Art With Heart Colour Creations - Smokey Slate

Tonight the Art With Heart team are featuring Smoky Slate in our Colour Creation Blog Hop.

I wasn't going to show anymore peeks at sets in the new catalogue just yet, but I couldn't resist using this set, Wildly Happy as it suited Smoky Slate perfectly.

The set has 4 pairs of animals, all adults and babies, and 5 lovely greetings. For the first card I used the rabbits, and lightly coloured them with Smoky Slate and the colour lifter Blend. The DSP is from the also retiring Petal Promenade pack and the ribbon is Powder Pink Ruffled Ribbon.

The second card uses the two elephants, that were also coloured with Smoky Slate Blends. They were then cut out with the new, coming soon, Stitched Nested Label Dies and mounted on DSP from the Tropical Escape 6x6 pack.

Close up of the new dies in action.

For more Smoky Slate inspiration head to Cathy's Blog for a full list of tonight's participants.

New items have been added to the Clearance Rack, select the image to be taken to my online store to check it out.

Paper Pumpkin coming to Australia on the 15th of May. This special kit was designed with input from our co-founder Shelli Gardener. Only available until stock sells out. If you are interested please contact me before this date so that your order can be processed as soon as they are available.

Also coming on the 1st of May is the Everything is Rosy Product Medley. This bundle of products is only available until the end of May, unless sold out sooner.

Here is the stamp set included,

and the remaining products.

For more information on any of these promotions please contact me by email at ralin@bigpond.net.au or through my Facebook page, Handstampedbyrachel.

Lots of exciting new from Stampin' Up! and lots  more look forward to with the imminent arrival of the new Catalogue on the 3rd of June. 

Contact me to reserve your copy.

Happy Stamping,

Rachel xx

New 2019-2020 Catalogue Peeks - Bird Ballad Suite

I'm very excited to be sending you this post from Stampin' Up! Onstage Live in Auckland New Zealand.

I can now reveal that I was very lucky and honoured to be asked to do one of the presentations at Onstage.

I was extra lucky to be given the beautiful Bird Ballad Suite to present.

The Bird Ballad Suite consists of;

Free as a Bird stamp set and Stitched Nested Labels Dies

Bird Ballad Tin in Gold and Petal Pink, which includes 12 laser cut cards and envelopes in Very Vanilla,

Bird Ballad Trinkets in Antique Gold, 6 of each design,

and Bird Ballad DSP, 12x12 sheets, 2 each of 6 designs and

Very Vanilla Lace.

Here are the samples I presented,

Beginner stamper, #simplestamping.

Casual Stamper - Blends colouring

Bird Ballad Trinket - Key

Avid Stamper - Fussy cutting and Stitched Nested Label Dies

Here's a video to show the technique I used to cut out the bird image on this card.

My Love It! sample, #fussycutting

I hope you love this suite as much as I do. I certainly have had a wonderful time playing with it so far... lots more to come.

I have lots more samples that I used on the display boards to show you.

Pop back in soon the see what else is happening at Onstage. I love being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. 

Contact me if you would like to join us at the next event in November.

Happy Stamping,

Rachel xx