Welcome to week thirty-six of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Moody Mauve, one of the 2023–2025 In Colors. This soft, sophisticated mauve colour has a touch of dusky warmth, throwing shades of muted pink and subtle purple.
For this week’s card I’m using another Sale-a-bration, a stamp and die bundle called the Heart Shaped bundle which is a FREE Sale-a-bration item you can select with any $200 you spend during Sale-a-bration (7th January – 28th February).
I coloured two pieces of cardstock with Moody Mauve and was amazed at the difference in colour.
The darker heart on the left was coloured using a blending brush and ink from the ink pad. The paler heart on the right was water coloured using a water painter and ink from the same Moody Mauve ink pad!
I went with the paler heart to create my ombre Mood Mauve card.
This gorgeous DSP is from the Wildly flowering DSP. It has a wonderful vintage feel.
I’ve used two more Sale-a-bration products on my card. The ribbon is the Fresh Freesia 3/8″ (1 cm) Seam Binding Ribbon (you can select this for FREE with any $100 you spend during Sale-a-bration). I’ve used my light Moody Mauve Stampin’ Blend to colour it.
The other Sale-a-bration item is the Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins (you can select this for FREE with any $100 you spend during Sale-a-bration).
I’ve used the Bubble Bath sequins around the edge of the middle water coloured heart but they are very hard to capture in a photograph!
The “thank you” sentiment is from the Heart Shaped stamp set that is part of the Heart Shaped bundle.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri. I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next week on Wednesday 22nd January when we will be showcasing Mossy Meadow.
I hope you can join us then.
How to earn FREE products during SALE-A-BRATION
SALE-A-BRATION is on now until February 28th 2025 and during SALE-A-BRATION you can earn FREE products in three different ways.
Earn free product gifts when you place orders over $100 (before postage) in one transaction. The more you spend the more you earn!
Earn an extra $50 in Stampin’ Rewards (a total of $110) when you place an order over $500 before postage. You’ll also receive the free SALE-A-BRATION gifts too!
Get extra bonus products in your fully customisable starter kit when you join for just $169.
In your starter you get to choose up to $235 products of your choice PLUS during SALE-A-BRATION you can either choose:
* TWO colour group Stampin’ Write Marker sets and an exclusive stamp ($397 product overall and free postage), OR,
* You can add up to an additional $51 product of YOUR choice to the kit instead ($286 product overall and free postage).
You can download a digital copy of the SALE-A-BRATION brochure here and if you have any questions about SALE-A-BRATION please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Welcome to week thirty-five of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop and our very first blog hop for 2025!
This week we’re featuring Misty Moonlight, a soft mid blue that was originally an In Colour but now belongs to the Neutral’s family. I’ve paired Misty Moonlight with Berry Burst, Old Olive and Basic White.
The floral stamp set is called Corner in Bloom and it’s a FREE Sale-a-bration stamp set you can select with any $200 you spend during Sale-a-bration (7th January – 28th February).
I’ve used my Misty Moonlight and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends (and colour lifter) to colour in the flowers before I fussy cut around the sides of the stamped images.
I’ve stamped and fussy cut a few extra flowers to add dimension.
The iridescent embellishments are also a FREE Sale-a-bration item called Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins and you can select these with any $100 you spend during Sale-a-bration (7th January – 28th February).
This photo gives you a better idea of the true colour of the Berry Burst sequins I’ve used on this card.
The “happy we are friends” corner sentiment is from a new stamp set called Spring Corners in the January – April 2025 mini catalogue. It pairs so well with the Corner In Bloom stamp set!
I’ve decorated the inside of the card too.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent. I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next week on Wednesday 15th January for our first blog hop of 2025, showcasing Moody Mauve.
I hope you can join us then.
How to earn FREE products during SALE-A-BRATION
SALE-A-BRATION is on now until February 28th 2025 and during SALE-A-BRATION you can earn FREE products in three different ways.
Earn free product gifts when you place orders over $100 (before postage) in one transaction. The more you spend the more you earn!
Earn an extra $50 in Stampin’ Rewards (a total of $110) when you place an order over $500 before postage. You’ll also receive the free SALE-A-BRATION gifts too!
Get extra bonus products in your fully customisable starter kit when you join for just $169.
In your starter you get to choose up to $235 products of your choice PLUS during SALE-A-BRATION you can either choose:
* TWO colour group Stampin’ Write Marker sets and an exclusive stamp ($397 product overall and free postage), OR,
* You can add up to an additional $51 product of YOUR choice to the kit instead ($286 product overall and free postage).
You can download a digital copy of the SALE-A-BRATION brochure here and if you have any questions about SALE-A-BRATION please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Today is an exciting day at Stampin’ Up! with TWO new catalogues, a digital SCRAPBOOKING brochure, THREE new kits & New Online Exclusives all launching today!!
The brand new January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue
There are so many beautiful products in the brand new January – April 2025 mini catalogue and many of them coordinate with the SALE-A-BRATION offerings too. This catalogue begins today and it runs until April.
To download and read a digital copy of the January – April 2025 mini catalogue click here and shop the new products here.
The 2025 Sale-A-Bration catalogue
Sale-A-Bration (6th January – 28 February) is the most exciting time of the year for crafters with something special for everyone!
You’ll earn free Sale-A-Bration products with every $100 purchase in my online store. The more you shop, the more you’ll earn!
If you decide to become a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration you’ll get a choice of two different offers.
OPTION ONE: $235 worth of products PLUS a choice of two Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment packs AND the Handmade Designs Cling Stamp Set, an exclusive stamp set designed to work with the markers. That’s a $397 value all for just $169!
OPTION TWO: $235 AUD worth of product PLUS an additional $51 worth of product of your choice when you join for $169 AUD. That’s a $286 value!
To download and read a digital copy of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue click here and take a look at the new products here.
The January 2025 Scrapbooking brochure
The January 2025 Scrapbooking Brochure is full of inspiring new scrapbooking products made for memory keepers. Many of the products coordinate with the beautiful products in the brand new January – April 2025 mini catalogue.
NOTE: This brochure is available in digital format only. To download and read a digital copy of the January 2025 Scrapbooking Brochure click here and shop the new products here.
Three brand new kits
The three new kits added today to the Kits Collection are the Brightest Birthday Kit, the Birthday Bash Kit, and Thank You Kindly Kit.
To view these kits (and the others in the kits collection) visit my online store here.
Brand new January online exclusives
The new online exclusives include refreshed previous Designer Series Papers using some of Stampin’ Up!’s best-selling colours!
From left to right:
Shades & Hues is recoloured from Color Theory.
Serene Love is recoloured from True Love.
Refreshed Beauty is recoloured from Blackberry Beauty.
To view these new online exclusives, new designer series papers (and the other products in the online exclusives collection) visit my online store here.
I’ll be back tomorrow with the first AWH Colour Creations blog hop for 2024 where we will be showcasing Misty Moonlight and I’ll be sharing with you some of these new products.
Welcome to week thirty-four of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop, our final blog hop for 2024!
This week we’re featuring Melon Mambo, a lovely bright pink from the Brights family and I’m giving you a sneak peek of a FREE Sale-a-bration item coming very soon!.
As I was short of time I’ve reached for the FREE Rainbow Celebrations Kit that will be available on the 7th January. So how do you get this for free? With every $100 you spend during Sale-a-bration (7th January – 28th February) you can choose a FREE Sale-a-bration item from the brochure.
Here’s what you get in the FREE Rainbow Celebrations Kit. (OPPS! Not the Glossy Dots Assortment – I’ve added them to this photo because I used them in my card.)
I always like to modify my kits to get more bang for my buck! The kit makes 6 cards but I think I’ll make at least twice that using all the components.
I’ve adapted components from this kit to make my card, mounting just the front of the rainbow card base to a larger rectangle card base made from Summer Splash.
I don’t normally pair such bright colours together but this card makes me feel so happy with its bright retro vibes. Adding the Glossy Dots really ramps up the fun factor too!
I’ve used one of the sentiments on the inside of my card and you can also see the cute cloud detail on the inside of the matching envelopes too in this photo below.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
With only two days left until SALE-a-bration ends, I couldn’t resist sharing these three cards that bring together the Stunning Queen Bee stamp set with two of the FREE Sale-a-bration items: the Thanks a Bunch Stamp set and the Hive 3D embossing folder.
There’s a tiny stamp in the Thanks a Bunch stamp set that works really well on this graphic, tattoo style of card – the 5 dots in a row. I’ve used this dot stamp on all three cards below, along with other stamps from both stamp sets and freehand drawn lines using a ruler and a Black Stampin’ Write marker.
The square thanks card also uses the Hive 3D embossing folder as well as the large bee stamp, the crown stamp and the thanks sentiment from the Queen Bee stamp set.
The love you card also uses the two carrot tops from Thanks a Bunch.
The Hey, There card also uses the bee stamp and the flower stamp from the Queen Bee stamp set, as well as the Hive 3D embossing folder.
I love the freedom this style of cardmaking gives me to take stamped images and take them to the next level.
Don’t forget that SALE-a-bration ends midnight tomorrow so don’t miss out if you would like to add any of these gorgeous products to your craft collection.
I’ll be back this Wednesday March 1, with the AWH Colour Creations team to showcase Real Red. I hope you can join us then.
Welcome to week forty one of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop.
This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Pumpkin Pie from the Regals family.
SALE-a-bration ends next Wednesday night so I decided to showcase the adorable SALE-a-bration Thanks a Bunch stamp set once again, this time combining it with the Easter Bunny stamp set.
My card was inspired by a gorgeous card made by a very talented German demonstrator called Mandy Pätzold, who combined these two stamp sets and popped her rabbit in a teacup – I’ve placed my rabbit in the wooden basket from the Cheerful Basket Stamp Set instead.
There are only three colours on this card: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Crumb Cake. For all these colours I’ve used them at full strength as well as stamped off once for a lighter tone and I’ve used both the dark and the light Stampin’ Up! blends.
The larger carrots and carrot leaves and fernery from the Thanks A Bunch stamp set are stamped and fussy cut with paper snips. The smaller carrots and the bunny rabbit are from the Easter Bunny stamp set and the basket from the Cheerful Basket Stamp Set are stamped in Memento and coloured with Stampin’ blends.
I’m not going to lie, there is a bit of fuss cutting in this card, however I find it very relaxing. Do you enjoy fussy cutting? My top tip for curves and angles is to turn the paper, rather than your paper snips.
I’ve roughed up the side edges of the top Basic White layer using my paper snips and added a simple Pumpkin Pie bow from the Three Twine Combo Pack.
The “Hey, there” sentiment comes from the Thanks A Bunch stamp set – this is a great all purpose sentiment that allows me to use the card for a variety of reasons, depending on what I decide to stamp inside.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Di Furniss – I can’t wait to see what Di has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week thirty six of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop.
This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Pear Pizzazz from the Subtle family.
Today I’ve gone a bit rogue and created a project that uses not only Pear Pizzazz, but eight other colours too: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Gray Granite and Soft Suede!
So why have I used so many colours for my project this week? One of the free SALE-a-bration items you can redeem for a $90 spend until 28th February 2023 is the Day at the Farm DSP and I’ve used this DSP to create a children’s counting book.
Here’s a short one-minute video to show you what the counting book looks like.
And here’s a closer look at each page.
In addition to the Day At The Farm DSP I’ve used the On the Farm Stamp and Dies (available as the On the Farm bundle), the Alphabest stamp set and the Alphabet a la Mode dies. The On the Farm Dies die cut out many of the images in the Day At The Farm DSP.
The counting book is made using envelopes – it’s a quick and easy alternative to making a chipboard album with a paper hinge and you don’t need a scoring board.
I’ve also created this 24 minute video on my YouTube channel that shows you how I made each page of this counting book and takes you through the process of making an envelope album, step by step.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store once they are available to purchase tomorrow morning.
We’ll be back next Wednesday January 25 with projects showcasing another one of the Subtles, Petal Pink.
Welcome to week thirty five of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop. This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Pale Papaya from the 2021-23 In Colours.
The new January-April Mini Catalogue and SALE-a-bration Catalogue launched last week and one of the free SALE-a-bration items you can redeem for a $90 spend is the Thanks A Bunch stamp set.
Pale Papaya is a great colour to use for carrots and I’ve used it both at full strength and stamped off once for the front of my split front, tri-fold fold card. Other colours used include Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow and Parakeet Party.
The Hive embossing folder was used to emboss Early Espresso cardstock to create soil for the front flap. As the split front, tri-fold fold card opens the layers of carrots are revealed.
The middle flap shows carrots above and below the ground. One of the carrot shading stamps works really well to create grass once it is turned on its side.
Split front, tri-fold fold card instructions
Cut a sheet of A4 Crumb Cake cardstock at 10.5cm down the middle to divide into two long halves that each measure 21cm wide x 10.5 cm high.
Score both pieces at 14.8cm and fold in half along the score line to make two cards.
One of these cards will become the card base and the left split front panel, while the other card will be used for the right panel.
To create the left split front panel measure and cut off the top 5cm across the top of the left panel of one of the cards.
To create the right panel with the other card, measure 2 cm parallel to the middle score line and cut all the way down the card. You will now have a right panel with a 2cm wide flap which you use to adhere to the back of the right hand side of the card base.
Fold the right flap over the card base and then fold the left split front panel over the right panel – I’ve adhered the embossed Early Espresso cardstock, the “Thanks” greeting and the bunch of tied carrots to the left split front panel.
Stamp and decorate the cardstock layers for your right card flap and card base BEFORE adhering to your split front, tri-fold fold card base.
All of the sentiments in this card are from the Thanks a Bunch stamp set, stamped in Early Espresso.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie – I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store once they are available to purchase tomorrow morning.
We’ll be back next Wednesday January 18 with projects showcasing one of the Subtles, Pear Pizzazz.
Welcome to week thirty four of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop, our first hop for 2023!
This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Pacific Point from the Brights family.
Tomorrow morning the new January-April Mini Catalogue and SALE-a-bration Catalogue are launched and one of the free SALE-a-bration items you can redeem for a $180 spend is the Beautifully Happy stamp set.
The Beautifully Happy stamp set is very versatile because it includes a good variety of sentiments, floral line drawings that can be coloured in, a “splatter” stamp, a tiny little bee stamp and “distinktive” stamps that allow you to stamp shaded colour inside the flowers and leaves instead of hand colouring.
To show the versatility of this stamp set I have made three different cards using three different ways of colouring the stamped images. All three cards pair Pacific Point with Tahitian Tide – don’t these two blues look amazing together!
Card One is a birthday card for my sister-in-law who turns 40 next week. The 40 has been die cut with the new Alphabet A La Mode Dies and the “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from the Something Fancy stamp set, both available in the January-April mini catalogue.
I’ve coloured the flower and leaves using Pacific Point and Old Olive Watercolour Pencils, finally blending the watercolour pencil lines with a Blender Pen to smooth the colour out.
Stitched Rectangle dies create the card layers.
The inside of the card uses two of the sentiments from the Beautifully Happy stamp set. These sentiments are designed to be used on both the front and the inside of a card however I think they also work well when stamped together.
Card two is another birthday card that uses the smaller flower image, stamped three times. To colour these flowers I used the distinktive stamps from the Beautifully Happy stamp set, stamping both the Pacific Point and the Mossy Meadow ink at full strength.
The sentiment is the same “happy birthday” stamp from the Something Fancy stamp set that I used on the front of card one. Stylish Shapes dies cut the card front layers and the sentiment.
Card three is a thank you card that is coloured with the distinktive stamps, however this time the Pacific Point and the Mossy Meadow have been stamped off once onto scrap paper before stamping onto the card front.
Once again, the Stitched Rectangle dies create the front card layers.
I know I am going to get a lot of use from the Beautifully Happy stamp set as its variety of sentiments make it ideal for so many different occasions and it can be coloured in so many different ways.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie – I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store once they are available to purchase tomorrow morning.
We’ll be back next Wednesday January 11 with projects showcasing one of the 2021-23 In Colours, Pale Papaya.
Something very special happened last Sunday. My gorgeous mum turned 80 and we went out for a special lunch to celebrate her birthday. Happy birthday Mum!!!
Mum is an amazing crafter and we love to craft together when we can, which unfortunately is not often enough as life and work keeps getting in the way! I love making special cards for Mum because she really appreciates them, so I decided to make a fancy fold card I’ve never made before – a pop-up vase card!
Here is the front of the card, featuring the stunning free SALE-a-bration Dainty Flowers DSP available from this Thursday.
The 80 has been die cut using a new set of alphabet and number dies called Alphabet A La Mode Dies and the “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from the Something Fancy stamp set, both available from this Thursday in the January mini catalogue.
A little trick to create the “th” for 80th – stamp the “happy birthday” sentiment again and cut the “th” from the word “birthday”.
Inside the card is where the magic happens. In the video below you can see how as the card opens the vase of flowers pops up!
Here is the card folded flat, ready to open…
Halfway open …
Laid flat with the vase fully popped up…
The flowers in the vase are all die cut using the Dainty Delight dies and the beautiful sentiment inside the card comes from the Something Fancy stamp set.
A special card needs a special envelope – this was made using another sheet of the SALE-a-bration Dainty Flowers DSP.
Did you notice the gorgeous Brushed Brass Butterflies that embellish the card front? They work perfectly with this DSP!
I’ll be back tomorrow, Wednesday January 4, with the AWH Colour Creations team to showcase Pacific Point and some more gorgeous SALE-a-bration products.