Creation Station Blog Hop - It's the Season for Flowers

 

Hello and welcome, if you have come from the talented Jeanna Kay in the USA or you may of started with me from Australia. Please make sure you hope around and see everyone's projects. I'll pop a link at the end of my blog....

The design team at Creation Station are presenting their projects with the theme "Season" as we all live around the world and we all have different seasons. I'm in Melbourne and it's Spring time here with beautiful flowers blooming, birds singing and the days are getting warmer, but sometimes Melbourne can have all four seasons in one day!

I've created a water colour card, gift tag and gift bag for my project using the Quiet Meadow Bundle which is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2021 to 2022. I love this bundle so much! The beautiful stamped images of flowers, background patterns and greetings are perfect for paper crafting. The images of the Meadow Dies create beautiful wild flowers and they are perfect for water colouring.

Starting with the card, using Watercolor Paper for the watercolour wash in So Saffron and Polished Pink Ink using the large brush Water Painter and lots of water. I also like to flick some ink onto the Watercolor panel and stamp the greeting in So Saffron ink.

The detailed flower Dies are also in Watercolor Paper, die cut out with the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. I applied different coloured inks to each of the flowers and stems. The colours are Polished Pink, So Saffron, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sea Foam and Shaded Spruce.

The greeting is in Fresh Freesia Ink onto Basic White Cardstock and die-cut out using the detailed stitched label Die. I also added three of the Loose Flower Flourishes Embellishments and White Baker's Twine.

I've created a gift tag to go with the Fresh Freesia Ombre Gift Bag, using the Tailor Made Tags Dies in different sizes. 

The smaller tag for the greeting, the second smallest for the Ombre tag in Fresh Freesia and the largest tag for the stamped images from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set.

The Ombre Gift Bags comes in a set of 20 bags 4 each of the 5 In Colors 2021 - 2023 and they are food safe. I've stamped the large flower image in Fresh Freesia Ink and the beautiful sentiment 'Heartfelt love and caring thoughts are with you' a number of times onto the gift bag.

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 and 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 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 #GDP310 Sketch Challenge

 Hello and welcome,

I've entered this handmade card in the latest Global Design Project #GDP310 and it's a sketch challenge. I love the layout for this fun sketch challenge and all of the designers projects are amazing!

I've used the free Saleabration Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set which is available until the end of September 2021 when you spend $180 AUD before shipping and handling. I will be sad to see it go as I just love the images from this stamp set.

I love the bold happy colours for my bright happy card and the images of the Dahlias. I've used Magenta Madness, Mango Melody and Coastal Cabana for the stamped images. Then fussy cut out. 

Using Magenta Madness Ink with the Blending Brush I've added ink to create an Ombre look onto the panel of Basic White Cardstock. To create the splatter effect I've used Magenta Madness Stampin' Blend and flicked ink using the brush tip against the lid.

The middle layer is left white with the addition of Gold Gilded Leafing applied onto the card with a little bit of glue. The sentiment is heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder onto a strip of Magenta Madness Cardstock. 

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 and Saleabration Catalogue 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 #308 Case the Designer

 

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I've entered into the latest Global Design Project #GDP308 Case The Designer - Wilma de Korte who is an amazing designer from the team. I've CASED her card by using the layout and I just love all of those stamped images against the white background.

Today's card is shades of purples/mauves and using the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set. I've used the faux masking technique with Blending Brushes and Grid Paper. This is a fun technique to create white space on your card front. I've ripped the Grid Paper and layered over the Basic White panel with Washi Tape, this will help to keep your Cardstock from moving.

I've started with Fresh Freesia Ink, then a little of Magenta Madness and followed by Gorgeous Grape Ink for the faux masking technique. Keeping the Grid Paper on the Cardstock, I then stamped the small flower image from Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set in Fresh Freesia Ink and followed by Gorgeous Grape Ink, but I stamped off on a piece of scrap paper. This gives you a lighter purple.

The Biggest Wish Stamp Set was used for the greeting, it has to be my favourite stamp set in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. I just love to combined the bold and delicate font together.  

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 and Saleabration Catalogue 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

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop Celebrate

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

Today's projects are two handmade cards using Stampin' Up! products from the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration August - September 2021 and Annual 2021 - 2022 Catalogues. I've created a casual card and avid card using the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set which is a Saleabration product and is available until the end of this month or unless sold out.

Casual Crafter

I've used Create with Friends Stamp Set, the elegant font has many possibilities for sentiments and combined with the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set is the perfect match for my casual card.

I've started with Basic White Cardstock for the background panel, stamping the smaller flower multiple times in Magenta Madness and Mango Melody Ink.

I also stamped the flower and leaves images onto Basic White Cardstock and fussy cut out to arrange on the panel. Before I layered the pieces down I added Magenta Madness ombre ribbon, using White Faux Linen Ribbon and applied ink with the Blending Brush. I cased this idea off Tami Hewlett, she made a beautiful Night of Navy ombre ribbon awhile ago and I loved this idea.

The greeting is layered over the stamped images using Stampin' Dimensionals and the card base is Magenta Madness Cardstock.

Avid Crafter

For my second card I've used the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set with a number of different products. The large Dahlia is stamped in Mango Melody Ink this was my starting point and I wanted it to pop against the other colours and papers.

I've stamped the smaller flower stamp in Mango Melody a number times onto Basic White Cardstock panel and I've lightly added ink in the same colour using the Blending Brush. 

I've used a strip of the Harvest Meadow DSP in Bumblebee and a strip of Black & White Gingham paper from the Pattern Party DSP. 

The yellow polka dot embossed tag die adds more texture and I just had to add the Black & White Gingham Ribbon to the tag. 

The sentiment is from Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set using White Emboss Powder on Basic Black Cardstock and fussy cut out. I always love to add lots layers and different elements when it comes to card making.

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

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.	Mikaela Titheridge
4.	Tami Hewlett
5.	Anne Marie Hile
6.	Jay Soriano
7.	Cheryll Miller
8.	Vicki Boucher

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 and Saleabration Catalogue 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 #GDP306 Sketch Challenge

 

Hello and welcome,

I've entered this handmade card in the latest Global Design Project #GDP306 and it's a sketch challenge. This fun sketch challenge is almost over and I had to create a Father's Day card for my Dad, as it's celebrated here in Australia next weekend. 

I've used the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper which is in the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue, it's more than just Christmas paper and I love the shades of grays in the DSP. It's perfect for a masculine card.

Starting with Basic Gray Cardstock for the card base, then layered with the plaid panel and diamond panel from the Designer Series Paper. The Tailor Made Tags Dies add more depth to the card bottom layer in Smoky Slate Cardstock and top layer in Basic White embossed using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder.

Using the leaf die from the Artistic Dies die-cut out in Basic White Cardstock and applied Basic Gray Ink with the Blending Brush. The greeting is from the Stampin' Up! Card Kit - For The Guys which has masculine sentiments for card making. 

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 Saleabration Catalogue 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 #CI106

  

Hello and welcome,

I'm a little bit late in posting this blog for the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge here are the details below. 

It's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI106 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 #CI106 is Basic White, Real Red, Pool Party and Night of Navy. As well as the chosen colours you may also add 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: Poppy Parade instead of Real Red .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 6th September 2021 details to follow at the end of my blog.

For my card I've created a Christmas card using the Whimsical Trees Bundle which is on page 24 - 25 of the Stampin' Up! August - December 2021 Mini Catalogue. 

The Wonderful Snowflakes are iridescent foil snowflakes and I've used them to create a stencil background with Night of Navy Ink and I lightly added ink with the Blending Brush to the Basic White Cardstock panel. This was also created for the Pool Party Tailor Made Tag die-cut image.

One thing I love to do is create an Ombre look when it comes to paper crafting and Blending Brushes are the perfect tool to do this. The large Christmas tree is in Night of Navy Ink onto Basic White Cardstock and die-cut out using the Christmas Trees Dies. The stitched garland die in Basic White layered over the tree and I added a few of the Real Red Wonderful Gems for Christmas ornaments.

The trio of the smaller Christmas trees are also from the Christmas Trees Dies, die-cut out in Night of Navy Ombre Specialty Paper and the other two trees are pieces of scraps from the iridescent foil which is from the Wonderful Snowflakes. One of them is in Real Red Ink, coloured with the Blending Brush which gives you a softer pinkish/red look. 

I love to create lots of layers, so adding a few of the Tailor Made Tag Dies is always fun. The top tag is in Night of Navy Ombre look again onto Basic White Cardstock. I've tied the two tags together with Pool Party Striped Ribbon and White Baker's Twine.

To finish off the card I've added a couple of the Snowflakes, one of them has a little of Night of Navy Ink which is from stenciling the background panel. The greeting is from the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set stamped in Real Red Ink onto a scrap of Basic White Cardstock and fussy cut out.

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 #CI106 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 6 September 2021.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI106 Album here

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 would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 Catalogue and Saleabration Catalogue 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 Creations Blog Hop Crumb Cake

 Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 13 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 Crumb Cake which is part of the Neutrals Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc....I've used Crumb Cake with Fresh Freesia, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso for my handmade card. The products I've used tonight come from the Annual 2021 - 2022 and Mini August - December 2021 Stampin' Up! Catalogues.

Crumb Cake is a favourite colour of mine and I just couldn't resist creating a card for tonight's blog hop. I've been very busy lately with our family hamper business and with Father's Day coming up soon. I was going to make a Father's Day card for my Dad, but I always like to make a vintage style card when it comes to Crumb Cake. 

I recently purchased Quiet Meadow Bundle which is on page 110 of the Annual Catalogue. This is a beautiful bundle with flowers, patterns and greetings for the stamp set and an abundance of wild flowers to mix and match for the Meadow Dies. I'm in love with this bundle.

Starting with the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set I've stamped off the images in Crumb Cake Ink onto Crumb Cake Cardstock. Using the Blending Brush, I've added Crumb Cake Ink around the edges of the Crumb Cake panel. 

To make Crumb Cake pop I've added Fresh Freesia Cardstock for some colour and it's another favourite colour of mine. I've embossed both the Fresh Freesia and Crumb Cake Cardstock using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. To give each of the panels the old vintage style, I've used a pink nail file which I received out of the Christmas cracker last Christmas. It's the best gift out of a cracker in a long time. 

I've created lots of layers by using different textures and elements. I've used Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Fresh Freesia Vellum for the Meadow Dies. I've added Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Ink to create a darker vintage look to the Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake. The butterfly is also in Crumb Cake Cardstock with Early Espresso Ink sponged with the Sponge Dauber.

I added a strip of the Cork Specialty Paper over the die-cut flowers and stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake Ink onto Very Vanilla Cardstock. To finish off the card, I've added a bow in Very Vanilla Baker's Twine and a few of the Fresh Freesia Jewels.

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 Caroline Manwaring 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 would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 and Saleabration Catalogue 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 Creations Blog Hop - Week 11 Cinnamon Cider

Hello and welcome

Tonight I'll be sharing with you Week 11 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 Cinnamon Cider which is part of the In Color 2020 - 2022 Collection and comes in a number of different mediums such as Ink, Cardstock, DSP etc....I've used Cinnamon Cider with Early Espresso Ink and different Specialty Paper for my handmade card. The products I've used tonight all come from the three Stampin' Up! Catalogues - they are the Annual 2021 - 2022, the Mini August to December 2021 and Saleabration August to December 2021.

I love creating different shades of Cinnamon Cider when it comes to paper craft. I've used the Blending Brush to blend on different types of paper. The die-cut piece from the Penned Flowers Dies is in Vellum, layered over in Be Dazzling Specialty Paper and Basic White Cardstock. 

I've used the flower image from the Hand-Penned Stamp Set stamped in Cinnamon Cider onto the Linen Specialty Paper and then I've blended Cinnamon Cider Ink to add more colour.

The Cork Specialty Paper is amazing! I love the gold flecks throughout the paper and I've blended Early Espresso Ink with the Blending Brush to create a darker colour. This brings out the letters from the Playful Alphabet Dies which is die-cut out in the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper. 

I got the idea from Nikki Spencer who created a card using the letters with this gorgeous paper. I added a thin strip on the side of the Cork Paper. I think just the right amount of bling to my card.

The card base is in Cinnamon Cider Cardstock, embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder and then I added Cinnamon Cider and Early Espresso Ink with the Blending Brush to the card.

To finish off the card I've added a few of  the Champagne Rhinestones Jewels which go nicely with this colour.

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 Rachel Woollard 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 would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini August to December 2021 and Saleabration Catalogue 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