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Blueberry Bushel: Country Birdhouse Blends

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I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Wednesday evening for the AWHT Colour Creations Blog Hop showcasing the full range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

Week 12 – Blueberry Bushel

Today I feature the Country Birdhouse Bundle (fast becoming my favourite products) and lots of Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers (alcohol) for colouring!

Colouring Masterclass of Country Birdhouse with Country Lace DSP for Blueberry Bushel Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2024

Have you ever seen a blue birdhouse? This one is coloured using Blueberry Bushel (Light & Dark), Boho Blue (Light) and Balmy Blue (Light) Markers. How did I choose which colours worked best together? I refer to my Stampin’ Blends Chart (click here for your blank PDF copy).

Stampin' Blends Colour Chart by Kate Morgan

The bird is coloured with Lemon Lolly (Light), Daffodil Delight (Dark), Peach Pie (Light & Dark) and Pecan Pie (Dark).

Colouring Masterclass of Country Birdhouse with Country Lace DSP for Blueberry Bushel Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2024.

The flowers are Melon Mambo (Light & Dark), Lemon Lolly (Light) & Peach Pie (Dark) and Ivory & Bronze. The leaves are Shy Shamrock (Light & Dark).

Colouring Masterclass of Country Birdhouse with Country Lace DSP for Blueberry Bushel Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2024 close up

and on the inside

Colouring Masterclass of Country Birdhouse with Country Lace DSP for Blueberry Bushel Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2024 inside

Many thanks to Jay Soriano, Mitosu Crafts in the UK for the colouring Masterclass.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Boho Blue.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Di Furniss.

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The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

Product List
Stamps: 
Country Birdhouse*
Dies: Country Birdhouse*
Card/DSP/Specialty Paper: Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Country Lace DSP, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Inks: Black Memento, Blueberry Bushel, Versamark
Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers: 
Ivory, Bronze, Shy Shamrock, Melon Mambo, Pecan Pie, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Peach Piue, Blueberry Bushel, Boho Blue, Balmy Blue
Embellishments: Tinsel Gems Four Pack, Brushed Brass Butterflies
Accesories/Adhesives/Tools: White Emboss Powder, Black Stampin’ Write Marker, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Heat Tool, Water Painters, Tear & Tape
* can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Jungle Pals Easel Card

Saleabration is soon to end on 29 February 2024 and today I feature the Jungle Pals stamp set (free with $90+ order) and the Jungle Pals dies (free with $180+ order) which have been a favourite of mine this Saleabration.

This easel card is easy to make and doesn’t it look great with this jungle scene?!!! Here is the card laying flat as though you have just taken it out of the envelope.

Jungle Pals Easel card Saleabration by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024

Open it up and place the front of the card behind the sentiment so it sits open!

Jungle Pals Easel card Saleabration by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024 open

This may give you a better perspective – you can see there is a piece of Window Sheet/Acetate across the front when some of the animals added with glue dots.

Jungle Pals Easel card Saleabration by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024 side

The animals are all stamped with Black Memento ink and fussy cut or die cut with the Jungle Pals dies then coloured using Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers (alcohol):
Toucan – Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight & Basic Black
Lemur – Smoky Slate, Gray Granite & Colour Lifter
Sloths – Crumb Cake
Alligator – Granny Apple Green & Daffodil Delight

When the card is fully open, there are more animals to see lurking in the jungle!

Jungle Pals Easel card Saleabration by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024 inside

Thanks for dropping by.

Product List
Stamps: 
Jungle Pals (SAB), Seasonal Branches
Dies: Jungle Pals (SAB), Perennial Postage, Happy Little Things
Paper: Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Window Sheet
Inks: Black Memento, Garden Green
Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gray Granite, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Colour Lifter
Other:  Glass Mat Studio, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
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Jungle Pals

Saleabration is now into the 2nd and final month for 2024, and many more items have been added as well as what is in the brochure.

More to Saleabrate

Today I feature the Jungle Pals stamp set (free with $90+ order) and the Jungle Pals dies (free with $180+ order) and lots of different colouring techniques.

Card 1:
My first card features the gorgeous tiger roaming through the trees. He is stamped in Black Memento ink and coloured with Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers; Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. I also used a Black and White pencil to add highlights and shadowing.

Jungle Pals Tiger card by Kate Morgan, Stmpin Up Australia, SAB 2024

The trees are cut from the Aspen Tree dies and coloured using Blending Brushes with Crumb Cake and Pebbled Path inks. I die cut the Basic White frame using the Deckled Rectangle dies and then glued some foliage along the bottom on the back side. These were die cut from the reverse side of some Meandering Meadows DSP. Next I added the trees, gluing them at the top and bottom. The tiger is slipped between the trees. Once these were all secured, I added Adhesive Strips and various size Dimensionals where I could to add support.

Jungle Pals Tiger card by Kate Morgan, Stmpin Up Australia, SAB 2024 close up

The Thick Basic White card base has another piece of the DSP added to cover the front, then the frame is added. The sentiment is from the Charming Sentiments stamp set and the Sentiment Silhouettes dies to cut it out. More foliage is added on the inside across the bottom of the card.

Card 2: 
A Basic White layer is dry embossed with the Fern 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder then coloured with Blending Brushes from the centre out. These were the inks in order: Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Starry Sky. The tree is coloured with Crumb Cake and then Pebbled Path. The foliage is coloured with Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Granny Apple Green.

Jungle Pals Toucan card by Kate Morgan, Stmpin Up Australia, SAB 2024

The animals are all stamped with Black Memento ink and die cut with the Jungle Pals dies then coloured using Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers (alcohol):
Toucan – Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight & Basic Black
Lemur – Smoky Slate, Gray Granite & Colour Lifter
Flowers – Daffodil Delight & Poppy Parade

All the elements are glued or on Mini Dimensionals and then this layer is adhered to a Thick White card base. The sentiment is from the Cutest Cows stamp set and Paper Snips used to create the banner.

Jungle Pals Toucan card by Kate Morgan, Stmpin Up Australia, SAB 2024 inside

On the inside, I have added some vines (lightly brushed Pretty Peacock ink) and a sloth hanging from it. The Sloth is coloured with Crumb Cake Blends Combo Markers and highlighted with Black & White pencils.

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In the lower corner, I added another piece of foliage with a Poppy Parade flower. Some Poppy Parade Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs were added for a little shine to the flower centres and banner. Thanks to Marcie Besecker (USA) for the inspiration!

I have stamped all the images in this stamp set, but still have the crocodile to share, but that will be next week’s project. Thanks for dropping by.

Product List
Stamps: 
Jungle Pals (SAB), Cutest Cows, Charming Sentiments
Dies: Jungle Pals (SAB), Aspen Trees, Deckled Rectangle, Sentiment Silhouettes
Paper: Basic White, Thick Basic White
Inks: Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Pebbled Path, Pretty Peacock, Starry Sky
Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gray Granite, Pebbled Path, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Colour Lifter
Other:  Glass Mat Studio, Fern 3D TIEF, Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, Blending Brushes, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Black & White Pencils
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Hippest Hippo U Fold Window card

Today’s fancy fold card is a ‘U Fold Window’ style card using the Sale•a•bration items, Hippest Hippo stamp set (#159921), Hippo dies (#159928) and Silver & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper (#159941). Each of these items can be earned free with any $90+ product order. Select all 3 items with a $270 product order during Sale•a•bration (now through to 31 August 2022)!

I adore the Lights Aglow Specialty Designer Series Paper and this particular piece reminded me of those beautiful curtains at the theatre! I also added a strip of Cherry Cobbler card at the top opening of the window (Basic Borders dies).

U Window Fold card using Stampin Up Hippest Hippos Saleabration 2022 by Kate Morgan, Australia inside

Thick Basic White Card Base: 19.5cm x 10.5cm; score at 2.5cm & 5cm from each end.
Thick Basic White Card Front: 14.5cm x 10.5cm Adhere the DSP before cutting the window (the largest square die from the Stylish Shapes dies). The card base scorelines need to be folded as mountain fold then valley fold from each end. This creates the U shape. The card front piece is then glued to the top. Start by gluing one side, then fold the card flat to glue the other side, making sure the edges meet.

The Silver & Gold Specialty DSP was cut for the interior with a small piece of the wood grain paper (retired In Good Taste DSP) at the bottom acting as the stage floor for my little ballerina.

U Window Fold card using Stampin Ups Hippest Hippos Saleabration 2022 by Kate Morgan, Australia

Memento Black ink was used to stamp the hippo image and she’s coloured using the Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers; Gray Granite, Melon Mambo, 900/1000 Light Combo.

U Fold Window card using Stampin Up Hippest Hippos Saleabration 2022 by Kate Morgan, Australia close up

The hippo is raised with a small strip of window sheet folded into a square and mounted behind. This allows for her to appear in mid-air, and so the card can fold to the right so it folds flat to fit in a standard C6 envelope!

The sentiment is white heat embossed onto a label die cut with one of the Fabulous Frames dies.

U Fold Window card using Stampin Up Hippest Hippos Saleabration 2022 by Kate Morgan, Australia

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me on Monday for some Christmas inspiration!

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Is that a bear in there?!

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Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

Week 20 – Granny Apple Green

Today’s card has a very general, but pretty theme, and could be used for so many different occasions, as there are no sentiments or DSP on it!

My colour combination is Granny Apple Green, Evening Evergreen and Polished Pink. Anyway, enough mumbling on, here is my card!

Count on Me Pierced Blooms for CCBH Granny Apple Green by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021.

The narrow strip at the bottom of the Granny Apple Green Stitched Greenery layer, is some of the ‘darker’ Silver Foil sheet. The bear was stamped in Black Memento ink and coloured using the Crumb Cake & Polished Pink Blends Marker Combo Packs, then fussy cut with Paper Snips.

The Gold Thread wrapped around the card has retired (oops), I was sure it was still available. Anyway, you could use any metallic thread you may have. I added some Wink of Stella to the centres of the larger flowers for more sparkle.

I finished it off with some 2021-2023 In Color Jewels that I adore and almost finished my pack. I might have to add some more to my next order!

Count on Me Pierced Blooms for CCBH Granny Apple Green by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021 sq

I love how the piercing in the background and the Pierced Blooms die cut images go together so well. This card was inspired by Nikki Spencer who used different flowers and colour combination, but I loved the layout!

Thanks for dropping by. All the products used tonight are linked at the end of this post.

Please click on the image below to head across to the next blog on tonight’s hop and see the wonderful inspiration of Tina Gillespie!

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