Colour Creations Blog Hop - Azure Afternoon

 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 7 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

The next colour is Azure Afternoon which is part of the Brights range and it's so pretty. I need to use this colour more often in my projects. It comes in Cardstock, Classic Ink Pad, Ink Refill, Embellishments, Designer Series Paper and more Stampin' Up! products.

Today's project I created a blue and white theme card using the Country Flowers bundle (163411) which includes the stamp set and dies. As this week's colour is blue I used the teapot image and stamped it in Night of Navy ink. I colured the teapot in with the Stampin' Blends in the following colours Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushell, Balmy Blue, Pecan Pie and the Colour Lifter to blend in the colours together. 

I also went over the coloured teapot with Watercolour Pencils using Blue, Balmy Blue and Night of Navy. I find the pencils give you more control when colouring in and they make the colours seem brighter.

I also used the arrangement of flowers for the teapot and coloured them in with the Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon and Old Olive. Again, I use the Watercolour Pencils using Blue, Old Olive and Granny Apple Green.

The additional flower on the left is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and die-cut with the coordinating dies. I used the same colours and techniques as above.

I wanted to have the teapot sitting on something different and not from the Country Flowers stamp set, so I had a light bulb moment and went with the pile of books stamp which is from the Bird's Eye View stamp set. I used the Stampin' Blends and Watercolour Pencils in similar as the teapot, I also used Crushed Curry and White in the pencils. The sentiment is from Country Flowers Stamp Set and is stamped using Night of Navy ink with each word on each of the books.

I wanted to try out one of the templates which is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and you can find them on page 22 of the catalogue. I do like to challenge myself and my creativity. 

The teapot is layered over a blended inked up panel using Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon and Pecan Pie inks and applied with the Blending Brush. Then layered over Azure Afternoon cardstock panel.

Next, I created three strips of Azure Afternoon Designer Series Paper which is from the Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper cut at 3cm x 14cm. I used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and dry embossed the strips. 

To show through some of the white from the DSP I used a nail file to remove some of the Azure Afternoon from the paper. You can see more embossed detail by doing this technique.

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.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Artisan Design Team - Countryside Inn Suite

  

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you three projects I created for Stampin' Up! earlier this month for my Monthly Artisan Assignment using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set 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.

The Countryside Inn Suite (161474) is in the Stampin' Up! 2023-24 Annual Catalogue and is located on page 62-63 of the catalogue. The suite includes the following: Countryside Corners Bundle 161472 (10% bundled savings), Countryside Inn 12"x12" Designer Series Paper 161467 and Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder 161473. Plus, we were also given the Lasting Joy Stamp Set 161442 to work with for our projects. 

Countryside Inn Suite (161474)

Countryside Inn 12"x12" Designer Series Paper 161467

Lasting Joy Stamp Set 161442

Here are my three projects that I have created using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set. This suite and stamp set are designed to go together and I'll be showing you different ways on how to use these products. Throughout the cards I've selected different colours to go with the blues and basic white.

For You Fresh Freesia Card

For my first card I created the background panel using Lasting Joy Stamp Set, Fresh Freesia Cardstock and stamping the images in Night of Navy ink. I've also stamped a few more images and fussy cut them out with the Paper Snips to add to the card later on. 

I've added layers of paper to the card using Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper and Night of Navy Cardstock Embossed with Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder. I like to tear the edges of the embossed cardstock and designer series paper. 

The Countryside Corners stamp set is one large only stamp and you can create elegant borders for your images, greetings, labels, or add border patterns to your cards. There are coordinating Countryside Corners Dies to match with each layer, I've used the second smallest image using Fresh Freesia Cardstock and Night of Navy ink. Then die-cut out with the second smallest die.

To finish off the card I've heat embossed the sentiment from the Lasting Joy Stamp Set by stamping the image in VersaMark onto a strip of Night of Navy Cardstock, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. I've added Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems to the card.

Birthday Wishes Melon Mambo Card

For this card, I started with the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper by tearing up different strips of paper and layering them down on a larger size of Night of Navy Cardstock die-cut out using the Countryside Corners Dies. 

This is a great way to use up those strips of paper and produce an effective background for your card. Once the strips are layered with adhesive, I then used the next die down from the Countryside Corners Dies and added to the embossed Basic White Cardstock.

Using the following colours to stamp images from the Lasting Joy Stamp Set in Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and Boho Blue inks. Once stamped fussy cut with paper snips before adhering to my card.

The sentiment was heat embossed as the same as the above card and then placed over the torn paper and stamped images. Other elements added was White Baker's Twine and coloured in White Classics Dots with Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend. 

Lasting Joy Bubble Bath Card

On my third card, I used the Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder in two different ways by using different coloured cardstock and techniques. 

To start with the Bubble Bath side, I embossed a strip of Vellum and adhered to the cardstock. For the Misty Moonlight side, I applied White Craft ink with a Sponge Dauber to the paper, this gave a softer and different look to Misty Moonlight.

Next, I fussy cut out a few of the images from the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper with paper snips and added them to the white on Night of Navy heat embossed using one of the larger Countryside Inn label Dies. 

Then it was placed over an even larger label die using Bubble Bath Cardstock and Night of Navy ink. The ribbons under the labels are Bubble Bath Sheer Ribbon and Night of Navy Borded Ribbon cut in half lengthways.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below. I hope I've inspired you to create and have with this beautiful Countryside Inn Suite. I would love to see what you come up with using these Stampin' Up! products.

Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page or Stampin' Up! Instagram page for lots of inspiration using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set. You will just need to go back to the last weekend of August 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.

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

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI148

  Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI148 this photo was chosen by Brenton Golley.

The chosen colour combination for #CI148 is Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Pebbled Path and Basic Black. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Very Vanilla, 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: Basic Gray instead of Pebbled Path .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 7th August 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

I was inspired by the Bullfinch bird in the challenge photo and I've been meaning to use the Seasonal Branches bundle for some time now. I used the mirror image technique for the bird as I wanted a male and female Bullfinch bird. 

To do this stamp the image onto the Silicone Mat using Black Memento ink and position Basic White Cardstock over the image. Then use a clear block and press down onto the image which is on the silicone mat. This should pick up the ink. Then use the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker and go over the image with the fine tip end. I used Stampin' Blends to colour in the birds. I also used a little of Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend for the female bird. As I didn't have Pebbled Path Stampin' Blend in my stash, so instead I used a Blender Pen and ink from the Pebbled Path ink pad.

I used two different embossing folders for the card. First, I used the Stripes 3D Embossing Folder for the Cajun Craze background panel and added Pebbled Path ink with the Blending Brush to give some depth. The other one is Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder for the two Basic Black Country Corners die-cut images. This formed a great base for the Pebbled Path Textured Ribbon, stamped images, leaves and branches. To finish off the card I used the sentiment from the Seasonal Branches Stamp Set by heat embossing the stamped image onto Basic Black Cardstock, add White Stampin' Powder and set with the Heat Tool. 

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.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI148 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 7th August 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI148 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 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 Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI127

 

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, it's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI127 and this photo was chosen by Bronwyn Eastley. Gorgeous combination of colours and it certainly feels like spring from the photo.

The colour combination for #CI127 is Daffodil Delight, Orchid Oasis and Pear Pizzazz. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics to 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: Granny Apple Green instead of Pear Pizzazz .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 22nd August 2022 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Today's card is using the Blessings of Home bundle (157939) which includes Blessings of Home Stamp Set and Flowers of Home Dies and I also used Honeybee Home bundle (157952) for the bee image. All of the products I've used in today's project can be found in the Annual Stampin' Up 2022 - 2023 Catalogue.

I would have to say that Orchid Oasis would have to be one of my favourite of the new In Colors and I wanted to use it as the main focal point. I just love the richness of the colour so I embossed it using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder and added Orchid Oasis ink with the Blending Brush.

I used Shimmery White Cardstock Stazon Ink for the flower and bee. I used the fine tip brush from the Water Painters to colour in the images. The water colour wash background is Daffodil Delight and I like to use the large flat brush tip for a quick block of colour.

The sentiment is from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set, I've heat embossed it using Versamark, Basic Black Cardstock, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Orchid Oasis comes in a variety of Stampin' Up! products and I really like it in the Baker's Twine and Matte Decorative Dots. 

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.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI127 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 22nd August 2022.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI127 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini Catalogue, July-August 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.

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

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Creation Station Blog Hop - Embossing

 

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 Sara Nell Langland or you may of 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 to hop around....

The design team at Creation Station are presenting their projects with the theme "Anything Embossing" which can be heat or dry embossing which I've done both and I'll have a few tips and tricks to show you. 

I think heat embossing is amazing! It really gives you the wow factor for your paper craft. I just love it! I especially love White Stampin' Emboss Powder on Basic Black Cardstock it really makes the sentiments pop. Dry embossing is great for when you want texture added for your projects.

Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971)

My favourite tool would have to be the new Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971) you can find it on page 49 of the Stampin' Up! Mini July - Dec 2022 Catalogue. It comes with Embossing Buddy, Powder Pal, Crafting Tweezers great for holding tiny pieces of cardstock and Crafting Brush. The tray keeps your work space clean and tidy and the loose embossing powder can be placed back into the jar.

Kindest Gnomes Bundle (159626)

The Kindest Gnomes stamp set and Gnomes Dies are my favourite at the moment, they are perfect for a wintery snow scene and for Christmas. They are just so cute! Here I've used the stamp set and dies for all three cards. You can find the bundle on page 43 of the Stampin' Up! Mini July - Dec 2022 Catalogue. 

Dry Emboss Christmas Card

I've created a whimsical Christmas village using the Charming Landscapes Embossing Fold and Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. 

I used a whole sheet of watercolor paper for two projects, first I added lots of water using the Stampin' Spritzer and then I added ink in the following colours Orchid Oasis, Pale Papaya and Polished Pink. I like to use the Heat Tool to create interesting movement with the ink and sometimes I would add more ink and water. Once it's completely dry, I'll emboss it with the embossing folder.

The Orchid Oasis background panel is dry embossed using Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and I also added Orchid Oasis Ink with the Blending Brush for more depth.

The sentiment is from the Kindest Gnomes Stamp Set and is heat set. First use the Embossing Buddy to remove any static from the Cardstock then stamp your image using Versamark ink, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder, remove any excess by tapping the back of the Cardstock and very carefully use the brush to remove any unwanted powder. 

The Stampin' Up! Heat Tool has two settings and I usually always use the higher setting to heat the powder.

Christmas Greetings Sliver Emboss with White Craft Ink

I've used the other half of the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper for my next card and dry embossed it using the snowy mountain tops embossing folder from the Charming Landscapes Embossing Folder. 

Here I've used the Paper Snips and roughed up the edges with the blade. Then embossed the edges with a Sponge Dauber, White Craft Ink, Sliver Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Craft ink holds the powder better and thicker.

I also did this with the Gnomes beard and toadstools, but this time I used the fine Water Painter Brush and make sure the brush tip is dry. I like to add the White Craft Ink onto the Clear Block and use as a palette. 

One of my favourite embossing folders would have to be Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder, I just love the texture and I usually rough up the edges with the Paper Snips.

The sentiment is from Trees for Sale Stamp Set (159785), heat embossed again using White Emboss Powder on Basic Black Cardstock. 

Emboss Resist You Light up the Season Card

Emboss resist is always a fun way to use White Emboss Powder and heat set over blended coloured Cardstock. 

This was a last minute creation as I wanted to use this technique by using the trees from the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and Saleabration item Tree Lot Dies (159938). 

Using Basic White Cardstock I lightly applied Pale Papaya ink with the Blending Brush, then Polished Pink and Orchid Oasis. Stamping three of the different size trees, snow flakes in Versamark ink onto the cardstock add White Stampin' Emboss Powder, heat set with the Heat Tool. 

For extra dimension, I embossed the larger tree stamp on Basic White Cardstock and lightly added Orchid Oasis ink with the Blending Brush and die-cut out using Tree Lot Dies.

The sentiment is from Trees for Sale Stamp Set (159785), heat embossed again using White Emboss Powder on Basic Black Cardstock. 

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 to Mikaela Titheridge for lots of inspiration using embossing.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and the July-Dec 2022 Mini Catalogue, July-August 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.

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

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher