Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI153

 Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI153 this photo was chosen by me! I really liked the books and flowers together in the photo. 

The chosen colour combination for #CI153 is Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Moody Mauve, Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' 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 Lemon Lolly .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 23rdth October 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

I just love the layout of the flowers in the photo and that's where I got my inspiration from to use the white heat embossed images from the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set. I used all of the colours for the flowers by applying ink with the Blending Brush. To add a darker shade of colour for each of the daisies, I used the Sponge Dauber to intensify the colour. Then I die-cut the images out using the Cheerful Daisies Dies.

I used Crumb Cake Cardstock for the background panel and dried embossed it by using the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. Then, I applied Crumb Cake and Lost Lagoon inks to parts of the panel with the Blending Brush.

The sentiment is from Sending Smiles stamp set and dies in Coastal Cabana Cardstock and Ink with Basic White Cardstock. To finish off the card, I added a few of the Moody Mauve Speckled Dots to the panel.

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI153 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 23rd October 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI153 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual or Mini Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Artisan Design Team - Creative Project - Merriest Trees Bundle

Hello! My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'm sharing two Christmas slimline card ideas using the lovely and versatile Merriest Trees Bundle and other Stampin' Up! products.

When it comes to creating my projects, I love to show a variety of different techniques and add lots of layers. Playing with different colour palettes is always fun! Slimline cards can add another dimension to your paper craft when using Stampin' Up! products.

Here are two magical Christmas cards made using non-traditional colours. I love to create and mix colours together using different tools. I'll add the product details at the end of my blog. 

Spirit of the Season Slimline Christmas Card

For my first card I wanted to create a whimsical watercolour Christmas trees using Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and have fun mixing inks together.

Create unique watercolour trees by mixing ink with water, then apply sections of colour to Watercolor Paper using a large, flat, brush tip Water Painter. The colors I used are Boho Blue, Orchid Oasis and Blueberry Bushel. Move the ink around on the paper with the Heat Tool until dry. Use the Merriest Trees Dies to die cut several different tree sizes. 

To add interest to the trees, use a Sponge Dauber and apply VersaMark Ink to the edges of the branches. Then, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder, brush off the excess with a brush, and heat set using the Heat Tool. I like to use the Stampin' Up! tweezers to hold onto smaller pieces of images, so I don't heat my fingers with the Heat Tool.

To decorate the trees, I used Soft Shimmer Paper in Bubble Bath, placed Adhesive Sheet to the back of the paper and then die-cut out the tree decorations and stars. 

To add layers to the card, create background snow by tearing up two layers using Basic White Cardstock and add Boho Blue and Orchid Oasis ink using the Blending Brush.

Stamp the stars a number of times to the background panel using VersaMark Ink, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then apply lightly using Boho Blue and Orchid Oasis Ink with the Blending Brush to the background panel. 

Merry Christmas Slimline Card

For my second card I went for a nighttime scene using darker cardstock and inks. This created a totally different look to my first card. 

Create two snow layers for the background by tearing up Basic White Cardstock with your fingers. Next, using a Blending Brush to create contrast and leaving some white space between each of the layers. This helps create a snow effect for your layers. The colours used are Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky inks.

Apply colour to the trees using a Sponge Dauber for smaller sections and Blending Brushes for larger areas. I used Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky inks. Leave some white space to create snow for each of the layers. Then, add water droplets to the trees by tapping the medium tip Water Painter against Paper Snips and set them with the Heat Tool.

To create the background trees, use Starry Sky ink and stamp two of the trees directly onto Orchid Oasis Cardstock slimline panel. The third tree stamp onto a scrap piece of Orchid Oasis Cardstock and then die-cut out using the second largest tree die from the Merriest Tree Dies. 

To finish off the card, heat embossed the sentiment using VersaMark Ink, onto Orchid Oasis Cardstock, add white Stampin' Emboss Powder tap off excess and heat set with Heat Tool. Die-cut out tree using second largest tree die.

Here are the products you will need:

Merriest Trees Bundle (162048)

Starry Sky Cardstock (159263)

Orchid Oasis Cardstock (159267)

Basic White Cardstock (159276)

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (149612)

Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper (161750)

Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad (159212)

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad (159214)

Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad (161650)

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad (147138)

Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs (161954)

Basics Stampin' Emboss Powders (155554)

Heat Tool (129053)

Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971)

VersaMark Pad (102283)

Blending Brushes (153611)

Small Blending Brushes (160518)

Water Painters (151298)

Sponge Daubers (133773)

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (141897)

Adhesive Sheets (152334)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (144108)

Multipurpose Glue (110755)

Paper Snips Scissors (103579)

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

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual or Mini Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI152

 

Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI152 this photo was chosen by Bronwyn Eastley. 

The chosen colour combination for #CI152 is Gray Granite, Starry Sky and Night of Navy. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Misty Moonlight instead of Starry Sky .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 9th October 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Today's card is a Christmas card using the Forever Forest bundle and Christmas Classics stamp set which are in the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue Sep-Dec 2023.

I went for a simpler card using the challenge colours starting with the watercolour background, I used Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and applied ink with the wide tip brush Water Painter. Once dry I stamped the sentiment, moon and stars images using VersaMark Ink, added White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat embossed the images with the Heat Tool.

The tree images are die-cut out using the Forever Forest Dies in Basic White Cardstock, then I applied Night of Navy and Starry Sky ink with the Blending Brush leaving some white space at the top.

To finish off the card I added Linen Thread to the card and added Gray Granite Cardstock over Basic White card front.

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI152 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 9th October 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI152 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual or Mini Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI151

 Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI151 this photo was chosen by Cathy Pinchbeck. These colours are stunning together and I just love the inspiring photo used for the challenge.

The chosen colour combination for #CI151 is Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Boho Blue and Pecan Pie. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Copper Clay instead of Pecan Pie .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 25th September 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Here's my slimline Christmas card I used the Christmas Classics bundle which is in the new Stampin' Up! Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalogue. My first time using this bundle and I love it! I went with a soft look using these beautiful colours and one technique I really love to do is the emboss resist technique using White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I really like how the sentiment stands out against Boho Blue. Here I just added Boho Blue ink with the Blending Brush.

I used one of the fancy labels from the Christmas Classics Dies, die-cut a number of them in Basic White Cardstock and cut the label in half. This creates lots of interesting elements to form the card. 

I've used this layout for my slimline cards many times now and I like to create one of the panels with coloured ink by applying Boho Blue ink with the Blending Brush. Starting at the edge and working over towards the other side of the panel and then I tear one side of the cardstock to expose the white paper. 

Another fun way to add interest to your cards is adding White Stampin' Emboss Powder to the edges of the cardstock. I just simply run the VersaMark ink pad along the edges of the cardstock then apply White Stampin' Emboss Powder, brush off any excess that I don't want and heat set with the Heat Tool.

To finish off the card I added Clear Wink of Stella by taping the brush against the lid. I also hadn't used any Petal Pink on the card expect for the Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins, they are stunning in the pink and Balmy Blue.

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI151 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 25th September 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI151 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual or Mini Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Creation Station Blog Hop - Monochromatic

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. This is the latest hop with the design team at Creation Station, if you have come from Sara Nell Langland or you may have started with me. Please make sure you hop around and see everyone's amazing 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 "Monochromatic" this was a fun challenge to do. I created my project for this month's theme using shades of brown tones and vanilla with a variety of different Stampin' Up! products. 

Creating a monochromatic card can really help to show off the same colour when using it in different ways. Stampin' Up! have lots of different products to use such as paper, inks, embellishments and ribbons. I've used Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla for my colours and turned it into a vintage card.

I used the flowers from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks and created three flowers by applying Pecan Pie ink with a Blending Brush onto Very Vanilla Cardstock then I fussy cut out the flowers. Instead of using the leaves from the masks I used one of the leaves dies from the Gorgeously Made Dies, die-cut out in Very Vanilla Cardstock and Champagne sparkle paper from the More Dazzle Specialty Paper.

To create the background panel, I used Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped the unique text image in Crumb Cake ink. For the next panel in Crumb Cake Cardstock, I ran it through the die cutting machine with the new Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and applied Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso ink onto the embossed cardstock with the Blending Brush. For some interest I tore along the edge of the Crumb Cake cardstock to expose the stamped Very Vanilla Cardstock.

Other added layers to the card are Crumb Cake wide strip cardstock coloured in using Pecan Pie ink with the Blending Brush and then I tore the edges. For extra layers I added Burlap Ribbon, Very Vanilla Bakers Twine and More Dazzle Specialty Paper. To finish off the card I placed a few Sparkle Gems in Champagne.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below. Make sure you pop over to Dani Dziama for lots of inspiration using monochromatic in her projects.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and Sept-Dec 2023 Mini Catalogue, please contact me here. 

Sept-Dec 2023 Mini Catalogue

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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI150

 

Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI150 this photo was chosen by Lou Kitzelman. They are gorgeous happy colours for our 150th birthday. It certainly reminds me of spring which is not too far away.

The chosen colour combination for #CI150 is Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Sweet Sorbet, Old Olive and Pretty Peacock. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Night of Navy instead of Misty Moonlight .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 3 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 11th September 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Happy birthday to Colour INKspiration!! 150 colour challenges which is amazing! I just love our design team and the variety of different colour combinations we get to try out each fortnight or sometimes three weeks. I really love a colour challenge because it challenges me to try out different colour palettes I wouldn't normally use. 

Today's slimline card I have created using the new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (162331) which will be available to customers in the up incoming Stampin' Up! Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalogue. They are amazing and so easy to use. You get 7 masks in total and 4 of them are to create sunflowers and leaves. I used the large sunflower mask by applying Pumpkin Pie ink with the Blending Brush and two smaller sunflowers in Sweet Sorbet ink. The leaves are a mix of Old Olive and Pretty Peacock I love the shading of these colours mixed together. Then I fussy cut the images out.

I combined a few different stamp sets to go with the sunflowers and the flowers from the Sending Smiles Stamp Set was perfect as they are solid images when stamped and white outline space around them. 

The background panel is Basic White Cardstock using the Lighting the Way and Gorgeously Made Stamp Sets I selected some leaf images to create lots of stamping in Old Olive ink.

To finish off the card I added Black & White Gingham Ribbon, heat embossed the sentiment and added a few Blooming Pearls embellishments in gold and Pretty Peacock. 

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI150 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 11th September 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI150 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue Sep-Dec 2023

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual or Mini Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Artisan Design Team - Countryside Inn Suite

  

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you three projects I created for Stampin' Up! earlier this month for my Monthly Artisan Assignment using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set which was shared on Stampin' Up! socials. The design team did such an amazing job on their projects so make sure you check out their creations. I'll have the link at the bottom on my blog.

The Countryside Inn Suite (161474) is in the Stampin' Up! 2023-24 Annual Catalogue and is located on page 62-63 of the catalogue. The suite includes the following: Countryside Corners Bundle 161472 (10% bundled savings), Countryside Inn 12"x12" Designer Series Paper 161467 and Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder 161473. Plus, we were also given the Lasting Joy Stamp Set 161442 to work with for our projects. 

Countryside Inn Suite (161474)

Countryside Inn 12"x12" Designer Series Paper 161467

Lasting Joy Stamp Set 161442

Here are my three projects that I have created using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set. This suite and stamp set are designed to go together and I'll be showing you different ways on how to use these products. Throughout the cards I've selected different colours to go with the blues and basic white.

For You Fresh Freesia Card

For my first card I created the background panel using Lasting Joy Stamp Set, Fresh Freesia Cardstock and stamping the images in Night of Navy ink. I've also stamped a few more images and fussy cut them out with the Paper Snips to add to the card later on. 

I've added layers of paper to the card using Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper and Night of Navy Cardstock Embossed with Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder. I like to tear the edges of the embossed cardstock and designer series paper. 

The Countryside Corners stamp set is one large only stamp and you can create elegant borders for your images, greetings, labels, or add border patterns to your cards. There are coordinating Countryside Corners Dies to match with each layer, I've used the second smallest image using Fresh Freesia Cardstock and Night of Navy ink. Then die-cut out with the second smallest die.

To finish off the card I've heat embossed the sentiment from the Lasting Joy Stamp Set by stamping the image in VersaMark onto a strip of Night of Navy Cardstock, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. I've added Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems to the card.

Birthday Wishes Melon Mambo Card

For this card, I started with the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper by tearing up different strips of paper and layering them down on a larger size of Night of Navy Cardstock die-cut out using the Countryside Corners Dies. 

This is a great way to use up those strips of paper and produce an effective background for your card. Once the strips are layered with adhesive, I then used the next die down from the Countryside Corners Dies and added to the embossed Basic White Cardstock.

Using the following colours to stamp images from the Lasting Joy Stamp Set in Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight and Boho Blue inks. Once stamped fussy cut with paper snips before adhering to my card.

The sentiment was heat embossed as the same as the above card and then placed over the torn paper and stamped images. Other elements added was White Baker's Twine and coloured in White Classics Dots with Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend. 

Lasting Joy Bubble Bath Card

On my third card, I used the Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder in two different ways by using different coloured cardstock and techniques. 

To start with the Bubble Bath side, I embossed a strip of Vellum and adhered to the cardstock. For the Misty Moonlight side, I applied White Craft ink with a Sponge Dauber to the paper, this gave a softer and different look to Misty Moonlight.

Next, I fussy cut out a few of the images from the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper with paper snips and added them to the white on Night of Navy heat embossed using one of the larger Countryside Inn label Dies. 

Then it was placed over an even larger label die using Bubble Bath Cardstock and Night of Navy ink. The ribbons under the labels are Bubble Bath Sheer Ribbon and Night of Navy Borded Ribbon cut in half lengthways.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below. I hope I've inspired you to create and have with this beautiful Countryside Inn Suite. I would love to see what you come up with using these Stampin' Up! products.

Make sure you pop over onto Stampin' Up! Facebook page or Stampin' Up! Instagram page for lots of inspiration using the Countryside Inn Suite and Lasting Joy Stamp Set. You will just need to go back to the last weekend of August 2023 to view our projects.

Please email me if you would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue send an email to 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 Stampin' Up! online store here.

Make sure you follow me on social media via Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher