Welcome back to another blog hop Wednesday, and another bird card!   

This week, the Art With Heart stamping ladies are focusing on Blackberry Bliss - nearly everyone's favourite colour!

Blackberry Bliss

My inspiration this week came from Sherry Roth who created a gorgeous card, using the beautiful regal colour scheme of Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wheat and Basic White:     
I thought it was just beautiful, and since our focus colour is Blackberry Bliss, I wanted to use the same colour scheme. I selected the Wildly Flowering Designer Series paper to use, so also added Moody Mauve.

Blackberry Bliss

Moody Mauve

Wild Wheat

Basic White

I wanted to use my Country Birdhouse bundle for the very first time, and make a fancy fold card, because I haven't done any fancy folds for a while. So I trawled Pinterest and found the Double Stack Display card by Susan Campfield. I liked that there were several front facing panels to show off the beautiful colours and papers:     
Then I got to work, measuring, cutting, scoring and die-cutting heaps of pieces. The fun part then comes in mixing and matching to see which ones layer better. I brayered Wild Wheat ink over a piece of wood pattern paper from the Country Woods DSP, so I had the correct colour I wanted for my birdhouses. 

The fold is called Double Stack because there are two concertina folds which stack over each other, closing the card and allowing it to fit in a standard envelope.

The front has lots of layers and dimension - and is probably going to cause me to have to pay extra postage!

The next front facing piece is a little less busy, and has space for a sentiment. This pieces needs to be adhered carefully, nestling it into the opposite fold, but not too close that it doesn't flatten properly when the card is closed.

The final inside panel can be left plain white for lots of writing space, or in this instance, I have added a decorative strip along the bottom, consisting of a slither of the designer series paper, a section of the birdhouse die-cut snipped in half to form a scallop border, and a flower and leaf from the Country Flowers Dies.

This is what it looks like fully open with the front facing panels turned to the back:

This is what it looks like fully open with the front facing panels turned in:

And this is what it looks like standing up - it is a very strong free-standing card, and won't sag off the mantelpiece two days after it is placed there.

And of course, once I had finished that, I had a stack of other pieces to use up, so I cut myself some Country Birdhouse Notecards - lining one edge of the roof on the die up with the fold line on an A4 Basic White card sheet folded in half lengthwise and scored really well, running it through the cutting machine, to cut a notecard. You can cut 3 birdhouses from one piece of A4 doing it this way.

Now it's time for your to go and check the other Art With Heart bloggers and see what they have created with Blackberry Bliss. Lovely Rosa Leydon is the next person in the blog hop - click the image below to go to her blog post.

If you find a broken link in the blog hop, click HERE to go to Cathy's blog where she has all the links.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and our Art With Heart team blog hop. See you again soon with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $20.25	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $15.75	Wildly Flowering 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163323] $21.75
Wild Wheat A4 Cardstock [161734] $20.25	Wild Wheat Classic Stampin' Pad [161651] $15.75	Country Birdhouse Bundle (English) [163401] $81.75
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163393] $21.75	Country Flowers Dies [163410] $61.00	Cheerful Daisies Dies [161296] $60.00
Stampin' Brayer [162936] $28.00	Boho Blue Limited Edition Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [161104] $110.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

This week the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! demonstrators are creating with much loved returned colour - Berry Burst, in our Colour Creations Blog Hop.   
Welcome, to my blog and I hope you enjoy visiting each of the wonderful creators on our blog hop tonight.

Berry Burst

This evening I have a fun, simple design for you, with just a little bit of stamping, a single die-cut shape repeated, and a tiny bit of very simple fussy cutting - bringing you Unbounded Beauty Berry Burst Birdies!

Berry Burst

Petunia Pop

Pretty In Pink

Peach Pie

Summer Splash

Shy Shamrock

Two of the birds (die cut circles) are glued to the base layer using Tombow liquid glue. The third bird is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

      On this first Basic White Card base is a layer of Berry Burst card, embossed with the Zinnia 3D embossing folder. Then three die cut circles form the body of the birds. Wings are roughly fussy cut from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper.

The greeting is from a brand new stamp set in our Online Exclusives range: Sweetly Scripted stamp set. I've stamped it in Misty Moonlight on Basic White card.

My portrait version of this card uses a sheet of paper from the Thoughtful Journer 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper pack. And I have stamped the greeting vertically down the left hand side.

The leaves on the Bounded Beauty paper make such cute wings. They would also work really well as shabby chic butterflies!

     
I hope I have given you a chuckle, I love making quirky birds and these ones are so very simple! Now it's time to see what else our clever team members have created.  Click on the image directly below and you will be taken to my dear friend Andrea's blog - she is such a talented stamper, I can't wait to see what she has done with Berry Burst!       
If you continue on the blog hop, but find a broken link, you can always come back here to THIS LINK which will take you to Cathy's blog. Our dear blog hop host has all the links on her post.

See you again soon with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $20.25	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $15.75	Unbounded Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163372] $21.75
Thoughtful Journey 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163303] $21.75	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $15.75	Sweetly Scripted Cling Stamp Set (English) [163600] $42.00
Zinnia 3 D Embossing Folder [163337] $19.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082] $5.25

Welcome to the Art With Heart demonstrator team's Colour Creations Blog Hop, celebrating every single colour in the Stampin' Up! colour families, one colour at a time.

We are up to week 9, and that means BASIC GRAY is our focus colour this week.

Basic Gray

On the weekend, demonstrators across the world gathered online for Creativity Now, a Stampin' Up! cardmaking event. We had the option to pre-order a beautiful product suite which will be available later in the year in the September-December mini catalogue. This allowed us to stamp along to half a dozen card projects, using stamps, dies, ribbon, embellishments and an embossing folder from the product suite.

One of the projects used Misty Moonlight cardstock teamed with Basic Gray. A couple of people, including myself thought this colour scheme was a little dark, so after making the sample card, I then made an alternative card, switching out the Misty Moonlight for Boho Blue instead. Boho Blue, like Misty Moonlight tends to a gray tinge and works really well with Basic Gray.

Here is the first card, which most people madeon the left, and my lighter, slightly stepped up card beside it.

   
For my version, I chose to die-cut birds from the Designer Series Paper. The shade of blue in the paper looks like Pool Party, so I used a Blender Pen to pick up some Boho Blue ink from the ink pad and just lightly went over the blue areas to make it a closer tint to match the card base. I wanted the piece to stand out from the cardfront, so I die-cut an extra piece of Basic White card with the same die and glued the two together to add strength to the Designer Series Paper, then popped it up with dimensionals.     

For the inside of the Z-Fold card, I cut another piece of Basic Gray with the foliage frame die, and layered it over basic white. Then die-cut a different bird from the Designer Series Paper and adhered that in the corner. This one was adhered flat inside the card, so I didn't worry about reinforcing it with Basic White card.

I have a dear friend who is crazy about birds - takes some amazing bird photos. She has done a good deed for me recently, so this card will be winging it's way to her (pun intended!!).

Thank you for visiting my blog! Now it's time to see what everyone else on our creative team has created with Basic Gray. Click on the image below to go to lovely Rachel Woolard's blog and see her amazing creation.

Once you have visited Rachel's blog, click her "next" link to keep journeying around the blog hop. If you get lost or find a broken link, you can come back here and click THIS LINK to go to Cathy's blog where she has a full list of participants.

Enjoy the ride! See you again soon with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $20.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Boho Blue A4 Cardstock [161733] $20.25	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $15.75	Blender Pens [102845] $25.00

Welcome to another week of Colour Creations with the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! Demonstrator team from Australia.

This week we are creating with the lovely shade Balmy Blue.

Balmy Blue

Balmy Blue is a really pretty blue - however, I struggled to think what to make with it this week, because I just don't have any Designer Series Papers with Balmy Blue in them, or any stamp sets that are particularly masculine which I thought I could use.

Then, I suddenly remembered I have some spare, leftover pieces in the very cute By Your Side Kit from the Kit Collections, and Balmy Blue would go great with the Old Olive, Calypso Coral and Basic Grey pieces in the kit.

Balmy Blue

Old Olive

Calypso Coral

Basic Gray

I love the By Your Side card making kit as it is a fully self contained kit - meaning besides having the card bases and die-cut pieces for assembling the cards, it also includes a stamp set, ink spot, block, adhesive and embellishments for making 8 cards, all in the one kit. But this one has bonus die-cuts and embellishments with 12 of each instead of 8. So there are enough pieces left over to add some card stock and make 4 more cards.

And that is what I did this week, adding Balmy Blue card stock and Balmy Blue Designer Series Paper from the Subtles Paper Stack, a bit of extra Basic Grey card and some Balmy Blue ink, instead of the Old Olive Ink which comes in the kit.

   
If you are going away for a long weekend or short holiday, the kit is the perfect craft item to take with you, because it all comes in one small box which will easily fit under the seat of the car, or in your overnight bag. Then if you have indoor weather, you have something to work on which hasn't taken up much space at all, and because it's fully self-contained, you have everything you  need right there in the box.

Here's some close ups of the actual kit cards, alongside my alternate Balmy Blue cards.

Now it is time to see what some of our other team members have been creating this week with Balmy Blue.

Click on the image directly below this to go to the blog of my lovely friend Ros Davidson - I always look forward to seeing what Ros has created!       

If you are following the blog-hop full circle and come to a broken link, all the links are listed on Cathy's blog here. Thanks again lovely Cathy for hosting our blog hop every single week!

Enjoy the Balmy Blue creations and see you again soon, with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $15.75	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $20.25	Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163776] $21.75
By Your Side Kit (English) [163876] $39.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $20.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00

Welcome to Week 5 of the 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop where the Art With Heart stamping team explore all the colours in the Stampin' Up! colour families week by week.   
This week is the last of our FIVE new In Colors. We have played with Peach Pie and Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink and Shy Shamrock, and this week we introduce lovely SUMMER SPLASH.

Summer Splash

This week I wanted to use products in my collection that haven't seen the light of day yet, and that included the Coffee With Friends stamp set. I turned to page 92 of the catalogue to see what inspiration lay there.

And I thought . . . WOW! I could just recreate this whole page layout in Summer Splash! And so I did! With a few variations on stamp sets mind, because believe it or not, I don't own ALL of them :)     

Mostly, these are very simple cards. A Thick Basic White card base, a layer of Basic White for extra layers and scrap pieces for greeting tags. The first one features Coffee With Friends stamp set stamped with Basic Grey Ink on Thick Basic White, coloured using a blender pen and ink from the Summer Splash and Early Espresso ink pads.

I found it quite difficult to photograph the cards this week. My iphone11 has a tendency to turn everything a shade of blue, and so lovely Summer Splash which is very green, kept coming up sky blue in my photos. In this image, the greeting label is Pretty In Pink - which shows you the colour variation.

My second card used the Leaf Collection background stamp to recreate the Designer Series Paper look which was in the catalogue image.    

The "yellow" tab underneath is actually Peach Pie - a slightly pale orange colour (eyeroll!!!). The lovely birthday greeting comes from Simply Said stamp set.

And finally, for the third card in the catalogue page recreation, I switched to Spotlight on Nature stamp set - AND I was far too lazy to go looking for White Heat Embossing Powder, so I stamped with Basic Grey instead and added a banner for the greeting.       

All the cards included 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems to bling them up. I love these shiny, sparkly embellishments in the five gorgeous In Colors and have nearly used a whole packet in just a couple of months.

Now it's time to go and see what the other Art With Heart stampers have created. Click on the image below to go to the blog of my dear friend Tina Gillespie - I always love seeing what she has created - her projects are always unique and clever!     
If you find a broken link in the blog hop, you can click HERE to be taken to Cathy's blog. Cathy is hosting the blog hop and has all the links listed at the bottom of her post.

Thanks for visiting and see you again soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield Victoria

Product List

Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809] $15.75	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163777] $21.75	2024–2026 In Color™ Stampin' Write Markers [163829] $31.25
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781] $15.00	Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon [162588] $15.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set [163610] $35.00	Coffee With Friends Cling Stamp Set (English) [161389] $44.00	Spotlight On Nature Cling Stamp Set (English) [163579] $41.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00

Welcome back to week 4 of the Art With Heart team Colour Creations Blog Hop.

This week we focus on Shy Shamrock - which is anything but shy!   

Shy Shamrock

To soften this strong colour, I decided to make a white-on-white card, where Shy Shamrock is still the hero of the card, but in a gentle way, not in your face.

   
I die-cut some scraps of the Shy Shamrock paper from the 2024-2026 In Color Designer Series Paper using Stylish Shapes dies. These were layered under a Basic White piece cut with the Deckled Rectangle dies and embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder. The Stylish Shapes pieces create just a small pop of colour and highlight the cute designs on the patterned paper.   
The floral image is not stamped or die-cut. It is one of the pieces from Fully Flowering Ephemera pack - a new product on page 19 of our catalogue. There are four ephemera packs to choose from. I’ve mounted it with Dimensionals, tied some white bakers twine and layered the greeting - stamped in Shy Shamrock - to tie the pieces together. The greeting is from Simply Said stamp set which is also on page 19.

Now, if you are ready, please click on the image below to hop over to the lovely Kate Morgan's blog, to continue discovering how we have created with Shy Shamrock. I always really look forward to seeing what Kate has made!

If you are following the whole blog hop and you find a broken link, our lovely host Cathy Proctor has ALL the links on her blog right here.

See you again soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pad [163808] $15.75	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163777] $21.75	Fully Flowering Mix & Match Ephemera Pack [163762] $14.00
Eyelet 3 D Embossing Folder [163414] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00

Yippee!! Today I am blogging with a few of my OTHER stamping friends, and together we are exploring the new 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, that just came out this month - MAY 2024.   If you have come to my blog from Denise Buetler's blog, thank you for hopping over!    
Our Stampin' Up! annual convention is called On Stage, and this year we gathered in Melbourne in March. It is always so GOOD to see some of these long time stamping friends face to face - I haven't seen many of these ladies since before Covid, so it was extra special.

One of the treats of On Stage is to get a sneak peek of our new catalogue, and I think every single one of us fell in love with the Take To The Sky Suite and the fantastic demonstration we saw.

I had a big workshop this weekend with up to 12 participants, so I wanted to make a card which showed off the product suite, but was also easy enough for that many people to make in about an hour. So I chose a very simple easel card, and I precut several of the pieces using my die-cutting machine and paper trimmer.   

So then the participants just had to do some simple stamping, die-cut a couple of pieces themselves and assemble the card, with a little bit of assistance where needed - mainly cleaning stamps and handing out Stampin' Dimensionals.

 
I really enjoyed using these products - they coordinate so well that it's easy to create a good looking card.  Because there were so many attendees in my workshop, there were three different sheets of the Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper for the card fronts. Each one of them worked well because of the coordinating designs and colours.

I hardly ever make masculine cards, but I really enjoyed using these products, and I can't wait to find time to make some more different variations of this project.

Now it's time for you to go and see what else the talented ESAD card makers have created. The NEXT button to follow the blog hop journey is down below - but before you go there, just in case you are wondering what ESAD even is . . . . . :

And now, click on this pointing NEXT image to hop around the ESAD blogs and see what other goodies are in the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue. This button will take you to gorgeous Nicole's blog who is also coordinating our blog hop.

I'll see you again soon - preferably with inky fingers!!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield - Victoria High Country 

Product List

Take To The Sky Suite Collection (English) [163832] $130.25	Adventurous Sky Bundle (English) [163447] $93.50	Take To The Sky 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163436] $21.75
Boho Blue A4 Cardstock [161733] $20.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $20.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $15.75	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [161650] $15.75	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00

Welcome back to week 3 of a new round of Blog Hopping with the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team.

This week's feature colour is a surprise return! Pretty In Pink was in our Subtles Colour Family for a long time - long ago, and it is making a very welcome come-back as a 2024-2026 In Color.

Pretty In Pink

The timing is perfect for me, because last week one of my workmates welcomed a gorgeous baby girl into their family, so it was a perfect excuse to get out ALL the pinks and make a baby girl card . . . 

Ohhhhh! Except in my head, I pictured a card using the Zany Zoo stamp set, and when I went looking in the online shop for it . . . .IT'S GONE!!  NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

What am I going to do now?? I quickly flipped through my catalogue and remembered that the ugly duckling paper - AKA Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper (which I received free at On Stage) has Pretty in Pink in the colour scheme.

 
The Lily Pond Lane Product Suite is on pages 44-45 of the new catalogue, and I straight away noticed the sample project with the two fussy cut goldfish. It's a cello gift bag full of fishy shaped treats with a bag topper and swing label. I love that it uses the goldfish from the DSP so I decided to case it for a card instead of a treat bag.

I went with the most simple easel card fold, and since I don't have any other products in the Suite, I made the most of the designs in the packet of DSP. I fussy cut all the detailed pieces including goldfish and waterlilies.

 
The greeting is from Layers of Beauty stamp set, stamped in Pretty Peacock ink, and I used the Countryside Corners and Deckled Rectangles Dies to cut the layers of Designer Series Papers.

 
All of the smaller bits and bobs are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals, and I added some Sparkly In Color gems for a bit of bling - not so easy to photograph! 

Thanks for visiting my blog. It's now time to see what the other Art With Heart ladies have created. Click on the image directly below to go to the blog of my lovely talented friend Ros Davidson. 

If you are journeying around the blog hop and you find a broken link, our lovely hop host Cathy has all the links on her blog HERE.

See you next week with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807] $15.75	Pretty In Pink A4 Cardstock [163794] $20.25	2024–2026 In Color™ Classic Stampin' Pads [165058] $70.75
2024–2026 In Color™ A4 Cardstock [163804] $20.25	Lily Pond Lane 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163342] $21.75	Lily Pond Lane Suite Collection (English) [163354] $117.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781] $15.00	Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50

It's week 2 of our 2024-2025 Round of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart stamping team.

This week we have a beautiful dark pink with a leaning towards purple - a cool pink rather than a warm toned reddish pink, with the wonderful happy name of Petunia Pop.

Petunia Pop

I embraced this colour at our Stampin' Up! On Stage (convention) After Dark stamping class, making two cards on the night, and I loved the colour combination so much, I decided to use them as inspiration for this weeks project.

Here are the cards I made at On Stage in March
And here is the colour combination.

Petunia Pop

Pretty In Pink

Peach Pie

Granny Apple Green

I just love the floral images with these colours, especially the little snippets of rose bouquets stamped in Petunia Pop ink on Petunia Pop card. Here's a close up of that first card :

So when it came to creating this week's project, I chose all the same colours and I selected the Layers of Beauty bundle from page 57 of our new catalogue, because I felt I MUST have roses, and I wanted to have a play with those lovely new Decorative Masks.   
This week I made a fairly simple basic Z-fold card, with a large die cut on the front.

My layers were made using paper from the 2024-2026 In Colour 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper Assortment, which gave me Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink and Peach Pie horizontal stripes, inspired by the card on page 57  of the catalogue with the Old Olive stripes.   
The large rose image was stamped in Petunia Pop Ink, then I used Blending Brushes to apply Petunia Pop and Granny Apple Green inks only, for all 5 layers of colour on the rose image.

The image was then die-cut and mounted on the card front with Dimensionals.

   
Finally, half a dozen of the 2024-2026 In Colour Shimmer Gems (page 114-115) were added to give a touch of bling.

Thanks for stopping by. Time to see what the other talented Art With Heart SU demonstrators have been creating. Click the image below to be taken to lovely Theresa Gerrard's blog for the next Petunia Pop project.

Should you find a broken link in the blog hop, our lovely blog hop host Cathy has all of the links on her blog post HERE.

See you next week with inky fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield VIC

Product List

2024–2026 In Color™ Classic Stampin' Pads [165058] $70.75	Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad [163811] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781] $15.00	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163777] $21.75	2024–2026 In Color™ A4 Cardstock [163804] $20.25
Petunia Pop A4 Cardstock [163802] $20.25	Peach Pie A4 Cardstock [163800] $20.25	Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00

New 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Catalogue, means new In Colours

Welcome to a whole new Stampin' Up! catalogue year, and Week 1 of the 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop, which means, we are starting with new In Colours!

Our first showcase colour for this catalogue is Peach Pie, which is kind of fitting because I have been harvesting, harvesting, harvesting all summer and autumn and the pantry and freezers are full of stewed fruits, jams and sauces. So having Peach Pie as the first colour for the years worth of blog hops is a great segway into slowing down the outdoor harvest activities and spending more time indoors - hopefully crafting!

Peach Pie

In order for me to jump back into blog hopping after a LOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGG break, I decided to keep it really simple this week, and use up the pieces I stamped at our After Dark Stamping Night at our wonderful On Stage Conference in March. The evening was ALL about making some cards with new colours, and this card is inspired by the Country Flowers - Sketch 2 that was in our instruction sheets.

Above is the sample from the instructions and below is my version. You can see I chose to use Spotlight on Nature stamp set instead of Country Flowers. And I stepped it up a little by adding an extra layer of Pecan Pie to the base, and giving it a vintage feel by kissing all the edges with ink and roughing them with my finger nail.

I would never think to pair Peach Pie with Pecan Pie cardstock (although it does sound a bit lip-smackingly good!!).  I do love how the tulip image becomes a strong focal point with the contrasting darkness of the stamped image on the Basic White panel.

The tulips are coloured using the Water Painters, picking up a touch of ink from the Classic Ink Pads. Flowers in Peach Pie, and leaves in Lemon Lime Twist. I switched up the green from the sample for this warmer shade as I feel it sits better with the two other warm colours.

The greeting is from the Simply Zinnia Stamp set which is in the Online Exclusives. I chose a longer greeting and extra twine to just go that little bit extra. The greeting is stamped in Pecan Pie ink on Basic White with a thin sliver of Lemon Lime Twist card underneath, and mounted on Stampin' Dimensionals. I hand cut the flag ends with Stampin' Snips.

Now it's time for you to go and see what the other talented Art With Heart Team stampers have been creating with Peach Pie. Click on the image below to go to lovely Theresa Gerrard's blog in the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop.

If there is broken link in the blog hop, or you just get confused, you can come back here to THIS LINK to be taken to dear Cathy's blog where she is hosting the blog hop and has ALL the links to the other Peach Pie creations.

See you again next week with beautiful Petunia Pop!

Kathryn Ruddick

The Arty Farmer

Mansfield Victoria