AWH Heart Of Christmas Week 4

 Welcome to Week 4 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.  

For this week's inspiration I had in my mind to use the Emboss Resist technique. 

 

This is the technique where you stamp an image in Versamark and then emboss it using White Wow Embossing powder. Once dry you apply the ink to cardstock over the image using either and Sponge Dauber or a Blending Brush. As the name suggests the stamped image then resists the uptake of ink.

In this case I have used a Blending Brush and Shaded Spruce ink. The image has then been die cut using the dies from the matching Delicate Pines dies.

 I have then added some Pine Needles cut from Early Espresso and Cajun Craze card. This has then all been mounted onto white card that has been embossed using the Snowflake Sky embossing folder (retired). The card has also been die cut using one of the Textured Notes dies.

 

This has all been mounted onto a piece of Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper. 

Finally for the bling I've added Clear Faceted Snowflakes and Shaded Spruce Delightful Decorative Dots.

 Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Catherine Proctor. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.

 

 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

AWH Heart Of Christmas Week 3

 

Welcome to Week 3 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas.

Finally I've got my act together and started to create. It's been a very big past 12 months for me, selling up in suburban Melbourne and relocating to regional Victoria, in particular to Gippsland. I can't guarantee that I'll be sharing every week but will do my best to partake when I can. 

Anyway back to back to the matter at hand. Our weekly Christmas inspired blog hop.This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern. 

This week I've gone for a fairly simple design inspired by the image on page 26 of the current Mini Catalogue. 

 As you can see the brilliance of this Suite of products is that the dies are also designed to cut images from the gorgeous DSP, and anyone who knows me knows that I will always find an alternate to fussy cutting!

 It's a bit hard to see in the photo above but the white background has been embossed using The Gathering Leaves Embossing folder. The following photo shows the embossing in a bit better detail. 

 Christmas cards always need a bit of bling and for this one I have used the gorgeous Traditional Sparkling Sequins. They come in Real Red, Gold, Old Olive and Pool Party.

 The sentiment for this card is from the Traditional Labels bundle and has been embossed using the Wow Metallic Gold Rich powder.

For the inside of the card I've used Words For The Season stamp set and added pieces from another of the Traditions of Christmas DSP. I've gone for small triangles of the paper as it reminds me of the Half Square Triangles I have been doing a lot of in my quilting lately. 

 Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Rosa Leydon. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

 

 

Stampin' Up! Coastal Cabana

 

Welcome to a Week 18 of the Colour Creations Showcase blog hop. This week we continue our journey through the remaining Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order, with this week's feature colour being Coastal Cabana. Coastal Cabana is a member of the Brights colour group and is classified as a Blue-Green colour.

Once again I have used this opportunity to create another Christmas card as well as have a play with another new bundle of products soon to be available after September 4th. This time it's the Decorative Trees bundle and I have chosen to pair Coastal Cabana with Pretty Peacock, White and touches of Copper.

The paper attached to the card base is what I would term the reverse side of one of the pieces of the Nests of Winter DSP and features Coastal Cabana. I have simply just sponged the edges of this.

Next a piece of White card has been randomly stamped in Coastal Cabana using the small star bundle stamp from the Decorative Trees stamp. The card has then been embossed using the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder (apologies for it's prolific use lately but it just seems to suit the cards best). 

 

For the two outer trees, the outline and foliage have been stamped using Pretty Peacock ink and the Decorative Trees stamps. These have then been die cut using the dies from the Decorative Trees dies. 

For the central tree the outline is also in Pretty Peacock but the sentiment, also from the same stamp set, and the foliage have this time been embossed in White. 

Each of the trees is decorated using the Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper, for the stars, baubles, garlands and other decorations. The dies for each of these are from the Decorative Trees Dies. As so many of these are fine the Oxidized Copper paper was attached to Adhesive Sheets to make it easier to adhere to the tree. 

Hopefully this photo shows the variation in the Oxidized Copper paper with its shine and matte areas. Finally a few Copper Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems were added.

Next in tonight's blog hop is our lovely host Cathy Proctor. I look forward to seeing her lovely creation this week.

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host  Cathy Proctor  where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

It is quite possible that this might be my last Colour Creations blog post for the year as I am about to pack up my crafting supplies to go into storage for preparation to move to our new home in Regional Victoria. 

As always if you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or would like to purchase some of the products then click on the Facebook tab at the top of the page and send me a message.

As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 4

 

 

Welcome to Week 4 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas. This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern. 

Finally my preorder has arrived and I have managed to have a play with some of the gorgeous new goodies for this week's blog hop. I've gone with a traditional colour combination of Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Old Olive.

 A piece of white card that has been stamped using the Sketched Plaid background stamp and Real Red ink has been adhered to the Real Red card base. I have then embossed a piece of Graceful Greenery Vellum using the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing folder and carefully adhered this to the Sketched Plaid background being careful where to place the glue. 

Each of the trees from the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set were stamped in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow and then die cut using the dies from the Peaceful Evergreen dies. These were then adhered to the vellum. 

Using White and Real Red card for the definition, the word Christmas was die cut using the Peaceful Season dies. For the word "Merry" it was stamped in Versamark and embossed in White and then also die cut. 

Some Real Red and White Bakers Twine was wrapped around the top of the card and a bow also adhered. Trick- another place to adhere the glue to the vellum without being seen!

I've coloured a few Iridescent Pearls using a Real Red Stampin Blend and added a star die cut using some of the Cherry Cobbler Glimmer paper.

As the card base is Real Red, I've added a piece of White card die cut using one of the Deckled Rectangles and stamped the sentiment from Peaceful Season in Real Red and some trees from Peaceful Evergreen in Old Olive. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Vicki Boucher. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.

 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host  Sharon Davern's blog.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler

 

Welcome to a Week 17 of the Colour Creations Showcase blog hop. This week we continue our journey through the remaining Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order, with this week's feature colour being Cherry Cobbler. Cherry Cobbler is a member of the Regals group of colours and is classified as a Red Violet colour.

As Cherry Cobbler is a red colour and commonly used in Christmas creations that is what I have gone with too.  My preorder has finally arrived and this week I have had fun playing with one of the new bundles from the Upcoming Mini Catalogue, the very cute Reindeer Fun. Cherry Cobbler has been teamed with Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake.

To start with a piece of Very Vanilla card has been stamped using Crumb Cake ink and the star stamp from Reindeer Fun. It was then embossed using the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder and then die cut using the circular die from the Reindeer Fun dies. This has been adhered to a piece of soon to be released Splendid Autumn paper featuring Cherry Cobbler. 

The cute little Reindeer, also from /reindeer Fun, has been stamped in Early Espresso and then coloured using Crumb Cake Stampin Blends. It was then die cut. The bridle has been stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink.

Although hard to tell from the original photo, the sentiment, from Greetings Of the Season has been embossed in gold and then die cut using one of the Nested Essentials dies.

Finally a few Gold Blooming Pearls have been added for that bit of Christmas bling. 

The inside has been kept very simple by just stamping the bells from Reindeer Fun and colouring them with Cherry Cobbler and Wild Wheat Stampin Blends and then die cutting them. I wish that Stampin Up would have Gold and Silver blends.

Next in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Vicki Boucher. I look forward to seeing her lovely creation this week.

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host  Cathy Proctor where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

As always if you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or would like to purchase some of the products then click on the Facebook tab at the top of the page and send me a message.

As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 3

 

 

Welcome to Week 3 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas. This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern. 

Whilst awaiting delivery (yes I was a bit slow off the mark) of my Demonstrator only preorder from the new September to December mini catalogue I have decided to revisit one of the bundles that has carried over into the current Annual Catalogue, Merriest Trees along with a beautiful paper that has also carried over, Winter Meadow.

I've gone for a non-traditional colour scheme so as to match the paper, of Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock and a lot of Silver bling!

The paper used for the card base is an Online Exclusive, Tartan Foil, in Lost Lagoon. A piece of the Winter Meadow paper, featuring the same two colours has then been added on top along with a couple of strips of Silver Foil.

The Christmas tree, from Merriest Trees, has been stamped in Lost Lagoon with the accents being stamped in Pretty Peacock and then die cut using one of the Merriest Trees dies.

The tree basket has been die cut using Pebbled Path card and the die from Merriest Trees. All of the ornaments have been stamped in Versamark and then embossed in Silver and then die cut using the die. Lucky there are actually 3 of the same dies for the ornaments so making it easier. It's a bit like our tree usually is heavily laden with ornaments. The garland has also been die cut using Silver foil but this time I used Adhesive Sheets on the back making it easier to adhere to the tree. 

 

For the sentiment the word "Celebrate" has been die cut using a die from Wanted To Say and Silver Foil. This has then been paired with the word "Christmas", which has been stamped in Lost Lagoon.

A few of the Tinsel Gems in Lost Lagoon have also been added.

For the inside of the card, the sentiment, also from Merriest Trees has been stamped in Pretty Peacock and a strip of the Lost Lagoon Tartan Foil added to the bottom. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Christine Blain . Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host Sharon Davern's blog.

 If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral

 

 

Welcome to a Week 16 of the Colour Creations Showcase blog hop. This week we continue our journey through the remaining Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order, with this week's feature colour being Calypso Coral. Calypso Coral  is a member of the Subtles group of colours and is on the cusp of Red Orange and Orange on the Stampin' Up! Colour Wheel.

This week I have chosen to feature one of the Stampin' Up bundles that has been a round for a few Catalogues now but one that I haven't used for some time and what's more I have, strange for me, decided to team Calypso Coral with Pretty Peacock. 

The paper adhered to the White card base is from Lily Pond Lane. I have then used a different paper, from the Online Exclusive, Delightful Floral and the Countryside Corners dies to cut the hexagonal frame.

Inside the hexagonal frame is a piece of white card that has been embossed using the Eyelet 3D embossing folder. To this I have added the floral arrangement. As the Pretty Peacock flower stem is quite fine I added adhesive sheet to the back before die cutting it. The flowers have been stamped in Calypso Coral with Petal Pink used for the "fill". These were then die cut using the dies from the Sentimental Park dies.

It's a bit hard to see from the original photo but the flower centres have been highlighted using Wink of Stella which is a bit easier to see in this photo above. 

The sentiment is from Charming Duck Pond and has been stamped in Pretty Peacock and then die cut using another of the Countryside Corners dies. 

Finally a few flowers using more of the Delightful Floral paper and the Sentimental Park small flower dies have been added to the corners. Iridescent Pearls have been coloured using Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends and adhered to the centres. 

The inside of the card has been kept quite simple, just a small piece of the flower stem in Pretty Peacock and a flower stamped in Calypso Coral and coloured using a Calypso Coral Stampin' Blend. 

Next in tonight's blog hop is our talented  host Cathy Proctor . I look forward to seeing her lovely creation this week.

 

 

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host  Cathy Proctor  where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

As always if you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or would like to purchase some of the products then click on the Facebook tab at the top of the page and send me a message.

As always enjoy your week.

Theresa