Colour Creations Blog Hop - Peach Pie - Country Flowers

 

 Hello and welcome my friends,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you the first colour for Colour Creations blog hop and it's Week 1 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. It's been a while since my last Colour Creation and I'm so excited to be back here again. 

The first colour is Peach Pie which is part of the In Color Collection for 2024 - 2026 Stampin' Up! sure know how to create some beautiful new colors for us to play with and they are here with us for the next two years. Now that's exciting!

All of the new In Colors come in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as ink, cardstock, ribbon, designer series paper, embellishments, Stampin' Blends and so on.

New colours means new Stampin' Up! products to try out from the new Stampin' Up! 2024 -2025 Annual Catalogue and I'll be showing you the Country Flowers bundle (163411) which is part of the Country Woods Suite Collection and you can find it on pages 48 to 51 in the catalogue. 

Country Flowers bundle (163411)

The Country Flowers bundle includes the Country Flowers stamp set and Country Flowers dies. I've been using this bundle now for a couple of my projects and I love it! The stamp images of bunches of flowers, cute flowerpots and a variety of different sentiments for your card making and paper craft. 

I stamped the images using Basic Gray ink onto Basic White cardstock and coloured in the images using Stampin' Blends in Peach Pie, Smoky Slate and Lost Lagoon. I like to leave white space to create depth when colouring in the images. I also added detailed die-cut images to the background of the coloured in flowers and a couple of fallen leaves to add interest. 

I wanted to add Peach Pie Glimmer Paper which is from the 2024-26 In Color Glimmer 12" x 12" Specialty Paper (163771) to my card, so I used the scissors die image from the Crafting With You Dies (161225) for some detailed bling! I thought this was lots of fun to my card. 

To create the sentiment, I actually combined two words together from two different sentiments and stamped them in Basic Gray ink onto Peach Pie paper from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper (163372). I also used this same Peach Pie paper and layered it under the embossed Basic White cardstock.

Then I die-cut out using one of the smaller circular dies from the Spotlight on Nature Dies (163580).

To finish off the card I created a cute bow using Peach Pie Bordered Ribbon (163783) by pulling away fine strands from the ribbon and tying it into a delicate bow.

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 Sharon Davern 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 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

Artisan Design Team - Crafting With You

 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 Crafting With You bundle 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.

Crafting With You bundle (161226)

The Crafting With You bundle (161226) is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2023-24 and is on page 91 of the catalogue. This is a gorgeous bundle to create with and there are so many different stamp images and tools to use for your paper craft. I just love it so much! It's a Million Sales Achiever stamp set by Irene Wendlandt.

You Inspire Me Card

I wanted to create a shabby chic card using the Glorius Gingham 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (163170) in Berry Burst and Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (161449) in Berry Burst and Bubble Bath. 

To do this I ripped up strips of designer series paper and layered them over a panel in Basic White Cardstock. Some of the strips have been stamped using images from the stamp set. 

Then I used my sewing machine and stitched a boarder around the edges of the layered designer series paper. I think I need to do more stitching with my paper craft. It just gives you a shabby look!

There are so many detailed tools from the Crafting with You Dies and one of my favourites is the embroidery hoop die-cut in Crumb Cake Cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on the center part of the hoop and added different elements such as the stamped image of the flower, cute buttons and heart.

The spools of thread are just adorable I've die-cut the spool in Crumb Cake Cardstock and added thread in Bubble Bath, Berry Burst and Old Olive Cardstock. I layered the Burlap Ribbon under the embroidery hoop.

This card was for my mum for Mother's Day, she is a crafter and just loves to sew. I wanted to use the Alphabet A La Mode Dies (160750) and create the word MUM using the letters in Basic White Cardstock. To make them pop I used the Foam Adhesive Sheets (152815).

With Love Card

For my second card I started off with the background panel using Crumb Cake Cardstock, stamped the flower image in Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the panel and add Crumb Cake ink to the edges with a Blending Brush. I also destressed the panel by running the Paper Snips blade along the edges and curl the corners by using the Bone Folder.

To create the patchwork quilt I used coloured cardstock in Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock, Glorious Gingham 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper and die-cut out nine squares with the small square die from the Stylish Shapes Dies (159183). 

The other elements I added to the card are the scissors, buttons, hearts and spools of cotton which can all be achieved by using the images from the Crafting With You Dies. 

I stamped the balls of wool in Pretty Peacock onto Pretty Peacock Cardstock and placed it between two baskets die-cut in Crumb Cake Cardstock with a little sponging using a Sponge Dauber to add depth. 

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 Crafting with You Bundle. You will just need to go back a couple of weeks to view their 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.

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

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher