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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 17 - Cherry Cobbler Stripes

 


Hello stampers, I'm back to join my fellow Art With Heart stampers in this week's Colour Creation Blog Hop. Every we we have been featuring one of the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order.

This week our projects are all featuring Cherry Cobbler which is a lovely deep red in the Regals Colour Family.

Cherry Cobbler is a colour I use a lot when making Christmas cards, but I decided to ink up one of my newish stamps and have a go at an idea I saw on our demonstrator website.


I stamped the Sketched Plaid stamp in Misty Moonlight on Basic White card stock. I used my Blends Markers in Boho Blue and Cherry Cobbler to colour in sections of the stamp for added interest. I used a ruler and a Cherry Cobbler Blends Marker to add the stripes on both directions. I was not confident enough in my ability to draw straight lines free hand to do it without a ruler.


The greeting is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink using the Charming Sentiments stamp set.
All of the products used to make this card are listed below and are available through my online store.

Now it's time to see what my stamping friend Sharon Davern has to share with us.

If you have any problems with the links in our hops please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the wonderful host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Come back and visit on Monday evening when I will be participating in the next Heart of Christmas blog hop and next week for our Colour Creations Blog Hop featuring Coastal Cabana.


Happy stamping,
Rachel
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Monday, 21 August 2023

Heart of Christmas week 3 - Jolly Words

 




More Christmas cards tonight with the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. The Art With Heart Team will be here every Monday night until early Dec with plenty of Christmas inspiration.


This week I'm using a new stamp set from the September to December Mini Catalogue. As a demonstrator we are able to pre order products before the catalogue is released so that we can have samples and classes ready to inspire you.

This stamp set has three large images that are really fun and easy to colour, great for new stampers or for those who don't like too much colouring.

For the first card I stamped the image on Vellum card stock in Stazon Ink. I used Stazon Ink as it is an alcohol based ink that dries on non porous surfaces.



I coloured the reverse side of the image with Blends Markers. Once again these markers are alcohol based so they dry on non porous surfaces where as water based markers do not.

I used a Blending Brush and Starry Sky ink to colour the background cloud layers.

For the second card I stamped the JOY image twice in Memento Black ink and once in Pretty Peacock. On the main image I coloured the two elves with Blends Markers. 

On the second  image I coloured the wreath and then fussy cut it with paper snips. I also fussy cut the J and Y from the Pretty Peacock image.

I layered the J and the wreath and the Y on to the main image with Dimensionals. The main image was cut with a Deckled Rectangle Die. I had to double cut the image as the die wasn't exactly the size I needed. The DSP behind the main image is from the new Walk in the Forest DSP.


The zig zag border is Cherry Cobbler card stock and was cut using  another of the Basic Border Dies.

All of the products used to make these cards will be available from the 6th of Sept in my online store. If you would like a copy of the Sept to Dec Catalogue please contact me and I will send one to you.


Now it's time for the next hop which belongs to the very talented Tina Gillespie. Click on the image below to see her fabulous Christmas creation.


Thanks for visiting, please return on Wednesday when will are featuring Cherry Cobbler in our Colour Creations Blog Hop.

Happy stamping,
Rachel
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Monday, 14 August 2023

Heart of Christmas week 2 - Merriest Trees Three Sizes

 



Hello fellow stampers, welcome to week 2 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. This week I have three cards to share with you using a new bundle, Merriest Trees, which will be available in the Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue from the 6th of September.

The three cards use the same main image from the stamp set, but cut down to different sizes with the different size dies from the Merriest Trees Die set.


For the first card the Christmas Tree is the full size of the stamp. It's stamped in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow and decorated with strings of tinsel cut from the gold sheet from the More Dazzle Specialty Paper.

The background paper is from the A Walk in the Forest DSP, also from the Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue.


The star on top of the tree has two layers, Gold Foil on the base and Gold from the More Dazzle Specialty Paper on the top.

For the next card I stamped the whole tree in Lost Lagoon Ink then I cut it out with the next size smaller die to make a smaller tree. The greeting is stamped directly on to the tree in Pretty Peacock ink.


The papers used for the background of this card are from the Winter Meadow DSP, from the Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue and Inked Botanicals DSP. I used a piece of Lost Lagoon Bordered Ribbon behind tree image.


The sparkly star on top of the tree is from the silver sheet from the More Dazzle Specialty DSP.

For the final card I stamped the tree image in Garden Green ink and then cut it out with the next smallest tree die.

I used the tag die from the Merriest Trees Dies as a mat for the tree. I stamped two sets of the ornaments in Real Red ink and cut them out. Very conveniently three ornaments are on one stamp and also on the same die which means you can stamp and cut three ornaments at the same time.


Originally I was planning to ink and emboss the Christmas Tidings Embossing Folder but I diverted slightly. The first time I used my trusty Rubber Brayer to apply the ink to the folder before I embossed I got a really blotchy/spotty effect that I did not like, on the left below. I then used my Stampin' Scrub to clean the inside of the embossing folder, which removed any coating that was on the folder. When I reapplied the ink I got a nice even covering of ink that when I embossed on Soft Sea Foam cardstock I got the lovely clear solid image, in the center below.


 I was going to try again on Basic White card stock but changed my mind after I had placed the paper in the folder and gently closed it. When I opened the folder i saw the funky, grungy look, on the right above. I ended up using this as the card front for my third card.

Most of the items used to make these cards will be available from the 6th of September. Please contact me if you do not already have a demonstrator and would like a copy of the Sept-Dec Catalogue or if you have any questions.

Now it's time for more Christmas inspiration from my fellow team member and host of the hop Sharon Davern.


Please head to Sharon's blog if you have any issues with the links in our hop as she has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting,
Rachel

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Monday, 7 August 2023

Heart of Christmas Week 1 - So Very Merry Window

 




Hello friends. Can you believe that it's time to kick off another year of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hops with the Art With Heart Team? Surely Christmas is further away than that. But alas, no. So here is my first Christmas card of 2023.

For today's card I have used the So Very Merry stamp set which is one of the Online Exclusives. The image below will take you to the website where you can see all of the Online Exclusives.


I stamped the angel image on Vellum card stock in Stazon Black and then coloured on the REVERSE SIDE with my Blends Markers. If you colour on the front of the image you will smudge the image and end up with Stazon on your Marker, of which neither is good.


I used a circle from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut the circles in the front of all three layers together. It only cut through two layers to start with but it made an indentation on the third layer which I could use to cut that layer on it's own. I did it this way so that the holes in all 3 layers lined up perfectly.


 The vellum sheet with the image was layered between the Real Red and Lost Lagoon layers. I embossed the top layer, which is Pretty Peacock with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. 


The greeting was stamped in Real Red and cut with another of the Stylish Shapes Dies. I tied a double bow from some leftover ribbon as my final embellishment.
All of the products used to make this card are available through my online store. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Now it time to see some more Christmas inspiration from my Art With Heart friends. Next hop on our tour is Tina Gillespie.

If you have any problems with the links in our hop please head to Sharon Davern's blog as she is the host of our Heart of Christmas blog hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting, happy stamping,
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