Colour Creations - Blushing Bride Week 10

Hi fellow stampers! Welcome to the Colour Creations blog hop with the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. Our featured Stampin’ Up! colour this week is Blushing Bride from the Subtles colour family.

My card tonight features the Happy Forest Friends suite. I was looking forward to playing with this set as it is such a cute set for babies, kids or big kids cards. It is a tri-fold card where the centre panel has been cut out with a square die from the Stylish Shapes die set.

A DSP layer was adhered to the front panel and die cut as mentioned above.

I stamped some mushrooms from this stamp set in Blushing Bride ink. These were die cut with matching dies. The sentiment is also from this set and was embossed with white embossing powder. The label was die cut using the small banner from Stylish Shapes die set again.

The middle panel has a patterned DSP layer to which I adhered a die cut square scene from this DSP. This was mounted onto Blushing Bride card stock. I have also die cut a pennant banner using a die from the new Sale-a-bration die set Tree Lot. The specialty DSP used is Brushstrokes in Blushing Bride.

The inside has the sentiment and tiny butterfly stamped in Blushing Bride ink. And finally added another die cut mushroom.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Blushing Bride inspiration from the next participant the very talented Sharon Davern.

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 Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Heart of Christmas 2022 - Week 1

Hi everyone! This week we begin the Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2022 where members of the Art With Heart team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators will showcase ideas for Christmas cards. I love joining in as I get a head start on my Christmas cards and have less stress later on when the craziness begins! Not to mention the amazing creations from the other team members that will inspire you too.

My card tonight features DSP from Sweetest Christmas and Santa’s Express sets and where I have stuck to the traditional Christmas colours found in these papers.

A DSP mat was adhered to the Basic White card base. I die cut the rectangle frame from the Fabulous Frames die set using Real Red card stock. This was adhered to the ‘Ho Ho Ho’ DSP and together they were adhered with dimensionals onto the DSP layer. Just make sure you don’t stick it down the wrong way as I nearly did with the words reading ‘OH OH OH’! I thought it would have been a totally different card if I had.

The candy canes were fussy cut from the Sweetest Christmas DSP. The die set in this suite also has matching dies to do this but I haven’t ordered these as yet.

The greenery was die cut from Shaded Spruce card stock using the Splendid Stems die set and which reminded me a bit like Holly leaves. The leaves were adhered behind the candy canes and to the front I adhered a bow using Real Red ribbon.

The sentiment is from the returning stamp set Peaceful Deer available in the Annual catalogue and was stamped with Real Red ink onto Basic White card stock. I used the banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set.

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration if you haven’t already done so, the very talented Rachel Woollard.

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of our host, Sharon Davern and she will have the list of all those participating.

Hope you have a marvellous week ahead. Take care xx

Colour Creations - Blackberry Bliss Week 9

Hi everyone and a warm welcome to the Colour Creations blog hop tonight. Our featured Stampin’ Up! colour is Blackberry Bliss from the Regals colour family.

My cards tonight feature the Splendid Thoughts stamp and die bundle and coordinating Splendid Day DSP. I love my DSP but even more so if it has shiny foil or gold in it!

I’ve stamped the leafy outline and solid part onto Basic White card stock with my Stamparatus to sort of align the images. Note, they are not meant to perfectly align! So if you are a perfectionist it’s ok to show artistic licence here lol.

I die cut the stamped image using the Stitched Rectangles die and adhered it to another die cut rectangle from Blackberry Bliss card stock. Before putting the elements together I adhered some Soft Sea Foam Seam binding ribbon to the coordinating DSP  also in Soft Sea Foam and has a glossy texture. This is difficult to see in the photos.

I die cut various leafy elements with Basic White, Blackberry Bliss and Soft Sea Foam card stock. I cut another piece of the Seam binding ribbon in half and tied a double bow. 

These were all adhered behind the greeting die cut circle. The sentiment is from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set. I also added some Rustic Metallic adhesive backed dots to finish the card.

I have stuck to the same colours in my second card and just die cut the different leafy elements. This set also contains a bowl-shaped die that can be used as a pot to hold the leafy bits. The DSP I have used for the pot is from the new Sale-a-bration catalogue available from 1 July 2022. The 6”x6” pack has silver or gold stripes or dots pattern which I think will be great for Christmas and non-Christmas projects.

The sentiment is from the Happiness Abounds stamp set in the Annual catalogue. This is stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink and die cut with a label die from the Splendid Stems die set. The scalloped border to create a ledge for the pot is from the Basic Borders die set. I hope you have enjoyed my projects tonight.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Blackberry Bliss inspiration from the next participant and our blog host Cathy Proctor.

Have a fabulous week ahead and stay warm if you’re in Australia. Brrrr it’s cold out there!

Colour Creations - Bermuda Bay Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of the 2022-23 Colour Creations weekly blog hop. The star tonight is Bermuda Bay - a lovely bright summery blue.

It was my husband’s birthday this week which was the perfect occasion to make a masculine card using a few new products from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! July-December mini catalogue as well as a peek at a Sale-a-bration product. I’m getting really excited about some of the lovely and cute stamp sets and papers in the mini catalogue.

There are actually two DSP packs used tonight. The super cute Storybook Gnomes from the mini catalogue and Rings of Love from the Sale-a-bration catalogue beginning 1 July.

Before adhering the different elements to the Basic White mat I used blending brushes with Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede inks to add some depth in the background.

The  super cute gnome and tree panel were cut from the Storybook Gnomes DSP and the saw-cut log can be found in the Rings of Love  DSP Sale-a-bration item - a FREE product you can get with a minimum spend.

I have used the Basic Borders dies with Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay card stock that coordinate with the colours in the DSP to create the zig-zag trim.

The sentiment stamped with Bermuda Bay ink onto Basic White card stock is from the Good Feelings stamp set. I have applied some ink lightly with a blending brush too.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Bermuda Bay inspiration from the next participant the very talented Kate Morgan

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 Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Colour Creations - Basic Gray Week 7

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to the 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop where the AWH team will showcase a different Stampin’ Up! colour each week. This weeks colour is Basic Gray which is found in the Neutrals colour family.

I made my card a few weeks ago and used some newly retired products as well as items in the current Last Chance list. I dry embossed  a Basic White mat using the newly retired Macramé 3D EF. Definitely sad to see this one go! I adhered this panel to my card base.

I used the Basic Gray doily from the Heart & Home Doilies set. I adhered some Soft Succulent satin shimmer ribbon to the back of the doily.

I have used the Honeybee Home stamp and die bundle for tonight’s card.

The elements layered on the front of the doily include the following:

• DSP die cut using a circle die (retired DSP Pansy Petals)
• Soft Succulent greenery die cut
• Flowers coloured with Fresh Freesia/Mint Macaron blends and die cut
• Bees stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Gold embossing powder and die cut
• Sentiment stamped with Basic Gray ink

To finish I added some retired Opal Rounds and 2021-23 In Colours jewels.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Balmy Blue inspiration from the next participant the very talented Christine Blain.

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 Cathy Proctor’s blog.