Just Add Ink #520 Guys

Hello and welcome,

September has arrived and it's almost Father's Day which is the first Sunday of the month of September in Australia. I've been busy making cards & gift tags for our little hamper business at YV Hampers and I wanted to make a card for the latest challenge at Just Add Ink the theme being "Guys".

I've used the Rooted In Nature Stamp Set and Nature's Roots Dies which is perfect for this challenge. I've stamped the images in Gray Granite Ink on Whisper White Cardstock and die cut them out.

The In Good Taste Designer Series Paper has a variety of masculine images and visual textures which works well for my "Guy" project. I've embossed the panels using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and curled the corners of the DSP.

The card base is Gray Granite Cardstock and it's embossed using the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder.

To finish off the card I've used the Best Year Stamp Set which has all sorts of greetings for your projects and Happy Father's Day! stamped in Gray Granite finished the card off nicely. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Make sure you check out all of the amazing projects at Just Add Ink, they always have lot's of inspiration to share with you!

Happy crafting

Vicki Boucher

Week 7 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase Cajun Craze

Hello and welcome to Week 7 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 Cajun Craze, which is a colour I don't normally use, but I wanted to challenge myself by using this colour. I hope we will inspire you with our projects using Cajun Craze.

Cajun Craze is from the Regals Colour Collection and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends, DSP and more. 

The two masculine projects that I have made is a card and gift tag, using the colours Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Cinnamon Cider. I think these colours go well together.

I started with the card first by creating the feathers using Watercolor Paper, Water Painters applying a mix of ink using Cajun Craze and Cinnamon Cider. Once the ink was dry, I then stamped the feather stamp from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set, stamped it in Cinnamon Cider and fussy cut the images out. 

The tree stump stamp is from the Rooted In Nature Stamp Set, stamped in Early Espresso onto Early Espresso Cardstock and fussy cut the image out. I've sponged some Cajun Craze Ink onto the pressed wood leaf element which gives a different look and colour to the leaf.

Using a panel of Crumb Cake Cardstock, I've embossed it with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder, using Crumb Cake Ink I've sponged ink onto the wood panel with the Stamping Sponges. By doing this it gives you a more defined look on your Cardstock and you can see the wooded texture. 

I wanted the tree stump, feathers and wood element to be layered onto a strip of Cajun Craze Cardstock. Before adding all of the elements, I've randomly stamped the feather stamp in Cajun Craze Ink onto Cajun Craze Cardstock. I've wrapped the Linen Thread around the panel to give it some added texture and then I added all of the different elements. 

The final addition is the sentiment, I've used the greeting from the Rooted In Nature Stamp Set, stamped it in Early Espresso Ink onto Crumb Cake Cardstock, die cut the image out using the stitched Tasteful Labels Dies. The card base is half a sheet of the Cajun Craze Cardstock.

For the gift tag, I've used Cajun Craze Cardstock for the base, punched it using the Scalloped Tag Topper and layered a piece of the embossed Pinewood Planks in Crumb Cake Cardstock. The feather is stamped in Cajun Craze Ink onto Cajun Craze Cardstock and fussy cut out. I've added a little of Cinnamon Cider Ink onto the pressed wood leaf element and the greeting is stamped in Cinnamon Cider onto Crumb Cake Cardstock. Then die cut out using the Tasteful Labels Dies.

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 Cajun Craze. Make sure you come back next week to see the colour Calypso Coral 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

Product List

Ink: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Cinnamon Cider

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

Stamps: Rooted In Nature and Tasteful Touches

Dies: Tasteful Labels

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder

Punches: Delightful Tag Topper

Colouring Tools: Stamping Sponges and Water Painters

Other Stampin' Up! products: Linen Thread, Cinnamon Cider Ribbon and In Good Taste Elements 

#TGIFC236 Color Challenge

Hello and welcome,


Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for the TGIF Challenges and it’s a color challenge. I just love to do a challenge when I can.

The latest challenge is #TGIFC236 using the following colors Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso and Calypso Coral. These colors remind me of the Autumn season but they also can be masculine colors too. That’s why I’ve created this card for my Father In-law, his birthday is coming up later in November and I just love the combination of this color palette.

If you’ve been following my creations for a while you may of seen my hubby’s birthday card that I created back in May for his birthday. Well I just love the layout so much that I wanted to create a similar card for his Father. The Rooted In Nature Stamp Set and coordinating Nature’s Roots Dies from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue are just perfect for a masculine card.

I started off with the card base in Early Espresso, added a layer of Calypso Coral and Early Espresso for the card front. Before layering the two pieces of Cardstock, I ran my Paper Snips along the edge and curled the corners with my Bone Folder to give the card an old look. I also stamped the leaf image onto the Early Espresso Cardstock.

I used a piece of Calypso Coral Cardstock and ran it through the Die Cutting Machine with the Corrugated Embossing Folder. To give the corrugated some depth, I lightly ran the Calypso Coral Ink pad over the Cardstock. What do you think of this technique? 

The leaves have been stamped in Pear Pizzazz Ink onto Pear Pizzaz Cardstock and I also repeated this with the Calypso Coral leaves. Once the leaves have been die cut out, I then used a Sponge Dauber in the same coordinating color and sponged ink around the edge of the leaves. 


To give the card some shine I’ve used the gorgeous Celestial Copper Ink, stamped the smaller leaf image onto Early Espresso Cardstock and die cut the images out.

I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso Ink onto a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock, die cut out with the Stitched Nested Labels one of the smaller dies. Sponged Early Espresso Ink with the Sponge Dauber and lightly sponged around the edge of the Cardstock.


To finish off the card I tied a small double bow using Line Thread which coordinates well with these colors.


Thank you for visiting my blog today. To see the other amazing creations from the TGIF Challenge team pleaseclick on the link here.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher  

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.

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Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

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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

Stampin' Up! Rooted In Nature Birthday Card

Hello and welcome,

Today I wanted to share with you a card that I created for my hubby’s birthday. Blue is a colour that he likes and I wanted to use one of the New In-Colors for 2019-2021 called Seaside Spray which is available next month.

The card was cased from Connie Collins who was an Artisan in 2018 and she created a similar card using the colour Soft Suede. I’ve seen it pop up on Pinterest many times.

I used Night of Navy Cardstock and ran a piece through the Big Shot with the Corrugated Embossing Folder. I wanted to highlight the corrugated look with some Copper Embossing Powder, so I lightly sprinkled it on and heat embossed.

The larger leaves were stamped in Seaside Spray and Night of Navy. I then used a Sponge Dauber in theses colours for different shades on the leaves. 

The greeting I’ve used is one of the sentiments from the stamp set Picture Perfect Birthday. I stamped the image with VersaMark Ink and used Copper Embossing Powder. I’ve used a new Die which is available next month called Stitched Nested Labels and I’ve sponged the edges in Seaside Spray with a Sponge Dauber.

To finish off the card I used the Copper Trim which can be stretched to make the trim wide. I love this effect. The fine Copper Metallic Thread was wrapped around my hand and placed down before adding the greeting.

Hope you liked my card and thank you for visiting my blog.

Product List

Stamps: Rooted In Nature and Picture Perfect Birthday

Dies: Stitched Nested Labels

Cardstock: Night Of Navy and Seaside Spray

Ink: Night Of Navy, Seaside Spray, Versamark Ink

Tools and Accessories: Big Shot, Sponge Daubers, Corrugated Embossing Folder, Copper Trim, Metallic Thread in Copper, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Nature’s Roots Dies