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Art With Heart, Birthday Crafts, Card Making Basics · July 26, 2023

Discover the Vibrant Beauty of Blackberry Bliss Ink

Welcome to our blog post on the mesmerizing Blackberry Bliss Ink! In this tutorial, we will explore the vibrant beauty and versatility of this stunning ink color. Whether you’re a seasoned card maker or a beginner, this tutorial will inspire you to create unique and heartfelt greeting cards that are sure to make a lasting impression.

Welcome to the Art With Heart Blackberry Bliss Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our hop features some of your favorite Art With Heart Team Members sharing projects made with Stampin’ Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from fellow creative Di Furniss blog.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Colour Creations Blog Hop with this beautiful birthday card. Click here to see another beautiful Blackberry Bliss card using a different colour combination.

Handmade Papercraft - Showcase your creativity with Blackberry Bliss Ink

Getting to know Blackberry Bliss ink

The Blackberry Bliss colour is from Stampin’ Ups!® Neutral colour family, having recently moved from the Regals collection during the Stampin’ Up! colour refresh. For some this came as a surprise due to its deep, rich colour, but I can see how being a neutral makes sense because of its ability to add depth and dimension to your card.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to creating an eye-catching birthday card that is too special to throw away.

What You Need

Stamps/Bundles: Sentimental Park, Petal Park
Inks: Blackberry Bliss ink pad & refill, Old Olive ink pad
Paper: Basic White
Other: Water painters, multipurpose glue, Stampin’ dimensionals

Product List

Sentimental Park Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $42.00	Petal Park Photopolymer Stamp Set $41.00	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Pad $15.75	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill $8.75
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75
Paper Snips $19.25	Water Painters $23.00

Create Stunning Greeting Cards with Blackberry Bliss Ink

Creating a beautiful background

Add a drop of Blackberry Bliss ink to an acrylic stamping block. Pick up some of the ink with a water painter and then tap a splatter background onto the thick Basic White card base.

Stamp leaves in Old Olive ink across the top middle section and again along the bottom middle section.

Stamp the large leaf image in Old Olive onto scrap Basic White card stock.

Adhere a piece of Basic White card stock that has torn edges for added interest.

Stamping and Embellishing with Blackberry Bliss

Stamp the flower cluster outline in Blackberry Bliss in the space of the large leaf image. Using second generation stamping, stamp the petals. Repeat to create a couple of extra flowers to adhere for dimension.

Fussy cut the leaf and flower images.

Sentiments and finishing touches

Stamp Happy Birthday in Blackberry Bliss on the torn paper strip.

Adhere the fussy cut leaf and flower image with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front.

Fill some of the white space with more flowers using multipurpose glue.

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Inspiration and Ideas

The Art With Heart Team is showcasing a gallery of stunning card designs, tips and tricks using this beautiful ink. Next up to inspire you to create your own unique designs is Christina Barnes.

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Blackberry Bliss Ink is a colour that truly captivates the senses. Its deep, rich tones can transform any card into a work of art. By following this tutorial, you’ll unlock the endless possibilities of this vibrant ink and create greeting cards that will leave a lasting impression on your loved ones. So, grab your supplies, unleash your creativity, and let the beauty of Blackberry Bliss Ink inspire your next papercraft masterpiece!

Remember to have fun and enjoy the process of creating with this captivating ink colour. Happy card making!

Card Making Tutorial - Enhance your designs with Blackberry Bliss Ink

Art With Heart, Beyond The Basics, Love Crafts, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday, Thinking of You & Get Well Crafts · July 19, 2023

Beautiful Alcohol Marker Background for Handmade Cards

Today’s card features an stripy alcohol marker background and inset die cuts to create this cute handmade wedding card.

I have made a few cards using inset die cards but it looks like I never got around to blogging them! To rectify this omission the inset die technique would look amazing using the wave dies, so I’ve put it on my list of Must Make!

In tonight’s Colour Creations Blog Hop you’ll find 10+ simple and creative card ideas using Berry Burst. Certainly everything you need to inspire your next crafting session!

Welcome to the Art With Heart Lemon Lolly Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our hop features some of your favorite Art With Heart Team Members sharing projects made with Stampin’ Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from fellow creative Andrea Sargent blog.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Colour Creations Blog Hop with this beautiful alcohol marker striped background wedding card.

Alcohol marker background for a cute handmade wedding card

The Berry Burst colour is from Stampin’ Ups!® Bright colour family is our focus and I have gone with the die inset cardmaking technique.

This gorgeous technique is when you die cut images from the background paper, mount the die cut with dimensionals and then adhere back into the inset. The effect is delightful!

How gorgeous are the scattered flowers over the background?

What You Need

Stamps/Bundles: Sentimental Park
Inks: Berry Burst Stampin’ Blend and ink pad, Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend, Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend, Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blend
Paper: Basic White
Other: Give It A Whirl, Sentimental Park, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine, Stampin’ dimensionals, multipurpose glue

Alcohol marker background and die cut inset technique

Alcohol Marker Striped Background Card Recipe

Begin with a Thick Basic White card base (29.5 cm x 10.5 cm).
Cut a piece of Basic White 14.3 cm x 10 cm.
Using Stampin’ Blend alcohol markers, alternate colours to create stripes across the Basic White layer.
Position the Give It A Whirl love heart in the centre of the striped background piece and die cut. Repeat two more times, top and bottom.
Adhere the striped background piece to the card base.
Mount the top heart with dimensionals and adhere back into the inset. Repeat with the bottom heart die cut.
Stamp the sentiment inside the middle heart inset.
Using the Sentimental Park dies cut several different sized flowers from Basic White cardstock.
Adhere randomly over the striped background.
Adhere the leftover heart and a couple of flowers to the inside of the card.

Inside the card…

Product List

Sentimental Park Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $42.00	Sentimental Park Dies $60.00	Give It A Whirl Dies $68.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $17.50
Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Stampin’ Dimensionals $7.50

In short, a great card for a wedding or to express your love!

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. To sum up, that’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’.

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Similarly the very talented Christina Barnes has been busy making the next creative idea with Berry Burst for the Blog Hop. In short, click on the link below to check it out.

Moreover, if the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Beyond The Basics, Birthday Crafts, Thinking of You & Get Well Crafts · July 14, 2023

Just My Type: GDP402

This week’s entry into the Global Design Project #402 is this card using the Just My Type stamp set. Here is the sketch to prompt our creativity:

I used the Just My Type stamp set to create my card. I love this stamp set and I was over the moon I finally got to ink it up for this challenge!

The colours I used on this card are Bubble Bath, Berry Burst and Lost Lagoon. I have used this colour combination A-LOT this week, I think it just might be my current favourite {smile}

What you need

Stamps/Bundles: Just My Type
Inks: Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Memento Black
Paper: Hello, Irresistible DSP, Lost Lagoon card stock, Basic White card stock
Other: Markers, Silver Threaded Twine, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals, Multi-purpose glue

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Beyond The Basics, Love Crafts, Special Occasion Cards, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday · July 12, 2023

Elegant Card Idea with Good Feelings

Today’s elegant card idea with Good Feelings stamp set card is a tutorial to make a wedding card. A similar simple card that could be used for a wedding was posted here.

In tonight’s Basic Gray Colour Creations Blog Hop you’ll find 10+ simple and creative card ideas. Certainly everything you need to inspire your next crafting session!

Welcome to the Art With Heart Basic Gray Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our hop features some of your favourite Art With Heart Team Members sharing projects made with Stampin’ Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from fellow creative Andrea Sargent’s blog.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Basic Gray Colour Creations Blog Hop with this wedding card.

Basic Gray is in Stampin’ Ups!® Neutral colour family and is our focus for today’s hop.

This elegant card idea with good feelings is a simple layered card, using a background stamped cardstock layer, textured layers from embossing folders and torn vellum, some hearts and tussled silver elegant trim for a bit of bling.

What You Need

Stamps/Bundles: Good Feelings, Sentimental Park
Inks: Basic Gray, Versamark
Paper: Basic Gray card stock, Basic White card stock, Vellum
Other: Give It A Whirl dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Stripes and Splatters 3D embossing folders, Silver Elegant Trim, clear embossing powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Elegant Card Idea with Good Feelings Card Recipe

Begin with a Basic White card base (29.5 cm x 10.5 cm).
Cut a piece of Basic Gray card stock 10 cm x 14.3 cm.
Stamp “Love” sentiment from Sentimental Park stamp set randomly onto the Basic Gray card stock in co-ordinating ink.
Adhere to card base.
Tear a 6 cm x 14.3 cm piece of vellum along both long edges. Adhere to bottom of Basic Gray card stock layer.
Adhere a 4 cm x 14.3 cm strip of Basic Gray to the centre of the vellum.
Emboss a 3.5 cm x 14.3 cm strip of Basic White with the Stripe embossing folder and adhere to the Basic Gray layer.
Die cut a large circle from the Stylish Shapes dies and stamp the Good Feelings sentiment in Basic Gray. Using Versamark restamp the sentiment over the Basic Gray stamping, apply clear embossing powder to the sentiment and set with a heat tool.
Die cut two each of the large and medium hearts from the the Give It A Whirl dies. Die cut three of the smallest hearts.
Tussle a 30 cm piece of Silver Elegant trim and adhere to the underside of the circle. Apply Stampin’ Dimensionals to the circle and adhere to the card base.
Adhere hearts to the circle and apply Stampin’ Demensionals to the edges that are off the circle.
Adhere 10 cm x 14.3 cm Basic White card stock to the inside of the card and a couple of extra die cut hearts.

Product List

Good Feelings Cling Stamp Set (English) $42.00	Stripes & Splatters 3 D Embossing Folders $19.25	Give It A Whirl Dies $68.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock $17.50
Basic Gray A4 Card Stock $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Simply Elegant Trim $13.25
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Versamark Pad $16.75	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder $10.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75
Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50

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Now onto more creative inspiration from fellow Art With Heart Team Member Christina Barnes! Click on the link below.

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

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Art With Heart, Beyond The Basics, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday, Thinking of You & Get Well Crafts · July 5, 2023

Simple Balmy Blue Wow Card: Just Use Layers

Today’s card features the Countryside Inn patterned paper and the Petal Park stamp set to create this gorgeous Balmy Blue friendship card. A similar simple card that uses layers to add some WOW was posted here.

In tonight’s Colour Creations Blog Hop you’ll find 10+ simple and creative card ideas. Certainly everything you need to inspire your next crafting session!

Welcome to the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are thrilled to have you join us today. Our hop features some of your favourite Art With Heart Team Members sharing projects made with Stampin’ Up! products. In fact, you may have just come from fellow creative Tina Gillespie’s blog.

I am joining in with the Art With Heart Team’s Colour Creations Blog Hop with this friendship card.

The Balmy Blue colour is in Stampin’ Ups!® Subtles colour family and is our focus for today’s hop.

I have gone with a simple card, using a cardstock layer overlapped by the Countryside Inn patterned paper, a label, ribbon and a few layers of leaves and punched flowers.

What You Need

Stamps/Bundles: Petal Park, Sentimental Park, Night of Navy card stock
Inks: Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Versamark
Paper: Basic White card stock, Balmy Blue card stock, Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper
Other: Gorgeously Made dies, Petal Park Builder punch, 2-3/8″ (6 cm) circle punch, Bough punch, Balmy Blue and white ribbon, white embossing powder

Balmy Blue Friendship Card Recipe

Begin with a Basic White card base (29.5 cm x 10.5 cm).
Cut a piece of Balmy Blue card stock and Countryside Inn patterned paper 8.5 cm x 12.8 cm.
Adhere to card base, slightly overlapping each other.
Stamp Petal Park flowers in Balmy Blue twice and punch out.
Stamp the large leaf image and the smaller cluster of leaves in Old Olive. Colour with Old Olive watercolour pencil and fussy cut.
Punch the Bough image twice from Night of Navy.
Create a banner label from a 7 cm x 2 cm piece of Night Of Navy card stock. Stamp with sentiment in Versamark, sprinkle white embossing powder over and use heat tool to set.
Cut perforated edge in Balmy Blue from the Gorgeously Made dies.
Layer the flowers, leaves and label over the circle and adhere to the front of the card.
Unpick the Balmy Blue ribbon from the white ribbon, tie into a bow and adhere to card front.
Adhere remaining flowers and leaves to the inside of the card.

Product List

Countryside Inn 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75	Sentimental Park Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $42.00	Petal Park Photopolymer Stamp Set $41.00	Petal Park Builder Punch $39.00
Bough Punch $39.00	Gorgeously Made Dies $56.00	2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch $39.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock $17.50
Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $10.50	Versamark Pad $16.75
Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Balmy Blue & White 3/8" Double Stitched Ribbon $12.25