We Fall In... Colours - March 2020 Blog Hop

Hi Crafters,

I have a very exciting post today.  I've been invited to join a colour challenge blog hop and I'm so excited!  The We Fall In...Colours team are an international group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who share their creative makes following a colour theme each month.  If you've come from Samira's awesome make you're on the right track. 

The colour challenge for this month is Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel and Rococo Rose which are some of my favourites.

This colour palette lends itself to floral projects but I wanted to push myself so I've made a home decor project using ink blending through a mask.  I also put my Cricut electric cutting machine to work with some adhesive vinyl for the sentiment.

It was pretty hard to capture this project in a photograph due to either too much light or not enough.  I hope you can see how the sentiment sits on the glass raised above the inked image within the shadow box.

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut to 6.5" square.  I attached the mandala stencil from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks pack using low tack tape.  I applied the three inks - Granny Apple Green, Blueberry Bushel and Rococo Rose with Stampin' Sponges making sure to overlap the colours.  I trimmed the cardstock so that it would fit inside the shadow box and layered a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock behind for some added rigidity.

I took inspiration from the Crafting Forever stamp set for the sentiment and made my own version in Cricut Design Space.  I cut it out with silver adhesive vinyl which shows up much better in real life.

I hope you're feeling inspired hopping along with our projects.  To keep going, just click the next button below to head to Shelly's fabulous creation.

Happy crafting,
Rachel x


Blog Hop Roll Call

1.      Sandra Herzog

2.     Silke Trapani

3.     Karin Hobelsberger - StempelPünktchen

4.     Claudia Strauchfuß - Kreative Machenschaften

5.     Sandra Hagenlocher

6.     Liane Gorny - Jungle Cards

7.     Rene Guenther - Stempeln-mit-Rene.de

8.     Manuela Auer

9.     Bettina Hoffmann

10. Conni Richter

11.   Samira Merzouk - Samira’s Kreative Welt

12. Rachel Macleod – On The Wings of Craft ***You are here***

13.  Shelly Shuttleworth - Crafts & Co.

14. Angela Köber - Stempelfamilie

15.  Sigrid Joch - Sigrids kreative ART

16. Katja Lange - Stempel, Papier & Co.

17.  Iris Philipps - Der Papierhimmel

18. Christiane Knapp - StempelPalast

19. Simone Kleine - derdiedasKleine bastelt

20. Anja Ehmann - Bastelanja

21. Susanne Karst - Stempelcat

22. Evi Bosselmann

Product List

Pattern Party Decorative Masks [144103]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138]	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080]
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Stamping Sponges [141337]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop 13 - Colour Challenge

Hi Crafters,

The international crafters from Global Stamping Friends are back with another blog hop to inspire you.  I hope you enjoyed our special anniversary blog hop - if you missed it you can still view my post and hop along.  It's a lot of fun taking part in blog hops and we really appreciate all your support.

This month we are bringing you colour inspiration using the following palette:

I was struggling to choose which idea to try out with this group of colours - so many options!  Finally I settled for one of my favourite sets from the Annual Catalogue called Colorful Seasons.  It really does take you through all seasons.  

I was also inspired by the current challenge over at Global Design Project which features a sketch.  

I've been channeling my festive side and have created a wintry card using the branch and snowflake images.

My main panel is simply stamped in Smoky Slate, Pool Party and Night of Navy and then I drew a string with the Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker to attach the snowflakes to the branches.  I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the centres of the snowflakes for some bling.  You can never have too much sparkle, especially at Christmas.  I stamped my greeting from the brand new Cheers to the Year stamp set from the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue in Smoky Slate and finished off with some Metallic Silver Thread.  

Keep hopping to Ellen's blog using the next arrow below.  I can't wait to see what everyone has created.  I know everyone's ideas will be so different.  

We would love you to leave a comment to let us know you've visited.  I hope you've been inspired by our colour challenge to get stamping.  You are certainly in for a treat with the new Autumn/Winter Stampin' Up! catalogue which launched today.  If you would like a catalogue sent out by post, simply drop me an email with your name and address and I'll send one out directly to you. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Global Design Project 102 - Sketch Challenge

Happy crafting,

Rachel x

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop 13 - Colour Challenge Roll Call

1. Courtenay Heuston

2. Stephanie Nash

3. Anita Wifladt

4. Tricia Butts

5. Sharleen Luciano

6. Kimberley Anne Morris

7. June Olsen

8. Jan Musselman

9. Anastasia Radloff

10. Rachel Macleod ***You are here***

11. Ellen Woodbridge

12. Karie Beglau

13. Lisa Ann Bernard

14. Marieke Bart

15,. Christina Walker

16. Angelique Stempelkeuken

17. Sarah McDermott

18. Amanda Bates

19. Jenn Curtis Charles

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set [143726]	Cheers To The Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144928]	Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139672]	Big Shot [143263]	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [131261]
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179]	Silver Metallic Thread [138402]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]

Happy Birthday Graceful Garden

Hi Crafters,

I hope you are enjoying your summer and making the most of the good weather.  Although, a couple of rainy days would be good to spend in the craft room!  Today's card is inspired by the current challenge at the Global Design Project who have a colour theme this week.

I must admit that the only Wild Wasabi product I own is a marker.  This made the challenge a little more fun to think outside the box.  I had quite a few variations until I chose the Graceful Garden stamp set.  I created a custom Berry Burst card blank and attached a piece of Shimmery White cardstock on top.  I ran a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock though the Big Shot with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I brought the two layers together with a length of the Berry Burst finely woven ribbon which is super soft.

I stamped the main rose image from the Graceful Garden stamp set onto a piece of Shimmery White cardstock.  The image was coloured with the Berry Burst and Wild Wasabi markers so that I could achieve a no line watercolour effect.  This might need some more practice!  I used the Happy Birthday die to cut the centre of the rose image and then paper pieced the parts back together.  This was really easy using the new Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets.  I cut four additional sentiments and layered on top, finally adding my coloured image to complete the full design.  I went with a jaunty angle for added interest and finished with a few pearls.  

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Global Design Project 097 - Colour Challenge

A full supply list is available at the end of this post and don't forget that the Christmas in July promotion ends on Monday.  Join the Stampin' Up! family and start saving on your Autumn/Winter cardmaking supplies.

Happy crafting,
Rachel x


Product List

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143849]	Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143704]	Happy Birthday Thinlits Die [143700]	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Big Shot [143263]	2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [144033]	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [131263]	Aqua Painters [103954]
Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets [144106]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]