Waterfront Monotone

Playing with Waterfront stamp set and watercolour paper, I stamped the same card and gave it different treatments. Also, it was a limited palette I worked with for these sympathy cards.

For both the cards, watercolour paper is cut to size and sprayed on both sides, with water. The same stamps:- mountains, trees etc were used, but one scene was again sprayed with water which caused the ink to run quite dramatically.

Flourishing Phrases is a stamp set which has a number of appropriate sentiments, including these two expressing sympathy. There is also a verse for the inside of your bereavement card, and a couple for a wedding. It is currently available in the Annual catalogue on page 18 in wood mount or clear mount, and from June 1st (or sooner if the other styles run out) will be available in cling-mount. Cling mount is a red rubber stamp, with labels that help the stamp adhere very firmly to your block or Stamparatus plate. 

So, I wonder - do you prefer the cleaner finish or the version which has run and smudged? You can buy your Stampin' Up! supplies from me if you are in Australia, and I would be very happy to support you on your crafting journey. Click on an item pictured below, and it will take you to that item in my online shop. The Stampin' Trimmer and the Big Shot are going to drop from our range once supplies are exhausted, so if you've been meaning to purchase them, now might be the time to consider it.

Perhaps you would prefer to join my team and make a one-off order to make this purchase, or continue on getting 20% off your supplies. As a new catalogue launches and with a long wish list, it can be a better move. You can find more information on my blog, just click on the tab which asks "want to save 20% on all your orders?"There is more information, answers to commonly asked questions and a tab to join up.

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Product List

Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set

[146386]

$30.00

Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141534]

$64.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

$50.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$70.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

$14.75

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$8.75

Decorative Ribbon Border Punch

[143721]

$28.00

1-1/2" Circle Punch

[138299]

$28.00

1-3/4" Circle Punch

[119850]

$31.00

Pretty In Pink CI32

Colour INKspiration is a fortnightly blog initiated by Bronwyn Eastley in Tasmania. The design team is made up of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all parts of Australia and New Zealand.You are at the blog of Rachel Palmieri, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. I run classes at my home studio in South Morang, Victoria, share Stampin' Up!® products and tools at parties for my customers, coach my lovely team and create cards and the occasional 3D project.

I made 2 versions of cards with these colours, because I could see an image in my head but it wasn't transferring to paper in the same way. I imagined Version 2 would be my favourite as I generally like a clean & layered look, but I do rather like version 1 after all.

VERSION 1

Version 1: Heat embossed gold jar and stamped some navy foliage. Decided it wasn't showing well enough, so die cut with a variety of dies, flowers and foliage in Navy or white. Layered up the sentiment on Navy and gold and added a gold sparkly bow. Sentiment is from All Things Thanks.

VERSION 2

Version 2: Heat embossed gold jar at the same time as the first version. Stamped a single sprig of flowers and foliage. Used the Chalk marker to fill in some petals, and popped gold dots in amongst the stems. Sentiment is from Eastern Beauty and the flower stem is from Flourishing Phrases.

Even though the Crew are from the South Pacific Region, the challenge is an international one; so if you love all things Stampin’ Up! ®, please feel free to join in.  You don’t need a blog to enter. Click on the badge below to take you to our Facebook page –

Next talented artist to visit is the lovely Rose Packer

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Yellow Roses

I've just arrived back from Stampin' Up!® Onstage, held in the Big Top at Luna Park, Sydney. It was lots of fun, and in a few days I will be able to tell you a little more. Recently I made a stack of cards using Petal Palette and this particular card just might be a favourite. It shows you the roses coloured with Stampin' Blends and in my opinion, they look great without total coverage.

Of course, there is nothing to stop you completely colouring them, but nature tends to be slightly imperfect doesn't it? This label stamp and sentiment are from Rose Wonder stamp & die set.

Petals & More Thinlets match the Petal Palette stamps, and there is the lovely, lacy  piece as well as the piece to cut the trio of roses. The card front has been half texture-embossed using one of the Petal Pair TIEF. The sympathetic verse is from Flourishing Phrases.

The sympathetic verse is from Flourishing Phrases, and it also has a similar 'With Sympathy' using a slightly different font.Petal Palette is in the NEW Annual catalogue but you will only get the 10% discount while it is bundled finishing May 31st. You can order the stamp & die bundle using the following codes

wood #145973

clear  #145974

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All That Glitters CTC96

Welcome to my blog this week. Whether you have started here with me or come from Rebecca's blog, don't forget to continue hopping around until you reach your starting point again. This week we are CASE-ing the Big Shot, pages 8-11.I have taken a lot of creative liscence with this week's challenge, since Rebecca has already featured the cards I had planned, Only fair, as she didn't leave her entry to the last minute like I did!!!!

I HAVE used my Big Shot to texture emboss with the Pretty Paisleys textured embossing folder and I also die cut Botanical Blooms with the very same Big Shot. My inspiration comes from the many wreaths featured through the Holiday Catalogue.

Now I have to confess, I stayed up late after my Friday night class students left, so I may have been a bit hyped-up, and those bling-loving-girls may just have influenced the design a tad. The Wink of Stella clear had a bit of a work out in class, and again on my wee project. (I'm pretty sure you'll even be able to glimpse it in the second picture),

My last order had the Bunch of Banners Framelits in it, and I broke them open to cut 'birthday' from the Hostess set in the Annual catalogue, Time Of Year. I did try my card out with the big sentiment from the same set 'thinking of you' but there was no space for 'on your' so I whipped out the 'happy' from  Hello You Thinlets which fits perfectly!

Whatever did I do before I had my Big Shot?

My September classes featured some different things you can do with Flourishing Phrases stamps and the Flourish Thinlets, and the Friday girls were happy to share their cards (but not their faces).





The lovely Monique is next on this blog hop, I wonder what she has shared?

Thanks for dropping by, Cheers, Rachel

Flourishing Musically

Flourishing Phrases is a wonderful stamp set with sentiments for both inside and outside of many cards. They cover matching and despatching, with some congratulations and thank you thrown in for good measure.





I have a customer, a music teacher, who often orders a batch of cards from me. She likes a musical theme to them and since Stampin' Up!® don't have any particularly suitable stamps at the moment, I make do with musical DSP and something else.

Last time she loved the cards with butterflies, so I hoped these flourishes would make her happy too. They are all different, and lined inside with Very Vanilla card trimmed with the musical DSP and no sentiment attached. I did make labels using the Rose Wonder stamped frame and die, plus the smaller sentiments, and my customer can attach them as she needs them.

Don't forget, there are only a couple more days of this bonus offer from Stampin' Up!®. If you make a $90 order in July, you will receive an email with a code to use on your August order giving you $9 off between 2nd-31st August. That amounts to a 10% saving, and if you happen to order a bundle, that is another 10% saving. Maybe you are planning to purchase Thoughtful Branches bundle in August. Wouldn't it be nice to get another $9 off? If you'd like to shop in my online store, don't forget to use the Hostess code at checkout and depending on the size of your order, you'll get more free stuff.

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Cheers, Rachel