STAMPIN' UP! CLEAN & SIMPLE "LOVE YOU" CARD

 After creating with Poppy Parade for last week's Colour Creations blog hop, I was inspired to use this lovely vibrant red on another card.

Today I'm sharing with you a clean and simple card with a few heart elements on it.  The gorgeous background paper is from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  I have used a Dotty Hearts embossing folder on the middle Basic White panel, and the lovely stitched hearts were cut using a Bouquet of Love die (from the die set that comes with the hybrid embossing folder).

I am rather in love with the die-cut shape containing the sentiment, I have to say!  I stamped the sentiment (from the Flowering Tulips stamp set) in Poppy Parade ink on Basic White card, then cut it out using a Beautiful Shapes die.  I love that the die-cut piece is an irregular shape, and has an embossed border around the inside edge.

The bow was made with Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding, that I coloured with my Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends marker.

Any die with stitched detail is automatically on my list of loves, and these hearts are no exception!

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Flowering Tulips Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157672] $41.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Dotty Hearts Embossing Folders [155434] $14.00	Beautiful Shapes Dies [158046] $50.00
Bouquet Of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder [157641] $50.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! BUTTERFLIES THANK YOU CARD IN POPPY PARADE

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Poppy Parade, which is an orangey-red in Stampin' Up!'s colour range.  

My card shows how well some of our Annual Catalogue products go with those offered in the Mini Catalogue.

I started off my card design by repeatedly stamping the butterfly image, from Amazing Silhouettes, in Poppy Parade ink on Basic White card.  I then used the "splatter" stamp from Beauty of Friendship, to add further detail to my stamped piece.  Inside each butterfly space, I stamped the butterfly from Positive Thoughts, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I also used this ink to stamp some more background splatters.

Using Brilliant Wings Dies, I cut a vellum butterfly.  Before die-cutting it, I added Adhesive Sheet to the reverse of the vellum; this effectively meant I created a sticker, and no adhesive shows through the vellum now that the backing paper has been peeled off.  A few Classic Matte Dots were added to the butterfly.  I coloured some white baker's twine with my Dark Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends marker.  Two pieces of twine were laid across the top left corner of my card front, and another doubled length of twine used to create a bow, that I adhered with a rolled-up glue dot.

The sentiment was created with word dies that form part of the Amazing Silhouettes bundle (along with the stamp set used to create my butterfly background).  I attached Foam Adhesive Sheet to the reverse side of some Ombre Specialty Paper, and cut "thanks" and "you".  I used Paper Snips to trim the "s" off "thanks".  Using Basic White card (with Adhesive Sheet on the back), I cut the bottom layer of both words, and matted the Poppy Parade sentiment on top.  You can see the lovely shimmer on the Ombre Specialty Paper in this photo:

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Rosa Leyden.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog.

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of all participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a great job every week of co-ordinating our blog hops.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Amazing Silhouettes Bundle (English) [157819] $77.25	Beauty Of Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [154983] $38.00	Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] $37.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Ombre 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [155784] $17.50
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $77.00
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Classic Matte Dots [158146] $12.25	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! FRIENDLY HELLO POOL PARTY CARD

 

Tonight's blog hop is shining a light on Pool Party, a pale greeny-blue in Stampin' Up!'s colour range.

The paper in the Friendly Hello bundle, one of the free products* offered during Sale-a-Bration (running until 16th March in Australia and New Zealand), has some beautiful Pool Party designs.  One of them forms the background of my card.  I have used the flower stamps from the free bundle, also, stamping them in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card, and colouring them with with Stampin' Blends before fussy-cutting them.

I have used a few new-to-me products on my card.  The sentiment, stamped in Versamark ink on Basic Black card, then heat-embossed in white, is from the Lucky You stamp set.  I used a Tasteful Labels Die to cut it out.  The sweet "ticket" border in Basic Black was cut using a die from the Sports Event Dies.  I white heat-embossed hearts, from the Lucky You stamp set, on the strip of tickets, then adhered it above a Pool Party scalloped border cut using Scalloped Contours Dies.

Tucked behind the Pool Party flowers are some foliage pieces, created with the Flowers of Home Dies, and Basic Black, Basic White, Pool Party card, and vellum.  Added to the flower centres are Elegant Faceted Gems.  I first coloured three of the flower centres with the Dark Pool Party Stampin Blends marker, and the other two with the Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blends marker.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Tina Gillespie.   If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of everyone taking part in tonight's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a great job every week of co-ordinating our blog hops.

Listed below are all the products used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can click on any of the thumbnail images below to get to my online store.

*The Friendly Hello bundle is free with a $180+ product order.

Product List

Friendly Hello Bundle (English) [159990] $0.00	Lucky You Cling Stamp Set [158014] $35.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Clear Block E [118484] $20.00
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $15.50
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $15.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $54.00	Flowers Of Home Dies [157938] $56.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00
Sports Event Dies [157892] $47.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Elegant Faceted Gems [152464] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00