ART WITH HEART COLOUR CREATIONS SHOWCASE - WEEK 40: REAL RED

This week some of my Stampin' Up! friends and I are showcasing Real Red on our projects.  I've always been a "red girl", and when I first started using Stampin' Up! products, Real Red featured heavily on my cards.  I haven't used it so much in recent years, so really enjoyed this week's challenge.  Cathy Proctor co-ordinates our weekly Colour Creations Showcases, and she has on her blog a comprehensive list of everyone participating this week.  We hope you enjoy checking out all our creations.

I have teamed Real Red with Pool Party and Basic White, adding accents in Crumb Cake and Basic Black.  I've employed the same background technique used on my last Colour Creations card - laying horizontal die-cut strips of Designer Series Paper to fill the card front.

On a piece of Basic White card, I stamped and fussy-cut a couple of Real Real flowers, from the Gorgeous Posies stamp set.  Leaves were stamped in Pool Party and Crumb Cake inks, on Basic White card, and fussy-cut.  I arranged the flowers and leaves on top of a vellum die-cut created using the circular floral die from the Flowering Vine Dies.  Underneath the cluster I tucked a couple of Basic Black leaf die cuts, that were created with Wild Rose Dies.

The flower centres are rhinestones coloured with my Dark Real Red Stampin' Blends marker.  What a gorgeous red, don't you think?

One of the sentiments from the Gorgeous Posies stamp set fit nicely on the Basic White strip at the bottom of the card front.  I used my Stamparatus to stamp it a few times (re-inking the stamp before each impression), to get a good saturation of Real Red ink.

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.

Be sure to visit Cathy's blog, to see her beautiful Real Red project, and to find the links to the blogs of all other participants in this week's showcase.

I so enjoyed playing with Real Red that I made another couple of cards.  I will share them with you tomorrow, and the next day ... so please come back to visit!

Product List

Gorgeous Posies Cling Stamp Set (En) [153289] $33.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153073] $20.00	Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153072] $20.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899] $15.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $64.00
Wild Rose Dies [149547] $59.00	Dies Flowering Vine [154332] $68.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00

STAMPIN' UP! IN GOOD TASTE POSITIVE THOUGHTS CARD

 Tomorrow the month-long sale on several of Stampin' Up!'s paper packs will end.  One of the fabulous packs on offer is the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper.  If you don't already own it, don't miss the chance to purchase it at 15% off!

I have used a woodgrain-patterned piece, and a pink "carpet"-looking piece, on today's card.  The pink in this pack is supposedly Rococo Rose, but I find this paper is much closer in colour to Blushing Bride, so that is the pink of my choice.  Using my Positive Thoughts stamp set, I inked up the larger flower in Blushing Bride ink, spritzed the stamp with water, then stamped it on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  I did this three times, getting a slightly different look each time.  When the ink was dry, I flicked the brush end of my Dark Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends marker against the inside of the marker lid, to create splatters over the stamped flowers.  I used the same process for the fern fronds, inking them in Crumb Cake ink, then spritzing with water before stamping onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  I added splatters to those pieces with my Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker.

To create the flower centres, I inked up the larger flower stamp with Crumb Cake ink, spritzed it, then stamped onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  I repeated this process three times, aiming for some "open", uninked space, as I like the irregular look.  Once the ink was dry, I added some splatters with the Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker, and die-cut the pieces with the small flower die.  A tiny pearl was added to each flower centre.  The middle flower is raised up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

A detail that doesn't show up too clearly in the photographs, is the Square Vellum Doily that I placed behind the fern fronds.  It fits nicely on the pink paper panel, and adds a subtle "landing place" for the floral arrangement.

The sentiment is from Gorgeous Posies, and is stamped on a strip of Very Vanilla card, in Blushing Bride ink.  I used my Stamparatus, to allow me to overstamp the image a few times, so it was nice and dark.

All of the products used to make this card are listed below, and are available to purchase from my online store.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, just click on any of the thumbnail images below to get to my store.

Product List

Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] $37.00	Gorgeous Posies Cling Stamp Set (En) [153289] $33.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $13.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.50	Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155885] $0.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] $50.00
Square Vellum Doilies [152484] $8.75	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00