Smoky Slate Storybook Friends Easter Card

Smoky Slate Storybook Friends Easter Card

A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order. Week 49 is all about Smoky Slate and as it’s Easter this weekend I decided to make an Easter card to give to my six-year-old niece when we catch up with my husband’s family on Saturday.

I’m so happy with how my soft Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Easter card card turned out, even though I didn’t have a specific Easter stamp set or dies!

The Easter bunny stamp and die are from the Storybook Friends bundle, coloured using Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends

The Easter eggs are die cut using the oval die in the Linked Together Dies, creating Easter eggs from Smoky Slate and Petal Pink DSP in the Country Lace DSP.

The flowers and foliage are die cut using the Linked Together Dies then coloured using Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends.

The sentiment is actually created using two different sentiments from the Storybook Friends stamp set and the embossed layer is dry embossed using the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder.

The embellishments are Smoky Slate Pearls from the Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls embellishment pack.

Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects! Simply copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search window to follow the Instagram hop.

Next in our hop is Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.

The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:

Rosa @hum.and.stamp

Helen @apaperparadise

Andrea @andreaksargent

Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Kate @craftwithkate

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase the products I’ve used for my card in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

I’ll be back next Wednesday night with our weekly AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Soft Sea Foam.

I hope you can join us then.



Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon Cards

Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon Cards

Hello! This week I’m back from On Stage in Brisbane where I had a wonderful time catching up with many of my Stampin’ Up! friends and exploring the exciting new products from the forthcoming 2025 -2026 Annual Catalogue and Online Exclusives, both coming in May.

I’ll be sharing some sneak peeks of the new products with you very soon, but in the meantime here are my cards for Week 45, which is all about Pretty Peacock, a member of our Regals family.

For my monochromatic colour scheme I’ve teamed Pretty Peacock with Lost Lagoon and Basic White. I love this colour combination!

The gorgeous DSPs I’ve used for these cards are called Serene Love 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper (on sale in the Last Chance section of the website now).

And this is the Everyday Happiness 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper, an Online Exclusive product.

All three cards use the the Linked Together Dies and/or the Linked Together Decorative Masks.

Card one has a fussy cut flower from the Serene Love DSP. The sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and the ribbon is Lost Lagoon cording. The Pretty Peacock layer is die cut with the Linked Together Dies.

Card two uses a gorgeous checked pattern from the Everyday Happiness DSP. The “hello friend” sentiment is also from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and the embellishments are Pool Party embellishments from the Glossy Dots Assortment.

For card three I used the Linked Together decorate masks with Pretty Peacock ink applied with a blending brush. I think the Lost Lagoon die cut stems would have shown up better if I’d used Lost Lagoon ink for the mask and Pretty Peacock cardstock for the die cuts.

I’ve only used one of the masks for my background – these masks are so affordable and a wonderful way to make your own DIY interesting backgrounds in any colour!

Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects! Simply click on the links below.

Next in our hop is Claire @clairedalycreates. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.

The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:

Vicki @vickiboucher

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Rachel P @rachelpalmieristampin

Helen @apaperparadise

Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel

Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!

Claire @clairedalycreates

Kate @craftwithkate

#artwithheartteamSU #stampinupaustralia #cardmakersofinstagram

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

Ill ‘be back next Wednesday night with our weekly AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Pumpkin Pie.

I hope you can join us then.



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