Colour Creations Blog Hop Bumblebee

 

Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 7 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 Bumblebee which is part of the In Color Collection for 2020 - 2022 and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc....I've used Bumblebee with Basic White, Basic Black and Gold for my two handmade cards.

I have to confess that I only created these two cards this morning and I had no idea what I was going to create until I saw the striped Gold and White paper from the Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper looking at me. I just had to use the Artistically Inked Bundle to go with the paper.

It's a cold wet day here in Melbourne and Bumblebee is the perfect colour to brighten up someone's day! For my first card I've used Shimmery White Cardstock, die cut out using the larger flower and leaves detailed die from the Artistic Dies. 

Then using a Water Painter I used the wide brush tip and applied Bumblebee Ink to the image. I also added another smaller section from the detailed die to the card.

I used a panel of Vellum to dull down the bold Gold and White paper leaving some exposed either side. The sentiment is stamped in Bumblebee Ink on a strip of Basic White Cardstock, layered over Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon.

As I still had lots of ideas in my head, I decided to create another card using a side strip of the Gold and White paper. This time I created water colour effect on watercolor paper. 

First I added water with the wide brush tip adding Bumblebee Ink and then I started blowing it with an ear syringe making the ink going in different directions. I would also dry the ink with the Heat Tool and then repeat the process. I've splattered Black Ink using the dark Stampin' Blend brush tip against the lid.

I've used Black/White Baker's Twine from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack. I always love adding black and white to my projects when it comes to using any of the yellows from Stampin' Up! 

The sentiment in Memento Black Ink on Basic White Cardstock and layered over a strip of Basic Black Cardstock. I could of even made another card but time was running out for me.

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

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

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

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

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop

 

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I'm so happy my Stampin' Up! box of Christmas goodies arrived at my door step and now I can share with you one of the bundles for our second week of Heart of Christmas blog hop. This week is hosted by the lovely Tina Gillespie from the Art With Heart Team. 

Stampin' Up! have the new July - December 2021 Stampin' Up Mini Catalogue which is coming out very soon for our customers. As demonstrators we are lucky receive the catalogue and also pre-purchase products from the Mini Catalogue and there's more exciting news! Stampin' Up! have Sale-A-Bration for 3 August - 30 September 2021 or unless sold out earlier. Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with every $90 AUD or $180 AUD you spend (before shipping and handling). I always love free Stampin' Up! products.

I decided to go with non-traditional colours and paper for my handmade Christmas card. I've used the new Frosted Gingerbread bundle which comes with coordinating Gingerbread Dies. This bundle also comes in the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite there are so many beautiful products in this Suite and I can't wait to play with more of it.

I've created an emboss resist technique by stamping the Christmas bauble image a number of times in Versamark Ink onto Basic White panel, adding White Stampin' Emboss Powder remove excess and heat with the Heat Tool. Then with the Blending Brush and Fresh Freesia Ink apply lightly to the embossed Christmas baubles.

Using a strip of Fresh Freesia Designer Series Paper I wanted to try the scrunching, folding, pleating technique which I discovered from Lou Kitzelman on her Instagram for her non-traditional Christmas card. I like how it gives you more dimension to the card and I always love to add more layers. 

I added a strip of  Fresh Freesia gingham paper which is from the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper which is currently on sale until 2nd August 2021 with 15% discount. There are a total of 9 Designer Series Paper on sale, more details below and on my online store.

The Christmas die-cut images from the Gingerbread Dies are cut out using Basic White and Fresh Freesia Cardstock. I love the white swirls against Fresh Freesia. I've wrapped around White Baker's Twine and added a bow to the card. To finish off the greeting fits nicely inside the white image of the Christmas bauble.

I hope I've inspired you to start creating your own Christmas projects using paper craft. Stampin' Up! have so many beautiful products and I just love how it all coordinates.

Well that's it for me and I'm so excited to see everyone's Christmas projects so make sure you hope around the blog hop. Next up is Tina Gillespie just click on the next button below.

 If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

 

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 is the list of Designer Series Paper which is on sale with 15% off discount and is available for purchase from my online store.

Happy Stamping 

Vicki Boucher

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop All Stitched Up

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

Today's projects is a handmade card and 3D Mini Paper Pumpkin Box using Stampin' Up! products from the Annual Catalogue for 2021 - 2022. I've used the Pierced Blooms Dies as my main focal point plus adding the Stitched So Sweetly and Floral Heart Dies.

I love anything that has some sort of stitching for my projects, it just gives that extra special touch! Both the card and Mini Paper Pumpkin Box are very similar and are perfect as a gift set to someone special. I've just changed the layout of the flowers and leaves.

Card and Mini Paper Pumpkin Box

When it comes to creating quite a few die cuts I like to use a half sheet of Cardstock in this case Shimmery White and Watercolor Paper. I add a wash of water with using the wide brush tip of the Water Painter and then apply coloured ink. Sometimes I like to mix in the similar colours or even create light and dark with the same colour.

The colours for the flowers are Petal Pink, Blushing Bride and a little of Polished Pink Ink. For the leaves I've used Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent and a little of Evening Evergreen Ink. Then I'll die cut out the pieces. I used Soft Succulent Shimmer Vellum for the leaves.

To create some dimension to the flowers I've used the Bone Folder to curl the petals and the Stampin' Pierce Mat with the Take Your Pick Tool by creating a circular motion with the Stylus.

The card base is Thick Basic White Cardstock with a panel of Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper This DSP is on sale from 1st July until 2nd August 2021 with 15% discount. There are a total of 9 Designer Series Paper on sale, more details below and on my online store. I've used the Mint Macaron and white stripes DSP for my background panel.

The layout is on a Shimmery White die cut piece using the largest die from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and I've added a Mint Macaron wash with the Water Painter. 

The greeting is from Create With Friends Stamp Set, stamped in Soft Succulent and fussy cut out. It's layered out the stitched label die from Floral Heart Dies. I've added a few of the Mint Macaron Genial Gems to the card.  

The Mini Paper Pumpkin Box is almost the same as the card except I've added the cute paper bow from the Pierced Blooms Dies and there are no Gems on the box. 

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.	Su Mohr
3.	Cheryll Miller
4.	Mikaela Titheridge
5.	Vicki Boucher
6.	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.

Here is the list of Designer Series Paper which is on sale with 15% off discount and is available for purchase from my online store.

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

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Melbourne, Australia.

Colour Creations Blog Hop Blushing Bride

 Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 6 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 Blushing Bride which is part of the Subtles Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc....I've used Blushing Bride with Early Espresso and Balmy Blue for my handmade card.

I've created a vintage/shabby chic style card to show off Blushing Bride by using Ink, Cardstock, Designer Series Paper and Ink Blending Technique. I love to use layers and textures when it comes to this style of card. 

I was inspired by a couple of paper crafters which I follow on Instagram and I really like how they used the three flower watercolour images and coordinating dies from the Artistically Inked Bundle. Emma from @Coastalcrafter recently used the flower crunching technique, adding layers and giving depth to her card. Sandra from @sandra_helbel_dieburg creates amazing cards and she too used this technique.

Another amazing crafter is Tammy from @Stampspaperscissors an Artisan for Stampin' Up! used the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper with the Artistically Bundle. I love this wood look with this bundle. I've embossed the DSP using a new Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder from the Mini July - August 2021 Stampin' Up! Catalogue. When it comes to vintage cards I like to rough up the edges of the paper with my paper snips.

The beautiful floral Brushing Bride paper is from the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper. This DSP as well as In Good Taste DSP is on sale from 1st July until 2nd August 2021 with 15% discount. There are a total of 9 Designer Series Paper on sale, more details below and on my online store.

For the leaves and butterfly I've used Basic White Cardstock, inked up the Cardstock using Blushing Bride and Balmy Blue Ink with the Blending Brush. Then using the leaf die from Artistic Dies and the butterfly from the Brilliant Wings Dies to die-cut them out.

I've added White Baker's Twine and the greeting stamped in Balmy Blue on a strip of Basic White Cardstock. 

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

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

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

Here is the list of Designer Series Paper which is on sale with 15% off discount and is available for purchase from my online store.

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

 

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop 2021

 Hello and welcome,

I'm so excited to be sharing with you my first Christmas projects for 2021 tonight with the Art With Heart Team blog hop hosted by Sharon Davern. We've started a little bit earlier this year but you can never have too many beautiful creations for Christmas. 

Stampin' Up! have the new July - December 2021 Stampin' Up Mini Catalogue which is coming out very soon for our customers. As demonstrators we are lucky receive the catalogue and also pre-purchase products from the Mini Catalogue and there's more exciting news! Stampin' Up! have Sale-A-Bration for 3 August - 30 September 2021 or unless sold out earlier. Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with every $90 AUD or $180 AUD you spend (before shipping and handling). I always love free Stampin' Up! products.

As I wait for my delivery to arrive in the post I still have some of the stamp sets, punch and Designer Series Paper to create a card and two gift tags. 

This card was CASED by two Stampin' Up! demonstrators our very our Art With Heart Team member Judy May and another amazing demonstrator Stesha Bloodhart who always creates amazing projects. 

I went with the traditional colours of Real Red, Crumb Cake and Basic White for my projects using the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set and coordinating Punch. I just love the detail of the tree image stamped in Real Red onto Basic White Cardstock and White Stampin' Emboss Powder onto Real Red Cardstock.

The Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper carried over into the Mini Catalogue and was perfect for my card. I love the red and white stripes. 

It's so cold here in Melbourne lately, but it has never snowed where I live. I wanted a snowy look for my card so I used the tiny snow flakes stamp from the Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set. They are stamped in Versamark Ink onto Crumb Cake Cardstock, sprinkled with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. One day I would so love to have a white Christmas. It's on the list of things to do!

To finish off the card I've stamped the sentiment in Real Red Ink onto Basic White Cardstock and die-cut out using the Tailor Made Tags Dies. The Real Red Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and two of the Real Red Gems From My Heart Faceted Gems was the perfect addition to the Christmas Card.

As I always like to stamp and create a few extra pieces for my projects, I thought I would start on my gift tags for Christmas. Using the Tailor Made Tags Dies for the base and sentiment. 

I like how they come in all sizes and they are stitched as well. They didn't take too long to create and are perfect for those Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree.

I hope I've inspired you to start creating your own Christmas projects using paper craft. Stampin' Up! have so many beautiful products and I just love how it all coordinates.

Well that's it for me and I'm so excited to see everyone's Christmas projects so make sure you hope around the blog hop. Next up is Andrea Sargent just click on the next button below.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up please head to the blog of this week’s  host of the  Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

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