Art with Heart Team November Creative Showcase - Using Only 5 Supplies

 

This month I've joined in with the Art with Heart Team monthly creative showcase. I'm quite new to the team and this is my first time contributing. Each month has a different theme and this month it is using only 5 supplies. 

This theme really resonated with me as I know that many people when starting out papercrafting see stunning projects on social media and would love to create them but don't yet have all the supplies needed. It can be a bit overwhelming and make people feel that they need to have everything to be able to make beautiful things. I'm confident that our showcase this month will demonstrate that you can make lovely things with just a few supplies. 

The supplies I'm using tonight are Whisper White cardstock, Beauty Abounds stampset, Basic Grey Ink, Bumblebee Ink and the Bumblebee gingham ribbon. I've made two slimline cards using these supplies, one in portrait and one in landscape orientation. 

The Beauty Abounds stampset is a versatile investment if you can only choose one set as it has a combination of graphic elements stamps which can be used for backgrounds, detailed butterfly stamps, line drawings which are great for colouring and also some sweet sentiments.

I cut the cardstock to 21 x 20cm and scored and folded at 10cm on the shorter side to make the slimline card bases. For the landscape card I cut a panel 21cm x 7cm and stamped this all over in Bumblebee ink using the "splatter" stamp from the set. 

I used the stamping off technique, stamping repeatedly without reinking the stamp to get different shades of yellow. I then added a few butterflies in Bumblebee and Basic Grey, again using stamping off to achieve different shades. This background layer was adhered using Dimensionals to give some extra depth.

The card is finished with a simple "for you" sentiment and a piece of gingham ribbon. An extra detail was added with a butterfly stamped on the inside of the card as well. 

For the portrait card I cut a panel 9.7cm by 20.7cm which would leave just a tiny border around the card front. I used the floral flourish to create a pattern down one side of the panel and then "coloured" this in using the splatter in Bumblebee ink. Again I used the stamping off technique to get different shades.

The sentiment strip was decorated with the splatter and adhered using Dimensionals. I added a few of the tiny butterflies to the side detail and a feature butterfly at the top. The card was finished with a tiny gingham bow.

This was quite a creative challenge this month as I often reach for just one more embellishment, an extra colour or a dash of Wink of Stella when creating my cards. I think the finished cards are simple but effective and certainly something a new crafter could replicate with minimal supplies.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these cards

See the rest of the team's creations

I feel very lucky to be part of such a talented team and just know you will love their #simplestamping creations too. Click here to visit our host, Rachel Woollard's, blog and see the other team members' creations. 

If you live in Australia you can buy Stampin' Up! products, including everything used in these projects, in my online shop. Click here to shop now.

  

Box of Sunshine - Fun with Kits

This week I've been crafting with the amazing Box of Sunshine Paper Pumpkin kit. Like many of you I have family currently subject to lockdown in Melbourne and being so far away it is not only difficult to contemplate what they are feeling, but we also feel a bit helpless and unable to say or do anything to make them feel better.

With the box in the kit I will be sending a little "box of sunshine" to cheer them up and let them know we are thinking about them and that they are not alone as they go through this.

This kit includes all the crafting supplies to make eight greeting cards, two each of four designs, and has enough left over to decorate the box to put the cards in or to use as I am to send a special gift to cheer someone up. 

There are so many possibilities with this kit, I love it! You can make the cards shown in the kit or use the elements in your own way to make something truly unique. And once you've used up the cardstock, stickers and embellishments, you can go on using the stampset in infinite numbers of projects. 

The kit is inclusive, all you need to get creating right away is a clear block. If you don't already have one you will need one at least the size of the Stampin' Up! Clear Block D (7.3 x 6.8cm).

Want to join in the fun? You can buy a kit here 

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Ornate Garden Daisy card

I was lucky enough to be gifted the Daisy punch and have been wanting to design a card using it for a while. I love the different floral designs in the Ornate Garden DSP and thought this would go beautifully with the daisy. 

Using my favourite of the 2020-22 In Colors, Bumblebee, as a card base, I first stamped the "Hello Sunshine" sentiment from the Under my Umbrella stampset onto white cardstock in Bumblebee. I adhered this to the bottom of the card front and used a piece of coordinating DSP at the top. I cut a 1cm strip from the DSP and reversed the pattern to create a band across the middle.

 

The daisy was made using two punched daisies and a sponge dauber to add Bumblebee ink to the centre of the flower. I shaped the petals using a bone folder then glued the two pieces together, finally adhering the daisy in place on the card. 

I used this at a card workshop to demonstrate the versatility of our paper and tools. It comes together really quickly once the cardstock and paper are cut to size. 

Wouldn't this just brighten anyone's day? 

Product List

Bumblebee A4 Cardstock

[153082]

$15.25

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]

$13.00

Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper

[152488]

$26.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Daisy Punch

[143713]

$31.00

Under My Umbrella Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[151518]

$28.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$9.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Make you smile card in Bumblebee

One of my favourite colours of the new 2020-2022 In Colors is Bumblebee, such a lovely warm yellow colour, almost a mustard yellow. It reminds me of Autumn colours back home in the UK.With those Autumnal colours in mind I used the Bumblebee cardstock and designer series paper (DSP) and paired it with Early Espresso for this simple card.

I used the reverse side of the DSP for a sentiment across the middle and fussy cut a few flowers from the Lovely You stampset before finishing with some enamel dots in Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider.


Product List

Bumblebee A4 Cardstock

[153082]

$15.25

Clear Block C

[118486]

$12.00

2020–2022 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[153070]

$20.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$13.00

Lovely You Bundle (English)

[154070]

$73.75

2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots

[152480]

$14.00