Colour INKspiration Challenge #77

Hello and welcome to our latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #77 and this beautiful photo is our inspiration to create something special. The colours for this challenge are Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam, Garden Green, Very Vanilla and Seaside Spray. You can also add Whisper White, Basic Black and metallics.

The challenge runs for almost 2 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on 25^th May 2020. I hope you’ll enter into the Colour INKspiration Challenge we would so love to see your creation.

I just love the colours for this challenge and here’s my card using the Bloom and Grow Bundle. I haven’t used this bundle for awhile and I thought it was perfect to do water colouring with these colours.

I started off with Fluid 100 Water Color Paper and Gold Embossed the flower image times two. I’ve blended Garden Green with Seaside Spray with my Aqua Painter to create a darker blue/green flower (I think it’s a nice blend). The middle flower is only Soft Sea Foam, stating off with a light touch of ink and slowly adding more colour. The third flower is a light combination of Soft Sea Foam and Seaside Spray which is also a nice combination. Who knew that these colours would really work well together! That’s why I love these colour challenges.

The card base is Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock and I’ve stamped a leaf image from the stamp set in Soft Sea Foam just randomly on the card front. The next layer is a sheet of Soft Sea Foam in gingham Subtles 6”x 6” DSP, die cut out with the Stitched Rectangles Dies. I also die cut out a smaller layer of water color paper with the Stitched Dies and lightly brushed Seaside Spray Ink with the Aqua Painter.

The Soft Sea Foam Cardstock swirls is from the Parisian Dies which blends in nicely with the colours and bundle. The sentiment is in Old Olive Ink onto a strip of Very Vanilla Cardstock and before layering it to the card, I’ve added a strip of Old Olive Cardstock which finishes the card off nicely.

Make sure you visit our Facebook group to enter the competition, we would love to see how you would use these colours.

Click here at Colour INKspiration Facebook group to take part and upload the photo of your creation. You don’t need a blog to enter either. Share with your crafty friends, so they can join in with the challenges too.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam, Seaside Spray and Garden Green

Cardstock/Papers: Very Vanilla, Subtles 6”x 6” DSP, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, Soft Sea Foam and Old Olive

Stamp Set: Bloom and Grow

Dies: Budding Blooms, Parisian and Stitched Rectangles

Colouring Tools: Aqua Painter, Versamark Ink, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Social Stamping Blog Host - Family

Hi there, I’m so glad I had the chance to take part in the latest Social Stampers blog host.

Today, from the Social Stampers we are sharing our creations with the theme “Family” for this week.

As it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow I thought I would share just some of my cards that I have been creating for our little family business at YV Hampers. We source the best produce of the Yarra Valley and showcasing them into premium gourmet hampers. They are just perfect for a Mother’s Day gift and we love to support our local community. Below is just one of our many hampers and a Mother's Day card that I have created.

Spending time together with the family is very important, but unfortunately with COVID-19 this has made it very difficult as I would so love to see my parents who live in the country. I hope this day will come soon, but for now it will be a phone call or maybe a Zoom meeting.

The cards I have made is featuring the beautiful Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper which is from the 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. I just love the hand-painted impressionistic imagery in rich colours and I’ve used the colours by using Cardstock and Ink.

I’ve used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies for the Mother’s Day greeting and coloured Cardstock. These Dies have various shapes and sizes which makes card making creative. They are also caring over into the new 2020 – 2021 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue which I’m very happy they are staying on.

This card I’ve used Night of Navy for the Cardstock and Ink.

This card I’ve used Mossy Meadow for the Cardstock and ink.

This card I’ve used Blackberry Bliss for the Cardstock and Ink.

This card I’ve used Blackberry Bliss for the Cardstock and Ink.

The final card I’ve used Gorgeous Grape for the Cardstock and Ink.  

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 click on the next button below to see Catherine Creer’s gorgeous project.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting and Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums out there!

Vicki Boucher

Creation Station May Blog Hop "Mad as a Hatter Mash Up"

Hello and welcome,

Today, I will be sharing with you a card that I’ve created for the latest Creation Station blog hop. This month’s theme is “Mad as a Hatter Mash Up” which means create something unexpectedly with different Stampin’ Up! products or use an outlandish colour palette.

It was so nice to get back into the craft room and create something a little bit different for a change. I had no idea what I was going to do but after a few days later I started to get some ideas in my head. I wanted to use bright colours and I thought what are the opposite colours in the colour wheel? Purple and yellow was a good colour combination to start with.

The main medium for my card is using the Pigment Sprinkles they are bright and fun to play with, so I started with the Bermuda Bay and a panel of water color paper for my under the sea card. The layer underneath is Mango Melody Pigment Sprinkles and water color paper. Around the edges of the water color paper I’ve applied Versamark Ink to the paper, sprinkled Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Through out the card I’ve applied Gold Embossing or I’ve used Gold Foil. I just had to use Gorgeous Grape as my card base as I’ve used the colour through out the card. I’ve Embossed a panel of Gorgeous Grape with the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and added Gold Embossing Powder. 

I liked the idea of adding different Dies or Punches to the card, the leaf Die from the Seasonal layers was fun to play with, using it with the Gold Foil and also combing Pigment Sprinkles with water color paper. The Medium Daisy Punch is so cute and using Mango Melody with Gorgeous Grape really stands out in the card.

I’ve so enjoyed creating this card and playing with the Pigment Sprinkles, they will be missed as they are retiring as of the 3^rd June from the Annual 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. The fun part with Pigment Sprinkles is you just never know how your card will turn out and no two cards will ever look the same.

Be sure to visit everyone’s blog and see their amazing creations for the month of May. Make sure you come back next month for more inspiration and to see our creations.

Now it’s time to head on over to Dani Dziama to see her amazing project.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Stamps: Seaside Notions and Daisy Lane

Dies: Seasonal Layers

Punches: Medium Daisy Punch

Ink: Lovely Lipstick

Colouring Tools: Pigment Sprinkles, Aqua Painter, Stampin’ Spritzer, Versamark, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy and Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Cardstock/Paper: Fluid 100 Water Color Paper, Shimmery White, Gorgeous Grape and Gold Foil Sheets

Ribbon and Embellishments: 3/8” Tricolor Ribbon Purple, Iridescent Sequin Assortment and Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

Embossing Folders: Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder

Social Stamping Blog Host - Friend

Today, from the Social Stampers we are sharing our creations with the theme “Friend” for this week. I think it’s so important to keep in contact with your friends during this time with COVID-19, I so miss our catch ups and coffees together. That’s why sending out a card is so important and it’s such a nice surprise to receive one in the mail.

I was going through my stamp sets to see which set I would use for my cards and the Beautiful Friendship was just perfect. I went to the Stampin’ Up! 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue for inspiration on a layout and I really liked the card on page 123 using the same set. I like how you can see the DSP using the same coordinating colours with the Cardstock and Ink.

The first card I’ve used is Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose and Smoky Slate. I just love the gingham DSP in Blushing Bride it’s so sweet and I’ve die cut the greeting with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.

As I was stamping away with the first card, I thought let’s mix up the colours for the second card, so I've changed the roses to Rococo Rose and full strength ink for the leaves using Smoky Slate.

The final card I have used is Highland Heather, Seaside Spray and Pacific Point ink for the hydrangeas and the leaves are in Smoky Slate. The DSP and Cardstock is the beautiful in-color Purple Posey and the greeting I’ve used Gorgeous Grape.

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 Michelle Strazds gorgeous project.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Art With Heart April Creative Showcase - Mother's Day

Welcome to the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team Monthly Creative Showcase. The theme for this month’s showcase is Mother’s Day. Under the current conditions Mother’s Day this year is going to be completely different to any other Mother’s Day celebrations. 

I would so love to see my Mum on Mother’s Day, but with the current conditions of this Pandemic with COVID-19 I will have to wait until it’s safe to see her. I am looking forward to spending the day with my two beautiful girls and hubby in our little bubble. I’m looking forward to breakfast in bed and a sleep-in would be great too.

The Art With Heart Team are hoping to share a little Mother’s Day love and inspiration with you tonight. Here’s my creation using the gorgeous Dressed To Impress Bundle and other Stampin’ Up! products from the 2020 Mini Catalogue.

The stamped images are in Basic Gray Ink this gives the images a lovely subtle look and blends in well with the other colours. Using a Sponge Dauber, lightly sponge Melon Mambo Ink onto the Parfum bottle and flowers. Also add Grapefruit Grove Ink to the flowers, I think the two colours blend well together and I must use this colour more often in my projects.

The Dressed To Impress Stamp Set has a Mother’s Day stamp included in the set and the greeting fits perfectly with the label die from the All Dressed Up Dies.

Using scraps of Silver Foil, die cut the images out with Painted Labels Dies. The large Stitched Swirl looks perfect under the Parfum bottle and I’ve placed the smaller swirls under the greeting.

Using the two largest dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies the first is in Whisper White Cardstock and sponge Grapefruit Grove Ink onto the Cardstock. The other Stitched So Sweetly Dies is in Petal Pink DSP using the print of the script side.

The card base is in Petal Pink Cardstock, adding a layer of Whisper White Cardstock and I gave the panel a subtle vintage look. To achieve this look sponge Petal Pink Ink onto the Cardstock with the Sponge Dauber and run it through with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder with the die-cutting and embossing machine. Lightly run the blade of the Paper Snips along the edges and curl the edges with the Bone Folder. I’ve used Multipurpose Glue as my main adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals under the Sliver Foil.

The next demonstrator to share her Mother’s Day project is the amazingly talented Rachel Woollard.

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Rebecca Jacovou

Vicki Boucher

Rachel Woollard

Sharon Davern

Catherine Proctor

Kate Morgan

Andrea Sargent

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rachel Palmieri

Caroline Manwaring

Michele Taylor

Tina Gillespie

Wishing all the Mum's a very Happy Mother's Day!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Melon Mambo, Grapefruit Grove, Petal Pink and Basic Gray

Cardstock/Paper: Petal Pink, Whisper White, Sliver Foil and 6”x6” DSP Subtles

Stamps: Dressed To Impress

Dies: Stitched So Sweetly, All Dressed Up and Painted Labels

Embossing Folders: Subtle 3D

Colouring Tools: Sponge Daubers

Social Stamping Blog Host - Rainbows

Hello and welcome,

Today, from the Social Stampers we are sharing our creations with the theme “Rainbows” for this week. I just love Rainbows! They bring a smile to my face and the colours are just gorgeous together. When my family and I go out for walks around our neighborhood, I've seen lots of hand drawn Rainbows in the windows of houses or on the footpath. Children have been drawing them and displaying their creations which makes everyone's day that little bit happier.

I feel that Rainbows bring us magic and that’s why I’ve used the unicorn stamp from the Leave A Little Sparkle Stamp Set. I think the two go nicely together. What do you think? I’ve used the embossed resist technique with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and heat set with the Heat Tool.

I spritzed water with the Stampin’ Spritzer onto the watercolor paper and then I added the colours to the paper. The colours I’ve used are Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather. I've used three clear blocks for the ink and I added like colours together on the block. The yellows together, blue & green together and purples together. I used the Aqua Painter, applied the ink to the watercolor paper and blending the colours until I was happy.

I’ve added some sequins to the card using the rainbow colours, the sentiment is in White Stampin’  Emboss Powder and heat set onto Basic Black Cardstock.

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 Chloe Evans gorgeous project.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black and Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

Stamps: Leave A Little Sparkle

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

Embellishments: Iridescent Sequins Assortment and Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: 3 clear blocks and Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine

Colour INKspiration Challenge #75

Hello and welcome,

Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #75 and this bright colourful photo is our inspiration to create something special. The colours for the challenge are Daffodil Delight, Call Me Clover, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo and Mango Melody. You can also add Whisper White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla and metallics.

The challenge runs for almost 2 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEST) on 20^th April 2020. I hope you’ll enter into the Colour INKspiration Challenge we would love to see your creation.

The card I’ve created is using the Daisy Lane Bundle which is from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogiue 2019 – 2020. This bundle would have to be one of my favorites out of the Annual Catalogue as I love the sentiments and the Daisy Punches are fun to work with.

I’ve used both of the Daisy Punches for my project, I've punch them out with Whisper White Cardstock and sponged ink onto the Daisies petals with the Sponge Dauber. The yellow centers are from the Perennial Essence Floral Centers which finish off the Daisies nicely. I’ve also added Clear Wink Of Stella to add a little sparkle to the Daisies.

I’ve used the large die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies, die cut out in Whisper White Cardstock and I’ve sponged Call Me Clover Ink onto the Cardstock.

The card base is Daffodil Delight and I’ve spritzed Daffodil Delight Ink by using the Stampin’ Write Marker by flicking Ink with the lid onto the Cardstock.

Make sure you visit our Facebook group to enter the competition, we would love to see how you would use this latest colour challenge.

Click here at Colour INKSpiration Facebook group to take part and upload the photo of your creation. You don’t need a blog to enter either. Share with your crafty friends, so they can join in with the challenges too.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Call Me Clover, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo and Mango Melody

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight and Whisper White

Stamp Set: Daisy Lane

Punches: Medium Daisy Punch and Daisy Punch

Dies: Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Colouring Tools: Sponge Daubers and Clear Wink of Stella

Embellishments:  Perennial Essence Floral Centers

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