Colour Creations Blog Hop Crumb Cake

 Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 13 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 Crumb Cake which is part of the Neutrals Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc....I've used Crumb Cake with Fresh Freesia, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso for my handmade card. The products I've used tonight come from the Annual 2021 - 2022 and Mini August - December 2021 Stampin' Up! Catalogues.

Crumb Cake is a favourite colour of mine and I just couldn't resist creating a card for tonight's blog hop. I've been very busy lately with our family hamper business and with Father's Day coming up soon. I was going to make a Father's Day card for my Dad, but I always like to make a vintage style card when it comes to Crumb Cake. 

I recently purchased Quiet Meadow Bundle which is on page 110 of the Annual Catalogue. This is a beautiful bundle with flowers, patterns and greetings for the stamp set and an abundance of wild flowers to mix and match for the Meadow Dies. I'm in love with this bundle.

Starting with the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set I've stamped off the images in Crumb Cake Ink onto Crumb Cake Cardstock. Using the Blending Brush, I've added Crumb Cake Ink around the edges of the Crumb Cake panel. 

To make Crumb Cake pop I've added Fresh Freesia Cardstock for some colour and it's another favourite colour of mine. I've embossed both the Fresh Freesia and Crumb Cake Cardstock using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. To give each of the panels the old vintage style, I've used a pink nail file which I received out of the Christmas cracker last Christmas. It's the best gift out of a cracker in a long time. 

I've created lots of layers by using different textures and elements. I've used Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Fresh Freesia Vellum for the Meadow Dies. I've added Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Ink to create a darker vintage look to the Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake. The butterfly is also in Crumb Cake Cardstock with Early Espresso Ink sponged with the Sponge Dauber.

I added a strip of the Cork Specialty Paper over the die-cut flowers and stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake Ink onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. To finish off the card, I've added a bow in Very Vanilla Baker's Twine and a few of the Fresh Freesia Jewels.

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

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

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 and Saleabration 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.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Week 12 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase Crumb Cake

Hello and welcome to Week 12 with the Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase. Which the lovely Catherine Proctor is running our weekly blog and with a selection of other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from the Art With Heart Team. 

Crumb Cake

This week we are featuring Crumb Cake in our projects. Crumb Cake is part of the Neutrals Collection and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, DSP and more. 

Today's card is a vinatge style card, using one of my favourite and versatile Stampin' Up! Colours - Crumb Cake. I've used the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set which is in the Annual Stampin' Up! 2020 - 2021 Catalogue. The flowers are stamped in Crumb Cake Ink and coloured in with the Stampin' Blends using Crumb Cake.

I've used the tag die from the North Pole Wonders Dies which is new and is from the August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue. This particular die is just perfect for a vintage card and works well with the Very Versailles script stamp. I've sponged the edges of the tag in Crumb Cake Ink. 

There are a number of layers to the card, using the following Designer Series Paper - In Good Taste DSP and Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP. 

To give them an old vintage look, I've used the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, ruffing up the edges was fun by using the Paper Snips and sponging Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Ink. As the DSP is thinner than Cardstock, it was easier to rip and tear up the paper.

The Gilded Autumn DSP has elegant designs in earthy colours and peaking through on the other side is gold or copper foil. Just adding enough pop of colour to my project. The Champagne Rhinestones reflect the metallic in the DSP and add some bling. 

Adding a few more items to the card are the In Good Taste Elements, Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim and Braided Linen Trim. The sentiment is from the Best Year Stamp Set.

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 Crumb Cake and make sure you come back next week to see the colour Crushed Curry in our projects.

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

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #81 - Life Is Beautiful Stamp Set

Hello and welcome to our latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #81 and this gorgeous photo is our inspiration for our projects. The colours for this challenge are Cinnamon Cider, Real Red, Whisper White and Crumb Cake. I just love the combination of these colours together. You can also add Very Vanilla, Basic Black and metallics.

The challenge runs for almost 2 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on 20^th July 2020. I hope you’ll enter into the Colour INKspiration Challenge we would so love to see your creation. More details below.

I've used the new Life Is Beautiful Stamp Set it's from the Stampin' Up! August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue and for Demonstrators we can pre-order new items from the Catalogue. Which is so exciting! 

I love the big tree stamp from the stamp set, I've stamped it off to one side of the Crumb Cake panel in Cinnamon Cider. There is a cute stamp with a bird box and two birds, which I've coloured in with Crumb Cake & Real Red Stampin' Write Markers.

The white snow flakes on the tree is White Stampin' Powder which has been heat embossed with the Heat Tool. The white really stands out well against the Crumb Cake Cardstock. 

I just love the Real Red Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon wrapped around the Crumb Cake and Whisper White Cardstock. I like to tie a bow and then add it to the card with Glue Dots. 

The sentiment is from the Life Is Beautiful Stamp Set, I've used White Stampin' Emboss' Powder onto Real Red Cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool. Using a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals to raise the greeting off the card.

Make sure you come and visit our Facebook group to enter the competition, we would so love to see how you would use these colours.

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!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #80

Hello and welcome to our latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #80 and this beautiful photo is our inspiration for our projects. The colours for this challenge are Rococo Rose, Soft Sea Foam, Purple Posy, Whisper White and Crumb Cake. I just love the combination of these colours together. You can also add Very Vanilla, Basic Black and metallics.

The challenge runs for almost 2 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on 6^th July 2020. I hope you’ll enter into the Colour INKspiration Challenge we would so love to see your creation. More details below.

I've used the beautiful Peony stamped image from the Prized Peony Stamp Set in Memento Black Ink and coloured in the flower with the Stampin' Blends. I've used Purple Posy light & dark and Soft Sea Foam light & dark for the leaves. The coordinating Peony Dies cut out the large Peony image, plus all the other Peonies and leaves from the set.

The card base is Crumb Cake with an additional embossed Crumb Cake layer using the new Meadow Moments Embossing Folder, I've actually embossed it twice on either side and you can hardly see where it's joined up. 

As I was creating my card today, I had a delivery from Stampin' Up! which was great timing, so I included the 2019-2021 In Color 6"x 6" DSP and I've used a sheet of Purple Posy, I love the small printed font. The DSP blends in well with the coloured Peony and cute Butterfly Gems.

The panel under the Peony is Shimmery White Cardstock, I've created a water colour wash of Rococo Rose and stamped the diamond stamp a few times for the background.

I had to add a bow using the Linen Thread which compliments well with Crumb Cake and the challenge colours. The sentiment is from Fancy Phases Stamp Set another new product I just received today and I can't wait to start playing with this stamp set. I really like the font.

Make sure you come and visit our Facebook group to enter the competition, we would so love to see how you would use these colours.

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!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Stampin' Up! Products

Ink: Rococo Rose

Cardstock/Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, 2019-2021 In Color 6"x 6" DSP and Shimmery White Cardstock

Stampin' Blends: Purple Posey and Soft Sea Foam

Stamp Set: Prized Peony and Fancy Phrases

Dies: Peony Dies

Colouring Tools: Memento Black and Water Painters

Other Stampin' Up! Products: Meadow Moments Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Butterfly Gems

Heart of Christmas Week 16 Christmas Blog Hop with the Heart Of Art Team

Hello and welcome back,


It’s time for week 16 of the Heart of Christmas blog hop with my friends from Art With Heart Team and sadly this is the last hop for the year. We are now in December and I have so enjoyed creating cards each week for these hops. I might do a blog later in the week showcasing all of the cards that I’ve created, so watch out for that one too.

Today’s card I wanted a very vintage look using Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray (a favorite colour of mine), Early Espresso and white giving that snow look about the card.


I’ve used the Peaceful Boughs Bundle which includes the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set and Beautiful Boughs Dies. This set would be the one I’ve used the most with all of my cards. I just love it!

I’ve started off using a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock, ran it through the die cutting machine with the Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder. I’ve used the Versamark Ink Pad, smudged ink onto the Embossed Cardstock and randomly sprinkled White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto the Cardstock. Then heat set with the Heat Tool, once it's cooled down I added a little colour of Seaside Spray with the Sponge Dauber onto the White embossing.


Using the medium size branch from the Beautiful Boughs Dies, I’ve die cut out three branches in Whisper White Cardstock and sponged colour onto the foliage in Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. 

The two pine cones have been die cut out in Crumb Cake, sponged with a Sponge Dauber in Early Espresso for the bottom layer and White Craft Stampin’ Ink for the top layer. The cute bow attached to them is Linen Thread.

The bottom layer of the two labels is sponged in Crumb Cake on Whisper White Cardstock. I’ve attached the stamp to my fingers and stamped the sentiment randomly so not all of the ink touches the Cardstock. This idea/technique is called “hand stamped” which came from a Demonstrator Rebecca Hall who did a presentation at the Stampin’ Up! On Stage event in Sydney in November, so I just had to try it out.


The top layer for the Season’s Greeting stamped image is stamped in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake Cardstock, die cut out with the smaller label and sponged ink in Early Espresso. 

To finish off the card I’ve used a piece of Whisper white Cardstock, lightly sponged the three inks with the Sponge Dauber onto the edge of the Cardstock which gives a nice finishing touch to the card. Then I layered all of the pieces together and placed them onto Crumb Cake Cardstock base.


This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Judy May to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here. I’m sure they are all amazing creations not to be missed!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting,

Vicki Boucher

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

If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List

Ink: Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Cardstock: Crumb Cake and Whisper White

Stamps: Peaceful Boughs

Dies: Beautiful Boughs

Embossing Folder: Swirls & Curls

Colouring Tools: Versamark, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Craft Stampin’ Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber

Ribbon: Linen Thread

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 6

Hello and welcome,

It's week 6 of the Heart of Christmas 2019 blog hop, showcasing Stampin' Up! products to create Christmas creations. I've chosen the Perfectly Plaid Bundle with Crumb Cake and Pretty Peacock for my card this week.

I've used the tree stamp from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp set and stamped the images in Pretty Peacock Ink onto coordinating Cardstock. Punched them out with the Pine Tree Punch and the third image I've used the gingham In Color 2019-2021 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper in Pretty Peacock.

Perfectly Plaid Bundle 

                                                         
To make the three Christmas Trees pop I've used Crumb Cake Cardstock and die cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies, adding another layer in Pretty Peacock and the third layer in gingham Pretty Peacock DSP. I just love the stitching on the cardstock it gives you that quilted look. The base of the card is also in Pretty Peacock.

The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set and it fits perfectly inside the smallest Stitched Rectangle Die. I've cut the Pretty Peacock Scalloped Linen Ribbon in half, so just the edging of the scallops is only showing and layered onto the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I found this card nice and quick to complete. You could also change up the colours by using any of the New In Colors for 2019-2021, using the DSP and Scalloped Ribbon.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you'll visit all the other ladies blogs by clicking on the link here at Judy May's Blog.

If you would like to purchase any of the products that I've used in today's card, please click on my Online Store click here.

I will be back tomorrow with another blog with the ladies from The Art With Heart Team for more inspiration.

Happy Crafting,

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Stamps: Perfectly Plaid and Itty Bitty Christmas
Punch: Pine Tree
Dies: Stitched Rectangle
Ink: Pretty Peacock
Cardstock/Paper: Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake and 2019-2021 In Color 6"x 6" DSP
Ribbon: 1/2" Scalloped Linen Ribbon

Colour INKspiration Challenge #58

Hello and welcome to my card creation as guest designer for this Colour INKspiration Challenge for #CI58

The beautiful colours for this challenge are Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Gold. 

I love the photo they had chosen for the challenge especially the pink faux fur stool.

I decided to use the Bloom & Grow Bundle which is on page 131 in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.

I used one of the beautiful flower images and embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder onto Shimmery White Cardstock. With my Aqua Painter I water coloured the image in Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake. This set has coordinating Dies so no fussy cutting was needed. 

The sentiment was also Gold Embossed on Whisper White Cardstock and then I die cut the greeting out with the edge scalloped dies.

My favourite die at the moment is the Stitched Lace Die it’s so beautiful and delicate with the stitching. I used the edge die to form the scalloped boarders on either side. 

I just had to create another layer for my card, so I used the Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder with Blushing Bride Cardstock and then I layered the Lace Die on top. I wound some Solid Baker’s Twine around the Lace Die, Tin Tile Cardstock and then attached to the base of Blushing Bride Cardstock.

I added some Stampin’ Dimensionals to make the flower images and greeting pop up from the card. For the final touch I added some Wink Of Stella onto the flowers to make them sparkle. 

Thank you for joining us today on the Colour INKspiration hop.

To see more great projects, please keep on hopping along and up next is Kelly Kent please see her beautiful creation. 

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Stamps: Bloom & Grow

Dies: Budding Blooms Dies and Stitched Lace Dies

Inks: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake and Versamark

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Whisper White and Shimmery White Cardstock

Colouring Tools: Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Big Shot, Aqua Painter and Wink Of Stella

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine, Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder and Stampin’ Dimensionals