Stampin' Up! Bloomin Hearts Thinlit die 5

Today I had another play with Stampn' Up! Bloomin Hearts thinlit die - first a colour match and then some contrasting colour play eventuated ;-)  Blushing Bride card stock was chosen to match the Bloomin Hearts DSP x Stampin' Up!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

 Love the coordinating embellishment kit to help coordinate colours...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

 Then I had to play with the new Blushing Bride Glimmer paper x  Stampin' Up!


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

 Back to Blushing Bride and Whisper White...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

 We even played with Wink of Stellar...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

 I wanted to use the heart and resin pearls from the coordinating embellishment kit so I did...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloomin Heart Thinlit Die

This is a great die, a MUST have if you like to create feminine cards or cards of love for any event - stay posted more ideas to come...

Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Bird Builder & Tag Topper Card

Stampin' Up! sell a lovely Bird builder punch which coordinates purrrfectly with their Tag Topper punch.  I have a customer coming over who has seen a card and wishes to case it - this is my interpretation of this beautiful layout using Moonlight DSP, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow and Smokey Slate cardstock, with the bird in Blackberry Bliss.

Acraftycat: Stampin' Up! Bird Builder and Tag Topper punch highlight.

I used a 2" strip of moonlight DSP and punched the edge with Stampin' Up! Spiral Boarder punch.  The background card and tag is stamped with a flower from "Bloom with Hope" in coordinating ink so that it is subtle and watermarks the cardstock.

Acraftycat: Stampin' Up! Bird Builder and Tag Topper punch highlight.

I had to make another, this time a little more subdued, and this is what I chose...Pool Party, Lost Lagoon and Smokey Slate.

Acraftycat: Bird Builder Punch x Stampin' Up!

 Just simple using the colours to do the talking...

Acraftycat: Bird Builder Punch x Stampin' Up!

I love this card/layout, and I'd love to make one with you too. 

Stay warm and I hope to see you soon
Yours in paper craft,

Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping

Learning to paper shape in class has been very popular and with a beautiful stamp set like Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope, my A Crafty Cat team could only but succeed in this class.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 Crumb Cake with Pink Pirouette with a highlight of Strawberry Crush makes for a stunning card.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 The paper shaping on this card was exceptional - a purrrfect presentation...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 Old Olive, Calypso Coral and Rich Razzleberry makes for a very striking card...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 love the Crisp Cantaloupe cord...the bow sets the highlights off in the flowers beautifully...


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 Perfect Plum is a favourite colour of mine...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

 and it coordinates beautifully with Pool Party and I love that ribbon and bow - Lost Lagoon


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Bloom with Hope paper shaping class

Love the individuality of each card - one class :-)  The A Crafty Cat team did me proud in this class.

Yours in paper craft,

Blendabilities Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

Bloom with Hope is another of the gorgeous Hostess Stamps sets Stampin' Up! has on offer to hostess. This is a large set of 11 stamps and it is well worth hosting a workshop just so you can purchase the set with your hostess dollars/rewards.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

I featured Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder on Whisper White for a simply stunning card.  I then ran a line of Sticky Strip and scrunched up the Seam Binding as much as I could and gathered it along the tape to give the effect of a ruffled ribbon - to tie in the Wisteria wonder highlighting around the flowers.

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"



I added colour to the same lay out and changed the format of the ribbon...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"
 

The bow - simply a loop with two tails and a pearl highlight...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

Kris recreated my card in a reverse colour format...very stunning...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope" x Kris

Simply beautiful cards that any lady would be grateful to receive.
I look forward to your company at the next post
Yours in paper craft,

Blendabilites, Bloom with Hope & Paper Shaping.

This post features the art of Paper Shaping, best demonstrated by the very skilful Cecile Ortiz - check out my pinterest board to see her work.  These are two more projects from my first class of the year and as you can see, the ladies used Blendabilities to colour the hostess stamp set Bloom with Hope.  By combining the art of colouring with paper shaping...this is the results;  Rose...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

 Rose created a very stunning card and embraced the paper shaping instantly...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

 The paper shaping combined with the Stampin' Up! Dimensionals for lift, create a realistic effect.


A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

 Sherene also created a gorgeous card in Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

 The flowers were coloured with a combination of Pink Pirouette and Rich Razzleberry...

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

 The flowers looked so real I wanted to pick them!

A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! "Bloom with Hope"

These are beautiful cards and I look forward to showing many more of you how these were created in a class, or your own workshop.

Yours in paper craft,