Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI110

  

Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI110 and this photo was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Liz Gross. It's a beautiful photo and the colours are gorgous for this latest challenge. 

The colour combination for #CI110 is Pale Papaya, Cajun Craze, Basic Black and Shaded Spruce. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, 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: Evening Evergreen instead of Shaded Spruce .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 8th November 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

I was inspired by the photo to create something to do with nature for my card. As I don't have any mushrooms in Stampin' Up! products, I deceided to use the Sparkle of the Season Stamp Set, Seasonal Swirls Dies and Timber 3D Embossing Folder for my project. All of the products are from the Stampin' Up! July to December 2021 Mini Catalogue.

Starting with the card base in Basic Black Cardstock and a panel of  Basic Black Cardstock embossed using the Timer 3D Embossing Folder.

The Seasonal Swirl Dies have three amazing wreaths to create with I used the autumn/fall wreath die in Pale Papaya Cardstock and I added Cajun Craze Ink with a Sponge Dauber. I also used Basic Black Cardstock for another wreath and layered it under the Pale Papaya wreath.

I also die cut out a number of leaves in the different challenge colours and added ink with a Sponge Dauber to the leaves. I have used Pale Papaya Cardstock for the two pumpkins, then sponged Pale Papaya and Cajun Craze Ink to the pumpkins. 

The greeting is from the Sparkle of the Season Stamp Set and is heat embossed using Versmark Ink, White Stampin Emboss Powder onto Basic Black Cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool.

I hope you can participate in this latest round and as we so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specially for this challenge.

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI110 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 8th November 2021.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI110 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge photo straight to the discussion wall and not in an album.

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

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 Catalogue and Annual Catalogue 2021 - 2022 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.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI109

 Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI109 and this photo was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Lou Kitzelman. It's a stunning photo and I love the colours for this latest challenge. 

The colour combination for #CI109 is Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Cinnamon Cider and Early Espresso. 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: Daffodil Delight instead of Crushed Curry .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 25th October 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

For my card I've created a thank you slimline card using the Celebrate Sunflowers, Quiet Meadow and Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set. I came across a beautiful Delicate Dahlias card on Pinterest by Ruth Trice - Artful Stampin. I love her creations and how she uses images of the stamps together to make a one sheet wonder and then cut into cards. I thought this colour palette was perfect for something like this.

Starting with Basic White Cardstock for the slimline panel, I started with the largest Sunflower stamp from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set and stamped the image using Crushed Curry ink. Next I used Cinnamon Cider ink for the smaller Sunflowers and Early Espresso for the leaves.

I love the stamp images from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set, I've used the larger single flower in Pool Party Ink and stamped over part of the Sunflower using the masking technique with a sticky posted note. This gives the impression of the Pool Party flower is behind the Sunflower.

Also in the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set there are two smaller flower images, I've stamped them in Pool Party, Crushed Curry and Cinnamon Cider Ink. I've used a flower image from the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set and stamped in Pool Party Ink.

As you can see there are lots of fine splatter dots on the card. To create this effect I've used the brush tip from the Stampin' Write Markers in Pool Party, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry and flick ink against the lid. I also used Cinnamon Cider in the Stampin' Blends and used the same technique.

Using the Sunflower Dies for the die-cuts, I've either used Pattern Party Designer Series Paper or coloured cardstock and added ink with the Blending Brush. The black and white gingham DSP is from the Pattern Party DSP layered under the greeting which is from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. The card base is in Crushed Curry.

I hope you can participate in this latest round and as we so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specially for this challenge.

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI109 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 25th October 2021.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI109 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge photo straight to the discussion wall and not in an album.

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

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 Catalogue and Annual Catalogue 2021 - 2022 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.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Global Design Project Sketch Challenge #GDP294

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It's been a busy week for me as our family business YV Hampers supporting small local businesses we have been delivering hampers all over Melbourne due to Lockdown 4.0. It's our second week in lockdown and everyone has been requesting hampers to be delivered, plus I just love to make cards and gift tags to go with the gift hampers. 

Today's card is a thank you card and I thought I would base it on the Global Design Project latest Sketch Challenge #GDP294. I love a sketch challenge as it makes it so much easier to create a card.

I've used the Artistically Inked Stamp Set which is part of the Expressions In Ink Suite, I just can't get enough of this Suite! I love the large artistic stamp image it creates a card in no time. Using Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather Ink I've stamped the image onto the Basic White panel a number of times.

Also stamping the same image onto the two strips of Basic White Cardstock in Highland Heather Ink. I've used the Blending Brush and applied Fresh Freesia Ink onto the artistic strips. Layering the strips with Dimensionals and then placing them onto the panel. I've used the Stampin' Blends in the same colours for a added splattered effect.

The sentiment is from Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set stamped in Versamark Ink onto Basic Black Cardstock, adding White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. 

Adding Black Baker's Twine to finish off the panel and then adhered to Fresh Freesia Cardstock for the card base.

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

If you live in Australia, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

Week 22 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase Just Jade

Hello and welcome to Week 22 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 Just Jade in our projects it's a colour I like to use with other greens and a pop of soft pinks for my projects. Just Jade is part of the 2020-2021 In Color Collections and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends and more. 

For my project I've used the Love of Leaves Bundle which just arrived in my latest Stampin' Up! order and it was perfect for what I had in mind. The Bundle is on page 49 of the Stampuin' Up! August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue and it can be purchased from my online store. 

Love of Leaves Bundle 

I've used Just Jade with Mint Macaron and Blushing Bride this colour combo is just gorgeous together. I just love the softness of the colours together.

The images are stamped in the above colours onto Whisper White Cardstock and die cut out using the Stitched Leaves Dies. I just love the detail of the dies and the watery look of the stamped images.

I've seen some amazing layouts using this bundle and I cased the layout from Cindy's card at Stampin' Through the Catalog. But this time I've switched the DSP to the bottom layer and the top layer is a water colour wash.

Layering the different leaves onto the paper and the Just Jade Gingham Ribbon. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Autumn Stamp Set stamped in Just Jade Ink. 

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 Just Jade creations.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

To visit my online store at Stampin' Up!, please click here.

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Week 20 Art With Heart Colour Creations Weekly Showcase Gray Granite

Hello and welcome to Week 20 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 Gray Granite in our projects it's a colour I like to use when creating a vintage style or masculine style in my projects. Gray Granite is part of the Neutrals Collection and comes in a range of Stampin' Up! products such as the Classic Stampin' Pad, Cardstock, DSP and more. 

Gray Granite

For my project I've used the Fancy Phrases and Free as a Bird Stamp Sets they mix well together. The images are stamped in black Stazon Ink onto Shimmery White Cardstock and water colouring both images using the Water Painters. Which I just love to use! The colours for the water colouring are Gray Granite, Rococo Rose and Balmy Blue.

Under the bird and flowers, I've used a medium size Stitched Nested Labels Die and sponged with a Dauber using Seaside Spray.

Gray Granite comes in a couple of different Designer Series Paper and I've used the Peony Garden DSP for my project. 

Peony Garden DSP

There is a DSP sale on for the month of October 2020 and customers receive 15% off a selection of DSP.  You can order as many as you like, so it's a great time to stock up on DSP from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and as well as the Mini August - December 2020 Catalogue. You can shop with me at my online store, link at the end of my blog.

I've used Gray Granite Cardstock for the card base and a panel of Whisper White to bring out the elements of white in the card. The sentiment is from the Free as a Bird Stamp Set and fussy cut out.

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 Gray Granite creations.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

To visit my online store and receive 15% discount off the Designer Series Paper, please click here.

Social Stamping - Thank You

Hello and welcome,

Today, from the Social Stampers we are sharing our creations with the theme “Thank you” for this week. "Thank you" is such a lovely gesture to send someone a card and make them feel special. 

Here’s my card that I’ve created I just love Petal Pink it’s such a pretty soft colour to use, I’ve combined it with Soft Sea Foam and Smoky Slate.

I wanted to use the large die from the Stitched Label Dies and combine the flower branch image from the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. I've stamped it in Smoky Slate Ink, coloured it in with my Stampin’ Blends using Petal Pink light & dark and Soft Sea Foam light & dark. This combination of colours is beautiful together. I also like to sponge ink onto the die cut image this gives a lovely shade of Petal Pink to my card. I placed Stampin’ Dimensionals to the die cut of the Forever Blossoms stamped image and placed onto the Stitched Label.

The sentiment is from the Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set, I just love the font for the "Thank You" and it suits the style of the card too. The cute heart from the Stitched Label Dies had to be used as well and ties in nicely.

I’ve stamped the large flower image from the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set in Petal Pink onto a sheet of Whisper White Cardstock and then ran it through the Die Cutting Machine with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.

I like to add another layer to my card so I used the gorgeous Petal Pink DSP which is from the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper. I think all of the layers work well together. What do you think?

You’ll want to see everyone’s amazing creations who have taken part in the latest Social Stamping Blog Host. You can click here to see the list of names or please click on the next button to see Siobhan Fitzsimmons gorgeous project.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

 Product List

Ink: Petal Pink and Smoky Slate

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Petal Pink and Best Dressed 6”x6” DSP

Stamps: Magnolia Blooms and Forever Blossoms

Dies: Stitched Labels Dies and Cherry Blossoms

Embossing Folders: Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Colouring Tools: Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Blends in the following colors Petal Pink light & dark and Soft Sea Foam light & dark

Kylie's Bertucci's International Blog Highlights Winners Hop

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Today, I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for Kylie’s Bertucci’s International Top 10 winners! Myself and nine other lucky winners are partaking in a international blog hop. We had won a competition with Kylie’s blog highlights earlier this month. I would just like to say thank you so much for voting for my card, I really appreciate everyone who took the time to vote for my card. To see everyone’s creations please click on the list of names which you’ll see after my blog.

It’s the last day of celerbration today and I had just received the gorgeous Flowering Foils Specialty DSP in the mail. I just love the rose gold and sliver foil designs and it will make any project shine. The paper is so nice to colour-in using the Stampin’ Blends, I wanted the bold flowers in shades of pink using Flirty Flamingo and Lovely Lipstick. The foliage is in Old Olive light and dark. Blending the colours together and also using the Color Lifter to create highlights.

As the flowers are bold and I do like the colour Old Olive the stripes from the Peaceful Poppies DSP seemed like a nice combination together. I’ve added the Whisper White crinkled Ribbon around the DSP and tied a bow.

I’ve also used the Tin Tile Embossing Folder in Whisper White Cardstock for the background panel and layered over the Thick Whisper White card base. I’ve sponged Old Olive Ink onto the Whisper White card base before adding any Cardstock.

The sentiment is from the Daisy Delight Stamp Set and I’ve fussy cut out the image.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

To view the other participants, please click on the list of names below.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Old Olive

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Peaceful Poppies and Flowering Foils Specialty DSP

Stamp Set: Daisy Delight

Embossing Folder: Tin Tile 3D

Stampin’ Blends: Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive and Color Lifter

Stampin’ Up! Other Products: Sponge Dauber, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue

  

Kylie's International Blog Highlight March 2020

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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

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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