Hey! It's Kathryn here, and this week's Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase is a big favourite for lots of people!

Welcome to the Pool Party Colour Creations Showcase!

I have been playing with the gorgeous Snail Mail Suite a lot over the past week, and when I checked this weeks's colour, I was really pleased because even though Pool Party is not in the Snail Mail Designer Series Paper pack, there are toned down shades of Bermuda Bay which would work really well with this week's colour . . . . . !

This week is also my monthly team meeting (still via Zoom), and when I was looking for inspiration for a stamping project for this week, I remembered that I follow a Youtube channel "Call Me {Crafty} Al" where Alicia does a once a month Sheetload of Cards and puts up a video and templates for what we might call a Stamp-a-stack. When I looked at her February project, I could straight away see myself using the Snail Mail DSP with Pool Party base cards.

I gathered my supplies and started chopping! There are 9 base cards and 3 pieces of each size of every patterned paper. Crafty Al uses US card sizes so I tweaked the measurements to suit our A4 card stock sizes, and also took the liberty of flipping one of the sheets over since our papers are double sided and I really like the red hearts sheet. This gave me more variety too.

The sentiments are actually a free printable download from Crafty Al which she shared in January. Rather than go through my collection looking for stamps all around the same size, I decided to print the sentiment sheet on our Basic White card, stamp the mushroom image in Pool Party ink and use our Paper Trimmer to cut them out.

The Detailed Trio Punch was used on some of the corners, then all the layers adhered with Stampin' Seal adhesive.

The one inch wide Pool Party banners were created with the Triple Banner Punch, then embossed with the Meadow Moments Embossing Folder with the butterflies on it (it's a pack of two embossing folders that fit the new Mini Cut & Emboss Machine).

The banners were stuck down with Tear'n'Tape and then the sentiment piece was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. I decided at the last minute to adhere an extra layer of Pool Party card as a mat under the sentiment (as you do LOL).

I was supposed to be saving these to work on in steps whilst chatting to my team on Zoom tomorrow night, but whooops!! Once I started, I couldn't stop LOL Now I will have to make another set!

Thank you so much Alicia (Crafty Owl) for your amazing inspiration and excellent downloadable instructions and cutting sheets! #SUYSFeb2021 #ShowUsYourSheetLoad 

I hope you will hop over to Cathy's blog and use the links there to visit each of the other Art With Heart team members who have created with Pool Party this week.

And I guess I will be back in a few days to show you the second set that I ACTUALLY make at my team night!

Talk soon!

Kathryn Ruddick

If you live in Australia and would like to buy any of these products from me so you too can make your own Snail Mail Sheetload of Cards, you can click on any image below and it will take you straight to the online store.

Product List

Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $15.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Snail Mail Designer Series Paper [154577] $20.00
Snail Mail Suite Collection [155986] $121.00	Snailed It Cling Stamp Set [154472] $33.00	Snail Dies [154327] $52.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $35.00	Banner Triple Punch [138292] $40.00
Meadow Moments Embossing Folders [153126] $14.00	Resin Hearts Embellishment [154578] $12.25	Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack [154579] $12.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

Who doesn't love a versatile soft pink which goes with everything??

It's Kathryn here, and I am excited to share that this week's AWH Colour Creations Showcase is Petal Pink!

In our January to June Mini Catalogue we have the cutest product suite - Snail Mail. The Snail Mail Designer Series Paper is loaded with beautiful bright colours and for this week's showcase I decided to introduce Petal Pink as the base colour and bring in the colours out of the suite, using fussy cut and die-cut images from the paper and a little bit of background stamping.

One of the first things I love to do with new Designer Series Paper that has coordinating dies, is sit and cut out a heap of shapes that I can then use on cards or other projects. By the time you have cut a dozen or so, the ideas are flowing.

I thought all these cut out shapes really loaned themselves to a couple of simple fancy fold cards so after cutting out a stack of shapes, I made a very straight forward "Z" fold card - Petal Pink as the base and Basic White panels.

Then it was just a matter of adhering the die cut (and a few fussy cut) images to the card. For the front panel I also stamped the toadstool image in Petal Pink and used the white Watercolor Pencil to add a couple of highlights.

The big toadstool on the front right of the "Z" fold hides the snail that appears only when the card is open. You can see that I also stamped the toadstool image on the "Z" piece.

Next I made a basic easel card with more of the pieces I had cut out earlier.

All of the die cut shapes are cut from the coordinating Snail Dies set in the same catalogue - I often add other dies to the mix, but I didn't need to with this amazing product suite.

I ended up making two more cards from all the pieces I had cut out of the paper! I will leave them for another day - because by the time I took full photos and close up photos I had about 20 photos. I don't think my blog platform will like it if I do a blog post with 20 photos in it! LOL

Anyway, you see how well the Petal Pink goes being used as a base card - kind of a substitute neutral colour on these cards. Feel free to pop back in a couple of days to see the other two cards - they are standard cards, not fancy fold - and I whipped them up in about 10 minutes each just using the leftover pieces. Got to love that!!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my Snail Mail projects, and if you would like to see how the rest of the Art With Heart ladies have used Petal Pink, please hop over to Cathy's blog where she has all the links for their posts.

See you soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Snail Mail Suite Collection [155986] $121.00	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00
Snailed It Cling Stamp Set [154472] $33.00	Snail Dies [154327] $52.00	Snail Mail Designer Series Paper [154577] $20.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00

Pear Pizzazz has been in the Stampin' Up! colour range ever since I joined Stampin' Up! over 13 years ago. I use this colour A LOT! 

Welcome to Week 33 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase where we are going to show you why we like Pear Pizzazz SO much!

Yesterday we kept with tradition and following the Mount Martha Australia Day Swim (MMAD Swim) we ventured to the Mornington Botanical Rose Garden to immerse ourselves in the beauty of the rose fragrances and every coloured rose you can imagine!

So when I was starting to think about Pear Pizzazz and the showcase, I somehow knew it was going to be a rose card!

I have used Pear Pizzazz as the base card and for some of the stamping, and I selected the All Things Fabulous Bundle of stamps and dies to make a sweet, soft card.

The detailed lattice die is cut from Soft Sea Foam card and in contrast, I have stamped the little rosehip type sprig in Old Olive just to add a tiny bit of depth to the colours of the card.

The roses are stamped with Flirty Flamingo and Blushing Bride - they are three (3) step images and for the 2nd stamp I have used Flirty Flamingo ink stamped off first on scrap paper.

The detailed trellis die-cut piece folds around the right hand side of the card front onto the inside.

Now, in case you were thinking how clever I am, and how much thought I put into this card, I have a confession! I actually CASED this card from page 121 of the Annual Catalogue! I just changed the colours to work for this week!

 Thank you for visiting my blog. To see all the other Pear Pizzazz creations, please go to Cathy's blog HERE where you will find all the links to the other talented creators.

Catch you again soon,

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $13.00	All Things Fabulous Bundle (English) [154112] $82.75

Welcome to Week 32 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase! My name is Kathryn, and this week's beautiful colour is Pacific Point!

I love using our Designer Series Papers to show off the featured colour - it's so easy then to colour coordinate with ink pads and cardstock. So I usually start this process by looking through our catalogues to see which paper the selected colour is in.

For Pacific Point, I was delighted to see Whale of a Time 6x6 Designer Series Paper appear in my search. I love this paper and have hardly used it "because it's too nice to cut" LOL

As soon as I started laying the pages out on my work table, I knew I was going to make a Pacific Point diorama card - using Pacific Point as the base card and internal layers and showing off the gorgeous papers.

Now, I don't own the stamp set or the Whale punch that form part of the Whale of a Time Suite, but I'm sure you'll agree, you can make a truly gorgeous project with just the patterned paper and a few other supplies.

I made the diorama card square with a 6"x 6" front to show off the full pieces of Designer Series Paper, and I made it 6cms deep so when it is folded flat it fits nicely inside a C5 envelope.

There is a lot of fussy cutting here with my trusty Paper Snips, but if you look carefully, you can see I also used a couple of die-cuts - the seaweed from Smooth Sailing Dies and the skeleton tree from In The Woods Dies which looks just like coral when cut out from Calypso Coral card stock.

For the back of the diorama card, I trimmed one full piece of the 6"x 6" paper down to 5 & 7/8" square, so it would fit on the back with a small border of the Pacific Point and this became my writing panel.

Don't you just love these gorgeous papers and the beautiful ocean designs?

Please leave me a comment and then I hope you will click through to Cathy's blog where she has all the links for the other Pacific Point creations by the talented Art With Heart stampers.

See you soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152460] $20.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $56.00	In The Woods Dies [151809] $57.00
Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25

Hey! It's Kathryn here, welcome to the  Colour Creations Showcase where some of my lovely demonstrator friends on the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team share ideas for how to use each of the Stampin' Up! colours. Each week we showcase a different colour and this week it's Old Olive.

Old Olive

This week I have tried something different.  I have my team night tomorrow night which like all of last year, is going to be via Zoom. So over the weekend I went looking for some card sketches and posted them on my group to challenge the ladies to put together mini kits for themselves that we can make while we are chatting on Zoom tomorrow night.

I have been subscribed to Becky Fleck's pagemaps for many years so I was very happy to see these cardmaps - one landscape and one portrait for January 2021.

I have been LOVING using up my collection of Designer Series Papers recently, and when I saw these sketches, along with knowing that this week's colour is Old Olive, I KNEW I was going to use the new delicious Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper from the January to June Mini Catalogue. (And in Melbourne' it's been perfect weather for icecream too!).

Don't you love all those bright gelato colours?

Here's what I came up with:

Don't you love the way the Old Olive base card and the Old Olive ink in the stamped greeting really brings out the green in the papers?

For the portrait card I chose the smaller pattern on the reverse side of one of the papers for the background of the top half, and opted for a few less banners as the paper was so pretty anyway.

Please leave a comment and if you'd like to see what the other talented ladies have created featuring Old Olive, then please visit Cathy's blog here where she has the link to each of their Old Olive articles.

See you next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper [154567] $20.00
Sweet Ice Cream Photopolymer Stamp Set [154456] $30.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Banner Triple Punch [138292] $40.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

Happy New Year Stampers!

It's Kathryn here, and I'm back with the second half of the Art With Heart 2020-2021 Colour Creations Showcase.

This week we have the very versatile Night of Navy from the Neutrals Colour Family. Night of Navy has been in the Stampin' Up! colour range for as long as I can remember, at times being the "new black" and always being a staple colour, for it's versatility.

I have created the colour combination chart this week from the colours in the lovely Paper Blooms 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper which is one of the free gifts you can select during Sale-a-bration with your $90 product order.

The paper coordinates with products in the new January to June mini catalogue, but you'll see that you don't have to have ALL the coordinating products to produce gorgeous matching projects.

After the crazy year that was 2020, I decided that I didn't need a day to a page diary or planner this year and I got myself a $2.48 week to a view A5 diary, knowing that I could easily cover it with Stampin' Up! paper to make it pretty!

I thought the sentiment from Ridiculously Awesome Stamp Set was a perfect fit to adorn the cover going into a new year, and I added a bookmark to keep track of the weeks.

On the inside first page I put a little affirmation - also from the Ridiculously Awesome stamp set, and on the week beginning March 1st, I added another - being the first week of Semester 1 for my third year at uni. I love that the Night of Navy ink matches the printing in the diary.

Covering the diary was so easy - just like you would with school books, and once I had all the papers out, I wanted to use all of them - they are so pretty! So I decided to whip up a really quick stack of birthday cards, to get me started with the 2021 birthday mail outs.

All I've done is layer a piece of the Designer Series Paper onto  Night of Navy card bases and added the fun sentiment stamp using layering dies.  A few different rhinestones finish them off.

On two of the cards, I also used the little white fabric flowers out of the Boho Indigo card kit to add more texture. And of course I added a strip of the lovely paper to the insides.

I'd love you to leave a comment and let me know what you think and if you would like to see the rest of the beautiful Night of Navy Creations from the Art With Heart team stampers, my dear friend Cathy has all of the links on her blog post and you can find them by clicking HERE.

See you next week!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	Paper Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155222] $0.00
Sweet Ice Cream Photopolymer Stamp Set [154456] $30.00	Ridiculously Awesome Cling Stamp Set [152512] $38.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Layering Ovals Dies [151771] $58.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00
Boho Indigo Product Medley (English) [153132] $122.00	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $10.50	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50

Hi there, it's Kathryn here!

How's your run into Christmas going after this crazy year we've been having?

Week 29 and our last Colour Creations Showcase for 2020 includes a beautiful Christmas Colour, so I had every intention from the start to make this week's card an inspiring Christmas card using this versatile staple colour - Mossy Meadow.

I have been making lots of bright cheery Real Red and Garden Green cards with bold images using the Tag Buffet Project kit, so when I pulled out Mossy Meadow card stock and ink pad, I decided I wanted a more elegant and toned down card.

I am also in the process of using up all of last year's Christmas products and that includes the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley which is still available.. My card is actually a new version of some I did last year which were inspired by Linda Dalke.

The lovely pine tree stamp comes from the Most Wonderful Time stamp set and is stamped with 2nd and 3rd generation stamping (ie, keep stamping without reinking to get the depth of the forest).

The deer is a printed die-cut piece from the Product Medley popped up on dimensionals, and the greeting stamp is from Perfectly Plaid stamp set stamped with Soft Suede ink.

The Crumb Cake panel is layered onto Mossy Meadow using Dimensionals, then this is layered onto Whisper White which is layered onto the Mossy Meadow Base Card.

The inside is decorated in a similar manner. 

I loved using the deer die-cuts from the kit, I could never stamp them with such a beautiful subtle colour!

Well, if you would like to see how our other creative friends have used Mossy Meadow, please hop over to Cathy's blog where she has all the links. Don't forget to leave a comment - we love to hear what you think!

See you again on 6th of January for Night of Navy.

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (En) [150705] $122.00
Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418] $30.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00

Hey there! It's Kathryn here, welcoming you back to another Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase!

I'm kind of disappointed that this week is Mint Macaron, as my gorgeous niece's long awaited wedding is next week and one of her wedding colours is Mint Macaron . . .  so I have been making stuff that I CAN'T SHOW YOU!! Aaaghhhh!!

However, I decided that since none of my family ever looks at my blog, I could pop in a little sneak-peek . . . LOL

Whatever you do, don't tell!

I have been putting together this double Zig Zag fold card using Mint Macaron prints from a couple of different packs of Designer Series Paper, and Soft Sea Foam Card stock.

I've used the Mint Macaron & Gold Foil embossed paper from the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper and two other Mint Macaron Copper & Gold Foil embossed sheets from the Gilded Autumn Specialty Paper (in the Aug-Dec Mini catalogue).

I've also used some of my favourite ever fluffy vellum - the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper - such a nice luxurious addition to any project.

I've actually not finished the inside yet - it has a secret flap that lifts up so there are two places to write - and I think I need to stamp some more flowers and leaves for that. The stamped images are all from the Forever Blossoms stamp set.

Do you like how nice the Plush Poinsettia vellum looks layered over the top of Mint Macaron cardstock?

If you would like to see what the rest of the creative Art With Heart Ladies have made with Mint Macaron, please hop over to Cathy's blog HERE  where she has all the links.

See you soon!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $15.25	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] $15.50
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper [153486] $19.25	Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English) [151457] $40.00
Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $59.00	Ornate Borders Dies [152724] $59.00	Cherry Blossoms Dies [151456] $63.00

Welcome to week 24 of the Art With Heart team Colour Creations Showcase!

This week the star of the show is Mango Melody.  And do you know, I can't remember EVER using this colour before? 

And yet it is such a bright, cheery, pick me up kind of cocktail colour!

When I realised which colour was this week, I had a bit of a panic about what to make with it, but then I saw a stamp set on my shelf which hadn't been opened and used - and it just screamed out to be used with Mango Melody - hmmmmm! Mango cocktails! What a perfect thing in this suddenly humid weather we've been having!

I also grabbed out the leftover bits from my Box of Sunshine Paper Pumpkin Kit and suddenly I was making way more than one card - so much brightness and fun!  The colourful strip along the bottom of this first card is one of the card fronts from the Share Sunshine cards, cut into 1" strips. And I added some sequins out of the kit for a bit of sparkle.

This card contains another 1" strip of card front from the Paper Pumpkin kit, along with the pineapple, black and white polka dot piece and more sequins.  The stamp set has 26 pieces for lots of mix and match greetings AND there's a coordinating die set for cutting out those cute cocktails!

The stamp set is photopolymer so it's really easy to line up the words to make a fun background - this one is inked with Mango Melody and every  second image is stamped off (or "second generation stamping").

But WAIT!! There are not just cocktail stamps in this set! How could I use the set without also making at least one COFFEE card!?!  And how cute and funky are those coffee cups!

I can't believe what a fun colour Mango Melody is, after ignoring it for so long! I really enjoyed designing these cards and putting them together!

See the lovely touch of gold on the pineapple? And here is what the inside of the card looks like:

I really hope you will check out the rest of the amazing projects by my Art With Heart stamping friends. You can do that by clicking here and going to lovely Cathy's blog where she has ALL the links.

Hope to see you again next week when we showcase Melon Mambo.

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Paper Pumpkin Kit Box Of Sunshine (English) [155231] $37.00
Nothing's Better Than Bundle [154061] $81.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00

Welcome to the 22nd Colour Creations Showcase for 2020! This week's colour is beautiful Just Jade from the 2020-2022 In Colors. I hope you'll join me in visiting each of the blogs of the talented Art With Heart Stampin' Team creators to see what they have done with this beautiful shade of green.

I have just five days left to complete all my uni work and submit it for assessment - so even though I had big plans to make gorgeous creations with Just Jade, I had to settle for quick and simple, even though I love the colour AND there are SO many products available featuring Just Jade.

So, for my quick and simple card, I selected the Just Jade card and envelope from the Flowers For Every Season Memories and More Cards & Envelopes. Then rather than adding layers of card, I stamped straight onto the card, masking the edges of the rectangle and stamping inside it.

I have used my favourite new stamp from the Dandy Garden Variety Bundle which will be available next January to June.

Then it was just a matter of adding a bit of embellishment.

The dragonfly and greeting are from the same stamp set, stamped in Just Jade on Shimmery White card stock.

The ribbon is from the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack and the label die is from Ornate Frames Dies.

The Dandy Garden Variety Bundle includes the Dragonfly Punch. I stamped it with Just Jade, then used the black Stampin' Write marker to just darken the body a little.

This was a super quick card and it looks delightful in real life - I might have to make some more of those!

I hope you will click on this link to go to Cathy's blog and see what everyone else has created using the beautiful Just Jade!

See you soon!

Kathryn Ruddick