Kylie's International Blog Highlight March 2020

Hello and welcome,


Today, I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlights with the theme “Thank you”. I’ve entered my card in this month’s challenge and the top 10 winners get to participate later this month in an International Blog Hop. I would really love it if you would take a moment and vote for my card. The link is here or at the end of this blog. Thank you so much!

The colours of the card are very similar to a shaker card that I made recently. I just love the bright colours and water colouring is such a fun technique.

I started off with a panel of Shimmery White Cardstock and randomly adding ink to the Cardstock. I’ve used Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss. All of the colours have been watered down. Once the water colour was completely dried, I then stamped the splatter stamp from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and used Stazon Ink. The panel was layered over the card base of Basic Black.

I’ve also used the Painted Labels Dies for the card, using scraps of Basic Black Cardstock, I’ve used the swirly circle die and placed it under the Poppies. The other die cut piece is used under the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Label Me Bold Stamp Set.

The Poppies are stamped in Stazon Ink onto Shimmery White Cardstock and I’ve used the same colours as I had used for the water colour background. Starting from the centre with the darker colours and working my way out until finished. I like to add a bit more colour if needed. 

The sweet little black flower-shaped sequins are from the Peaceful Poppies Sequins they also come in round, in the following colours - Gold, dark Poppy Parade, light Poppy Parade and clear. 

The layout for my card was cased from the card on page 4 of the 2020 Mini Catalogue. I really liked how the Poppies are layered over the black cardstock. 

I do like the mix of bright colours against the black stamped images and the Cardstock. What do you think?

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

The above photo is the one to look out for and you can vote for my card by clicking here.

All of the Stampin’ Up! products that I’ve used today, can be purchased from my Online Store.  

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

If you would like to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration click here

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the new 2020 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalogue out to you. Just send me a message with your details here.

To shop with me please click here to visit my Online Store to purchase Stampin' Up! products.

Product List

Stamp Set: Painted Poppies and Label Me Bold
Dies: Painted Labels
Ink: Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss
Cardstock: Shimmery White, Whisper White and Basic Black
Other Stampin’ Up! products: Aqua Painter, Peaceful Poppies Sequins and Stazon

Kylie's International Blog Highlight February 2020

Hello and welcome,



Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlights with the theme “Thank you”. I have so much to be thankful for as it’s my birthday in a couple of days and I have been receiving some amazing cards in the mail from other crafters. It’s the best feeling going to your letter box and to find a handmade card in the mail. I have been busy creating thank you cards and I wanted to share this card with you. 

Myself and other crafters around the world have entered for the month of February and you can vote for my card. The top ten winners will get to be part of an international blog hop later this month, so please vote for my card. You can do this by clicking on the link here  http://bit.ly/KyliesInternationalHighlightsFeb2020VoteForMeHere or at the end of my blog.

The card I have created is an elegant Parisian style card with the Eiffel Tower and coordinating products from the Mini Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. Petal Pink, Champagne and Cherry Cobbler are the colours for the card. The Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper has soft, beautiful patterns with Champagne foil accents on some of the designs.

I’ve added the glossy Petal Pink ¼” Champagne metallic-edge ribbon over the DSP.

There are 6 dies from the Parisian Dies set, I have used the Merci (which means Thank You in French), the Eiffel Tower (how gorgeous is the detail) and a delicate swirl die. They are all in Cherry Cobbler Cardstock with heat embossed in Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder to give the dies some added shine.


Thank you for visiting my blog today.

You can vote for my card by clicking here.


Happy Crafting



Vicki Boucher

If you would like to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration click here

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the new 2020 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalogue out to you. Just send me a message with your details here.

To shop with me please click here to visit my Online Store to purchase Stampin' Up! products.

Product List

Dies: Parisian Dies

Cardstock/Paper: Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler and Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP

Ribbon: Petal Pink ¼” Metallic-Edge Ribbon

Tools: Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Versamark Ink

Kylie's International Blog Highlights January 2020

Hello and welcome,

Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlights with the theme “Thank you” and I’ve used brand new products from the new Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalogue 2020.  

To vote for my card please click here or at the end of my blog.

Thank you is such a powerful word, I think everyone should receive a “Thank you” card and this card will be going to someone special.

The card is based on a card swap that I’ve participated with my fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and I really liked the card layout by Michele Taylor (she created a card using the Dressed to Impress Bundle). I liked her layout, so I cased it but using the Painted Poppies Stamp set and Peaceful Poppies DSP. Once you have the layout for a card, I think anything is possible when it comes to creating a project.

I just love the Peaceful Poppies DSP combined with the Lily Impressions DSP (which is a Free Saleabration item) the pink in the paper just pops so well together. Lovely Lipstick is such a wow colour to use! 

I’ve used Lovely Lipstick for the card base, followed by the next layer but first running it through with the Subtle Embossing Folder just to give it some texture and I added a strip of Peaceful Poppies DSP.

There are some gorgeous stamps in the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and I’ve chosen the stamp with all of the gathered Poppies. I’ve stamped the image using Jet Black Stazon Ink onto the Lily Impressions DSP and die cut out using the 4.5cm x 8cm Stitched Rectangle Die.

As I had the Jet Black Stazon Ink out and the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. I decided to stamp the single Poppy image onto a scrap of Shimmery White Cardstock and do a little water colouring with my Aqua Painter & Lovely Lipstick Ink. Once dried, I then fussy cut around the Poppy image. 

The stamped embossed image is from the Love What You Do Stamp Set which is from the Stampin’ Up! 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue. I used a piece of Basic Black scrap, rubbed over with Embossing Buddy, stamped the image in Versamark Ink, sprinkled White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then I’ve fussy cut the image out. 

Once I’ve layered all of the pieces of paper, water coloured Poppie and sentiment to the card. I wanted to add some Embellishments, so I’ve used the beautiful From My Heart Faceted Gems, five is a good number and it just gives you some sparkle to the card. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Voting for my card is easy, just by clicking here and then chose my card.

Happy Crafting 

Vicki Boucher

If you would like to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration click here

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the new 2020 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalogue out to you. Just send me a message with your details here.

To shop with me please click here to visit my Online Store to purchase Stampin' Up! products.

Product List:

Stamps: Painted Poppies and Love What You Do

Dies: Stitched Rectangle Dies

Papers: Peaceful Poppies DSP, Lily Impressions DSP, Lovely Lipstick Cardstock, Basic Black Cardstock and Shimmery White Cardstock

Ink: Lovely Lipstick

Colouring Tools: Jet Black Stazon, Embossing Buddy, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Versamark, Heat Tool and Aqua Painter

Embelishments: From My Heart Faceted Gems

Kylie's International Blog Highlights September 2019 Thinking Of You Card

Today I am participating in Kylie’s International Blog Highlights. The theme for this hop is Encouragement and to vote for my card by clicking on the link below.

Kylie's International Blog Highlights September - vote here

The card that I’ve created is for a customer who has placed an order with my hubby's company which is a hamper business called YV Hampers (Facebook Page). I make the cards for the hampers, we source produce from the Yarra Valley, Victoria and sell as Gourmet Premium Hampers. 

The request was for a “Thinking of you” masculine card, so I had chosen the Rooted In Nature Stamp Set and Nature’s Roots Dies this suits both feminine and masculine cards. The following colours are Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.

The card base is Pretty Peacock stamped with the leaf stamp in the same colour and the gorgeous gingham DSP also in Pretty Peacock.

The next layer is Crumb Cake Cardstock stamped with the coordinating Ink using the Rooted In Nature leaf stamps. The Subtle 3D Embossing Folder creates a subtle impression onto paper giving it a unique effect. To give the piece of Subtle Cardstock an old look I’ve used my Paper Snips, ran the edges with the blade and then sponged Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Ink.  

The Crumb Cake tree trunk also has been sponged with both Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Inks. I like to add copper to the trio of colours using Copper Stampin’ Embossing Powder and Copper Trim which is a loose weave metallic trim. 

The Linen Thread has been coloured in using the Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend this gave the Thread a darker look against the Crumb Cake Cardstock.

I added three Pretty Peacock textured leaves sponged also in the same coordinating Ink. The greeting Thinking of You has been stamped in Early Espresso Ink on Crumb Cake Cardstock and fussy cut out with the Paper Snips.

When layering up my cards I always like to add layers with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.

Voting for my card is easy, just by clicking on the Vote For Me image and chose my card.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

If you would like to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration click here

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the new 2019 Holiday Catalogue out to you. Just send me a message here with your details here.

To shop with me please click here to visit my Online Store to purchase Stampin' Up! products.

Product List:

Stamps: Rooted In Nature

Dies: Nature’s Roots

Embossing Folder: Subtle 3D

Inks: Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Cardstock: Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and 2019-2021 In Color 6”x6” Designer Series Paper

Colouring Tools: Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend, Versamark, Sponge Dauber, Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy and Heat Tool

Ribbon: Copper Trim and Linen Thread

International Highlights Winners Blog Hop August 2019

Hello and welcome,

I have some exciting news to tell you! Just a few weeks ago I shared a card that I created for Kylie’s International Highlights and I was lucky to be in the Top Ten. Thank you to everyone who voted for me.

There is a link at the bottom of this blog to view all of the other winners. I just know you’ll want to see what they’ve been creating too.

Now for my card that I’ve created. I just love the Daisy Lane Bundle and I wanted to make a card using Rococo Rose which is one of the new In-colors and Blushing Bride. I love adding a few layers when creating my card and I think I’ve achieved that too.

The Daisy has been created by using a piece of the Fluid 100 Water Color Paper it's nice and thick for watercolouring. I've inked it up using my Aqua Painter with Rococo Rose and Blushing Bride ink. Once the ink had dried up, I punched out the Daisies using both Daisy Punches, two times each. To give each of the Daisy Petals some added colour, I’ve inked up a Sponge Dauber with Rococo Rose and lightly sponged the tips of the petals. The gold leaf has been gold embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool, then fussy cut out.

I’ve used the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder on a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock, I wanted a subtle look by adding Rococo Rose ink with the Aqua Painter and Die cut out the Cardstock with the 3^rd largest Stitched Rectangles Die. I just love the detail of the stitching it just gives that little bit extra to a card.

The next layer is a piece of Blushing Bride Cardstock and the Birch Stamp which I stamped off once in Blushing Bride Ink before stamping onto the Cardstock. I used the 2^nd largest Stitched Rectangles Die for this piece.

The third layer that I’ve used is Whisper White Cardstock and I've embossed it with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. To give the edges a vintage look I used the blade of my Paper Snips and roughly ran it along the edge of the Cardstock. Then I sponged Rococo Rose ink around the edges with the Sponge Dauber. I just love this look, do you?

I like to make the pieces of Cardstock layered on an angle, so you can see the different layers and textures of the card. The Daisy has been placed over the gold leaf and adding some bling to my card by placing a Gold Faceted Gem for the centre.

To finish off the card I wanted to add the beautiful Rococo Rose 1/2” Gathered Ribbon and I've layered it under the sentiment. The Gold Embossed sentiment is from the Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you enjoy the International Blog Hop.

Until next time....

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Live in Australia? I would be happy to send you a current Stampin' Up! Catalogue out to you. Please send me a message for more information.

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

Product List

Stamps: Daisy Lane, Birch and Magnolia Blooms
Dies: Stitched Rectangles
Punches: Daisy and Medium Daisy
Embossing Folders: Subtle 3D and Scripty 3D
Inks: Rococo Rose and Blushing Bride
Cardstock: Rococo Rose, Blushing Bride, Fluid 100 Water Color Paper, Shimmery White and Whisper White
Colouring Tools: Aqua Painter, Versamark, Sponge Dauber, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool and Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
Stampin' Up! Other Products: 1/2" Rococo Rose Gathered Ribbon, Gold Faceted Gems, Tear and Tape and Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Dimensionals
Retired Products: Big Shot

Kylie's International Blog Highlights August 2019

Today I am participating in Kylie’s International Blog Highlights. This is my first time in taking part, so I’m supper excited about sharing my card with you.

The theme we are doing for this hop is Encouragement and I would love it if you could vote for my card by clicking on the link below. 

http://bit.ly/kyliesinternationalhighlightsAugust2019Votefo…

For my card I wanted the vintage look with lots of layers, sponging and stamping. I’ve used Whisper White Cardstock and Sahara Sand Ink. 

I started off by using the Heirloom Frames Dies and 3D Embossing Folder the detail of the embossing is amazing. I've used a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to die cut and embossed.  Then with Sponge Dauber I've lightly sponged the Ink on the embossed Cardstock. The Woven Threads Trim is so beautiful and it's been layered with just scalloped edging peaking under the embossed Frame. 

To give the piece of Subtle Cardstock an old look I’ve used my Paper Snips, ran the edges with the blade and then sponged it with ink. 

The card features two Stamp Sets which have been used a lot by me in my cards over the last couple of weeks. They are in current 2019-2020 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue - Fanciful Fragrance and Very Versailles which has the most beautiful leaf stamp. I love it so much that I’ve created my own Designer Series Paper by randomly stamping the leaf stamp on a piece of Cardstock.

To finish off the card I’ve used the Linen Thread which was made into a bow. Have you seen the Bird Ballad Trinkets? They are so very vintage and cute! I’ve used the key, but they also come in a bow, leaf and flower.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.

Voting for my card is easy, just by clicking on the link and chose my card.

http://bit.ly/kyliesinternationalhighlightsAugust2019Votefo…

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

If you would like to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration click here Vicki Boucher.

Product list:

Stamps: Fanciful Fragrance and Very Versailles

Ink: Sahara Sand

Cardstock: Whisper White

Embossing Folder: Subtle, Scripty and Heirlooms Frames Embossing 3D Folder

Dies: Heirloom Frames Dies

Trim: Woven Threads Trim and Linen Thread

Stampin’ Up! Supplies: Bird Ballad Trinkets, Sponge Dauber, Mutipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Paper Snips and Stampin’ Dimensionals