Creation Station Blog Hop "Put A Ring On It"

Hello and welcome,

I am so excited to be part of this amazing group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who all blog hop at the Creation Station Design Team. The hop is always the first Sunday of every month we have a different theme to create something special. If you’ve started here with me make sure you hop all the through to see Dena Rekow’s amazing creation.

Today’s theme we are going all out “Put a Ring on It” which means creating a Belly Band for cards, boxes, or anything you can think of. I’ve chosen to do a Mini Fold Out Christmas Gift with slide out Gift Tag and Bookmark, plus an area to write a special message.

Have you seen the gorgeous Feels Like Frost DSP? It’s in the current 2019 Holiday Catalogue and it’s just so stunning. There is photographic imagery on one side, hand drawn designs with silver foil on the other side. I just love the colours in the DSP which I’ve used Night of Navy, Seaside Spray, Silver and Whisper White.

The Belly Band has so many layers starting with the strip of Night of Navy Cardstock, I’ve spritzed it with Frost White Shimmer Paint and Rubbing Alcohol combined together in a Stampin’ Spritzer. I’ve used   Feels Like Frost DSP in the band to coordinate with the Mini Fold Out Gift holder.

I’ve added three different types of Ribbon together, Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon, Whisper White Polka Dot, Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon and wrapping them around the Belly Band. This gives an added soft texture to the Belly Band and I'm happy how I’ve tied the ribbon in a knot.  

The layer of Night of Navy Corrugated Embossed Cardstock has so many elements to it. I’ve used Silver Emboss Powder by lightly placing Versamark Ink Pad in random places on the Embossed Cardstock and sprinkling the Silver Emboss Powder. If I find there’s too much powder, I lightly brush it off before heat setting with the Heat Tool. I wanted to add some more sparkle and go all out with the Shimmery Crystal Effects and Ice Stampin’ Glitter. 

My next layer I’ve used the Beautiful Boughs Dies using the medium size branch die with Whisper White Cardstock and adding Shimmery Crystal Effects with Stampin’ Glitter.

To finish off the Belly Band I’ve placed the Silver Foil die cut image of the deer from the Detailed Deer Dies and Silver Foil Snow Flakes from the Christmas Layers Dies. In each center of the Snow Flakes I’ve added a Clear Epoxy Droplets. The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, heat set on Night of Navy Cardstock and fussy cut out.

The Belly Band fits nicely over the Mini Fold Out Christmas Gift I found it easier to wrap the band around before sealing it with Tear and Tape. I think this gift would be lovely idea as a teacher’s Thank You gift for my daughter’s teacher. What do you think?

All of the Stampin’ Up! products I’ve used will be at the bottom of this blog and are available at my online store. 

Now it's time to head over to Kathy Brown Kartak on the Design Team and to see her creation.

Be sure to visit everyone’s blog and I’m sure you’ll be inspired to create a Belly Band for someone special too!

Thank you for stopping by!

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.

Product List
Paper/Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Silver Foil and Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP
Ink: Night of Navy and Seaside Spray
Stamps: Still Scenes, So Many Stars and Itty Bitty Christmas
Dies: Snow Globe Scenes, Beautiful Boughs, Christmas Layers and Detailed Deer
Punches: Delightful Tag Topper
Embossing Folder: Corrugated 3D
Embellishments: Clear Epoxy Droplets
Ribbon: Seaside Spray ¼” Metallic Ribbon, Whisper White 5/8” Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and Silver 3/8” Metallic Edge Ribbon
Colouring Tools: Stampin’ Spritzers, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Versamark, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Glitter, Embossing Buddy, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Ice Stampin’ Glitter and Shimmery Crystal Effects

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 10

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Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for the Heart of Christmas blog hop with the lovely ladies from The Art With Heart Team.

This week’s card I’ve used the Yummy Christmas Stamp Set this is such a cute set and good thing is it coordinates with the Cuckoo Clocks Dies. 

I’ve used my Stampin’ Blends in the following colours Purple Posy light & dark, Highland Heather light & dark, Seaside Spray light & dark and Color Lifter. Using the blends gives you just the right amount of colour by either using the fine tip end or brush end.

Once I had completed colouring in the house, trees, holly and die cut out the images. I then applied Shimmery Crystal Effects to parts of each die cut image and sprinkled Ice Stampin’ Glitter. The glitter gives you an icy snow look for your creation and some added sparkle.

The card base is the beautiful Purple Posy, layered with Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP. I’ve used the side with the Silver Foil and white dots which looks like snow falling. The greeting is from So Many Stars Stamp Set and I’ve stamped on a piece of Basic Black Cardstock, Versamark Ink, applied White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then fussy cut out around the greeting with my paper snips.



This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Claire Daly to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.



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:


Stamp Sets: Yummy Christmas and So Many Stars

Dies: Cuckoo Clock Dies

Papers: Purple Posy Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Basic Black Cardstock and Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP

Colouring Tools: Stampin’ Blends – Purple Posy light & dark, Highland Heather light & dark, Seaside Spray light & dark and Color Lifter. White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Versamark Ink, Embossing Buddy and Heat Tool.

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Ice Stampin’ Glitter and Shimmery Crystal Effects.

Other Products: Die cutting machine.

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 8

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Tonight I will be hoping along with the ladies from the Art With Team and we are showcasing Christmas products. It’s week 8 and I recently received the beautiful So Many Stars Bundle and the Beautiful Boughs Dies in the mail which I have used for my card.

Beautiful Boughs Dies

So Many Stars Bundle

There are 23 gorgeous dies in the Stitched Stars Dies, I’ve only used a few of them in Night of Navy and Seaside Spray Cardstock. I wanted them to sparkle so I added Shimmery Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter. 

The JOY image is White Heat Embossed on Night of Navy Cardstock, die cut out with the smaller frame from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. I’ve used a piece of DSP from the stunning Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP and die cut with the larger frame also from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. 

Underneath all of the dies, I’ve used the Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder, embossed with a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and layered over the base of Thick Whisper White Cardstock.

This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by the lovely Tina Gillespie to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.



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 contact me here.

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 1

Hello and welcome,

I’m so excited to be sharing with you a new blog hop run by Claire Daly and the ladies from Art With Heart Team. We will be running weekly blog hop on Wednesday night's with a Christmas theme from the new Holiday Catalogue 2019. 

Thank you so much Claire for organizing the Heart of Christmas 2019 Blog Hop. 

Tonight’s card that I have created is using the gorgeous Feels Like Frost 6x6 Specialty Designer Series Paper, beautiful photographic imagery on one side, hand drawn designs with silver foil on the other. 48 sheets: 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. I really like the blues in the DSP, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Seaside Spray and I wanted to create a card using these colours with Whisper White.

I’ve used the rectangle from the Heirloom Frames Die and Embossing Folder, with a Sponge Dauber I’ve lightly covered the frame with Frost White Shimmer Paint and layered the piece over the DSP.

The Stamp Set I’ve used is Perfectly Plaid which comes in a bundle with the Pine Tree Punch and you can save 10% when purchased together. The Christmas tree and sentiment has been stamped onto Seaside Spray Cardstock and I used White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set the images with the Heat Tool.

The white snow flakes are from the Christmas Layers Dies which come in a bundle with Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set another great purchase as it’s 10% saving. I ran the Snowflake Die through the Big Shot with a scrap of Whisper White Cardstock and with my snips I snipped some of the snowflakes apart.

To finish off the card I’ve placed the DSP onto the base of Thick Whisper White Cardstock and I placed Dimensionals under the rectangle Heirloom Frame to give the card some depth. 

You can see the rest of this week’s Christmas cards over at Claire Daly’s blog

I hope you liked my card and thank you for visiting my blog today.

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue out to you. 

To shop with me please click here to go to my Online Store.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Stamps: Perfectly Plaid

Punch: Pine Tree

Dies & Embossing Folder: Heirloom Frames and Christmas Layers Dies

Papers: Feels Like Frost Specialty 6x6 DSP, Whisper White and Seaside Spray Cardstock

Colouring Tools: Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Versamark, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy and White Stampin’ Emboss Powder