Tulips in a Black Vase

A quick and easy card for this post, using Varied Vases, a little strip of DSP, a fancy strip die cut from the Sweet Baby dies. There are patterned vases in the stamp set, along with plain, and a punch to make things easier too.

With the flowers, a variety of colours were punched to get a bright vase of tulips. Tulips are flowering in the Dandenong Ranges, outside Melbourne at the moment.

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Colourful Vases CI#43

 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.

This colour challenge is pretty easy, because you can use 1,2,3,4 or all In Colors plus any basics. Varied Vases is a more diverse set than you might imagine, and because it is a stamp and punch combo, you don't need to have the Big Shot in your craft room.

I'm not sure if it is permissable to use Flirty Flamingo as the card base, but I did like the way it went with the Garden Impressions DSP. Not an exact match, but oh-so-complementary! I am a fan of bright and cheerful colour, so this DSP really appeals,as does the new InColors. The vases are Pineapple Punch, a very muted second-generation stamping of Lovely Lipstick and Blueberry Bushel. The flowers are also coloured with the InColor Stampin' Write markers. This card, in particular the placement of the vases, was inspired by a card designed byMelbourne Stampin' Up!® demonstrator Rachel Woolard for a gathering we had in Melbourne with Claire Langsford, from Sydney Head Office.

This is another variation of the same card with the orientation altered but the same placement of the vases. They were set up on a acrylic block and I was able to stamp multiple versions of the same card. Such a timesaver when you need to get a larger number made in a hurry. The base and DSP of this card are both Lovely Lipstick and the vases are Melon Mambo, Lovely Lipstick and Berry Burst. Again, those pinks together are gorgeous, don't you think?

Head on over to see what the very artistic Liz Gross has shared this time. If you want to go back, Rose Packer is before me.

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Do You Want Ink With That?

Although I have been a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator for almost 8 years, my mother was a big fan of Stampin' Up!® long before me. when she passed all those years ago, I was astonished at the size of her collection! Let me just add, she lived in New Zealand and I live in Melbourne Australia, and although we were in daily contact, we often met up to travel overseas together so I hadn't been to her house for quite a while.

Something which really surprised me were the number of coloured inkpads she owned. I was still of the mindset that you stamp in black and colour your images, and of course, even in the current catalogues there are stamps that are perfect for that too.

Abstract Impressions (page 129 Annual Catalogue) is a perfect example of why you might want coloured ink. It is also a good stamp for every level of stamper, as the images do not have to be perfectly lined up for a very pretty card. With the revamp of the Stampin' Up! colours, there is something for everyone, in every hue you could desire. I've picked Balmy Blue & Melon Mambo for ink and card, Memento Black, Powder Pink & Call Me Clover for the other ink.

Here is another quick and easy card using Abstract Impressions and Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue mainly, the 3rd colour, Lemon-Lime Twist was a Stampin' Marker, the shiny embellishments and the sentiment stamped on card. If you would like to try before you buy, get in touch by email, text, phone and you can have a quick make & take session to make this card. $15 for the hour lesson (including card and envelope) or free if your order is over $50.

So....do you want ink with that?


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Designer Series Paper AWH July Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects featuring designer series paper. This month, Stampin’ Up! have a special on designer series paper, buy 3, get 1 free! We hope our blog hop inspires you to get crafting with your designer series paper. 

This little bit of creativity has been spurred on by the fabulous Designer Series Paper special from Stampin' Up!® through till the end of July (5 more days). You can buy 3 packs, and the 4th will be free. These are current papers available for the next 11 months and they're gorgeous!! I've been keen to try some Fancy Fold cards, which usually scare me to death, but these two were quite fun.

There comes a point where you just have to cut into this lovely paper, or you'll end up with stacks of it unopened and unloved. DSP makes it super easy to make gorgeous cards with little effort. I believe that I may have overcome my "fear of cutting" phobia, as I've also recently returned to chopping up fabric! Yes, that might actually be patchwork. My friend, Sharon Davern had shared this Fancy Fold Double Triangle Fun Fold card recently, so I did check with her for the dimensions of the pattern paper layer, but really this is a very straight-forward card. The biggest decision might be the closure.
I went with the Belly-band for this card.

You could add to the fun by mixing and matching your papers, but I was happy to enjoy the blue daisies. The big label comes from Stitched All Round and the sentiment is from Abstract Impressions.

Before the end of July, I'll be ordering more of this beautiful paper, Garden Impressions. I've all but finished the whole of my first pack and its not yet one month old. It's so handy that Stampin' Up! always list the colours on the packs of paper, it makes it much easier to co-ordinate. I've used So Saffron for the base, and picked Blueberry Bushel for the daisy, even though it wasn't a listed colour. 

Daisy Delight stamp set does match with the DSP in quite a charming way, don't you think? 

Now for card two, also using paper from Garden Impressions.

This Fancy Fold card is a Gatefold card.  All these florals are so pretty, they really 'make' the card, without too much additional adornment. Detailed With Love is the stamp set with this pretty sentiment. The Stitched Shape Framelits also come in handy when it comes to die cutting labels and the ring to keep this card closed.

There are only a few days left till the end of the month, so don't delay placing your Designer Series Paper order with your demonstrator.

Now you can hop over to see what the talented Rebecca Jacovou has made with Designer Series Paper.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Rebecca Jacovou 

Caroline Manwaring

Catherine Proctor

Kate Morgan

Ros Davidson

Tina Gillespie

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Kim Dallinger

Alisha Watson

Sharon Davern

Kimberly Hern 

Rachel Woollard
Leanne Mitchell 
Monika O’Neill
Rachel Palmieri