Handstamped by Rachel: Art Gallery Bundle

Tuesday, 5 January 2021

Jan to June Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration is HERE!

Today the Stampin' Up! January to June Mini Catalogue and the Sale-a-bration begin.The Sale-a-bration is Stampin' Up!s biggest sale of the year. The Sale-a-bration brochure holds 10 special offers that are only available until the end of February. Customers earn a free stamp set or paper pack with every $90 spent. Hostesses earn an extra stamp sent once their sales reach $500. For new demonstrators, in addition to the usual joining discounts, they will receive 5 assortment packs of the new DSP from the 2021-2022 catalogue.Here's a card I have made using the Art Gallery Bundle and the Gilded Leafing.

The flower is stamped in Poppy Parade and Old Olive ink. I stamped a second stamp over the flower in Versamark. Heat and Stick Powder was sprinkled over the Versamark and then heated with the Heat Tool. I placed the image upside down in the tub of Gilded Leafing. The excess was removed with a paint brush.

Around the flower I have used the Stitched With Whimsy Dies. The second layer is Old Olive card stock cut with an Ornate Layer Die.

The greeting is from the Art Gallery stamp set and has been cut using on of the Floral Gallery Dies.

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Happy stamping,

Rachel

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase Week 26 - Merry Merlot

Hello, I'm back with another week of the Colour Creation Showcase. For week 26 we are featuring Merry Merlot. Merry Merlot is in the Neutrals colour family and is usually a colour I use on my Christmas cards.

For this showcase I decided use one of the pre order sets I purchased from the up coming Stampin' Up! Jan to June Mini Catalogue. The Art Gallery Bundle includes the Art Gallery stamp set and the Floral Gallery Dies. The stamp set is a two step stamp set with numerous brushstroke style images and 9 lovely greetings. The dies cut out all of the floral images and the words 'Just Want To Say'.

As I started to play with this set I decided to stamp three different level cards that would be appropriate for my beginner, casual and avid stamping customers.

This card is for my beginner stampers. I stamped the large petal stamp in Rococo Rose and then the coordinating smaller stamp in Merry Merlot. These stamps are photopolymer(clear) so that it is easy to stamp one stamp on top of the other.

The stem is stamped in Old Olive and the greeting is also stamped in Merry Merlot.

I used the same stamps and colours on my second card for casual stampers, but I added a couple of extra steps. I cut the floral image with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the Merry Merlot card base with Dimensionals.

The greeting was cut with one of the Floral Gallery Dies and attached on a small piece of Fine Art Ribbon, which is also in the upcoming catalogue.

For the Avid stamper card I added another few steps. Again I used the same stamps and colours for the flower. I then cut out the flower with the coordinating die.

The card base is Merry Merlot again. The first layer is a Stitched Rectangle from Pool Party card stock. The second layer is a larger Stitched Rectangle in Whisper White. I placed this piece in the matching Painted Texture 3D embossing folder that I had inked with my Pool Party ink pad. This embossing folder is also available in the Jan to June Mini Catalogue.

I applied the ink directly to the embossing folder.

The greeting was stamped in Merry Merlot and cut with one of the Floral Gallery Dies. Again I used the Fine Art Ribbon that I tied around the embossed piece.