Introducing our first NEW In Color - Barely Blush

This blog post is tied in with Instagram where our team, Art With Heart like to focus on a different colour every week. It's fun to see how each member tackles the challenge. This is the very first In Color, released to the public yesterday. If you love a soft pink, Barely Blush will win your heart for sure.

I paired it with lots of white to emphasise this light shade, coloured flower in Barely Blush and Crisp Cantaloupe and stamped and inked leaves from the Fern & Flora Bundle in Lost Lagoon. The sentiment, also stamped in Lost Lagoon is from the same stamp set.

Unfortunately, Eyelet Blooms die (April's Product of the Month) which I used on the background, has sold out. At only $9, added to your $125 minimum order, I'm not really surprised that something as good as a background die did go fast.

May's Product of the Month is  Berry Botanical 12" X 12" vellum, again priced at $9 added to a minimum $125 order.

You can add a pack of five In Color ink pads to your order, along with a pack of mixed A4 card stock and you will be set up for creating with the latest Stampin' Up! colours and qualify to add the Product of the Month.

Happy crafting everyone!

Pick and Mix Class

Last night I had a Pick and Mix Class at my home. Such a cold, wet wintery night, so I was very glad that the ladies made the effort to brave the weather to join me. I decided to showcase three different stamps available now, to show the different ways they can be used.
This post I will mainly share one of the single stamps that is available only till August 31st, Woo Hoo!
I ordered this stamp as soon as it became available, because I could see it was a fun, easy to use stamp. And it only costs $11.95! Because of the style of the image, it lends itself beautifully to the Chalkboard Technique which is so popular currently. It also makes for a superbly simple water-colour image, as it isn't necessary to colour EVERY bit.

I had the card completed, apart from it having the plain black-and-white image, and demonstrated some easy water-colouring using the Aqua Painter (page 164) with a little ink from some Stampin' Write Markers scribbled onto a plastic lid.
The colour is Crisp Cantaloupe, an In-color for this year, and I used a spotted paper from the In-color DSP Paper Stack (page 152- $37.95). A Tangerine Tango layer of card and a button from Sale-a-bration threaded on to some Calypso Coral Bakers Twine finished the card off.

The Chalkboard Technique is super-easy too. You need Stampin' Up! Craft Whisper White Ink (page 145) and a piece of black card.It's just a matter of stamping the image, smears and smudges are okay too, it just adds to the chalky effect.
The image is hand cut (easy-peasy) and mounted onto colored card, in this case Rich Razzleberry, but it looks good on any colour. This Modern Medley DSP is a pack of interesting black and white prints: Newsprint if you're missing First Editions DSP, and musical notes, bold hounstooth and more.(page 154)
This was the popular choice for my class and they chose their own colour combinations.

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We finished up rather late, but it is another wet, cold day, so I shall probably stay home quite happily all day.

Cheers
Rachel