Vicki Boucher Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Australia

13 June 2021

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop Ombre

Hello and welcome,

It's Stamping 2nd Sunday latest blog hop for June, hosted by Sara Levin and for this month the design team will be showcasing our projects using the Ombre technique. The list of participants will be at the end of this blog.

Ombre is a beautiful way to create a gradual shaded look in your paper crafts by blending from light to dark. This technique is a favourite of mine and it's been my go to of lately, when I've been creating my projects. The new Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes makes it so much easier to create gradual colour.

Today's projects is a handmade card and 3D gift box using Stampin' Up! products from the Annual Catalogue for 2021 - 2022. I've used the cute bear from the Count on Me Stamp Set in watercolour blending the following inks Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and Real Red for the heart.

Card

Starting with Early Espresso Cardstock for the card base and layered with a panel in Shimmery White Cardstock. I've applied Evening Evergreen Ink with the Blending Brush to the panel and gradually added more Ink as I go. Using Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blend, I've splattered ink onto the paper by using the brush tip against the lid.

I've added many layers to the card by using strips of DSP by ripping the edge and adding ink for an Ombre look as well. The Stitched Leave Dies is in Basic White Cardstock and I applied Evening Evergreen Ink with the Blending Brush.

The tag which is from the Tailor Made Tag Dies is in Crumb Cake with Crumb Cake Ink and splattered Cinnamon Cider Ink with the Stampin' Blend.

To create the sentiment I've used a strip of Basic White Cardstock adding Cinnamon Cider Ink with the Blending Brush and die cut out using the Playful Alphabet Dies.

3D Gift Box

I've created an Ombre look and applied Cinnamon Cider Ink and Early Espresso Ink to the Scalloped Kraft Treat Box. The colours showoff against the gold polka dots on the box and I just love the Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon against the gift box.

The Tailor Made Tags and Stitched Leaves Dies add many layers to this cute gift box and makes a lovely set to go with the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below.

1.	Sara Levin
2.	Tami Hewlett
3.	Vicki Boucher
4.	Su Mohr
5.	Jay Soriano

If you live in Australia and would like to purchase any of the above mentioned Stampin' Up! products, please visit my online store here.

If you would like the new Stampin' Up! 2021 to 2022 Annual Catalogue, I would be happy to send you one please contact me here

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Melbourne, Australia.

09 June 2021

Colour Creations Blog Hop Balmy Blue Week 2 Art With Heart Team Australia

Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 2 of Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team in Australia.

Each week there will be a Colour Creations blog hop showcasing Stampin' Up! Colors with a selection of members from the Art With Heart Team who will be joining in. I'm looking forward to seeing their beautiful projects using the Stampin' Up! Colors. You'll be able to hop around by clicking on the next link at the end of my blog.

The colour for tonight is Balmy Blue which is part of the Subtles Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends, DSP etc.... I've used Balmy Blue with Crumb Cake and Real Red for my handmade card.

I just couldn't resist using the Count on Me Stamp Set again, last week I used it for Week 1 for the In Colors Blog Hop. Today's card is a vintage feel with lots of layers which I love to create these types of cards.

The cute bear is a watercolour using Crumb Cake Ink and fussy cut out. I've layered him onto the Basic White Tailor Made Tag and added Balmy Blue Ink with the Blending Brush.

The You're a Peach Designer Series Paper is so beautiful, my favourite is the Balmy Blue striped side onto Basic White DSP. I actually torn the side of the DSP and used some of the other side and placed it under the tag.

The other panel is Basic White Cardstock adding Balmy Blue Ink with the Blending Brush and embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. I also ruffed up the edges with the Paper Snips.

The sentiment is from the Create With Friends Stamp Set, I love all of the words and the font in this set. You can create so many different greetings for your paper craft. I've used Real red and Balmy Blue. The Forever fits nicely in the smaller tag. The tiny Real Red hearts are from the Floral Heart Dies. How cute is the one on the bears backside?

Now it's time to hop along and visit the lovely Michele Taylor to see her project please click on the link below.

The list of participants are listed below.

Michele Taylor

Rachel Palmieri

Kate Morgan

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Fiona Bell Ryan

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

Colour INKspiration Challenge #101

Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #101 and this stunning photo was chosen by Monica Formosa one of the Design Crew Members. This colour combo is so beautiful and we have some of the new In Colors in this latest colour challenge!

The colour combination for #101 are Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Evening Evergreen. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Basic Black, 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: Shaded Spruce instead of Evening Evergreen.... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm on the 21st June 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Today's card I've decided to use the Pretty Perennials Bundle which will be retiring as of the end of the month of June 2021. It's such a beautiful bundle and I will be sad to see it go. I've actually CASED my own card back in January 2021 for a blog hop with Creation Station where I created a Fun Fold card and used bright colours. I'll pop the link to my card at the end of this blog.

The challenge colors really suit this bundle, I've combined it with the You're a Peach Designer Series Paper the rest is stamping, die cutting and using the Blending Brushes.

The fun fold can open and close and fits inside a normal size envelope. Dimensions for cutting and scoring are listed below. I created my own DSP with one of the panels using the Pretty Perennials Stamp Set and Basic White Cardstock.

Measurements:

Balmy Blue Card Base

- Cut at 21cm x 14.9cm

- Score and fold at 5.5cm, 8.5cm, 12.5 and 15.5cm

Basic White Cardstock and You're a Peach DSP

- Cut two DSP at 14.4cm x 5cm each

- Cut one middle piece Basic White at 14.4cm x 3.5cm

Stamp images onto Basic White panel in (stamp off first) Balmy Blue, Pale Papaya and Highland Heather. I always start with the larger image and work my way down to the smallest.

Main front panel

Stitched Rectangle Die - Use 10.4 x 6.9cm in Basic White

Balmy Blue Cardstock - Cut 10.5 x 7.2cm

To create flowers I've stamped the images in Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Pale Papaya. I've used the Blending Brushes with Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya ink onto strips of Basic White Cardstock then die cut out the images. The leaves are the same but this time using Evening Evergreen Ink. The sentiment is from Biggest Wish Stamp Set stamped in Fresh Freesia and Balmy Blue then fussy cut out. To finish off the card I've added Genial Gems to the flowers.

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 CI#101 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 21st June 2021.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Just a reminder to upload your challenge pics 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 live in Australia, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

Here's the link to my Creations Station Fun Fold card that I mentioned above.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

06 June 2021

Creation Station June Blog Hop - In Colors Floral Frenzy Mash Up

Hello and welcome,

Today's projects for June 2021 Creation Station blog hop is all about 'In Colors Floral Frenzy Mash Up' using Stampin' Up! products. Using only the In Colors and white for our projects, plus anything that is floral, which Stampin' Up! have a number of different bundles/stamp sets in both the Mini and Annual Catalogue.

I wonder what the others from the team will be using? If you've started with me make sure you complete the hop by visiting Kathy Brown Kartak's blog, she always makes amazing projects. I'm so looking forward to seeing all of the other design Team Members projects, so make sure you click on the next button at the bottom of my blog.

I've created three cards using the Artistically Inked Bundle which is on page 96 - 97 in the Stampin' Up! 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalogue. This bundle is amazing, I especially love the large flower and leaves detailed die which is part of the Artistically Dies.

The new In Colors for 2021 to 2023 are so beautiful they are Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. These In Colors are available in the latest 2021 - 2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

For my first card I've used the images from the stamp set starting with the largest image in Fresh Freesia then Polished Pink for rose image, Soft Succulent for the leaves, Pale Papaya for the trio and Evening Evergreen for the tiny dots.

I've added a strip of Pale Papaya Ribbon under the sentiment plus a few more roses and leaves. The card base is in Fresh Freesia Cardstock.

For my next card, I've used the large flower and leaves detailed die in Basic White Cardstock and added ink using the Blending Brushes in all of the In Colors. I've used contrasting colours to the Basic White panel using the Blending Brushes to highlight the die cut image. I really like Fresh Freesia against Pale Papaya for the large flower.

The Stampin' Blends are available in the In Colors 2021 - 2023, I've used them to splatter ink onto the coloured panel before adding the die cut piece to the card.

The card base is Pale Papaya Cardstock and then a panel of Fresh Freesia In Color 2021 - 2023 6" x 6" DSP.

The sentiment is layered over a strip of Pale Papaya DSP and to finish off the card I've added a few of the Flower Flourishes which come in three of the In Colors.

The last card is using the large flower & leaves die but this time I've used Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and I applied the In Colors using the Water Painters. Once dried I then added the Fine Tip Glue Pen to the coloured die cut piece this gives it a shiny/glossy look.

The 2021 - 2023 In Colors come in 12" x 12" Shimmer Vellum, I've used a panel in Soft Succulent and adhered it to the panel of Basic White Cardstock. I've stamped the sentiment a number of times onto the Basic White panel in Even Evergreen Ink.

I've wrapped White Baker's Twine around the panels and added the sentiment with Dimenisals. The card base is Soft Succulent Cardstock and to finish off the card I've placed the In Color Jewels in Soft Succulent and Pale Papaya.

Now it's time to visit the lovely Sara Nell Langland to see her amazing creations and visit her blog. I'm looking forward to reading all about her project using the new In Colors! I'm sure you will too.

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

Global Design Project Sketch Challenge #GDP294

Hello and welcome,

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

02 June 2021

Week 1 Colour Creations Blog Hop - Art With Heart Team Australia

Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 1 of Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team in Australia.

The colours for tonight are the new In Colors for 2021 to 2023 they are Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. These In Colors are available in the latest 2021 - 2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and I've used all five colours for my handmade card.

To create my card, I've used the Blending Brushes one each for the In Colors to create the Ink Blending technique background panel. Starting with a panel of Basic White Cardstock adding Fresh Freesia then Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent and finishing off with Evening Evergreen ink.

Using the Stampin' Blends in Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya I've created a splatter effect onto the coloured panel by using the brush tip and flick it against the lid of the Blend.

The bear, fox and penguin are stamped images from the Count On Me Stamp Set which is in the Annual Catalogue on page 82 there is also a kangaroo, two koalas and a kiwi bird which I plan on creating another card soon with these images.

I've stamped the images in Jet Black Stazon Ink onto Shimmery Whisper White Cardstock and coloured them in with the Stampin' Up! Watercolour Pencils. Using Basic Gary for the bear, Early Espresso and Cajun Craze for the fox and Basic Black for the penguin. I also added Clear Wink of Stella to blend in the colours.

The cute stitched clouds and stitched heart are from the Give it a Whirl Dies. I've added ink to the clouds using the Blending Brushes with Pale Papaya and Polished Pink Ink. Plus more of Clear Wink of Stella for added sparkle. The smaller hearts are from the Floral Heart Dies they are so tiny and cute for heart rain drops, don't you think?

To finish off the card I've used the stamp set from the Sentimental Rose Card Kit, stamped in Versamark Ink onto a strip of Basic Black Cardstock, heat embossed using White Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool.

Now it's time to hop along and visit the lovely Caroline Manwaring to see her project please click on the link below.