This week the Art With Heart ladies are showing off lovely Highland Heather in our Colour Creations Showcase.

Highland Heather is such a pretty pastel purple. It's lovely for all those lavender flowery type cards, as well as being a gorgeous shade for baby cards.

Highland Heather

It even features in two different packs of our Christmas paper this year, in the Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper AND the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper.

I have taken a small piece from each pack and teamed them with some brand new products for a very different look.

Yes! This is a bit of a sneaky peek at the Dandy Garden Variety Bundle which will be available in next January-June Mini Catalogue - it includes the gorgeous Dragonfly Garden Stamp Set, a Dragonfly Builder punch and amazing Dandy Garden Designer Series Paper.

My card base is our standard A5 card, but instead of scoring it in half for an A6 card, I scored it on the 14.85cm line for a square card which will fit in a 6"x 6" (or 15cm) envelope.

Instead of adhering the second half of the front panel to the inside of the card, I decided to let it fold all the way out so there would be more white space for writing inside the card, instead of on the back of the main card base.

There's a really beautiful bunch of wildflowers stamp in the Dragonfly Garden stamp which I have stamped in Highland Heather ink on the Snowflake Splendor DSP on the front panel.

The dragonflies were stamped with Black Memento Ink and coloured with Light Purple Posy and Highland Heather Blends Duos. And can you see the Wink of Stella glimmering at you?

And on the inside panel I stamped the small multiple dragonfly stamp in Highland Heather ink onto the Feels Like Frost DSP.

These colours are all so pretty together, don't you think!

I would love you to leave me a comment to tell me what you think, then, if you'd like to see what the rest of the creative Art With Heart team ladies have done, please hop over to Cathy's blog where she has all of the links.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO CATHY'S BLOG

Hope to see you again next week for the Colour Creations Showcase!

Kathryn Ruddick

Hello!! Welcome to Gray Granite week!

Can you believe we are up to week 20 in the Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase?  That is a record for me to have blogged 20 weeks in a row, and sometimes twice a week.  I will have to remember to be thankful for Covid19 restrictions for helping me to develop this habit!

Gray Granite is a beautiful warm, earthy grey - kind of the grey of the rocky outcrops in the nearby Strathbogie ranges - which of course is known for its granitic outcrops . . . It's the kind of grey that a beautiful old stone house would be built with, or the grey of a dear old elephant mama's hide, or the grey of a snuggly plush bunny for a new born baby's cot.

It's also an ethereal elegant colour, understated and perfect for setting off Whisper White and Gold Foil, and this week's project does just that.

Don't you love the way the Gold Foil reflects across the table - it's so shiny!!

I have used Gray Granite card for the base, second layer and some of the leaves cut using the Boho Indigo Dies. The first layer, more leaves and the label are in Whisper White card with Gray Granite ink for the greeting. The gold foil panel and loose leaves are all from the Forever Gold Laser-cut Specialty paper on page 152 of the Annual Catalogue.

The lovely birthday greeting is from the Boho Indigo stamp set in the Boho Indigo product medley - one of my most used groups of products since this current annual catalogue came out in June. And the other embellishment on this card is the Gold Hoop which comes in a pack of 10 on page 156 of the annual catalogue. After taking this photo, I changed my mind and pulled some of the foliage bits through the hoop so they overlapped it.

I can't wait for someone to have a special birthday in the next couple of weeks so I can send this to them!

I would love you to visit the other creative Art With Heart team creators and see their gorgeous creations using Gray Granite. To do so, please go to Cathy's blog here where she has all the links!

See you again soon with ink on your fingers!!

Kathryn Ruddick
 

Product List

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] $15.25	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Boho Indigo Product Medley (English) [153132] $122.00	Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [152493] $26.00	Gold Hoops Embellishments [152474] $13.00

Hey there!

Who wants to see this week's amazing fresh colour creations with beautiful Granny Apple Green?

That's right! The Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team are back this week with our 19th Colour Creations Showcase and it is the beautiful Granny Apple Green, a lovely bright, fresh green just like a summer Granny Smith Apple.

I have done a real mix and match of many of my Stampin' Up! products to create today's projects. And I really love how they came up, looking so fresh.

I selected the stamp set and dies from the Boho Indigo Product Medley on page 9 of the Annual Catalogue and stamped with Granny Apple Green ink, and die cut Granny Apple Green and Garden Green leaves for accents.

I chose a sheet of mostly Granny Apple Green printed paper from the Whale of a Time 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper pack. That is the more gorgeous paper pack ever!

The greeting stamp is from Seaside Notions stamp set, stamped in Granny Apple Green ink on Whisper White cards and die cut with a label die from the lovely Beautiful Boughs Dies.

For my second card, I used the leftover strip of paper from the 6" x 6" DSP together with a piece of Granny Apple Green card , dry embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder, and a piece of Whisper White, dry embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.

The other pieces on the card are the same as the first card.

Cards are layered on Whisper White, with a Granny Apple Green base card and a Whisper White insert.

To see the rest of the gorgeous Granny Apple Green creations by my talented stamping friends, please hop over to Cathy's blog where you will find all the links to the other blogs.  Thanks again Cathy for all the work you do in hosting this Colour Showcase so we can inspire each other and be inspired by the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours!

Please leave me a comment if you would like to, and I look forward to seeing you again next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Croydon North VIC).

Product List

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152460] $20.00	Boho Indigo Product Medley (English) [153132] $122.00	Seaside Notions Cling Stamp Set [149278] $40.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725] $15.75	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50

Hi! It's Kathryn here!

Welcome to Week 18 of the Colour Creations Showcase where the talented Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team members share amazing creations focusing on one particular colour from the Stampin' Up! colour families.

This week we are showcasing Gorgeous Grape - a popular new purple in the Stampin' Up! range.

Right back at the start of the 2020 Colour Creations Showcase, when we looked at Blackberry Bliss and Blushing Bride, I chose to use pieces from the absolutely delicious Gorgeous Posies Card Kit.

This week I found myself going back to the Gorgeous Posies card kit, because the colour combination is so beautiful!  And I threw in a little surprise so I could make a magical little message to send out to someone like me, still dealing with Stage 4 lockdown in Melbourne.

How cute is this little witch and her pet mouse from the Flight of Fancy stamp set?  I think Gorgeous Grape is the perfect colour for this cheerful little "good witch".

How can she spread anything but joy with those colours!

I stamped the cute image on Thick Whisper White card with Black Stazon Ink, then used a Blender Pen with the Gorgeous Grape inkpad to colour her dress, hat and the mouse. The yellow on the broom and the stars and her hair is Bumble Bee Stampin' Write Marker and the broom stick and shadows on the straw are Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Write Marker - applied direct to the image.

The image was fussy cut with paper snips. You can't see it on these images, but I also used a Sponge Dauber to apply Blushing Bride ink to her face.

The label on the front of the card is a mixture of words made up from 3 separate stamp sets:

• "Sending you" comes from Comfort & Hope Stamp set
• "A little" comes from Gnome for the Holidays stamp set
• "Magic" comes from Poinsettia Petals stamp set

Each of the words were inked with the Gorgeous Grape Stampin' Write marker and stamped "near" each other for a whimsical little greeting.

I added half a dozen Champagne Rhinestones to the front for that extra magic bling, and the final step was to include a Whisper White insert inside the Gorgeous Grape base card. Along the bottom of the insert I stamped the sparkle image from Flight of Fancy in Gorgeous Grape ink.

I'd love to know what you think, so you're very welcome to leave a comment if you'd like, then please check out all our other beautiful Gorgeous Grape creations in the Colour Creation Showcase. Once again, lovely Cathy is hosting and the full list of participants can be found at her blog here.

Hope to see you again soon!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Melbourne Aus.)

Product List

Gorgeous Posies Project Kit [153131] $56.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50	Blender Pens [102845] $21.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $13.00
Flight Of Fancy Cling Stamp Set [153410] $35.00	Comfort & Hope Cling Stamp Set (English) [152509] $37.00	Gnome For The Holidays Cling Stamp Set (English) [153322] $33.00
Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153475] $47.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50

Hi! It’s Kathryn here!

It's been a while since I joined in with the Social Stamping group, but I couldn't resist this month’s theme, as we recently got the exciting news that we are going to be grandparents for the first time early next year!

Gorgeous Kelly is our blog host and you may have arrived here from her blog where she has the full list of participants, or you may be starting here. Either way, welcome! To get back to Kelly’s blog and see the rest of the Baby creations click here.

I think that I am pretty bad at coming up with ideas for masculine cards, but I don’t seem to have troubles with that when we are talking about babies. Stampin’ Up! has such gorgeous pastel colours for traditional or modern baby colour schemes.

I don’t have many baby sets, but I recently got Moving Along, because I know I will use it next year!

This is a two-step stamping set - there are outline stamps and blocks of colour for filling the images. And lots of cute other stamps to create cards with individual images or make full scenes. I think this stamp set would make awesome diorama cards, but today I have just gone for a standard fold card but with lots of layers.

I love how the block stamps fill in the colour on the outline images so nicely. For the image colours I've used Seaside Spray, Mint Macaron and Crumb Cake, and the same for the scallop layers under each of those stitched squares.

For the larger layer underneath I have used Just Jade for the scalloped layer. Notice the gorgeous embossing on the larger white layer? That's the Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing folder which is in the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue.

I'd love you to leave me a comment and let me know what you think, and if you would like to see a list of all the products used, they are right at the bottom of this post. To continue on blog hop and see the rest of the gorgeous creations, please click on the next image below and it will take you to Julia's blog to see what she has made.

See you again soon!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Melbourne, Aus)

Product List

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Moving Along Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152496] $30.00	Just Jade A4 Cardstock [153084] $15.25
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Layering Squares Dies [141708] $58.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00

Garden Green is such a popular Christmas colour . . . I would be guilty of never using it any other time of the year for anything else.

And that is what I LOVE about this Colour Creations Showcase I am participating in with the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team. It makes me think about Stampin' Up! colours that I rarely use, or that I only use in one way and I am trying new ways of using them.

For Garden Green this week, I selected the Rooted In Nature Stamp set. I have had this stamp set for a long time, but like Garden Green, it has had very limited use! Shame on me!

Taking my inspiration from a card by UK demonstrator Kate Bolt, I decided to do a Beginner crafters card, a casual crafters card and an experienced crafters card - 3 versions of the same card but stepped to suit different levels of crafters.

The beginners card is a single layer card with the skeleton leaves from Rooted in Nature stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie and Terracotta Tile, with the greeting stamped in Garden Green over the top.

My Terracotta Tile ink pad is brand new and very inky, so it ended up a little blotchy even though I stamped it off.

For the smaller leaves on each end, can you see that I inked them first with Pear Pizzazz, then just light dipped one end in Pumpkin Pie for a two-tone image?

For my second card, this is very similar to Kate Bolt's card. Kate used Granny Apple Green which I switched out for Garden Green, and I also added Pumpkin Pie to this card. For the twine I have used the Misty Moonlight and Whisper White Bakers Twine from the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack. 

Some Metallic Pearls added some extra bling.

For the third card, I changed to a Garden Green base card and added a Whisper White window on the front.

There are lots of Stampin' Dimensionals used on this card to pop up the three layers! I have also changed from Pumpkin Pie to Soft Suede, though in hindsight, I think I would change back as the Soft Suede makes the whole card feel a bit darker, whereas the Pumpkin Pie would have been bright.

I really enjoyed challenging myself with a colour that I rarely use for anything but Christmas, and a stamp set which I have not used again since the first time I opened it a couple of years ago . . .

If you would like to see what my talented stampin' buddies have been creating with Garden Green, please pop over to Cathy's blog where you can find all the links to all of their amazing projects.

Also, I would love it if you would leave me  a comment as feedback, AND I also want to say, thanks so much to everyone who ordered today in the Stampin' Up! 24 hour sale! What a busy day!  If you haven't ordered yet - the sale finishes at midnight tonight! Get on it!

See you soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00
Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $13.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $73.00	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50
Metallic Pearls [146282] $12.25	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00

So much exciting stuff going on in the Stamping world at the moment!

We have our August - December Mini Catalogue out full of beautiful Christmas products. To show you some of these I am hosting an amazing mega stamping day for World Card Making Day on Saturday 3rd October.

Now, I live in Melbourne, and as you know, we are still in Stage 4 lockdown with seemingly, no end in sight. So my event is going to be online! You will want to create a Zoom log-in and once you are registered for the event I will send all the connection details to all participants. We already have a Facebook group set up for the event, so we can chat and share projects there, and on the day we will be able to chat to each other from the comfort of our own stamp rooms or dining tables via Zoom and work our way through 30 beautiful Christmas projects.

All the details are HERE.

From midnight tonight Stampin' Up! are having a 24 hour flash sale, with 15% off a STACK of stamp sets from the annual catalogue.

If you click on the lists, you should see a larger image come up to make it easier to read. If the text is too small and you would like me to email you the original pdf list, please get in touch and I will email you the list.

If you need help placing your order, please get in touch.

Otherwise, click on the Shop Now button to go to the online store to order for yourself - sale starts midnight tonight!

Welcome back to Wednesday night's little treat! And what a treat it is! What DO you do with a bright strawberry gelati colour?

The Art With Heart Team creative ladies are going to show you tonight with our Colour Creation Showcase of Flirty Flamingo.

Bright pink makes me cringe. However, I happen to know that LOTS of people LIKE bright pink. So, I keep a favourite colour combination up my sleeve that never fails to work - and by keeping the brightest pink to the smallest percentage of colour on the project, you can get away with it!

This week I have used a brand new stamp set which just arrived in the mail on Monday. It is part of a stamp set / dies bundle in the Annual Catalogue, however, I opted to only purchase the stamp set because I couldn't really see myself using the dies - and that means I can get more stamp sets, right?

The stamp set is Prized Peonies. I have stamped the main image with Basic Gray ink on Thick Whisper White card, then rather than cutting the whole peony image out, I have used my trimmer to cut a straight line about 1cm in from the left edge of the image - lifting the trimmer blade over the leaves, then continuing on the same line below the leaves.

Then on the bottom of the image I have done the same, lifting the trimmer blade over the stem, then continuing the cut after the stem. Then I used my Paper Snips to trim around the leaves and stem so they appear to stick out from the white layer of the card, even though it is only one piece.

The image is coloured using the Flirty Flamingo and the Granny Apple Green Blends Duos.

The other large peony stamp in the set is stamped in Flirty Flamingo Ink onto Blushing Bride card stock for the base card. 

The gorgeous trellis effect die cut in Basic Gray is from the Fabulous Florals Dies. The final addition to the front of the card is a couple of Champagne Rhinestones touched up with the Dark Flirty Flamingo Blend.

And of course, you must stamp the inside!  I have left it without a greeting for now - I am saving space for a happy birthday stamp!

I hope you will pop over to Cathy's blog to see the rest of the Flirty Flamingo creations and learn how our talented team have incorporated this bold colour into their crafting.

If you have time, please leave me a comment and I hope to see you back again next week for Garden Green!

See you then!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $15.50
Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $15.25	Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] $15.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00	Prized Peony Cling Stamp Set (English) [152504] $42.00	Fabulous Florals Dies [153583] $54.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50

Click on the image above to see my video showing off the beautiful Tag Buffet Project Kit which will be a feature of my World Card Making Day event on Saturday 3rd October.

To read all the details about the event - how you can be involved etc CLICK HERE.

And if you would like to RSVP - CLICK HERE 

See you soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn

Welcome to Week 15 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase. This week we have an important staple colour : Early Espresso - the new Black!

Early Espresso

Click the image to see ALL the Early Espresso options in my online store . . .

For the previous 14 weeks of Colour Creations, I have been making really feminine cards. With a strong colour this week, I wanted to step outside my comfort zone and create a masculine card.

I have spent a great deal of time over the last week planning my World Card Making Day event using the Tag Buffet Project Kit and Stamp set.  The images in the stamp set are simple and bold, and so I was keen to see if I could pull off a masculine Christmas card using Early Espresso. You know every year when you have that one single, male family member that you want to send a Christmas Card too, but all your cards seem to "frilly and fussy"?

Who would have ever thought of a brown Christmas card?  But, I like it!

Not frilly, not fussy, perfectly suitable for an adult male - favourite uncle or older brother.

The lovely background layer is one of the Early Espresso pieces from the Regals Designer Series Paper Pack. The stocking is stamped on a separate piece of Very Vanilla card, lightly coloured in part with the Crumb Cake Blends Duos, and fussy cut as it is such a simple shape to cut out.

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

If you would like to see the rest of the Early Espresso creations by our talented artists, go to Cathy's blog here.

See you next week!

Kathryn

Product List

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Tag Buffet Photopolymer Stamp Set [153612] $31.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $15.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00
Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153073] $20.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00