Country Home For AWH Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects featuring the Holiday Catalogue. We hope our blog hop inspires you to get creative and make some fabulous Christmas creations. If you would like a copy of the Holiday Catalogue, contact any of the girls on the blog hop and we will get in touch with you.

My favourite from the Holiday Catalogue is actually a non-Christmas suite, Country Lane on page 42-43. I like the rustic decor style, and oh wow! what about that Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder? The suite also contains Braided Linen trim, Galvanised clips and beautiful pattern paper Country Lane DSP. The stamp set, Country Home, comprises 14 photopolymer stamps so plenty of options. 

Bermuda Bay and Night Of Navy were my main colour choices, and when it came to colouring the flowers, I used every shade of green I had, and the new Cajun Craze. We really do have a wonderful range of colours in the alcohol-based markers, Stampin' Blends, with new additions at each catalogue release.

I inked the embossing folder before rolling it through the Big Shot, which helps to emphasise the delightful tile pattern. The sentiment, which is from First Frost, has been heat embossed in white.

I couldn't resist showing off my beautiful collection of Stampin' Blends, and I love nothing better than relaxing in the evening with a bit of colouring to do.

For something a bit different, I included Apron Of Love for the jug of utensils & rolling pin, and a die cut lid from Jars Of Love is the low vase. Next up is the very talented Monika O'Neill

If you miss someone out or lose your way, you can get back on track here. You are currently at the blog of Rachel Palmieri.

Caroline Manwaring
Sharon Davern
Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson

Sue Madex
Claire Daly
Rebecca Jacovou

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Woollard

Alisha Watson

June Kempster

Kate Morgan

Rachel Palmieri

Monika O’Neill 

Thrifty Thursday #8 - Christmas

For Thrifty Thursday this week, I'm trying to show a way to save money by using a mix of older Christmas stamps, mixed with non-Christmas stamps to create a new, different Christmas card.

I have just booked to go to Orlando Florida for the 30th Anniversary celebrations of this great company I work for, Stampin' Up! Although I have been planning and saving for this trip for some time, now that we're on the homeward stretch, I'm really cutting back to have some spending money for my trip. Of course, I have some new sets from the Annual Catalogue already, and it's just a bit tough that the Holiday Catalogue follows so hot on its heels.

 

I have decided not to rush to order from the Holiday Catalogue, as I won't be using any of it for classes in the next 2 months. I wanted to see what I was able to achieve with supplies already 'in house', so to speak.

I've recently been experimenting with some of my stamps and the stamparatus, using a technique called stamping in the round. Jars of Love provided a couple of leafy images, stamped in Pear Pizzazz and Soft Seafoam.I'd never used the little three dashes stamp before (I don't think), but it is my representation of holly, in Lovely Lipstick. I have a handful of the Crumb Cake envelopes (retired) left over, so I might make more to use the envelopes.

The second stamp set already on my shelf is Seasonal Chums, with this cute, chubby little reindeer. As well as the deer, it has provided the sentiment, which fits onto the label from Stitched Labels Framelits. The red one underneath is a small one from the Bunch of Banners Framelits.

Do you think this qualifies as a Thrifty Thursday hint? Please let me know which other older stamps could make Christmas cards too.

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Art With Heart In Color Blog Hop

Tonight the Art With Heart team are sharing creative projects featuring the 'In Color' theme. Check out the new 2018 - 2020 'In Colors' and let's not forget the current 2017 - 2019 'In Colors.' If you would like a copy of the new 2018 - 2019 annual catalogue, contact any of the girls on the blog hop and we will get in touch with you.

I chose to try out the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on thick Whisper White and scattered spots of the 5 new colours, a very simple sentiment from Love What You Do, with a touch of  white tulle spotted ribbon behind.

 When new In Colors are released now, I get so excited! Mostly, I like our new offerings but sometimes there's one colour that I'm not comfortable with initially. Sometimes it ends up being a favourite. Funny isn't it? This year is even more exciting with a Color Revamp happening too, along with a slightly different ink pad mold. Two of my favourites returning are Coastal Cabana and Mint Macaron. The new purples look to be nice and fresh and bright too.

 Lovely Lipstick is a beauty, and I splattered some random spots using the ink and a stamp from Timeless Textures. The pens are from Crafting Forever, and I coloured with Stampin' Write Markers in Lemon-Lime Twist, Flirty Flamingo and snuck in some Melon Mambo while I wait to receive my new markers. The pen lines are balloon strings from a couple of different stamp sets,it's never going to matter which you choose. 'Words Are Never Enough' is a super sentiment from Rooted In Nature. It is the perfect phrase for many occasions.

For the last card, I mixed Crafting Forever with Jars Of Love. Those mason jars are so handy, I can't imagine how we would ever do without them. Fortunately, they are staying on for the next 12 months. It's so much fun to mix stamp sets together, don't you think. I'm hoping someone joins my team soon, because this would be an ideal card to welcome someone new to the team. Will it be you?

Now it is time to move on to see another amazing blog by the very talented Catherine Proctor.

If you lose your way, this list should help you to get back on track.

Ros Davidson

Caroline Manwaring

Sharon Davern

Claire Daly

Tina Gillespie

Rebecca Jacovou
Kate Morgan

Alisha Watson

Rachel Palmieri

Catherine Proctor

Monika O’Neill

AWH SALE-A-Bration Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects using products from the sale-a-bration brochure. All sale-a-bration products are earned for FREE with sales of $90+ (AUD).

• If you spend $90, you get one free level 1 product.
• If you spend $180, you get one free level 2 product, OR, they can choose two level 1 items.
• If you spend $270, you have the option to choose three level 1 items or one level 1 item and one level 2 item.

The sale-a-bration promotion is current now until March 31st. Be sure to request your copy of the brochure today.
Sale-a-bration is also a great time to join our fabulous team. Ask any of the girls on the hop!

It was fun to put together these two bright cards using SALE-A-Bration products. Party Pandas, my first choice SAB pick had to be one and the Bubbles & Fizz DSP was the other.

I used the Stitched Shape Framelit dies to cut small squares from the DSP for a bright background. The party hat panda was stamped onto another Stitched Shape, this time a circle. I use these dies ALL the time.

Even the ribbon is a Sale-a-bration bonus pick (there are 3 spools in different colours) The Classic Label Punch always comes in handy for these small sentiments.

This card with the bottles uses the dies from the bundle, but not a single stamp! That's because the bottle dies cut out two sizes of images from the SALE-A-Bration DSP , Bubbles & Fizz.

Can you see the droplets of water? They're in the suite of products which you'll find on pages 32-33 of the Occasions catalogue.

I thought the sentiment from Perennial Birthday really suited the card!

Here's a 3rd card which uses some more of the Bubble & Fizz paper, a jar from Jars Of Love for bubble mixture, an icy pole stick from Cool Treats and the lid of an aqua painter.

Now you are heading over to see what my talented team member Leanne has made.

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

Caroline Manwaring

Rachel Palmieri

Leanne Mitchell

Rachel Woollard

Fiona Ryan

Rebecca Jacovou

Kate Morgan

Alisha Watson

Claire Daly

Tina Gillespie

Monika O’Neill

Kim Dallinger

Ros Davidson

Sharon Davern

Catherine Proctor 

Eclectic Birthday

Oh So Eclectic is an interesting mix of stamps, and if you invest in the bundle and get dies to co-ordinate, you'll find you've not only saved 10% on the cost of those two items, but you'll have some dies to cut and others to emboss. You can check out the clear mount bundle here and the wood mount version here.

A dear friend of mine turned 70 in August, and I didn't know whether she would want her age plastered on the front of the card. Turns out, it wouldn't have bothered her in the least, because you're only as old as you feel and she feels GREAT!
I was just trying out these pretty flowers in different ways. I really like the way they stamp a little darker around the centre and outside.

When stamping the inside, the flowers have had some line detail added too, and the detail was stamped directly in the centre. Birthday Blooms provided the lovely sentiment, I use it a lot!

My bunch of flowers are sitting in a vellum jar, from Jars of Love. Again, another favourite stamp set which has co-ordinating dies, and they can also be used with the Ronald McDonald fund-raising stamp which you will find inside the back cover of the Annual catalogue.

If you need some supplies, you will find my online shop open 24/7. Only use the host code for orders under $250, as above that amount you will get 10% in host dollars yourself, applied at the end of the ordering process. When you place your orders using the Host Code, I will post you a small gift.

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Favourite Bundle AWH Bloghop

Today the Art With Heart Team girls are showing you their favourite bundles from the 2017 Stampin' Up!® Catalogue. Bundles make creating a breeze, because of the perfect coordination. It's a bonus that you get 10% off by bundling the products together too. There are 24 bundles in the new catalogue, so ask us about them, or ask for a catalogue today!

Wood Words from the Wood Textures Suite was my pick to share with you. I fell for the whole suite back in April when we saw it at Onstage. When you take a look at it on pages 158-9 of the catalogue you will see it in lovely country and wood tones.

What about changing them up a bit? There are some shapes included in the stamps and dies, and there are scratches on the surface of these shapes to give a lovely weathered feel.To continue that feeling, I used second & third generation stamping as well. That's only a fancy way to say, 'stamp on scrap first, then stamp twice more without inking in between.' The first card used Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Peekaboo Peach and Lemon-Lime Twist. It has been left quite plain, with just a few Glitter Enamel Dots scattered about. It's a good card for beginner stampers, but can be jazzed up a bit for more advanced crafters.

Next I tried the berry shades. Fresh Fig was the base and the stamping was Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugar Plum and Berry Burst. I used some of the other shapes this time, and stamped the small stars across the circle using the same colour. Again, a few Glitter Enamel Dots, I love the was they glimmer with different shades. Also, not a very difficult card.

I also used the most popular part of this die set - the crate. It's such a cute little item and can be filled with edible treats or small gift cards. These were fun to make with the circle stamped three times without re-inking. The three flowers are from Daisy Delight stamp set. That stamp set and punch bundle has been overwhelmingly popular and it looks like July before they'll be able to supply more punches. Would you believe they usually expect to sell about 7000 punches of one type per year, but we have already exhausted a year's supply, so I am holding back on sharing my samples from that one for a while until you can buy as a bundle. The stamp set is still available in the meantime.

It's a simple matter to construct this crate, and the cards are super-easy too. Cut white card at 7cm by 14 cm and fold in half. Decorate any way you'd like. I've heard some people who think they won't get the Wood Works stamp set, because all they want is the crate, but it's a mistake I believe. The Farmers Market stamp is very cute, and the straight font sentiments not only fit on the slats of the crate, they make perfect sentiments on these petite cards.

I went all out with my last card!  You can put anything in a crate, can't you? I've seen them made with puppies & kittens, and bunches of flowers, so I think next on the list was the pig. This pig is a pampered pet, and her crate has been adorned with flowers.She's enjoying being the centre of attention.

This Little Piggy isn't a bundle, it doesn't have any punches or dies to cut things out, but it does have some awesome pigs. You'll find it pictured on page 48 of the new catalogue. I'm not a country gal, and I've had very little to do with pigs, but I've fallen for this stamp set too.

Now it's time to head on over to Caroline Manwaring

Cheers, Rachel Palmieri

1. Rachel Palmieri - you are here
2. Caroline Manwaring
3. Kate Morgan
4. Alisha Watson
5. Claire Daly
6. Rachel Woollard
7. Rebecca Jacovou
8. Kimberly Hern
9. Judy May
10. Tina Gillespie
11. Catherine Proctor
12. Andrea Roberts
13. Sharon Davern
14. Monika O'Neill
15. Ros Davidson

Everyday Occasions CTC131

This week at CASEing The Catty we are having our first look at the NEW Stampin' Up!® Annual Catalogue. I've had mine since early April when I attended Onstage in Perth. It is looking quite dog-eared from numerous browsing sessions!!! Getting access to the catalogue and new products early is definitely one of the advantages of going to these events that Stampin' Up!® holds for us, but another important benefit is the demonstrator training which takes place. We bring this information home, and share it with our teams, but there is nothing better than attending Onstage. If you think you'd like to be a part of this, talk to me or your own demonstrator because you may be surprised how easy it is.

I do my best to make every member of the team feel appreciated, and one of those ways is to welcome them to the team with a special card. This is one I made for Jacqui recently, after she took the plunge to join my team. I CASEd the card on the lower left of page 18, which used a medalion from Eastern Palace. For me, the inspiration was seeing glimpses of new In-color peeping through, and so I looked around my craft room and settled on the Window Box framelit as being the closest.

We had actually just finished a Window Box class, and I decided that using circles of new cardstock, cut with Stitched Circles Framelits would be quite interesting.

They were layered inside each other using some of last year's In Colors along with the very latest ones. Even that is quite effective on it's own, but more subtle with the Window Box cut out over the top.

Some of my favourite catalogue items are the Stitched Shape Thinlets, and the Jar of Love stamp and framelit set. Sadly, one of my flower dies from that set has disappeared, but I live in hope it will turn up soon. Fortunately I still have this smallest one and stamped a lot of blossoms before die cutting them.

I thought you might like to see how I pop them onto the mini glue dots. It saves me losing them and having to start again! "Thanks for joining us' is from a stamp set called All Things Thanks, and it is probably meant for after-wedding thank you cards, but seemed perfect for joining a team.

 

As well as including new colours, I also wanted to use some of the new Color Theory designer series paper stack. This piece has a 'crackle-finish' and a long time ago, I was very keen on painting things with a crackle-finish. My husband made a plate rack from timber, which I painted up in crackle finish. It is a fascinating process to watch. You can see a strip at the top and bottom of the card front, and again, at the bottom in the inside.

It seemed a nice idea to use the Stitched Shape Circle framelits for the inside too, and then adding a few sprigs of leaves and flowers. This sentiment is from a stamp set called Workshop Words Too, which I think was a prize patrol gift at my first ever Stampin' Up!® event. Yes, you walk away with a couple of stamp sets after Onstage Live too. The next Onstage function is November 11th, and some of my team and I are attending the Melbourne Victoria event. Tickets go on sale on August 15th, so if you'd like to come along, you might want to think about joining before then. If you are already part of my team, keep it in mind, as you will have a lot of fun!

 Time to head to lovely Liz Gross in Queensland

Happy crafting!

 Rachel