Heart of Christmas Week 5 - Non Traditional Trimming the Tree

 

I'm back tonight with week 5 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with my fellow demonstrators from the Art With Heart Team. We will be sharing some Christmas inspiration with you every Monday night until the end of November.

Tonight my project uses the Trimming the Tree stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. If you live in Australia and do not have a copy of our 2022-2023 Catalogue and do not already have a demonstrator, contact me and I will post one to you.

 I have gone non traditional with my colour palette tonight and have chosen to used some of our In Colours. The colours I have used are Polished Pink, Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide and Old Olive, which is the only colour from the standard Stamin' Up! colour range.

I stamped the ornaments on scrap Basic White card stock and cut them out by hand. The tree piece was cut out using a Stitched Rectangle Die.

The star on top of the tree was cut from an Orchid Oasis sheet from the In Colour 6x6 Glimmer Paper to add a bit of sparkle to my project.

The card base is Orchid Oasis card stock.

Now it's time for the next stop in our blog hop, which is the very talented Christine Blain. I'm very excited to see what she has to share with us tonight.

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

All of the products I have used for tonight's card are available from my online store, the links are listed below. Don't forget that there is one month left of the Sale-a-bration which means with every $90 purchase you can choose a free Sale-a-bration reward.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Trimming The Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158972]

$32.00

2022–2024 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159253]

$21.00

Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[159208]

$14.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$14.00

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad

[159214]

$14.00

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

$14.00

Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[159210]

$14.00

Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock

[159265]

$16.25

2022–2024 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper

[159246]

$21.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$61.00

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Colour Creations Blog Hop 2022-2024 In Colours - Parakeet Party

 

Welcome to week two of the 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team.

We are beginning this year by featuring our 5 new 2022-2024 In Colours in alphabetical order. Last week was the beautiful Orchid Oasis and this week we continue with Parakeet Party. Parakeet Party is a bright lime green colour. I struggled to decide on an idea to feature this colour. I finally turned to my unopened (eeek) Light the Candles Kit. 

This kit includes all of the supplies needed to make 8 cards with beautiful coordinating envelopes.

It even includes a clear block, an ink spot and self adhesive embellishments.

What first drew me to this kit was the really versatile stamp set that is also included in this kit.

To make my card this week I used one of the cake cut outs  and adhered Parakeet Party and Tahitian Tide In Colour DSP on the reverse side.

The cake piece is mounted on Tahitian Tide card stock. I love how these two new colours really pop together.

I stamped the greeting in Parakeet Party ink and then snipped the words apart so that they wold fit along one side of the card. 

Wink of Stella Pen was applied to the flame to add a bit of sparkly to the card.

After a very slow start with this card I am very happy with how it turned out. Maybe I should have opened the kit ages ago😉. All of the products I have used to make this card are listed below. Please contact me with any questions.

Now it's to see what amazing project Rosa Leyden has to share with us.

If you encounter any problems with our Blog Hop links please head to Cathy Proctor's Blog as she it the coordinator and will have a complete list of tonight's participants.

Happy stamping and thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Light The Candles Card Kit (English)

[159332]

$33.00

2022–2024 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159253]

$21.00

Parakeet Party A4 Cardstock

[159260]

$16.25

Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[159208]

$14.00

Tahitian Tide A4 Cardstock

[159262]

$16.25

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$14.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.00

Colour Creation Blog Hop 2022-2024 In Colours - Orchid Oasis

Today's post is doing double duty as the Orchid Oasis day on my introduction of the five new In Colours and the first week of the 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hop. Did you notice our new blog header to signify the new year of Colour Creations? Simply beautiful!

As this is an extra special post I have two cards to share with you that showcase Orchid Oasis.

For my first card I have used an Orchid Oasis card base from the Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes and paired it with the Waves of Inspiration Bundle.

I cut the slightly larger wave from Vellum card stock and the smaller wave from the 2022-2024 In Colour 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper. I layered the waves on the card front with the Glimmer Paper wave on top.

The clouds were cut from Basic White and the sea gulls were cut from Silver Foil.

For my second card I again used the 2022-2024 In Colour Glimmer Paper, this time for the background.

I started by cutting on of the 6" x 6" sheets in half so that I had both light and dark shades on both sheets.

I then cut one of the pieces on random angles with the Stampin Trimmer. These pieces were then attached to an Orchid Oasis card front with equal spaces between them. 

In hindsight I think I should have cut the piece so that I could have alternate the light and dark shades across the card, but I had already attached the pieces by then so there they stayed.

The stamped image on my card is one of the robots from the Nuts and Bolts stamp set from the Jan to June catalogue. I coloured this cute little guy with the new Orchid Oasis Blends Markers. To give him a worn and weathered look I used a Colour Lifer Marker to remove some of the ink.

 I placed a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock that had been embossed with the Hive 3D embossing folder behind the image.

Orchid Oasis is definitively my favourite new In Colour this year.

Now it's time to see what beautiful Orchid Oasis creations Theresa Gerrard has to share with us.

If you encounter any problems with our blog hop head to the blog of Catherine Proctor, as she is the coordinator of our blogs and will have a complete list of tonight's participants.

I'll be back tomorrow with the final In Colour, Tahitian Tide.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes

[159270]

$17.50

Waves Of Inspiration Bundle (English)

[158841]

$90.75

2022–2024 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper

[159246]

$21.00

Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad

[159214]

$14.00

Orchid Oasis 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Woven Metallic Ribbon

[159199]

$15.75

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[156457]

$17.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$17.50

Nuts & Bolts Cling Stamp Set

[157650]

$37.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.50

Orchid Oasis Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[159223]

$15.75

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154884]

$15.75

Orchid Oasis A4 Cardstock

[159265]

$16.25

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$15.25

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

$16.25

Hive 3 D Embossing Folder

[157955]

$15.75