What a fun challenge we have for our Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop this month. To be fair, I think I say that every month but… this month, it’s more in-house with us playing along to our team’s favourite colours.

If you are new to this hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators sharing our love for papercrafting on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. So sit back and enjoy your trip around the world.

Each of our team had to nominate our favourite colour and this is what our beautiful leader, Angie Mckenzie has put together. Don’t all the colours look so beautiful together?

So our project had to include at least three of these colours. We could choose from Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam, Pale Papaya, Petal Pink, Rich Razzleberry, and Starry Sky.

Can you guess who picked which colour I picked?!? I’d have to guess too because I can’t remember! It would be a very close tie between Pool Party and Coastal Cabana and depending on my mood on the day it fluctuates. So I used them both on my project. In fact, I was able to incorporate quite a number while colouring this image.

I chose the In the Moment stamp set as today is International Women’s Day. This set has 3 images of women and is great for colouring in.

I started off by colouring the dress in Pale Papaya Stampin’ Blends with some added detail using the Early Espresso Watercolour Pencil. The hat and belt were coloured in Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends. The bench was coloured with some Natural Tone and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends with added details using Watercolour Pencils.

I die cut the image using the Stylish Shapes circle die then fussy cut around the girl. A second circle was die cut, on which I blended Pool Party ink with a Blending Brush. The image was then mounted on with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I wanted to create a little beachy atmosphere on my card so I added the clouds and palm leaves which were die cut from Soft Sea Foam Cardstock, Then I blended Bermuda Bay ink to add some gradation to it.

I used our new Irresistible Blooms stamp set to heat emboss the flower on Shimmery White Cardstock. Then I watercoloured it in Rich Razzleberry ink. I fussy cut the flower and layered it to create depth. This coordinated with my Rich Razzleberry wine glass coloured with Watercolour Pencils. I love being able to mix and match our various colouring mediums.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the world. I hope you have been inspired by what I have shared. The products I have used are available in my Online Store and are listed at the bottom of this post. If I can help you with anything, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.

Next on our hop is my friend Cazz Boylan. Please follow through to see her beautiful project.

• Jan Clothier – NZ
• Leonie Stuart – AU
• Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU (you are here)
• Cazz Boylan – AU
• Cheryll Miller – AU
• Melissa Gifford – AU
• Danielle Kassing – NL
• Aurélie Fabre – FR
• Mikaela Titheridge – UK
• Annette Ball – CA
• Wendy Lee – US
• Shel Anderson – CA
• Chris Smith – US
• Tricia Butts – US

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Product List

In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English) [157987]	Irresistible Blooms Cling Stamp Set (English) [161140]	Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set [154421]
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096]	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [147091]
Pale Papaya Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155519]	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]
Stampin’ Blends Medium Light Combo Pack [159463]	Stampin’ Blends Medium Light Combo Pack [159463]	Watercolor Pencils [141709]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Basics Embossing Powders [155554]	Heat Tool [129056]
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Palms Dies [157718]	Majestic Mountain Dies [151608]
Waves Dies [158840]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Water Painters [151298]
Into The Clouds Embossing Folder [159171]	Natural Finish 7/8" (2.2 Cm) Ribbon [159051]	Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Grosgrain Ribbon [160430]
Enamel Dot Essentials [160751]