If you would like a copy of the Stampin' Up! Mini January to June 2022 Catalogue and 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

Colour Creations Blog Hop Bermuda Bay Week 4 Art With Heart Team Australia

 

 Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 4 of Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

Each week there will be a Colour Creations blog hop showcasing Stampin' Up! Colors with a selection of members from the Art With Heart Team who will be joining in. I'm looking forward to seeing their beautiful projects using the Stampin' Up! Colors. You'll be able to hop around by clicking on the next link at the end of my blog.

The colour for tonight is Bermuda Bay which is part of the Brights Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc.... I've used Bermuda Bay with Soft Seafoam and Evening Evergreen as well as Crumb Cake and Gray Granite for my handmade cards.

I wanted to see how Bermuda Bay would interact with two very different greens from the Stampin' Up! Colors by using different ink blending techniques. I always love using greens for the Simply Succulents Stamp Set and coordinating Pottered Succulents Dies which is in the Stampin' Up! 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalogue.

For my first card I've used the Faux Masking technique by ripping up Grid Paper and placing it onto a panel of Basic White Cardstock. 

I've placed masking tape onto the Grid Paper as you don't want it to move on you. I started applying Soft Seafoam ink using the Blending Brush then onto Bermuda Bay and finished off with Evening Evergreen. I also added splattered ink by using the Stampin' Blends in the same colours. 

The stamped images of the succulents for the first card are inked up in Memento Black Ink and coloured in using Bermuda Bay and Evening Evergreen light and dark Stampin' Blends. I also like to take off some of the colour by using the Colour Lifter.

For the Potted Succulents die cut images, I've blended Bermuda Bay and Soft Seafoam Ink onto Basic White Cardstock. I like to add a little dimension to my cards, so I've used Stampin' Dimensionals for some of the images. 

For my second card, I've created a watercolour look using the large succulent image and stamped it in Stazon Ink onto Shimmery White Cardstock. I've coloured in the succulents using the fine tip Water Painter and combined Bermuda Bay, Soft Seafoam and Evening Evergreen Ink. It's amazing the colours you can come up with when combing them together. 

The ink blending background is a panel of Basic White Cardstock using the Blending Brush and starting with Soft Seafoam, then mixing in with Bermuda Bay and finishing off with Evening Evergreen. This makes a lovely soft background.

The card base for both cards is Bermuda Bay Cardstock. I wanted a couple of birthday cards, so I've used the Pansy Patch Stamp Set. I've heat embossed the sentiment using Versamark Ink, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool.

Now it's time to hop along and visit the lovely Andrea Sargent to see her project please click on the link below.

The list of participants are listed below.

Michele Taylor

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern

Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Kristine D'Auria

Rachel Palmieri

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard

Diane Furniss

Theresa Gerrard

Caroline Manwaring

Rosa Leyden

Tina Gillespie

Vicki Boucher you are here

Andrea Sargent

  

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

If you live in Australia, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #91

 Hello and welcome,

It's been awhile since I last have written up a blog and I wanted to share with you the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge which has been running for the last couple of weeks. I've been so busy with the the lead up to Christmas with our family hamper business and now that Christmas is over I can relax and get back into the craft room. 

The inspiration for the challenge is this fun and colourful photo chosen by crew member Lou Kitzelman. 

Choose at least three of the colours from this amazing colour palette. The colours for #CI91 are Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Pretty Peacock, Magenta Madness, Gorgeous Grape and Glitter, you may also add Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Basic Black and metallicsto 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: Pumpkin Pie instead of Mango Melody .... you get the drift). 

The colours I've chosen are Magenta Madness, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green and Whisper White for my project. I've used some new Stampin' Up! products from the new January to June 2021 Mini Catalogue and Saleabration Jan to Feb 2021 Catalogue.

The Salebration FREE product is the Oh so Ombre DSP, by spending $90 in Stampin' Up! products this is yours for free! The colours in the DSP are Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Rococo Rose and Blackberry Bliss. I've cut strips in different lengths and layered them on a sheet of Whisper White Cardstock. I've just love the Ombre look.

Adding Magenta Madness as my third colour was perfect balance with the cool colours. Using the new Blending Brush with Magenta Madness Ink and slowly adding colour onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock. I would add more colour as I go and until I was happy with the Ombre look. 

The Floral Gallery Dies are on page 34 of the Jan to June Mini Catalogue and the words Just Want to Say Dies was perfect for the card. Layering them onto Stitched Nested Labels in Whisper White Cardstock. The floral stamped images are from the Art Gallery Stamp Set they are stamped in Bermuda Bay and Magenta Madness and die cut out.

The Art Gallery Stamp Set has lots of different greetings and I've chosen I Miss You! Using Stampin' Dimensionals for more depth to finish off my project.

We hope you can participate this round and we look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specially for this challenge.

#CI91 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday January 11th.

Please click on the link here to join on the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge pics straight to the discussion wall and not in an album.

Happy Stamping!

Vicki Boucher

Week 3 Art With Heart Colour Creations weekly Showcase - Bermuda Bay

Hello and welcome to Week 3 with the Art With Heart Colour Creations weekly Showcase which the lovely Catherine Proctor will be running a weekly blog and with other members from the Art With Heart Team. This week we are featuring Bermuda Bay and I hope we will inspire you with our variations of this gorgeous colour.

Bermuda Bay is from the Brights Collection and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products from the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends, DSP and more. It's such a bright happy colour which I've created for this Birthday card, combing Magenta Madness, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. 

Bermuda Bay can be a strong solid colour as well as a soft subtle colour, which I've shown here by creating watercolour stripes on a panel of Shimmery White Cardstock. Using the large flat brush from the new Water Painters. I'm so in love with the new brushes and creating instant large stripes was fun!

The flowers are from the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set, I've used the two smaller flowers, stamped them in the above mentioned colours and fussy cut them out. I started to arrange the flowers on the piece of Shimmery White Cardstock and I thought how about a wreath! This way you can see the soft and solid colours combined together. 

The Magenta Madness works well with Bermuda Bay, so I've added a layer of Cardstock to the Bermuda Bay card base. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set, I've used Versamark Ink, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. I like to add a thin strip of Cardstock under the greeting and it also finishes off the card nicely.

Please visit Catherine's Blog to see her creation and all the links are there as well, so you’ll be able to see everyone’s creations for this week’s showcase.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you’ve enjoyed how I’ve used Bermuda Bay. Make sure you come back next week to see Blackberry Bliss in our projects.

If you would like the new Stampin’ Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue, I would be happy to send you a copy out to you. Please contact me here.

Happy Stamping

 

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green

Cardstock:  Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness, Whisper White and Shimmery White

Stamps: Blossoms in Bloom

Colouring Tools: Versamark, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool and Water Painters

Colour INKspiration #72 Challenge

Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #72 and this stunning photo is our inspiration. The colours for the challenge are Bermuda Bay, Grapefruit Grove, Pretty Peacock and Calypso Coral. I just love the shimmer of the colours in the photo and this is why I’ve created a under the sea, Mermaid card. You can also add Basic Black, Whisper White, Very Vanilla and metallics. 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: Pumpkin Pie instead of Calypso Coral).

This challenge runs for almost 2 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on 9^th March 2020. I hope you’ll enter into the Colour INKspiration Challenge, we would love to see your creation. 



For my card I’ve used the Magical Mermaid Stamp Set which is from the Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalogue 2019 – 2020. I haven’t used this set for awhile now and using different colours brings it back to life. 

To create this card, I started with a panel of Shimmery White Cardstock, sponged Bermuda Bay & Pretty Peacock ink with a Sponge Dauber. Blending the two colours together, until I was happy with the look. I then added a few drops of Bermuda Bay Pigment Sprinkles onto a Clear Block, mix with water and using my Aqua Painter, I flicked droplets of ink onto the Shimmery White Cardstock. 

The next step was to add the Gold Embossed stamped images of seaweed over the deep sea panel using Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set. On another piece of Shimmery White Cardstock for the mermaid image, I embossed her with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, heat set with the Heat Tool and water coloured the mermaid in using the four challenge colours. The skin of the mermaid is using the Ivory Stampin' Blend and Color Lifter. 

I wanted to create some magical sand to the card, so I’ve used a mix of Bermuda Bay Pigment Sprinkles with Bermuda Bay Ink, added to the Embossing Paste on a palette and mix with a Palette Knife. I layered the blue/green paste onto the Cardstock with the Palette Knife and before it would dry up, I sprinkled Stampin’ Glitter and coloured sequins to the Paste. 

I like the raised look for the mermaid and sentiment, so I used Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added extra sequins floating around the mermaid in the water. The card base is Bermuda Bay with a panel of Grapefruit Grove to highlight the orange tones throughout the card. I think this colour combination is just so stunning together. What do you think?



Make sure you visit our Facebook group to enter the competition, we would love to see how you would use this latest colour challenge.



Click here at Colour INKSpiration Facebook group to take part and upload the photo of your creation. You don’t need a blog to enter either. Share with your crafty friends, so they can join in with the challenges too.



Hope to see you there!



Thank you for stopping by today.



Happy Crafting



Vicki Boucher



To purchase any of these products that I’ve used today, you can click on my direct links above or visit my  Online Store here .



Product List

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Grapefruit Grove, Pretty Peacock and Calypso Coral

Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Grapefruit Grove, Whisper White and Shimmery White

Stamp Set: Magical Mermaid

Embellishments: Woven Threads Sequin Assortment, Iridescent Sequin Assortment and Gingham Gala Adhesive-backed Sequins

Colouring Tools: Stampin’ Blends – Ivory and Color Lifter, Aqua Painter, Versamark, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Glitter, Embossing Paste and Palette Knives

Just Add Ink Challenge Blog #480 Add a "Technique"

Hello and welcome,


Tonight I’ve entered this card for the Just Add Ink Challenge Blog #480…..Add a “Technique”

The technique I’ve chosen is the Pigment Sprinkles, I just love the bright colours, mix it with water and create amazing projects. The colours are Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody and Melon Mambo.  


The card that I’ve created is for my daughter and she likes to take photos, so the Capture The Good stamp set was perfect for her.

I started with a piece of Water Colour Paper, spritzed the paper with water using the Stampin’ Spritzer, lightly sprinkled Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay. Once I was happy with the right amount of colour, I then used my Aqua Painter to blend in the ink. While waiting for this to dry, I then worked on my background.

For the background I’ve used the Water Colour paper, spritzed with water and this time I added Gorgeous Grape only and then covered with a tissue to remove access ink off the paper. You can speed up the drying process by using the Heat Tool.

I went back to the Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay piece of Water Colour Paper. I stamped the camera image and fussy cut the camera out. The heart image was also stamped and punched out with the 1” Circle Punch.


I liked the Gorgeous Grape against the Whisper White Cardstock. To finish off the card I heat embossed the sentiments using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto Basic Black Cardstock.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my card today and how I’ve used the Pigment Sprinkles.


To view the creations of the Just Add Ink blog team click here to see there techniques.    

Stampin' Up! Pigment Sprinkles and Daisy Lane Bundle

Hello and welcome,

Today I will be sharing with you two cards that I’ve created using the Daisy Lane Bundle and Pigment Sprinkles. I just love these two products together.

I recently watch a YouTube video by Eva Dobilos who is a Canadian Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and she showed how to use the Stampin' Up! Pigment Sprinkles. I love her cards so much.

Pigment Sprinkles

Daisy Lane Bundle

My first card I used Melon Mambo from the Pigment Sprinkles, I spritzed water onto the Fluid 100 Water Color Paper and then sprinkled a little of the pigment. Not too much as the colour will be a lot brighter. To wash out the colour I used my Aqua Painter and lightly mixed the water with the pigments. Once completely dry, punch out with the Medium Daisy Punch and the larger Daisy Punch. I also used Wink Of Stella to add some sparkle.

For the water coloured background I’ve used the same colour onto a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock. Just add a little of the Pigment sprinkled onto a Clear Block, with a drop or two of water from my Aqua Painter and then add to the Cardstock.

Once dry I then added droplets of Pigment Ink onto the Cardstock as well as the Daisies. I added Gold Stampin' Powder, heat Embossed the stamped images of the leaves and greeting. Once I layered the punch out Daisies together and placed a Gold Facetted Gem to the center.

My card base is Flirty Flamingo Cardstock I think the colour goes well with Melon Mambo Pigment Sprinkles. I also added a few of the Iridescent Sequin Assortments to finish off the card.

My next card is similar but I just changed the colours by using Bermuda Bay Pigment Sprinkles, Sliver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Coastal Cabana for the card base, a Clear Facetted Gem and a few of the Woven Threads Sequin Assortments. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I would love to hear which card you liked? You can shop for all of these supplies in my Stampin’ Up! Store by clicking here or the above product photos.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2019-2020

Product List

Pigment Sprinkles, Daisy Lane Bundle, Daisy Punch, Bone Folder, Take Your Pick Tool, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Spritzer, Wink of Stella, Fluido 100 Water Color Paper, Shimmery White Cardstock, Clear Faceted Gems, Gold Faceted Gems, Iridescent Sequin Assortment, Woven Threads Sequin Assortment, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Versamark, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and Coastal Cabana Cardstock