Handstamped by Rachel

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 20 - Crumb Cake Layers of Beauty

Hi stampers, I'm back from a wonderful three holiday, sailing home from Singapore.

I'm excited to be joining in for week 20 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Crumb Cake, a very neutral sand colour from the Neutrals Colour Family, that I love and use a lot.

I have used the Layers of Beauty Bundle again. This time for something different I stamped the main image twice on Crumb Cake card stock in Early Espresso ink. I used the Layers of Beauty Masks to apply the colour. For the first mask I used White Craft ink and a Sponge Dauber.

The other colours I used for the flowers are Pretty In Pink and Berry Burst (masks 2 and 3). The leaves are Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green (masks 4 and 5). The small Daisies are Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze.

I cut out one of the images with the large die and one with the single rose die. I cut the large image in half by hand so that I could divide it top and bottom of the card.

I added some leaves in Old Olive that were cut with the Layers of Beauty dies.

The card front is a piece from the Country Woods DSP pack. There is a thin mat in Pretty In Pink behind the wood grain piece.

The greeting from the Country Birdhouse set is stamped in Crumb Cake on Pretty in Pink card stock.

I hope I have shown you a different way to use Crumb Cake card stock. This technique would also work on other medium coloured card stock like Smoky Slate and Lost Lagoon. Have a play and I would love to see what you come up with.

Now it's time to hop over to the next stop on our blog hop, which is Cathy Proctor. Cathy is also the amazing host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants if you have any issues following along.

Thanks for visiting and I will be back next Monday with the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

Happy stamping,

Rachel

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Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English)

[163519]

$99.75

Sponge Daubers

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$13.25

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

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$20.25

Pretty In Pink A4 Cardstock

[163794]

$20.25

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

$20.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$15.75

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$15.75

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$18.50

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

[163807]

$15.75

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

$15.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[147145]

$15.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$15.75

Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163395]

$35.00

Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163393]

$21.75

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Saturday, 24 August 2024

Decorative Trees Sneak Peek

I’m coming to you from Singapore while I soak up a bit of sunshine and get ready to hop on a cruise boat and head home.

I have a sneak peek of a new bundle from the Sept- Dec Mini Catalogue, Decorative Trees Bundle.

There is very little stamping on this card, only the greeting.

To make the three trees I have used different combinations of the dies, card stock and glimmer paper.

From left to right, the first trees has a base of Garden Green, with the swirls cut from the red glimmer paper from the Festive Glimmer pack, available in the up coming catalogue.

The centre tree has a base of Granny Apple Green Glimmer Paper and a die cut top of Garden Green. The third card has a base of Granny Apple Green card stock and the holly die cut layer is Garden Green.

The card front behind the trees is a piece of DSP from the Country Woods DSP pack and the card base is Pecan Pie with Garden Green mat.

Thanks for visiting, I’m off to explore Singapore a little more, here’s a view of the Marina Bay Sands from our room at the Pan Pacific.

Rachel

Monday, 19 August 2024

Heart of Christmas week 3 - Pretty Peacock Merriest Trees

It's time for week 3 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Are you warming up to the fact that it's time to think about Christmas? I hope that this week we can inspire you further.

For tonight's card I have used the Merriest Tree stamp set and dies. I actually had this card ready for last week in case my new goodies didn't arrive in time, but they did I saved this card for tonight.

I started with one of the sheets from the Nature's Sweetness DSP pack. The newsprint sheet I chose has splats of gold on it that I thought looked a bit Christmassy.

I cut the 5 pieces of the Christmas tree from the DSP and then shaded the top of each piece with Pretty Peacock ink and a Blending Brush. I adhered each piece of the tree with Dimensionals to give the tree some depth. I embossed the white background and then heat embossed sporadically with gold embossing powder.

I stamped the Pretty Peacock background with the tiny stars in Pretty Peacock ink. This piece and the white embossed background was cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

Now it's time to see what Christmas beauty my stamping buddy Theresa Gerrard has to share with us.

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

Unfortunately, or maybe luckily I will not be participating in the blog hops for the next few weeks as I will be cruising home from Singapore. I will return in mid September. I'm hoping to be able to show you some more sneak peaks of the new catalogue, it will depend on my internet connectivity.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162043]

$44.00

Merriest Trees Dies

[162047]

$65.00

Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162616]

$29.00

Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder

[162189]

$17.50

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

$20.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$15.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$27.00

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

[133686]

$20.25

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$53.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

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Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 16 - Calypso Sunset

Hello stamping friends, it's time for week 16 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Every week we have been featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. This week it's Calypso Coral's time to shine. Calypso Coral is not a colour I use very often so I had a bit of trouble deciding what to make for tonight's blog hop.

I finally decided to use Calypso Coral as part of a very simple sunset card.

I used one of the Stylish Shape Circle dies to cut a mask. I started with Daffodil Delight on the bottom third of the circle with a blending Brush, followed by Calypso Coral and then Poppy Parade across the top of the circle. By fading the edges of each colour together you can get an even variation in colours. I find it useful to dab the excess ink off the brush before blending to avoid getting 'splodges' on your card.

I stamped the tree and the greeting from the Loveliest Tree stamp set in Memento Black ink.

The card mat is Basic Black and the card base is Calypso Coral.

I'm quite happy with how my card turned out using just stamps, ink and paper.

Now it's time for the next blog which belongs to my Art With Heart Team member Amie McIllroy.

If you have any issues with the links in our hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the fabulous host of our blog hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

For the next three weeks I will be enjoying some R and R on a cruise boat so I will be back on the 11th of September with the Crumb Cake blog hop.

Hopefully my scheduled posts will keep you entertained while I'm gone. I have some more sneak peeks from the new Sept to Dec catalogue to share with you.

See then,

Rachel

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