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Blended Seasons 2 Artisan Blog Hop

in Artisan Design Team 2018, Cardmaking, Creativity on 08/02/18

Happy August!  It’s time for a special Artisan blog hop.  Today we are featuring our second hop with the  Colour Your Season Bundle that includes the Blended Seasons Stamp Set, it’s coordinating Stitched Seasons Framelits and the Watercoloring Pencils Assortment 2.

You may have just arrived here from my amazing and talented friend Kayla MacAulay from Australia. I love her designs!

The Colour Your Season features exclusive products available for a limited time only.  The Blended Seasons bundle is perfect for crafting in any season, in any part of the world!  On my last hop featuring this collection, I focused on Fall, my favourite season.  Today it’s a totally different season.  This collection is versatile.  The coordinating Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies adds just the right touch to every project. Boost your colour collection with the watercoloring pencil assortment.  The first assortment is available in the Annual Catalogue and Assortment 2 is available with this promotion, it includes some of Stampin’up!’s brand new colors! Check out for more  details HERE.

For today’s hop, I decided to showcase Summer Cards since we are in the Summer season in Canada!  I simply love the fresh colour combination of Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green and Flirty Flamingo.  If you haven’t purchase the new colours, I suggest you do.  They are so beautiful and compliment each other.  The framelits from the Colour Your Seasons promotion are perfect for a textured look in the background.  I used the framelits in two different ways today.

Two ideas on how to use the Colour Your Season Framelits:

  • For my card on the left, I used a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock and used the framelit to cut out the stitched shape.
  • For my card on the right, I used Framelit to removed a piece of cardstock from my card base.  I love how the stitching part contours the cut out.  One of my favourite features about this collection for sure.

How to colour the flowers:

  • Stamp your image with Staz On ink onto Water Colour paper or Shimmer White cardstock
  • Colour your image with the watercolour pencils  ( I used Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo and Crushed Curry)
  • Blend the colour with a blender pen or aquapainter

Colours Used: 

Flirty Flamingo
Granny Apple Green
Soft Sea Foam

Tips:  Cut out extra flowers and colour them.  Add them with dimensionals to existing images.  Make your flowers stand out.  I also added wink of Stella to have some sparkly flowers.

Stampin’up!  made the Color Your Season Bundle exclusive for demonstrators to preorder in July.  But now it’s available for customers for a limited time.   Get your bundle today since this bundle is only available in August and while supplies last!

Next on the hop is my sweet friend Lauren Alarid from the United States.  I love her creations.  Click on the Blog Badge below to get to her blog.

If you live in Canada, I would love to be your demonstrator!  Click on the supply list below to order these items.  Use Hostess August Code T6QWX7F4 to receive perks from my VIP club.   View all of the current promotions by clicking HERE. There are many exciting promotions for August. And if you are from another country, you can still take a glimpse of the products listed and shop with a demonstrator near you. Happy Stamping!

Hugs, Kim xo

149893
Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Bundle – 149893

Price: $105.00

149894
Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle – 149894

Price: $88.00

149896
Mariage De Saisons Clear-Mount Bundle (French) – 149896

Price: $88.00

149019
Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Stamp Set – 149019

Price: $67.00

149016
Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 149016

Price: $53.00

149056
Mariage De Saisons Clear-Mount Stamp Set (French) – 149056

Price: $53.00

149013
Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies – 149013

Price: $45.00

144212
Iridescent Sequin Assortment – 144212

Price: $6.75

149014
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 – 149014

Price: $17.00

141709
Watercolor Pencils – 141709

Price: $22.00

102845
Blender Pens – 102845

Price: $16.25

103954
Aqua Painters – 103954

Price: $23.00

129053
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) – 129053

Price: $41.00

103083
Embossing Buddy – 103083

Price: $8.25

109132
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder – 109132

Price: $6.75

147102
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147102

Price: $10.25

101406
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad – 101406

Price: $13.50

102283
Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $12.25

101910
Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101910

Price: $12.25

122959
Watercolor Paper – 122959

Price: $6.75

Supply List

2018 Artisan Design Team Blog Hop

Cathy Caines, Charlet Mallett, Connie Collins, Elizabeth Price, Emma Goddard, Jenni Pauli,  Jennifer Frost, Jessica Winter, Kayla MacAulay, Kim McGillis  (you are HERE), Lauren Alarid, Linda van Wely-Zwolle, Rhoda MacPherson, Sarah Lancaster, Susan Wong, Sylwia Schreck

 

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Comments

  1. Charlet says

    August 2, 2018 at 11:27 am

    Both are beautiful Kim! Love the added dimensions of popping those flowers. WTG!

    Reply
  2. Emma Goddard says

    August 2, 2018 at 11:45 am

    Both gorgeous cards, love the stamping on the background xo

    Reply
  3. Sylwia says

    August 2, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    Lovely “window” cards, Kim!
    I like these stitched accents!
    xo

    Reply
  4. Connie Collins says

    August 2, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    Kim, I just adore the tone-on-tone floral background and how you created both a negative and positive die cuts on your cards. Perfection!

    Reply
  5. Lauren says

    August 3, 2018 at 12:33 am

    That Sea Foam is so stunning and I love how you’ve popped up the flower for a little something extra! What a treasure these are!

    Reply
  6. Jennifer Pauli says

    August 3, 2018 at 11:50 am

    So georgeous! Absolutely fresh and making the colors shine!

    Reply
  7. Jennifer Frost says

    August 3, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Beautiful bright Summer blooms! I love the Soft Sea Foam backgrounds to balance those vibrant tones!

    Reply
  8. lindazwolle@hotmail.com says

    August 8, 2018 at 11:05 am

    Love these soft window cards! Both are so gorgeous in these colours! Love the background stamping as well!

    Reply
  9. Linda says

    August 8, 2018 at 11:07 am

    Love these beautiful, serene cards! Both are stunning in these soft colors! Love the background stamping on these cards!

    Reply

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