Pretty Florals – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Welcome to the Art with Heart team Instagram hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 12 – Bubble Bath

This handmade fun fold card requires a belly band to hold it closed and wait until you look inside!

It features the Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper, Pretty Florals Bundle and the Sweet Blooms Bundle (stamps and coordinating dies). The Everyday Arches dies feature on the Belly band.

Here are the lovely details attached to the belly band. Simply slide it off the card and the beautiful Florals in Bloom DSP is adhered to the front panel.

Ta-da! The multi panels in all their glory. A speical 80th birthday card featuring the Alphabet a la Mode dies to cut the Gold Foil. Some more stamped flowers and gorgeous patterned paper.

side view of the left

and on the right

a simple white panel is adhered to the back for the message to the recipient

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Cajun Craze inspiration.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: Pretty Florals, Sweet Blooms
Dies: Pretty Florals, Sweet Blooms, Alphabet a la Mode, Everyday Arches
Ink: Bubble Bath, Garden Green, Petunia Pop
Paper: Basic White, Bubble Bath, Florals in Bloom DSP, Gold Foil, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Blending Brushes, Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Flowers, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Berry Burst: Pop Up Vase card

2 July, 202525 June, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 9 – Berry Burst

This handmade card features the Pretty Florals Bundle and three different Designer Series Paper (DSP) packs!

The Beautiful Bokeh DSP is used to die cut the petals on the Berry Burst flowers seen in the image below. The leaves were die cut from the reverse side of some Thoughtful Journey DSP for instant varied colour.

Open the card and that is where the pop up vase appears, full of Pretty Florals. The mechanism is attached to the card front and slides to pull the vase into its glory and closing the card, slides it flat again.

The ‘vase’ is from the Perennial Lavender DSP. All the leaves here are die cut from the Thoughtful Journey DSP. All the flowers are stamped onto Beautiful Bokeh DSP and die cut then added to the card, some glued, and some on Mini Dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Blackberry Bliss inspiration.

@stampinupofficial Product List
Stamps: Pretty Florals, Simply Said
Dies: Pretty Florals, Spotlight on Nature, Textured Notes
Ink: Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Timid Tiger
Paper: Basic White, Beautiful Bokeh DSP, Perennial Lavender DSP, Thoughtful Journey DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Flower Accents, Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

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Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Celebrate, feminine, Flowers, Handmade Cards, Markers for Colouring, Stampin' Up!

Balmy Blue: Pretty Florals Celebrating You

18 June, 202515 June, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 6 – Balmy Blue

This handmade card features @stampinupofficial products; Pretty Florals Bundle, Coneflower Celebrations stamp set, and the Everyday Arches dies.

On my Balmy Blue card base, is another layer dry embossed with the Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder. I ran my paper snips around the edges to rought it up and add texture. I used Blends Combo markers; Balmy Blue an Pretty Peacock to splatter ink, before adhering it to the card base. The arches are die cut, and the Balmy Blue one is dry embossed with teh Glass and Gardens Embossing Folder. The Basic White arch is stamped with the Pretty Florals stamp set in Balmy Blue and Pretty Peacock ink. The petals are die cut and adhered on a Mini Dimensional. A tiny Gold Twisted Thread bow is added with ome gems.

Another arch is added to the inside

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Basic Gray inspiration.

Product List
Stamps: Coneflower Celebrations, Pretty Florals*
Dies: Everyday Arches, Pretty Florals*
Ink: Balmy Blue, Pretty Peacock
Paper: Basic White, Balmy Blue, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Stampin’ Blends Markers: Balmy Blue, Pretty Peacock
Other: Gold Twisted Thread, Two-Tone Sparlke Gems, Mini Corrugated EF, Glass and Gardens EF, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and all the latest news and specials!

Birthday, Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, feminine, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Secret Sea: Pop Up Floating Shadow Box card

21 May, 202515 May, 2025 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instahop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours. For the first 5 weeks we showcase the new 2025-2027 In Colors and then continue with all the remaining colours in alphabetical order.

Have you browsed the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue yet and created your shopping list?

Week 3 – Secret Sea

I have to say, I am in love this new colour – such a gorgeous rich deep blue and it is even stunning stamped off for a lighter shade. Anyway, I get side-tracked, this handmade card features @stampinupofficial products; Pretty Florals Bundle and the Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper (DSP).

This patterned paper is so beautiful, I didn’t know which piece to use first, but I selected this one as it has my favourite colours. The flowerrs are stamped in Secret Sea, Petunia Pop (both 1st & 2nd generation) and the stems are watercoloured with Shy Shamrock to get the lighter shade.

But here’s the wow when you open the card!

Here’s the side view where you can really see why it gets its name. I decided to use a more muted pattern paper on the inside to let the feature of this card shine. I stamped the floral image overr the pop up panel in Secret Sea to add more of a soft design element.

That window is die cut using the Nested Essentials dies, as are the layering elements. A strip of Window Sheet holds the sentiment layers in place. More of the same flowers are added here.

Both of the sentiments are from the Simply Said stamp set. Those gorgeous Flat Pearls finish it off nicely with the little Gingham Ribbon bow.

Lisa Curcio has a YouTube Tutorial for this but I have converted it to suit metric measurements.

What you need
Front:
Secret Sea (card base): 28cm x 10.5cm
DSP: 10cm x 13cm, cut 3.5cm off the bottom for lower section

Inside:
Basic White: 10cm x 9.5cm
DSP (back): 10cm x 9.5cm
DSP (strip): 10cm x 1.5cm

Pop Up Panel:
Secret Sea: 18cm x 10.5cm
DSP: 7cm x 5.5cm to fit inside the Nested Essentials dies
Basic White: 6cm x 4.5cm to fit inside the Nested Essentials dies
Window Sheet: 10cm x 1.5cm

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for Strawberry Slush inspiration.

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

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