Simply Succulents for New At SU Blog Hop

                             

Welcome to our March NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are Hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are showcasing the 2021 Jan/Jun Mini Catalogue about halfway into it's sales period and reminding you of it's diversity and versatility and just plain fun. Today I am featuring the Simply Succulents bundle and also showing you the White Wash Technique!

• The White Wash technique involves embossing the image in white on Crumb Cake cardstock, filling it all in with a wash of Whisper White Craft Ink, and letting it dry, then adding colour to the images with Stampin' Write Markers and a Blender Pen. To see how this technique is done you can watch this video that I posted on Monday:

• I started with the filler or background step of the two step stamping process. I used quite a bit of water on it and after stamping, I used a Water Painter to spread the ink even further and blur the outline of the image a bit more.

• The background was created using the large succulents die for a mask and adding some Shimmery White Embossing Paste to some Basic White Thick cardstock through the die mask. 
• The White Wash technique works best on Crumb Cake cardstock for some reason. I embossed the images on the Crumb Cake in White Embossing Powder and then covered them with a runny wash of water and Whisper White craft ink. 
• After that wash dries, I added a simple link or dot of colour from a Stampin' Write marker in an area of the image and blend it into the craft ink using a Blender Pen.
• The sentiment is from the Simply Succulents stamp set and is die cut using one of the Potted Succulents dies.

I hope you enjoyed my project with the Simply Succulents stamp set. Now please hop on over to Brenda Copper's blog, Stamping with the Copper Cropper, to see what's new with SU as she shows you the beautiful Hydrangea Hill Suite:

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU February Blog Hop to help you keep on track:

March 2021 New at SU! Hop: January-June Mini Catalog

 

De Kijkkast: Brushed Blooms

Chase & Main: Handsomely Suited

Sugar & Scraps: Ice Cream Corner

Tricia’s Stamping Creations: Springtime Joy

Lilypad Stamper: Art Gallery

Carterie Plus: In Bloom Bundle

Creative Juice by Loni: Shark Frenzy

Mamie & Papyrus: Kangaroo & Co.

24/7 Inkspiration: Dandy Garden Suite

Stampin’ Xime: Hydrangea Haven

Stampin’ Scrapper: Hydrangea Hill Suite

Stamping Flair: Ride the Range

Scraphexe:

Playing with Papercrafting: Simply Succulents

Stamping with the Copper Cropper: Hydrangea Hill

StampinMak: Snailed It

 

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my projects or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. If you live in Canada, you can use the links below to order products from me or join my Papercraft Cats team. 

Product List

Simply Succulents Cling Stamp Set [154480] $30.00	Simply Succulents Bundle [156264] $74.50	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.25
Palette Knives [142808] $6.75	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $12.25	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $40.00	Water Painters [151298] $16.25
Blender Pens [102845] $16.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Potted Succulents Dies [154330] $53.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Heads Up! First Wednesday Post!

                                          

Heads Up!

This is my first post today and it is just to give you a heads up that my normal post will be published a little later than usual today as I'm part of an international blog hop called New at SU! Stay tuned and come back at 1 pm today to enjoy a blog hop featuring the new 2020 Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue and all the festive products within as demos from different parts of the world explore them. I'm sure you'll enjoy it! I always get a lot of ideas from the other bloggers in this group, and the group keeps growing!

Heads Up! First Wednesday Post!

Heads Up!

This is my first post today and it is just to give you a heads up that my normal post will be published a little later than usual today as I'm part of an international blog hop called New at SU! Stay tuned and come back at 1 pm today to enjoy a blog hop featuring the new 2020 - 2022 In Colours from the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and demos from different parts of the world with their take on the products as they explore these beautiful colours! I'm sure you'll enjoy it! I always get a lot of ideas from the other bloggers in this group, and the group has grown a bit since last time!

What's New at SU! First Frost

Welcome to our NEW AT SU! Blog hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are Hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are showcasing retiring products from the 2019 - 2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the 2020 Jan/Jun Mini Catalogue.

The retiring products I'm choosing to showcase are the First Frost stamp set, on page 140 in the Annual Catalogue and its coordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies (now on page 193 of the Annual Catalogue). I remember when this set first came out in the Holiday Catalogue a couple of years ago. I was immediately drawn to it. I still love to create with it, when I get the chance and it's my go to set when I need foliage for any kind of floral arrangement. And those roses!! 

Here's a closer look at my card:

• I used Pretty Peacock as a base and added a piece of the retiring Garden Lane Designer Series Paper for a background. Then I added a backdrop of Silver Foil Sheet to play up the frosty look and to get that mirror image going, which adds to the fullness of my arrangement.
• My foliage consisted of vellum leaves and babies breath, just die cut, then stamped and die cut pieces in Mossy Meadow (stamped off) Pretty Peacock, and Sahara Sand. I used Glue dots to arrange all the pieces on the Silver Foil. Glue and other adhesives leave too much mess on foil sheets.
• I stamped and die cut a large and small rose in each of Rococo Rose and Flirty Flamingo. The bottom two, Flirty Flamingo roses, were added to the project using glue dots. The Rococo Rose ones were mounted with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• The sentiment is also from the First Frost stamp set and is stamped in Pretty Peacock and die cut using the  Stitched Nested Labels Dies. It's mounted using Glue Dots.

I hope you enjoyed my project with the First Frost stamp set and the Frosted Bouquet Dies. Now please hop on over to Margriet Siekman's blog to see what's new with SU in her world:

Or try moving back to Cynthia McQueen's blog for her creation:

Here's the list of bloggers in our New At SU April Blog Hop to help you keep on track:

May 2020 Blog Hop Roll Call:

Joyce Whitman- StampinScrapper

Jackie Lawless- Stamping Jack

Pat Ertman- Gifted Hands Ink

Loni Spendlove- Creative Juice by Loni

Anke Heim- Scraphexe

Cynthia McQueen- A Crowning Creation

Heather Cooper- Playing with Paper Crafting

Margriet Siekman- Margriet Siekman

Tricia Butts- Tricia’s Stamping Creations

Terry Montgomery- Terryfic Cards

Mary Ann Rossiter- StampinMak

Diane Browning- 247inkspiration

Brenda Copper- Stamping with the Copper Cropper

   

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my projects or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. If you live in Canada, you can use the links below to order products from me or join my Papercraft Cats team. 

Product List

*First Frost Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148913] $30.00	*Garden Lane Designer Series Paper [149488] $15.75  $11.81	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $6.75	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.50	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $12.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $10.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $10.25	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $10.25
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $10.25	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $8.25	*Noble Peacock Rhinestones [149494] $7.50 $6.00	*Frosted Bouquet Dies [151800] $45.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $48.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

*Retiring Products - available while supplies last until June 2, 2020