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

Art with Heart Stampin' Up! Rainbow Blog Hop

With all that’s happening worldwide at the moment the Art With Heart Team are here with a rainbow theme Creative Showcase to brighten your day.
Every month the talented ladies share their inspirational ideas in a monthly showcase and this month our projects are inspired by Rainbows.

For my card today, I have used the lovely brights family to create to a rainbow using the scrappy strip technique. I think it is a bright, fun card that is bound to cheer anyone's day especially the birthday recipient. 


Like I mentioned above, I have used all the colours in the brights family and I have also used the silver foil and playful alphabet dies to spell out happy birthday with the inlaid die technique. I have finished off my card with some basic rhinestone jewels. 

Close up


Inside card - I continued the rainbow scrappy strip technique on the inside only this time I didn't leave a gap between each colour and I also used the happiest of birthdays stamp for the sentiment. 


The next team member to share their Rainbow inspired project is Catherine Proctor

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

Rachel Woollard
Tina Gillespie
Vicki Boucher
Sharon Davern
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Catherine Proctor
Caroline Manwaring
Michele Taylor

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Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Brights A4 Cardstock [146997] $15.75	Brights Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment [147150] $117.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $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	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75
Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00

Colour Creations #10 - Cinnamon Cider

Our tenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "cinnamon cider" from the 2020 - 2022 in color collection. I have chosen cinnamon cider, crushed curry and cajun craze from the colour coach to work with today for my creation (and I also added in early espresso). 
For my card today I have used the herringbone technique with cardstock strips in four colours. I used two different designer series paper, (world of good and in good taste), and made my own paper strips for the other two colours. For the cajun craze strips I used the mother of pearl technique and for the crushed curry strips the shaving foam technique.
After laying down my herringbone panel I decided the pattern was quite masculine and was considering making a male birthday card but since Father's Day is next month (first Sunday in September in Australia) I thought I would get super organised and make a card to mail to my Father in law. (Need to make a card for my dad next.)
I am a lot more organised (and in a better head space) than I was in the lead up to Mother's Day, as we were in isolation then too and I didn't even make any cards for my Mum or Mother in law! Whoops!  


Close up


Inside card - I feel the inside of the card could work as a card front on its own as well.
I typed the sentiment Happy iso Father's Day and used a font I downloaded for the internet (Desert Queen). I finished off the sentiment with the Playful Alphabet Dies. I also tried to echo the front of the card with the herringbone technique but due to the panel being much smaller I only ran the cardstock strips in one direction.


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English) [152568] $35.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00
Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683] $15.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131158] $6.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper [152491] $26.00	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00
Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $50.00	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $14.00

Computer Gamer Stampin' Up! 17th birthday card

My eldest son turned 17 today and he loves to play computer and Play Station games. I used his hobby as my inspiration for his gamer birthday card.


My younger son gave my the idea to have some of the computer keys "worn" as in they are the keys that would be most used when playing games. Josh appreciated my efforts and said my card was "pretty cool", which I consider high praise from a 17 year old!

Close up - I printed out a keyboard image and fussy cut the keyboard keys out and popped each one up on stampin' dimensionals to create realistic keyboard keys. 


Inside card


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Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $40.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00