Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 29 - Gray Granite - 2024-2025

Welcome to Gray Granite week of the Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024-2025.

This week I have chosen to use a very small colour palette so that our colour in the spotlight shines!

One of my favourite flowers is the Magnolia and we have a very dark purple one in our neighbourhood that has a yellow rose flower just along side of it and I can't wait every spring to see my favourite rose flower right along side it. I was so excited when this stamp set was released as an online exclusive as it is so beautiful and I wanted it to shine today and only add hint of a splash of colour with the Petal Pink.

For the card base I have used Thick Basic White and a layer of Gray Granite. To complete the base of the card I have dry embossed a piece of Basic White with the Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder.

On top of the our foundation I have die cut in Gray Granite the large and small magnolia and a couple of extra leaves and adhered that to the card before stamping the large Magnolia and the Seed Pod Stamp in Gray Granite ink. I then die cut both of those images and got out my Petal Pink Stampin Blends and using both the Dark and the light coloured the seed pod and the centre of the magnolia. To finish of the card I stamped the sentiment in Gray Granite and die cut it with the Stylish Shapes dies and using a little of the Petal Pink Diagonal trim underneath. Using the Dark Peal Pink Stampin' Blends I coloured the Basic Rhinestone Jewels to add a little bling to finish off the card.

If you have any questions about my project today please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing Art with Heart Team member who is participating in our journey through Gray Granite and this week you will be heading to Rachel Woollard, I can't wait to see her wonderful creation. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime your next blog button doesn't work please head to our lovely host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all the Art With Heart team participating today in our Gray Granite challenge: Cathy Proctor

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,

 

Heart of Christmas - Week 15 - 2024

 

Hello and welcome to The Heart of Christmas week 15 for 2024. This week I have channeled my friend Tina again with another Sheet Load of Cards design and my friend Christine who loves to use lots of Designer Series paper in her designs. So you guessed it no fancy fold this week.

My Colours again this week are Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon. I chose my DSP first then I still went to my go to colour for this year. When I went to go for the Pretty Peacock I am nearly out. I have 2 sheets left after the cards I made today so I couldn't make 8 like I would have been able to with the design I have so I will need to get some more. The GOOD NEWS is that there is a seasonal sale on this week for the Annual Catalogue so I will be able to replenish my stock. The add for the sale is at the end of this blog. 

For the card base I have used my scarce supply (LOL) of Pretty Peacock Card and added a layer of on top dry embossed with the Birch Wood 3D embossing folder.

The next layer is a layer of Lost Lagoon and a layer of Winter Meadow DSP.

Continuing to follow the  Sheet Loads of Card design from January 2021 and channeling my friend Christine with her love of using our gorgeous Designer series paper this layer is Lost Lagoon and the Nest of Winter DSP.

For the focal point of the card I have layered a piece of I have stamped the Christmas tree from the Peaceful Evergreens in Pretty Peacock and then using the Peaceful Evergreens Dies cut out the star and the over lay from the Gold Mercury Vellum.

For the sentiment I have stamped the Merry from the Peaceful Season Stamp set in Cherry Cobbler and cut out the Christmas in Pretty Peacock and backed it with Lost Lagoon with the Peaceful Season Dies. To finish off I used the Neutrals Adhesive Back Sequins.

This was a fun Sheet Loads of Cards design to do and it is a great way to make lots of cards if you still have lots of Christmas cards to make. This design will make 8.
 

If you have any questions please let me know.

Now is the time to head to the wonderful team member who is next on our Heart of Christmas Journey and this week you will be going to the amazing Kate Morgan, I am loving all of her creations this year and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and go straight there.

If at any time one of the next blog button doesn't work please come back here and continue your Heart of the Christmas blog hop from the list below of those participating this week.

Kate Morgan:
Rachel Woollard:
Catherine Proctor:
Andrea Sargent:
Kathryn Mangelsdorf:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

Don't forget the Seasonal Sale this week 13-15th of November on Product in the Annual Catalogue. Stock up now I will be!

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 28 - 2024 -2025 - Granny Apple Green

 

Welcome to Granny Apple Green Week for 2024-25

This week I decided that a little bit of colouring with my Stampin' Blends was what was needed today as it was a hot day here in Melbourne and yesterday my family and I went for a lovely walk to 7 Acre Rock! The view were magnificent! I will add a photo at the end of my post. You will want to come to Victoria just to drive there for the view!

For my card today I decided that I wanted to use the Embraced with Love stamp set it is probably one you might have missed right near the end of the Sept- Dec Mini on page 60. I chose this stamp set as my husband loves Red Pandas! Well they are rather cute!

For the card base I have created a Double Z-fold card and I have used Thick Basic White for the main case and then layered the 2nd "z" over that with Granny Apple Green Card. For the background of the focal point of the card I have used the Blending Brushes and added some Granny Apple Green ink to the centre of each section before using the Dotted Circles 3D embossing folder to add a little dimension to the Basic White Card.

For the images on the card I got out the Stampin' Blends. I do like to colour. The Stampin' Blends I have used on this card are Light and Dark Granny Apple Green and Light and Dark Poppy Parade and I used that on the greenery arch that I have stamped from the Wintery Tree Tops because you know that Red Pandas live in the tree tops!

As you can see for the leaves I have made them like a variegated leaf. For the Red Pandas I have used Light and Dark Cajun Craze, Light Pumpkin Pie, Ivory, and the Light of the Deep Combo Blends. I Blended the light Pumpkin Pie and Light Cajun Craze together together to get the lighter colour of the Red Panda and to get the brown that is the lower part of the body and legs I blended together the Light Deep Combo Blend, the Pumpkin Pie and Light Cajun Craze. The darker band on the tail was simply the Dark Cajun Craze. The Light colour around the ears and face was Ivory!

On the back section I have  added a sentiment which I have cut out with the Stylish Shapes dies like I did with the Red Pandas. I adhered the foliage and the sentiment like I did the Red Pandas and the foliage on the front with dimensionals because of the dots from the embossing folder which make it a little bit hard to adhere to if you don't use the dimensionals.

The middle part of the fold is a space for you to write and in my case to my Hubby!

If you would like any info about this project today please let me know
 

Now is the time to head to the next amazing person on our journey through Granny Apple Green and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Christine Blain, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there:

If at any time the next blog buttons don't go where you were expecting, come back here and head to our amazing host Cathy Proctor, she does the most wonderful job each week hosting our hops and she will have a list of all those participating this week for Granny Apple Green: Cathy Proctor

Here are the photos I promised from our outing to 7 Acre Rock Lookout!

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,

Heart of Christmas - Week 14 - 2024 - Shepherd's Care Candles

 

Welcome to the last month of the Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024. We have 4 more including tonight with the last one of this year being on November the 25th, I hope you will stick with us right to the end.

Today I thought I would do something a little different and something I haven't done for a while and that is decorate a couple of candles.

For my project today I have continued with my favourite colour scheme for this year of Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Ivory.

To start with I gathered all my goodies which included white tissue paper, a candle and the Stampin' Up! heat tool. I still have one of the older versions and if you have the newer versions with the 2 settings of cooler and then a little hotter on the heat tool that would be perfect for this type of project.

As you can see from all the goodies I gathered I thought that perhaps I would stamp the Shepherd in Memento black so that it didn't look too muted when it was applied to the candle. When I stamped the image on to the tissue paper I thought it was a bit over the TOP and in your face too strong so I reverted back to Basic Grey! I was a lot happier with that.

I stamped the star in Crushed Curry and then a few more stars using the dot stamp in crushed curry. For the back of the candle I took another piece of tissue paper and stamped the Town Of David and the sentiment in Early Espresso.

Before adhering the image to the candle I coloured the shepherd and the sheep on the back with the Stampin' Blends. Going over a couple of times once they were dry to give a good depth of colour. I also cut close to the image as you don't need a lot of tissue paper around the edge of the image.

Now I still have in my drawer of all papers some wax paper so I was able to hold a piece of wax paper over the image that I was trying to adhere but you can use baking paper to hold the imaged tight and smoothly to the candle. Then using the Stampin' Up! Heat tool you slowly and gently heat the wax of the candle to bleed through the tissue paper and adhere the image to the candle. I have done 2 candles for you so you can see both the front and the back at the same time.

Well that was fun I do hope you give candle decorating a try!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member participating this week in our Heart of Christmas blog hop and this week you will be heading to Andrea Sargent. She does the most wonderful things with water colouring so I can't wait to see what she has for us today. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't go where you were expecting please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas Blog Hop from the list below of those participating today.

Andrea Sargent:
Christine Blain:
Catherine Proctor:
Kate Morgan:
Sharon Davern: <=You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas Crafty time with me today, take care,

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 27 - 2024-2025 - Gorgeous Grape

 

Welcome to Gorgeous Grape week of Colour Creations Blog Hop of 2024-25

Purples and Burgundies seem to be a favourite colour in my house. Gorgeous Grape is probably my son's favourite. Saying that however I didn't make a male card, HEHE! I finally got out the Layers of Beauty Bundle. You are probably saying FINALLY! I am saying yes I am late to the party! I have had this gorgeous bundle sitting there waiting for me to play with it so I did today!

As you can see I didn't create a fancy fold for you but I did follow a similar layout to a card that I had created a couple of years ago for Christmas. Well actually back in 2019 I think I lost a couple of years there as we all have. If you want to check out that card you can find it here: 

So how did I create this card? Well I am glad you asked! Let's look at the card base to start with.

For the first part of the card I took Thick Basic White for the base and then embossed a piece of Basic White with the Birch Wood Embossing folder.

Layering on the base of the card there is a strip of Perennial Lavender DSP and Country Woods DSP.

Layered on top of this I have a piece of Gorgeous Grape and a piece of Perennial Lavender DSP which is full of Gorgeous Grape!

Over the top of the background that I had created I used the Spotlight on Nature dies to cut out some circles 2 in the Perennial Lavender DSP and one in Basic White.

Now comes the Layers of Beauty and the colours from the Perennial Lavender DSP was my guide. 

For the flower I took the Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush and started with the Gorgeous Grape

I then went through the 5 layers continuing on with Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock.

Once I had finished all the layers I then took out the Layers of Beauty stamp and with Memento Black ink stamped over the the top.

From here I used the Layer of Beauty Dies to cut out the who image and then the smaller die to cut out the one rose before doing a little bit of fussy cutting to cut the rest of the image up to put it on the card.

To finish off the card I have stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape and fussy cut it up and popped it up on dimensionals and of course you have to have bling so I have coloured some Rhinestone Basic Jewels with the Dark Highland Heather Stampin' Blend as there we don't have a Gorgeous Grape Blend.

If you have any questions about my card today please do not hesitate to contact me.  

Now is the time to head to the next amazing Art with Heart team member participating this week in our Gorgeous Grape colour challenge and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan, click the next blog button and you will go directly there.

If by any chance one of the next blog buttons does not go to the Blog that you expected please head to our wonderful host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating in this week's journey through Gorgeous Grape: Cathy's Blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,

Heart of Christmas - Week 13 - 2024

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas for the last week of October 2024. Can you believe just 4 blog hops for this year, make sure you don't miss them! Today I am revisiting a fold that I did for week 13 believe it or not of Heart of Christmas in 2021. I had this idea in my head so I had to go back and find where I had previously done a similar card. If you want to check out that card you can find it here: Christmas Angels of Peace 2021

I called the card back then a hinge card, or a flap fold card and I think I will stick with that definition of a hinge card.

I have gone back to my favourite stamp set out of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini the Shepherd's Care for my card today. To start this card you need create a base like any normal card base and cut an inch or 2.5 cm off the front edge.

From there it is all decoration. That strip you cut off is the hinge. So score 1 inch or 2.5 cm on 1 end and the other end you can trim down to size when you put what ever size greeting or focal point on of your choosing.

On the inside of the card I have a space for you to write and a strip of Season of Elegance Specialty DSP which is where you will adhere your hinge under before adhering this strip of DSP.

On the Front I have another contrasting piece of the Season of Elegance SDSP.

To decorate the Hinge Card now that you have put the basics together I have added a little bit more Season of Elegance to the hinge before adding the sentiment.

For the Sentiment I have cut a circle from the Country Woods DSP with the 2 3/8" circle punch then stamped the Prince of Peace stamp in Lost lagoon and punched it out with the 2" circle punch. Stamped again in Pretty Peacock and fussy cut only the Prince of Peace and popped that up on dimensionals. I stamped the other sentiment in Pretty Peacock and added to the reverse side of the sentiment on the back of the hinge.

While I was there I stamped the Town of David in Crumb Cake and Peace on Earth in Pretty Peacock.

I love how the hinge works.

Under the hinge focal point on the front you can find our Shepherd with his sheep. I have stamp him in Basic Grey and coloured them with the Stampin' Blends. Ivory for the sheep, Light and Dark Crumb Cake and Lost Lagoon and Dark Pretty Peacock for the shepherd. The Star is heat embossed in gold and fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals.

Quite a fun and easy card to do and you can put anything you like on the hinge, I do hope you will give it a go!

If you have any questions about today's card please let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person on our Christmas inspiration journey and this week you will be heading to the amazing Kate Morgan. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time you have a next blog link that is broken you can continue you blog hop from the list below of those participating in this week's Heart of Christmas inspiration:
Kate Morgan:
Claire Daly:
Christine Blain:
Rachel Woollard:
Catherine Proctor:
Judy May:
Andrea Sargent:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas Crafty time with me today, take care,