Thursday, 25 October 2018

Think Pink - AWH Team - October Blog Hop



Hello everyone and welcome to our October blog hop!

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing projects featuring the colour pink.
We hope our blog hop inspires you to get creative using the various shades of pink that Stampin' Up! offer in our collection of 53 different colours.
With that many colours, there's something to suit everyone's colour cravings, but tonight it's all about our pinks!

Lets get started.


I'm sharing two cards tonight and both feature Powder Pink, which is one of our 2017-2019 In Colours. 

On my first card I spritzed the front of the card base and daisy with some Isocol and Frost White Shimmer Paint, it adds such a soft and pretty sparkle. I embossed the Whisper White layer with the Subtle TIEF and backed it with a piece of silver foil. The daisy from the Daisy Delight stamp set was stamped twice in Powder Pink and punched out with the Daisy Punch. The darker pink centre was sponged in Melon Mambo. I added it to the stitched square with dimensionals. I punched out two leaf sprigs from silver foil with the Leaf Punch and just ran a bit of Tombow glue to the lower end behind each stem and stuck them under the flower.
The sentiment is heat embossed in silver and punched out with the Classic Label Punch. By re-inserting the label back into the punch you can make it smaller and I also trimmed the top and bottom of it with my paper snips, then I backed this with another one in pink, but I used it full size.


The other embellishments I've used are, some silver metallic thread, artisan pearls and a clear faceted gem for the flower centre.
The DSP I've used on both cards is the 2017-2019 In-Colour 6" x 6" paper stack.

Onto the second card.


Similar layout to my first card except on this card I used the smallest stitched square framelit x four and a melon mambo daisy. Again, I spritzed the flower - see the close up photo below.


This time the sentiment is embossed with copper embossing powder, this really brings out the pretty pink tones in it.

I added just a single faceted gem for a bit more sparkle, but that was all the embellishing I felt this card needed.

Here's a photo of both cards together.


I can't wait to see the rest of the teams' pink creations.

Thanks for joining us on our hop tonight. If you're already hopping then you may have come to me from the blog of our lovely and talented Catherine Proctor, but hops are full circles so you can start anywhere and just click the 'next blog' button at the end of each blog post to get back to where you started.

Following on from me now is the equally lovely and talented Rachel Palmieri.



If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, below is a list of tonight's participants.

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If you're leaving a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗

Until next time,
Stay happy & stay crafty! 😘











Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Heart of Christmas - Week 11


Hi everyone, tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing Week 11 projects for the Heart of Christmas blog hop.
I hope our festive creations are helping to inspire your Christmas crafting.

Tonight I have a simple but sweet card to show you.


I found yet another square card layout on Youtube. I'm really loving these little square cards so much so, that I've set myself a personal challenge. For the remaining weeks of our Heart of Christmas hop, I'm going to make the same size card to see how many different looks I can get. It's going to be fun and I hope you'll enjoy seeing what I come up with each week.

When I said this was a simple card, I really meant simple. There's no stamping, just some die-cutting and embossing. I felt it didn't need a sentiment - reason one is it's definitely a Christmas card and reason two, I couldn't find one I was happy with and where to place it. Maybe you could suggest something for me.

I die-cut Santa with his coordinating framelit from the Santa's Workshop Specialty DSP and with my light Pool Party Stampin' Blend marker, I traced his shape before I stuck him down. It really makes him pop off the stitched square. Instead of dimensionals, I added glue dots to pop him up. This gives you a subtle lift without the height you would normally get if using dimensionals.


I used the Swirls & Curls TIEF, but before I ran it through the Big Shot I spritzed the cardstock with some Isocol and Frost White Shimmer Paint. Unfortunately the photo didn't pick this up, but it has this soft and subtle sparkle on it that is so pretty. I kept the inside simple as well by adding a narrow strip of the scalloped Poppy Parade edge with flocked dots from the Santa's Workshop DSP. You can just see this in the first photo.

Well, that's it from me. To see what the rest of the team have created tonight, just use Claire's blog link below.


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Thanks for stopping by tonight.
If you're leaving a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗

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Tuesday, 23 October 2018

AWH Colour Creations - Week 21



Hi everyone and welcome to Week 21 of the Colour Creations blog hop. 
Tonight's featured colour is Granny Apple Green.

Granny Apple Green 6" x 6" DSP from our Brights Collection.


I found this sweet layout for a 4 1/4" square card on Youtube. The card measures 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" before folding in the middle - but this is a U.S. measurement for their A4 size cardstock. I made my card 4 1/8" square which means you get two from our A4 cardstock with a left-over piece that measures just over 3 1/2" x 8 1/4". That's plenty to use for the Night of Navy, in my case, matted piece behind the DSP panel and the circle behind the stitched circle. I hope your eyes aren't rolling too much with all those measurements - lol.

The Granny Apple Green square is embossed with the "oh so popular" Subtle embossing folder. I've used this lovely shade of green again for the stamped sentiment, leaves and scalloped circle.
The sentiments and images are from the Petal Palette stamp set. I checked the colour coach and saw the combination of Night of Navy and Real Red with the Granny Apple Green, but I couldn't see where I would use the red so I left it out.

The DSP is one of the patterns from the Garden Impressions 6" x 6" pack and the bow is made from the 1/2" Gingham Ribbon.


I initially stamped the bird directly onto the Stitched Shapes Circle Framelit but thought it looked too flat, so I stamped him, or her, again and die-cut with the coordinating thinlit and popped it up with dimensionals. I added a few rhinestones for some sparkle.


Inside the card I added a 1/2" strip of the DSP to the bottom and heat embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder and then I added the left over outer circle from the stitched circle on the front of the card. I already had this larger circle from a previous project that I didn't use, so I popped that in my scrap bag and it was just what I needed for tonight's card.
To write in the card I thought I might use our chalk marker, or a metallic gel pen, or add a piece of whisper white cardstock to the top of the inside, I haven't decided yet. 


 Now it's time to head over to Catherine's blog to see what the rest of the Art with Heart team have made for tonight's hop.
I'm sure their creations will make us all Granny Apple Green with envy!



Thanks for stopping by tonight.
Join us tomorrow night for our Heart of Christmas blog hop.

If you're leaving a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗

Until next time,
Stay happy & stay crafty! 😘


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