AWH Colour Creations #40 Powder Pink

You are at the blog of Rachel Palmieri, an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator based in South Morang, and outer north-eastern part of Melbourne. Thank you for stopping to see my work. I love to stamp (and other crafts too) and have loved being a part of Stampin' Up! for 8 years now. I hold classes in my home studio, demo at parties, coach my team and love life!!! Art With Heart is one of the larger teams in Australia, and it is a great community to be a member of. I'm happy to talk to you about any aspect of the company if you'd like to chat. But now for the business at hand - a colour challenge!

This blog was initiated by Catherine Proctor, a valued member of our Stampin' Up! family, as a way to share the colours in the range, both the old ones and new. Powder Pink is a lovely soft shade. If you would like to check out what the rest of the team have made using Powder Pink, click back on Catherine's link, at What Cathy Made.  Just to let you know, Powder Pink is an In Color which is due to retire at the start of June, but supplies will run out soon after everyone realises it is going.

I was demonstrating the effect you get when you ink up an embossing folder - using the narrow Petal Pair TIE folder on a strip of Whisper White. As you can see, especially in this soft pink, it is feminine, lacy & lovely. Then I needed to dream up a beautiful way to use these strips of embossed card and came up with this card.

Most of the supplies for this card are in the Annual catalogue, except for the  Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper which is currently in the Clearance Rack at the bargain price of $10.40 for 24 - 6" X 6" squares.

The stitched oval is perfect for this simple flower from Love What You Do. Beautiful You supplied the sentiment which has been stamped in Powder Pink and then Black on a piece from the Stitched Labels Framelits. Have you noticed that there is stitching on everything now?

Don't forget to go back to check out the other projects made with Powder Pink.

Product List

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148042]

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

[145656]

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

[146912]

Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm)

[145601]

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

[144251]

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147147]

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

Glue Dots

[103683]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

Clear Block Bundle

[118491]

Clear Block B

[117147]

Clear Block C

[118486]

Clear Block E

[118484]

Clear Block H

[118490]

Big Shot

[143263]

Myths & Magic CTC#172

Welcome back to another week of CASE-ing The Catty. The crew 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.

Magical Day was my Prize Patrol stamp set at the November Onstage and I'm still nuts about this whole suite. My grandchildren are 10 and under, so it has been perfect for all of their birthdays.

I don't have anyone in mind for this particular card, and it does seem to be heading toward the feminine side with those soft shades of pink/plum. I have popped it in my For Sale page if you think you would like to purchase a handmade card.

I've CASE-d the sample on page 41 using Flying Home. Mainly the card behind the art piece, although mine is the standard 9.5cm by 13.5cm piece of card, not square. I imitated the happy birthday sentiment on the banner and even tried a bow tied in twine, before settling for the adhesive sequins. How could I not add some of the sparkly glimmer paper from the Myths and Magic suite? It is the perfect size for popping through the Big Shot too, at 6" square.

It might be difficult to believe but the Happy Birthday sentiment has come from Lemon Zest. I always like a nice neat sentiment like this one. Lemon Zest stamp set is bundled with a Lemon Builder Punch at the moment, and I wanted to buy it while I could save 10% on the bundle. They are only bundled in the first ever catalogue they appear in, so check out those bundled specials in the Annual catalogue and Occasions Catalogue before they finish at the end of May. We'll probably know what is retiring, and what is carrying over in 2-3 weeks.

Now you are heading to Kathryn Mangelsdorf for some more inspiration

Although we are based in the South Pacific, we welcome anyone to join us in CASE-ing the Catty with Stampin' Up! products. You don't have to be a demonstrator or even have a blog. You pin your CASE to our Facebook wall. Pages 36-43 of the Occasions Catalogue this week.

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Rainbow Balloon #PP385

After work today I was totally in the mood for this challenge!  Lift Me Up has been very neglected of late, but isn't it glorious in these rainbow shades? The greeting is from Picture Perfect Birthday, and I've used another from that stamp set on the inside, alongside a stamped hot air balloon.The clouds are from the Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper which is the perfect size in the 6" square format.

It certainly is a bright and breezy card don't you think? Emerald Envy and Peekaboo Peach used here are two of the five colours retiring at the end of May. Probably a good time to stock up on your favourites while SALE-A-Bration is still on.

Don't forget to pop over to The Paper Players and see all the other rainbow creations.

Sweet Sayings For your Birthday CTC 162

Welcome back to another week of CASE-ing The Catty. The crew 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.

It's a shame I couldn't justify racing out to the shops to buy a cake stand to use like my inspiration picture. It's a small picture on page 11, of a Powder Pink card with a large circle cut from the centre.

Kind of close so far, although my circle is off to the right. I displayed Sweet Soiree DSP behind the circle, and then I pulled Sunshine Sayings from the shelf and cut Congrats in silver foil, stamped 'on one more year' for the banner crossing the circle.

Finally I turned to my new Petal Palette supplies and embossed with one of the pair of TIEF in that suite, and diecut the leafy branch from the glimmer paper in the Myths & Magic Suite.

The other side of that gorgeous piece of paper is equally lovely, in a different way, so I continued on to make a quick birthday card using a special quick and easy technique. This card was more exclusively using Petal Palette with the embossing folder, the sprig of leaves and the label die all coming from that suite.

 I've inked up one side of the embossing folder before rolling a piece of thick Whisper White through the Big Shot. The uneven inking is what you should expect, but look how it has shown up those small spots surrounding the flowers on the embossing folder. Now you can do this in reverse too, and you'll have coloured flowers and a white background.

 The sentiment on the outer of the card is Sunshine Sayings, as is the splash of paint both inside and out, while the longer greeting inside is a favourite of mine from the fabulous Picture Perfect Birthday!

Please go on to check which project the very talented Sandra Collett has CASEd.

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Now, we want you to CASE the SAB catty and share here on our Facebook page. Don't forget to share which project you've CASE-d.

Sweet Soirèe Specialty DSP     #145564  $21.00

Flirty Flamingo A4 card           #141421 $14.00

Powder Pink A4 card               #144251 $14.00

Silver Foil                                #132178  $ 7.00

Myths & Magic Glimmer        #145601  $26.00

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer #135315   $ 8.75

Picture Perfect Birthday          #145519  $30.00

Sunshine Sayings                    #141594  $40.00

Sunshine Wishes Thinlets       #141489  $45.00

Petal & More Thinlets             #145655 $59.00

Petal Palette Bundle                #145974 $108.00 (stamps & dies bundled under one code 10% off retail amount)

Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders #145656 $16.00

My online shop is always open!

Team Meetings

I really enjoy the team gatherings when we sit and chat without any pressure to "get it right." You can see with the cards from the 'Lots Of Happy' kit that we all used random colours for colouring and I even forgot to place my gold banner under the tag! We've decided that this is a great kit, with everything you need (maybe add some Tombow or snail) to make the set of cards up. The base set would give 4 participants 5 cards each to make, take home and send out. An enjoyable way to practise colouring. There are even 4 pencils included, so you can complete these cards in Old Olive and Lemon-Lime Twist for the leaves and Rich Razzleberry and Flirty Flamingo for the petals.

After we'd completed and admired those cards, I shared the challenge I had set for them. I felt like You're So Sweet hadn't been getting much inky love lately, so I printed off some pages from Pinterest and asked the ladies to CASE a card. I was actually surprised and very happy with the way they rose to the challenge with enthusiasm even!

Watch the video here

Leanne knew exactly who she was making her card for and used splatters from Timeless Textures as well as a sentiment from a retired stamp, and the Mini Treat Bag Thinlet dies which go with this stamp set.

Angela decided she'd use mainly washi tape and has made such a nice clean card, perfect to send a note to anyone.

Mine wasn't too far different with the same star and 'hello' die cut and 'my friend' another stamp from You're So Sweet and the new washi tape from the Myths and Magic suite in the Occasions catalogue.

Hopefully next time even more of the team will be able to gather for a fun few hours. Would you like an opportunity to buy your supplies at 20% discount, get an amazing starter kit worth $235. retail for $169? Even better for the next couple of months Stampin' Up! are allowing you to order two extra stamp sets to the value of $174 and not charge you a cent more than $169. Feel free to ask me more, because I'd love to share this opportunity with more people who love to craft.

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 If you'd rather remain a customer, you can purchase anytime from my online store. Don't forget that for every $90, you choose one free SALE-A-Bration item.