Wild Wheat is the fifth of our new In Colors and this is week 5 of the Art With Heart blog hop where Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team members share our Colour Creations featuring this week's colour.

Wild Wheat is a funny golden shade like dirty mustard and while it may seem like a difficult colour to use, it's perfect for the centres of flowers. Today I have used three of our new In Colours teamed together, just the way Stampin' Up! has in the Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper pack.

Wild Wheat

Pebbled Path

Moody Mauve

First thing I did was grab out the paper and cut a couple of pieces for card fronts. I decided on simple Wild Wheat base cards as the paper already has a lot going on.

Then I cut a stack of flowers and leaves from the coordinating Cheerful Daisies Dies. I just cut them in Basic White card as I wanted to replicate the flowers on the paper and could just use a sponge dauber to add a touch of the ink to the flower centres and the leaves.

I usually spend a little bit of time at this stage arranging them on the card front to see what works best, and it is at this point I got out my trusty sponge daubers and sponged a small amount of Wild Wheat and Pebbled Path onto the flower centres and leaves.

I was going to mount the paper straight onto the Wild Wheat base card, which would have been fine, but the more I looked at it, the more I wanted to add the thinnest border of white around it to frame the images.

 That definitely makes it pop more and was worth doing. It adds a formal touch. I could have roughed up the edges of the Designer Series Paper for a more shabby chic look, but I was happy to go with the crisper finish.

I layered the die-cut daisies over the daisies on the printed paper - offsetting them a little so you can still see the layers underneath.

I chose the greeting stamp and label die also from the Cheerful Daisies Bundle to stamp and cut the sentiment piece and adhered most of the pieces with Stampin' Dimensionals or a spot of Tombow Liquid Glue.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Now if you would like to see what the other AWH team members have created with Wild Wheat, please click on the NEXT image below to go to lovely Caroline's blog to continue the journey.

If you find a broken link on the blog hop, click here to go to Cathy's blog where she has the complete list and you can easily find the ones you have missed.

See you again soon with another Colour Creation!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad [161651] $15.75	Wild Wheat A4 Cardstock [161734] $17.50	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $15.75
Fresh As A Daisy 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161289] $21.75	Fresh As A Daisy Suite Collection (English) [161301] $129.25	2023–2025 In Color™ Dots [161620] $14.00
Cheerful Daisies Bundle (English) [161297] $93.50	Cheerful Daisies Dies [161296] $60.00	Cheerful Daisies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161290] $44.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $7.50

Welcome to another week of Colour Creations with the Art With Heart stampers.

This is our fourth week of exploring the In Colors in the new annual catalogue and this week we have a wonderful new natural colour called Pebbled Path.

Pebbled Path

I couldn't help myself with my favourite Designer Series Paper which has touches of this colour in the fun characters. So this week I quickly whipped up three really simple but very fun birthday cards!

It's kind of strange, because I never would have thought of a mid to dark tone brown as the base for cheery birthday cards, but I just love the way the Pebbled Path ink on the Oh, Happy Day stamp breaks up the background, and how the small touches of brown in the characters ties it all together.

I think I might come back with an Early Espresso watercolour pencil and just add a bit of brown to the bear and the turtle. What do you think?

Pebbled Path is obviously a very popular colour, easy to work with, because there are 13 talented ladies on our blog hop tonight. Please go and visit all of them, starting with lovely Caroline - click on the box below to go to her blog!

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, once again, our dear friend Cathy has all the links on her blog post HERE.

See you again next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Pebbled Path A4 Cardstock [161731] $17.50	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $15.75	Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161304] $21.75
Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $39.00	Playing In The Rain Cling Stamp Set (English) [160542] $46.00
Zany Zoo Cling Stamp Set (English) [161305] $46.00	Zany Zoo Dies [161314] $60.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50

This week the Art With Heart Team explores the amazing new In Colour, Moody Mauve in our Colour Creations Blog Hop.

You are going to love this colour! It goes so well in many of our colour combinations. In our new catalogue, the Moody Mauve is showcased with the other four new In Colors in the Fresh As a Daisy Suite Collection, and I have chosen that suite and a couple of those colours to share with you tonight, along with one of our brand new Colour Refresh Colours.

AWH Colour Creations

Moody Mauve

Bubble Bath

Wild Wheat

katlodesigns.com

How pretty is that colour combination!! I cased my card and the colour scheme direct from page 110 of the catalogue.  I just made a couple of subtle changes to the card shown in the middle of the page. For example, I made a much larger card - 6" x 5 1/2" so there is more space around the flowers and you get to see more of the Designer Series Paper underneath.

Also, I used Moody Mauve card stock for the base of my card. And I switched out the Pebbled Path circle for a Basic White tag,  using the tag die that comes in the Cheerful Daisies Dies.

for my background layer of Bubble Path Pink card, I used the beautiful Fern 3D embossing folder. I am so happy that this embossing folder carried over from the past catalogue.

Please go and visit the other blogs in our blog hop and see what the other talented Art With Heart Team Stampin' Up! demonstrators have created. Click on the NEXT image below to go to beautiful Cathy's blog - where she also has a list of all the blogs and their links.

Thanks for visiting us this week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Moody Mauve A4 Cardstock [161732] $17.50	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad [161649] $15.75	Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock [161727] $17.50
Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664] $15.75	Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad [161651] $15.75	Fresh As A Daisy 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161289] $21.75
Fresh As A Daisy Suite Collection (English) [161301] $129.25	Cheerful Daisies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161290] $44.00	Cheerful Daisies Dies [161296] $60.00

This week, the Art with Heart Team share the second of our brand new In Colors, in our Colour Creations Blog Hop.

Copper Clay is a glowing warm baked cookie brown - much like the gingernuts my grandmother used to make.

Copper Clay

This week I have used Copper Clay for the base of my card, and to set the scene of cute ballerinas on stage - a Copper Clay stage in a Copper Clay theatre!

The cute dancers come from the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper, and the dies which cut out the dancers, flowers AND the stage curtains are from the Zany Zoo Dies, all part of the Zoo Crew Suite Collection.

I love the way the Copper Clay stands in and takes the place of the traditional dark red theatre curtains. It is a lovely earthy shade which makes a beautiful background for the Petal Pink, Pumpkin Pie and Pool Party in the other images. 

The next creator in our blog hop is the very talented Rachel Woollard. I can't wait to see what she has made. Click on the "next" image below to go to her blog.

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, our lovely host Cathy has all of the links on her page here.

Thanks for visiting! See you again soon with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Copper Clay A4 Cardstock [161730] $17.50	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647] $15.75	Pebbled Path A4 Cardstock [161731] $17.50
Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161304] $21.75	Zoo Crew Suite Collection (English) [161319] $134.50	Zany Zoo Dies [161314] $60.00
Zany Zoo Cling Stamp Set (English) [161305] $46.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

Welcome to a whole new Stampin' Up! catalogue and a wonderful colour refresh!

We start the new round of Blog Hops with the new 2023-2025 In Colors, and this week we have a great new Blue!

Boho Blue

My favourite new product suite is Zoo Crew, I love the fun images in the stamp set and dies, and the gorgeous coordinating Designer Series Paper. So today I have made two simple cards, with a bit of fussy cutting, and mixing and matching the Designer Series Paper with several other packs, to show off our lovely new Boho Blue.

The first card is a simple Z-fold card, where the front is folded back on itself, and I have layered it with a mixture of pieces. The Night of Navy scallop edge is cut with a die from the Zany Zoo Dies.

The cute star background DSP is from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack. The striped paper inside the card is from the Countryside Inn DSP pack.

The elephant and cute little scooting bunny are from the Zoo Crew DSP pack and I have added a touch of Boho Blue to the elephant's body using a water painter to pick up just a tiny bit of Boho Blue ink from the Classic Ink Pad. Both images are fussy cut using my trusty snips.

My second card is a basic landscape card, using Boho Blue card for the base, and more paper from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack for the background layers, over Night of Navy scallops.

This time, I die-cut the alligator from the Designer Series Paper. On both cards, the main image is mounted onto a die-cut rectangle using the Scalloped Contours Dies. Also on this card, I tested out the beautiful Boho Blue Textured Ribbon, across the middle of the card. Despite the texture, it has a lovely sheen.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please take a tour around the rest of the blog hop and see what the other talented Art With Heart Ladies have created. Click on the image below to go to lovely Cathy's blog. Cathy is also our blog hop host and coordinator, so if you find a broken link in the blog hop, please come back to her blog where she has a full list of all the links.

 Thanks again for visiting! Enjoy the awesome inspiration from our talented creators! See you again next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield (Vic)

Product List

Boho Blue A4 Cardstock [161733] $17.50	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $15.75	Boho Blue 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon [161631] $14.00
Countryside Inn 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161467] $21.75	Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161449] $21.75	Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161304] $21.75
Zoo Crew Suite Collection (English) [161319] $134.50	Zany Zoo Dies [161314] $60.00	Zany Zoo Cling Stamp Set (English) [161305] $46.00
Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $17.50	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00

This is our very last week of Colour Creations for the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue, and this week we have a colour that I am VERY SAD!!! to see retiring out of our collection.

This week, the Art With Heart blog hoppers say a very fond farewell to Soft Suede.

Soft Suede

Soft Suede is a warm, soft brown, and I have used so many packets of it, and I even have two Soft Suede ink pads!

This past week or so, there has been a heck of a lot of stuff going on in my extended family, as well as it being garlic planting time, so I only had time to make a very simple card. I chose to use Soft Suede as my base card, to show you what a wonderful, warm, versatile colour it is.

More often than not, I would choose to use a white base card with the Country Floral Lane Designer Series Paper, but I think in this case, the Soft Suede really enhances the casual country feel of the card.

While Soft Suede and the Country Floral Designer Series Papers are retiring with the 2022-2023 catalogue, the Country Bouquet stamp set and co-ordinating punch are carrying over into the new catalogue, which makes my heart very happy!

Anyway - if you are on the blog hop, it's now time to go and visit the blog of my dear friend Tina Gillespie, so click the NEXT box below and you will be taken to her blog.

If you come across a broken link, our wonderful blog hop coordinator Cathy has all of the links on her blog here.

Thanks for looking at our blog hop! Don't forget, there are only a couple of days left of this catalogue, after which, you will not be able to buy the discontinued items. Several of them are heavily discounted, so jump on the online shop today and don't miss out!

See you again soon, with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC)

Product List

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $16.25	Country Bouquet Bundle (English) [160383] $67.50	Country Gingham 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160388] $21.00
Country Floral Lane 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160375] $21.00	Sweet Sorbet A4 Cardstock [159266] $16.25	Country Floral Lane Suite Collection (English) [160390] $139.25
Country Bouquet Punch [160382] $34.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

The Art With Heart team creators are bringing you another beautiful colour tonight in our colour creations blog hop.

This week, we give a final salute to one of our much loved 2021-2023 In Colours - Soft Succulent. It is a real favourite with many people.

Soft Succulent

If you turn to page 179 in your current catalogue - the one which finishes in a couple of weeks - you will see a green card with the two chairs with cat images from the Stampin' Rewards stamp set SIT STAY RELAX. I used this card as inspiration for my projects tonight. I switched the greens up to Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen, and swapped the cardstock circles for very pretty Designer Series Paper circles.

The first card uses a rectangle card front of gold foiled pattern from the Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper. I stamped the chair image with Soft Succulent, and used Early Espresso and Daffodil Delight watercolour pencils to add a little yellow and brown.

Don't you love the way the sunlight hits the gold foil on the background paper?

On the second card I have stamped the chair image with Evening Evergreen, stamped flowers from the Jar of Flowers stamp set onto the Soft Succulent card base, and die-cut circles from Texture Chic and Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper.

The Layering Circles Dies were so handy for these projects as I think different size circles always look good layered together. For the cats in chairs images and greeting, I used the Scalloped Contours Dies - which will be carrying over into our new catalogue.

I would love you to leave a comment, and then hop over to dear Rosa's  blog by clicking on the NEXT box below.

If you would like to see all the Soft Succulent creations, just keep clicking the "Next" box at the bottom of each person's post. If there is a broken link, Cathy has all the links on her blog post here.

Don't forget!! Many of these products are retiring in just a couple of weeks and some will sell out. Today there is free postage for all Stampin' Up! orders over $65, so jump online and grab your favourites before they are gone for good!

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield Vic.

Product List

Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $16.25	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $14.00	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $16.25
Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $21.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $14.00	Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [158808] $27.00
Sit Stay Relax Host Cling Stamp Set (English) [159152] $22.50	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $28.00	Jar Of Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set [152515] $41.00

Time to say goodbye to a colour that has been in the Stampin' Up! colour range as long as I can remember!

This week Stampin' Up! announced a huge colour refresh in the new annual catalogue coming in May. And tonight the Art With Heart Colour Creations team are showcasing one of the colours that will be leaving our colour range to make way for new fresh colours.

So Saffron

Smoky Slate

Old Olive

Soft Suede

Sweet Sorbet

Last week I used the gorgeous Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper to show off Smoky Slate. Since the DSP is also a "retiring" product, and it has So Saffron in it, I couldn't resist using it again for this weeks blog hop.

I have made two really simple cards, where the Designer Series Paper does all the work, and just a little bit of stamping is required for a greeting.

For the second card, I used up the leftover strips from the first card, flipping them over for the reverse side design. I took a photo with just the paper panels, calling it finished, but then I decided it needed a little something, something . . . 

So I stamped and die-cut the cute owl and tree stump in Soft Suede ink (okay, I am dying about now!!!) and a Sweet Sorbet toadstool to pop up on dimensionals in the bottom corner of the card. I like it MUCH better.

If you would like to see how the rest of the team has used So Saffron, in our final goodbye to a colour that has done some long yards (!!), then hop over to Di Furniss' blog now by clicking on the box below.

To see all the So Saffron creations, follow the Next link in each one. If there's a broken link, you can find a full  list of them on Cathy's blog here.

See you again soon, with inky fingers!

The Arty Farmer

KATHRYN RUDDICK

Product List

So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $16.25	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $14.00	Happy Forest Friends 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158941] $21.00
Happier Than Happy Bundle (English) [158952] $85.50	Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad [159216] $14.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00
Playing In The Rain Cling Stamp Set (English) [160542] $46.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

Hello!!

I have been missing for a while - I had no idea how busy summer would be in the high country!

However, I have a market stall coming up at the Mansfield Easter Bush Market, so I sat down on Sunday night and made 20 cards, and I decided to make an extra one or two in Smoky Slate for this week's Colour Creations! So good to be back!

Smoky Slate has been one of my favourite grey's. And I really love the Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper. It always makes me just the teensiest bit sad when an Annual Catalogue is coming to an end, and the Designer Series Papers will all retire . . .  I think that's why I own SO MUCH patterened paper - because I can't bare to run out of any of the patterns LOL!!

Smoky Slate

Blushing Bride

Calypso Coral

So Saffron

Old Olive

Sahara Sand

Basic Gray

Of course, when I start working with paper this CUTE, it's really hard to stop at one card! And this paper has such a sweet range of colours in it! I want to make ALL the cards! But then I WILL HAVE TO buy another packet of paper before they are sold out!

I chose to use Smoky Slate as the base card, cutting an A4 sheet in half vertically for two portrait cards. I stamped sentiments with Smoky Slate ink and mounted them on Basic Gray card scraps.

For the card fronts, I simply cut a portion of the Designer Series Paper to fit on the card with a small border top and bottom on card one, and on both sides on card two.

The sentiments are popped on with a couple of mini glue dots, and I also stamped some cute toadstools in Calypso Coral Ink, die-cut them and stuck them on with mini glue dots.

These really were the simplest cards to make, and they are so cute!

Please hop on over to the next blog in our Art With Heart Colour Creations blog hop. Click on the box below to go to Theresa's page.

If you get lost in the blog hop, you can always come back here and click right here to go to lovely Cathy's blog where she has all the links for all the participants.

See you again soon - hopefully!

Kathryn Ruddick

(Mansfield VIC).

UPDATE!! ONLY 10 CALENDARS LEFT! 22nd December 2022.

Pre-sale sold out, and only ten calendars are left from the limited edition print run. Order before Christmas or pick up a copy in store at Ink Bookshop Mansfield or Loyola Jewels Mansfield.

Thanks for visiting my blog today! 

Many of  you will know that I recently ran a pre-order campaign through Kickstarter, to pre-sell a minimum number of calendars, in order to cover the cost of printing a full run of beautiful A3 spiral bound Art Quality calendars for 2023.

The pre-order campaign was a success, and at this moment the calendars are being printed!

If you missed the pre-order, but still would like a calendar, you can now purchase one right here!

There are three payment methods.

1. Direct Transfer - you will need to message me for bank details.
2. Credit Card - manual transaction over the phone. Message me, and when I have my Eftpos machine nearby I will ring you to take your number verbally - I punch it in straight away while I have you on the phone, so that I am not writing anyone's numbers down and having to store or destroy records.
3. Buy a calendar in store at Ink Bookshop Mansfield or Loyola Jewels Mansfield.

Postage is $13.25 for one calendar or $16.50 for two calendars, and will need to be calculated separately for more calendars. Express post is another option. Please contact me privately is you need assistance with this.

Calendars are being printed right now - Friday 9th December - and it is my hope that we will have them before Christmas, but I will keep you updated with the progress.  (PRINT COMPLETE AND CALENDARS POSTED 20.12.2022). 

Thanks so much for your support. If you would like to ready my essay about the creation of the work which is included in the RMIT Graduate Profile, you can read it here.

Again, thanks for visiting my blog!

Talk soon,

Kathryn Ruddick

(the arty farmer - Mansfield VIC).