Week 18 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase Gorgeous Grape

Hello and welcome to Week 18 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. 

This week we are featuring Gorgeous Grape in our projects and it's such a gorgeous colour! Gorgeous Grape is part of the Brights Collection and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, DSP and more. 

For my project I've used the Forever Fern Bundle, Gold Foil and the Gold Hoop Embellishment. They all add an interesting look to the card. 

The other main feature is the boldness of the water colour stripes using Gorgeous Grape Ink, the large flat brush and Shimmery White Cardstock. It's all free hand and using Grid Paper as a guide for straight lines. I've made some of the lines a littler softer shade of Gorgeous Grape.

I've used the combination of Gorgeous Grape and Just Jade Ink for the stamped images from the Forever Fern Stamp Set. The images are then die cut out using the Forever Flourishing Dies.

The Gold Foil is perfect little addition to the arrangement to the Gold Hoop and foliage. I just love all of the tiny little details this bundle can give you. 

The layers of Cardstock are Gorgeous Grape for the card base and a panel in Gold Foil. I like to die cut out some of the images from the Gold Foil panel, before layering the Shimmery White Cardstock on top.

The sentiment is from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and inked up in Gorgeous Grape onto a scrap piece of Whisper White. The finale touch, I added Rich Razzleberry Artistry Blooms Sequins to my project.

Thank you for visiting my blog with the Colour Creations Weekly Showcase and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects.

Click on the link here to see Cathy's and all of the other participants names for Gorgeous Grape creations.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase September - Masculine

Hello and welcome,

Today the Art With Heart Team will be showcasing their projects for the month of September and the theme is Masculine. Stampin' Up! have a range of products including Stamp Sets, with coordinating Dies, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments, Ribbon and Embossing Folders. 

For my project I've used the Forever Fern Bundle, Tasteful Textile and Subtle 3D Embossing Folders. The colour combination is two of the In Colors 2020 - 2022 Misty Moonlight & Cinnamon Cider and In Color 2019 - 2021 Seaside Spray. I love this colour combination and it's perfect for a Masculine card.

Starting off with Misty Moonlight card base, adding a layer of Cinnamon Cider embossed using Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder and sponge coordinating ink at the corners with a Sponge Dauber.

The wide strip of Misty Moonlight Cardstock is embossed using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and sponged Misty Moonlight Ink with a Sponge Dauber.

The stamped images from the Forever Fern Stamp Set are in Cinnamon Cider Ink & Cardstock, Misty Moonlight Ink & Cardstock and Misty Moonlight Ink stamped onto Seaside Spray Cardstock. Using the coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies. 

Adding to the card is the sentiment which is from Seaside Notions Stamp Set, Misty Moonlight Ribbon and a leaf wood accent from the In Good Taste Elements.

Now it's time to visit Rachel Woolard's blog and the rest of the participants for this month's Creative Showcase. 

Need a catalogue? Please send me a message here. 

Happy crafting 

Vicki Boucher

Global Design Project #GDP253 Colour Challenge

 Hello and welcome,

Today I've decided to enter into the latest Global Design Project #GDP253 which is a colour challenge and  for my project I've used the Forever Fern Bundle. Which is really getting a workout this past week with all of my blogs. 

The challenge colours are happy and summery! Even though it's winter in Melbourne, Australia this past week has been a little warmer than usual which is nice for a change.

I think the foliage from the Forever Fern Stamp Set looks so beautiful in any of the Stampin' Up! Colours. The hardest part was to choose which colour for which stamp! I really love Calypso Coral for the main focal point of the card.

The greeting is from the Beautiful Autumn Stamp Set which is from the August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue. I've layered the strip of Whisper White over a strip of Calypso Coral Cardstock.

I've lightly sponged Granny Apple Green Ink with a Sponge Dauber onto the panel of Whisper White Cardstock and then adding all of the elements to my card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #83 - Forever Fern

Hello and welcome,

It's time for another Colour INKspiration Challenge #83 and this gorgeous picture was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member Nikki Spencer.

As well as the chosen colour combination for #CI83 are Bumblebee, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White and Basic Black, you may also include Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory' and 'Bronze' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all of the colour palette, feel free to use the closest Stampin' Up! substitute (ie: Crushed Curry instead of Bumblebee you.. get the drift).

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 specifically for this challenge.

#CI83 will run for almost TWO weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on Monday August 24th.

For my card I've used the Forever Fern Bundle and including those gorgeous Gold Hoop Embellishments. I'm just loving those Hoops so much! 

I've also used the medium Daisy Punch, punched out three times in Whisper White Cardstock, sponged Bumblebee Ink with a Sponge Dauber and added tiny dots for the center of the Daisy using the Stampin' Write Marker.

The challenge colours for the foliage remind me of the Australian Native Bush, like the Australian Wattle Tree. I've added one of the wooden leaves from the In Good Taste Elements. Giving the card a natural earthy look about it. 

Before layering all of the elements to the card, I've placed the panel of Whisper White Cardstock to the panel of Basic Black Cardstock and then adding the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon to the two panels. Once everything was added, I've used thick Whisper White Cardstock for the card base.

The sentiment is from the Best Year Stamp Set which is from the Annual Stampin' Up! 2020 - 2021 Catalogue and can be found on page 133. I really love the two different fonts in the text.

Well I hope I've inspired you to come and join in on the #CI83 challenge. Here's the link to our Colour INKspiration Challenges Facebook Group. Not a member? All you need to do is answer the three questions and we will accept you into the group.

Hope to see you there.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher 

Week 11 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase - Coastal Cabana

Hello and welcome to Week 11 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. 

This week we are featuring Coastal Cabana in our projects. Coastal Cabana is part of the Brights Collection and this beautiful colour recently came back to Stampin' Up! a few years ago. Coastal Cabana comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, DSP, Ribbon and more. 

Today's card I've used the Forever Fern Bundle which is on page 110 of the Stampin' Up! 2020 - 2021 Annual Catalogue. I recently purchased this bundle and I'm so glad I did! I wanted to try out the Forever Fern Stamp Set in Coastal Cabana and Magenta Madness inked up and stamped onto Whisper White Cardstock. The coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies, die cut the stamped images out and I've also used Gold Foil for the foliage.

Also from the Forever Greenery Suite is the Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty Paper, which you receive precut card fronts and greenery accents. One side is Gold Foil and the other is Whisper White. This makes card making quick and easy while adding beautiful accents to your projects. 

Before adding all of the pieces to my card I embossed using the Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder with a panel of Whisper White Cardstock. I really love it in embossed in white.

I've added the Gold Hoop Embellishment as the starting point to my card and then I played around with different accents, stamped images and dies before I was happy with the layout.

The sentiment is from the Fancy Phrases Stamp Set which sits nicely in the arrangement of foliage.  

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 Coastal Cabana Make sure you come back next week to see the colour Crumb Cake 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