AWH Heart of Christmas Week 2

 

Welcome to Week 2 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. 

As I was going on a long weekend away I had to create early for this week's blog hop and at the time was still waiting for my preorder from the upcoming Mini catalogue to arrive. So with limited festive supplies I am going to show you that you don't necessarily always have to have all festive products to create festive cards. 

Yes the sentiment and the shape it is embossed on, is from an existing stamp set, Brightest Glow and Labels Aglow dies but the remains of the card are all non festive products. As can be seen the sentiment has been embossed in gold onto White cardstock. 

The White card base has been dry embossed using one of the Basics 3D embossing folders that are only available on the online store. 

 

All of the foliage under the sentiment has been die cut using the dies from the Timeless Arrangements Dies which accompany the Timeless Arrangements stamp set which is an All Occasion sentiment stamp set. Cardstock colours used are Real Red, Garden Green and for some bling I have used Gold More Dazzle Specialty Paper.

For some even more added bling I have used some Gold Simply Elegant Trim and a few of the new Blooming Pearls in Gold.

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Kate Morgan. 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.

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Enjoy your week.

Theresa

Stampin' Up! Balmy Blue

 

This week, is week 10 in the Colour Creations blog hop and this week we start our journey through the existing Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order. This week our feature colour is  Balmy Blue, a lovely soft blue that would be popular for baby boy cards. I on the other hand have chosen otherwise!

My inspiration for this week came from what I would call the reverse side of one of the pieces of Les Shoppes paper which features Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Calypso Coral and I have to say I really love how these colours work together.

 

So as I said my starting point was the reverse side of the Les Shoppes paper which I embossed using the Exposed Brick 3D folder. I have then added a band of the Balmy Blue and White Double Stitched ribbon.

The Balmy Blue ring has been made using 2 of the Stylish Shapes dies. 

For the foliage I have used  the Timeless Arrangements dies and Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Calypso Coral cardstock. 

The sentiment is also from Timeless Arrangements and has been stamped in Night of Navy and die cut using another of the Timeless Arrangements dies.

This photo shows a close up of the lovely embossing created by the Exposed Brick 3D folder.

Finally I have added a bow using the Balmy Blue and White Double Stitched ribbon and added a few of the Balmy Blue Iridescent Pastel Gems.

Next in tonight's blog hop is my lovely upline and dear friend Christine Blain.  I look forward to seeing this week's beautiful creation.  

 

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

Stampin' Up! Moody Mauve

 

This week, is week 3 in the Colour Creations blog hop and we continue our journey  featuring all of the Stampin' Up! colours, starting with the latest In Colours. This week's feature colour  Moody Mauve, which is in my opinion a very dark mauve, who knows maybe that's is why it is called "Moody" Mauve.

I have teamed Moody Mauve with another of this year's new Core Colours, Bubble Bath and a hint of a returning colour, Lost Lagoon and Basic White. As yet, I havent ordered very much from the new Catalogue as we are going on a short family holiday soon and I thought I would wait until we get back, so I have decided to ink up Two Tone Flora for this week. I am also getting prepared early and have made a card for my Mother In Laws birthday next month. She keeps all of the cards I make for her in her crystal cabinet.

I have adhered a piece of the Fresh As A Daisy, featuring Moody Mauve, to the White base and then added another piece of White cardstock that has been die cut using the largest of the Two Tone Flora dies.

The flowers have been stamped in Bubble Bath for the base and Moody Mauve for the accents. They have then been die cut using the corresponding dies. Yay, no fussy cutting! The leaves are actually from Timeless Arrangements as are the berries. The leaves have been stamped in Lost Lagoon onto the same colour cardstock. For the berries I have used Moody Mauve in the same manner. It just goes to show how so many of the Stampin' Up! stamp sets can be interchanged and mixed together. 

I have also added Wink Of Stella to the flowers for highlights. Hopefully you can see them a bit better in the photo below.

For the ribbon underneath the floral spray, I have actually separated the individual threads from a piece of Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon, an idea I got from one of the other "hoppers" last week. It's quite effective when you don't want a large width of ribbon.

The sentiment is from Charming Sentiments and has been stamped onto Moody Mauve card and then embossed in White.

Finally I have added a few In Colour Dots in Moody Mauve for another highlight. 

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

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