Handstamped by Rachel

Monday, 17 June 2024

First Christmas card of the season!

I know it's a bit early to be starting Christmas cards but I was working on projects for my stamping weekend and wanted to offer a Christmas card option. I am a little bit of a hoarder (Ok, a lot) of discontinued stamps and papers and there is nothing I love more than delving into my treasures and combining old and new to come up with a unique creation.

For this card I used the current Merriest Trees Dies and All Is Bright DSP(retired).

The greeting is from the discontinued Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set.

The distressed background for the card is embossed with Quatrefoil Embossing Folder. I rubbed the Versamark stamp pad sparingly over the embossed piece and then heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. The pretty star on the top of the tree is cut from Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.

Sorry but I have another Christmas card to share with you on Wednesday when it's time for another Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team.

See you then,

Rachel

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Merriest Trees Dies

[162047]

$65.00

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150513]

$38.00

Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder

[158655]

$16.75

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$20.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$23.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[159237]

$8.75

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$53.00

All Is Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[147892]

$19.25

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Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 7 Azure Afternoon Racing By Pop Up

Hello, I'm back with another Racing By card for week 7 of the Colour Creation Blog Hop. This week the team at Art With Heart are creating projects that feature Azure Afternoon, a lovely bright blue from the Brights Colour Family.

For this card I started stamping the car images from the bottom of the Basic White card front. I staggered the alignment of the cars so hopefully they look like a whole field of race cars racing by.

Due to the dreary weather in Melbourne over the last few days I had trouble getting nice photos of my cards so please forgive the fingers in a couple of the pictures, I was chasing the light.

I stamped the solid colours of the cars in Azure Afternoon, Gorgeous Grape and Lemon Lime Twist. The greeting is stamped in Gorgeous Grape.

To make the inside of the card a bit special I added an extra pop up car. I stamped the outline in Memento Black, the main car colour in Gorgeous Grape and this time I added a driver in Azure Afternoon. I just realised that all of my race cars on the front are driverless, OOOps! They must be driverless race cars of the future ;)

This pop up mechanism was super easy. Just a strip of card stock scored at intervals of 2cm then joined to form a box. This was secured on two side to the inside of the card. The card was then attached to the front face of the box.

Azure Afternoon is a fabulous,bright blue that works perfectly with so many of Stampin' Up!s beautiful colours, some bright and some not so bright. Now it's time for more Azure Afternoon inspiration from the Art With Heart Team. The next blog in line is Rosa Leyden.

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

Please come back next week when we will be featuring Balmy Blue projects.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Racing By Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163748]

$34.00

Azure Afternoon A4 Cardstock

[161728]

$20.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$23.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$20.25

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

$15.75

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[147145]

$15.75

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$14.00

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Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 6 - Basic Beige Magnolia

It's time for week 6 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week we will be featuring one of the Stampin' Up! colours and this week it's time for Basic Beige which is new addition to the Stampin' Up! colour family.

Basic Beige is a stand alone colour like Basic White and Basic Black. It's a very neutral colour that can be used with just about any of the Stampin' Up! colours. For today's card I have paired it with Mossy Meadow and Lemon Lolly.

I stamped the magnolia image in Crumb Cake ink on Basic Beige card stock. I coloured the base of the petals with a Light Crumb Cake Blends Marker.

The tips of the petals are coloured with a white pencil and the leaves are coloured with Old Olive and Early Espresso pencils. The center of the magnolia is coloured with Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry pencils.

I cut the textured magnolia die from Mossy Meadow card stock and layered it behind the coloured image. The greeting is from the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder. I brayered the inside of the embossing folder with Crumb Cake ink before putting it through the Stampin Cut and Emboss Machine. I applied Versamark gently to the raised section of the word and then embossed with White Emboss Powder.

I used a piece of Country Lace DSP as the background for the card.

I was so organised this week that I had time to decorate the inside of the card. The magnolia is stamped in Basic Beige on Basic Beige card stock and then layered again on Lemon Lolly card stock.

Make sure you take the time to hop around to all of the participating blogs tonight for lots of Basic Beige inspiration. Next stop in our blog hop is Vicki Boucher.

If you encounter any issues with the links in our blog hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the wonderful host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

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