Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up Artistic Dies Thinking of You Card

Today, we have week two of the colour creations blog hop. We have returned to the traditional blog hop like a circle, for this new round so we hop you enjoy blog hoping round to everyone's blog. You may have found me via Diane Furniss' blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, balmy blue. A colour from the subtles family. 
I have chosen balmy blue, night of navy and granny apple green from the colour coach to work from this week. 


For my card today, I begun with a paint chip inspired background and used a die cut from the lovely artistic dies as my main feature. I heat embossed the sentiment on night of navy cardstock to continue with the navy from the paint chip background. I decided to make my card a thinking of you card so it could be an any occasion card. It could be for a birthday, get well soon or even a sympathy card in a pinch. I coloured the rhinestone basic jewels with a night of navy stampin' blend so they would colour match my card.


Close up


Inside card

Up next we have Theresa Gerrard. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.


If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Michele Taylor
Rachel Palmieri
Kate Morgan
Catherine Proctor
Caroline Manwaring
Sharon Davern
Christine Blain
Tina Gillespie
Diane Furniss
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Theresa Gerrard
Rachel Woollard
Rosa Leyden
Fiona Bell Ryan
Vicki Boucher

Check out my previous balmy blue creations here and here. 

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Quiet Meadow Bundle (English) [155847] $92.50	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00
Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $15.50	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

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Stampin' Up! 2021 - 2023 in colors blog hop featuring artistic dies thanks card with inlaid embossing

Today, we have week one of the next round of the colour creations blog hop. We have returned to the traditional blog hop like a circle, for this new round so we hop you enjoy blog hoping round to everyone's blog. You may have found me via Andrea's blog. If not that's ok! Hi and welcome! 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on all the new 2021 - 2023 in colors, fresh freesia, polished pink, pale papaya, soft succulent and evening evergreen.
As I like to use the colour coach each week, I struggle fitting all 5 colours on one card! I initially picked polished this week as my focus and picked polished pink, mango melody and mossy meadow to work with. As you scroll down further, you'll see I made 2 more additional cards, much the same as much polished pink card only with two other in colors - fresh freesia and pale papaya. 

I have used the inlaid embossing technique along with the artistic dies to create a thanks card. To get two different coloured leaves/flowers in mossy meadow and polished pink I coloured basic white cardstock with mossy meadow light stampin write marker and polished pink cardstock with the polished pink dark stampin write marker to get the tonal variations. 


Inside card


My pale papaya and fresh freesia cards again feature the colour coach swatches. The cards only differ from the polished pink one with a hello sentiment on the front instead of thanks. Both stamps are from the artistically inked stamp set. I again used the stampin' blends markers to colour the cardstock to get a variation in flowers colours. I have yet to make the matching envelopes but it is on the to do list for tomorrow! 


I used the pale papaya, old olive and balmy blue colour combination.


I used the fresh freesia, gorgeous grape and granny apple green colour combination.


Personally, the polished pink card is my favourite but I think that is because I made that one first. Which one do you like best?

Up next we have Cathy Proctor's blog. Can't wait to see what she is sharing.


Here's a list of everyone taking part in the blog hop today:

Kate Morgan
Sharon Davern
Vicki Boucher
Caroline Manwaring
Tina Gillespie
Christine Blain
Rachel Woollard
Theresa Gerrard
Rachel Palmeri
Michele Taylor
Diane Furniss
Andrea Sargent
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Cathy Proctor

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Artistically Inked Bundle (English) [155456] $92.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25
Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $15.50	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50
Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $13.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Polished Pink A4 Cardstock [155711] $15.25	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $13.00	Polished Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155520] $15.50
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Pale Papaya A4 Cardstock [155669] $15.25	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

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June Stampin News

The January - June Mini Catalogue is almost over and the retiring product list has been released. Some products have been carried over to the new annual catalogue but those that haven't, are available while stocks last.
Some have discounts of up to 50%!

Sale starts Wednesday June 2nd, at 6am! Shop here.


From May 4th – June 14th, 2021, qualifying orders will receive our generous Stampin’ Rewards PLUS additional rewards! Hosts can earn Stampin’ Rewards based on order totals for an entire party. See the table below for more details.


Contact me to book a workshop or place a combined order with friends. 


The Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! makes creativity easy! Kits are no longer in the annual catalogue and can only be viewed online in the online store. This means you can view what is available at any time! 
Kits are great as they are all-inclusive and have everything you need to get started with step-by-step instructions, precut pieces, and more. Just choose the kit that’s right for you and create! New kits are added regularly. Shop the kits now and create. 

Stampin' Up! Geometric Shapes Cards

In this months (May) techniques class, we made Geometric cards featuring the stitched triangle dies, layering circle dies and used the stitched rectangle dies on the sample piece as well.
As always, class participants made two cards and a sample piece. 


Card 1


Inside card


With decorated envelope


Card 2


Inside card


With decorated envelope


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Senior Years Cling Stamp Set (English) [152630] $35.00	A Cut Above Cling Stamp Set [154448] $37.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	You Are Amazing Cling Stamp Set (English) [154534] $37.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00
Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $15.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Pale Papaya A4 Cardstock [155669] $15.25	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00
Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00	All Dressed Up Dies [151665] $61.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00

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