Handstamped by Rachel: Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper

Wednesday, 19 July 2023

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 12 - Berry Burst Masterfully Made

Hi stampers, it's Wednesday so time for another Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week we have been featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours. This week we are featuring Berry Burst, which is a previous In Colour that has returned to the range in the Brights Colour Family.

The card I have to share with you is the one I made for my daughter for her birthday. She fell in love with the Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper(DSP) when it arrived so I wanted to use it for her card.

I chose the sheet with the all over pattern and cut a piece 10 cm by 20cm, to make a slim line card. The Happy Birthday from the Wanted To Say Dies was cut from Pretty Peacock for the base and Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper for the top layer.

So that the 22ND and MIKI stood out on the busy DSP I layered a piece of Soft Shimmer Speciality Paper in Fresh Freesia on Foam Sheet. I then cut out the pieces I needed with the Alphabet A La Mode Dies. The Foam Sheet has the added advantage of being self adhesive making the fiddly letters much easier to attach.

The final elements on my card are some flowers. I wanted the flowers to be in a similar style to what is pictured on the DSP. I used the Petal Park Builder Punch to punch two sets of petals from Berry Burst card stock and one from Blackberry Bliss card stock. I aged and shaped the paper by scrunching it before adhering the three layers together with glue dots. For the center of the flowers I tore a strip of Crushed Curry card stock and then rolled it up and secured the end with some glue.

It had the desired effect, she loved it! The beautiful Masterfully Made DSP made it easy.

All of the products used to make this card are available through my Online Stampin' Up! store.

Until midnight tonight ALL stamp sets are reduced by 15%! Check your wish lists and follow the link above to the store. Use hostess code 7XW3HMYE to enter the draw for a free pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels with any order of $50.

Now it's time to see what my wonderful team member Tina Gillespie has to share with us.

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

Please make sure you visit next week when we will be featuring another of our returning favourite colours, Blackberry Bliss.

Thanks for visiting,

Happy stamping,

Rachel

Product List

Masterfully Made 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161192]

$21.75

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$68.00

Alphabet à La Mode Dies

[160750]

$74.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

[144249]

$17.50

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$17.50

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

$17.50

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

$17.50

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

$17.50

Soft Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[161750]

$19.25

Petal Park Builder Punch

[160576]

$39.00

Foam Adhesive Sheets

[152815]

$14.00

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Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Colour Creations week 6 - Bubble Bath Zany Zoo

Hello stamping friends, welcome to week 7 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week we are featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours.

This week we are up to the second new colour to join the Stampin' Up! colour range, Bubble Bath, a lovely soft, baby pink colour.

I have two cards to share with you tonight. For the first card I have used the Zany Zoo bundle. This cute set is really versatile and can be used for many different themed cards. Tonight I have a baby card to share with you.

I stamped the ballerina leopard image in Memento Black ink and coloured with my Blends Markers. The colours I used are listed below.

For the background of my card I used three different embossing folders and strips of Bubble Bath card stock.

For the second card I used the Dots and Spots Die and the Wanted to Say Dies. I cased this idea from a card I saw by Penny Hammond who is a fellow demonstrator and who always has inspirational ideas to share.

I cut a circle from Smoky Slate card stock and then die cut the circle with the Dots and Spots Die. I used strips of Fresh Freesia, Orchid Opulence and Berry Burst to weave through the holes.

The Happy Birthday was cut from Soft Shimmer Specialty paper in Berry Burst. The Berry Burst balloon was cut from the same Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper, but the other two balloons were cut from plain card stock in Orchid Opulence and Fresh Freesia. These balloons were then coloured with a Wink of Stella Pen to give a similar shimmery finish.

The background of the card was embossed with one of the Online Exclusive 3pk of Embossing Folders.

All of the products used to make these cards are available in my Stampin' Up! online store. If you have any questions please contact me as I am always happy to chat about Stampin' Up! and card making.

Now it's time to see what my wonderfully clever team member and the host of our blog hop Cathy Proctor has to share with us.