Week 33 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Pear Pizzazz"

 

This week we are the looking at a gorgeous subtle green called Pear Pizzazz.

I have made 3 cards for you today. I needed to make sympathy cards on the weekend for my dear friend as her Uncle passed away very suddenly. I am sure like most of you sympathy cards are not always the easiest to make. As I needed them quickly as I was seeing my friend the next day and I had a migraine I did a little bit of "CASEing" Copy And Share Everything! So I have copied the designs and changed a few elements, stamp sets and colours of the cards to share them with you today

For the first card I have cased Amy Koender's card.

I have chosen to use the lovely vine leaves from the Very Versailles stamp set and the With Deepest Sympathy sentient from the Peaceful moments stamp set along with the Painted Label Dies. 

I stamped the vine leaves a couple of times on the left side before running it through the Cut and Emboss machine with the Subtle 3D embossing folder. I like the way when you have a mostly monochromatic card to add another layer to give just that added dimension which I have her and popped them up on dimensionals before adhering to Thick Whisper white card. After stamping the sentiment in Pear Pizzazz I cut it out with the painted labels die and added a faceted gem before popping up on dimensionals.

My friends Uncle was a lovely man, I knew him too. He was an amazing singer with a deep baritone voice, you would love to him talk as well. A few years back I was privileged to be asked to sing a solo at and Easter service where all our churches from around Melbourne gathered on the Good Friday afternoon, Lionel got up right after I sang to read scripture and said the most lovely thing about my singing which he did not need to do. He was a lovely man and will be deeply missed by many who knew him not just his family.

The next 2 cards were inspired and Cased from Pinky O'Hagan and I have used the same colour combination for both of them as I really loved how the Merry Merlot, Blushing Bride and Garden Green went so well with Pear Pizzazz.

I used the Sale-A-Bration Heal Your Heart sentiment stamp set in combination with the Forever Fern, and Daisy lane Stamp sets and the Forever Flourishing Dies and Medium Daisy Punch plus the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder for card number 2.

Again for this card I have gone with the thick Whisper White card base and used the 6x6 Subtle DSP pack to get my Pear Pizzazz layer.

For my Brick & Mortar layer I first stamped the sentiment in Pear Pizzazz then cut it out with a stitched shaped oval die then I wanted to have that little space where you could see the Pear Pizzazz DSP so I used the layering oval dies a bit larger and cut that oval out before running the layer of whisper white card through the Cut and Emboss machine with the Bick & Mortar 3D embossing folder. It is a great way to be thrifty with your supplies.

At the top and bottom of the bricks I used my Stampin' Write marker in Pear Pizzazz and splattered a bit of ink droplets across the card. Very effective don't you think?

For the spray of flower and leaves I have used a Blushing Bride daisy with a clear faceted gem in the middle and both Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green Leaves, and Merry Merlot buds.

For my third card today I have used the same colours but this time I have added the Woven Heirlooms stamp set to the Forever Fern stamp set.

This card is another lovely soft combination of colours on the Thick Whisper white card base and  Pear Pizzazz DSP layer. For my embossed layer this time I have gone with one of my favourites Scritpy 3D embossing folder.

For the sentiment layering I have used the Ornate Layer Dies. I have a little tip for you. This ornate layer die in Whisper White is actually longer than the card base when the card is in portrait so I cut the die almost to the length I wanted but didn't go all the way through die cutting machine. I then reversed it out of the machine lined the die up with the holes and put the end that wasn't cut through first into the Cut and Emboss machine. I now had it the length I wanted.

The Pear Pizzazz layer of DSP is also cut with the ornate layer dies and I have stamped the Thinking of you in Pear Pizzazz and just added another layer of white on whiter for dimension.

Woven Heirlooms has a beautiful sentiment for the inside of the card so I have used that as well for this card.

Although sympathy card are not the easiest of card to always make, Stampin' Up have the most beautiful array of sentiment stamp sets that you can pair with their gorgeous colours to make very meaningful cards at a not so easy time for your friends and family.

Please head on over to the blog of the host of our weekly Colour Creation Showcase, Cathy Proctor for some more inspiration and to find the list of the Art with Heart team members playing along with this weeks colour of Pear Pizzazz: Cathy's blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 32 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Pacific Point"

 

This week we are looking at one of our bright blues: Pacific Point.

I was having one of those weeks and couldn't quite get what I was working on to work so I went a completely different way and I have used the gorgeous stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure called "A Touch of Ink." I told you a couple of weeks ago that I thought this would be one of my favourite stamp sets because of the butterfly and today is no different.

With this gorgeous butterfly which I have stamped in Pacific Point and then in Night of Navy before Fussy Cutting, I have also used a layer of Smokey Slate which has been embossed with the Tasteful Textiles 3D embossing folder.

The beautiful DSP that  I have used is from the Jan- Jun Mini and is a strip of the Well Suited which has Pacific Point as one of its colours and a scalloped circle die cut of the Fine Art Floral. I have added the gold metallic edged ribbon along with the Elegant Faceted Gems.

 For the sentiment I have stamped it in Pacific point on Very Vanilla and used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and layered it with gold foil and popped up and dimensionals along with the butterfly.

Please head on over to Cathy's Blog, our host for our weekly Colour Creations Showcases to see who else is playing along with this weeks colour of Pacific Point: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions about purchasing the products from the Jan-Jun Mini and earning the A Touch of Ink stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today.

Take Care,

Week 31 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Old Olive"

 

Week 31 is all about Old Olive and when I thought about this colour I thought Simply Succulents from the new Jan-Jun Mini! I just had to have this bundle when I saw it in the new Mini Catalogue as my Daughter has created quite a garden of different succulents in our back yard. We love to look at succulents when we are out and about when we pass them and at different garden places. Today I have made 2 cards for you using 2 different colour methods.

I just couldn't resist this stamp set and bundle, there are so many dies and you get to cut and colour so many things and there are label dies as well. It is just fabulous!

For my first card I thought I would use the large die and cut out a panel of the succulents in Old Olive card stock

Under this gorgeous layer of die cut succulents is the equally beautiful Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. Oh I think I will be using so much of this gorgeous Designer series paper all of the designs are just wonderful.

For this card I used the Stampin' Blends to colour the pot and the different succulents. I love colouring with the blends they are so lovely to work with and I have used Old Olive light and Dark, Light Highland Heather and Cinnamon Cider Light and Dark.

Here is a little closer look and as you can see when I adhered them to the card front I popped the light ones on dimensionals. The darker succulents are coloured with both the light and dark old olive blends and then tipped with the Highland Heather. 

The little pearl succulents were cut out of old olive card stock, I love this die as I love this succulent in real life. The Thanks sentiment is stamped in Old Olive and then the 3 label dies are also in the set of dies in the Potted Succulent Dies. I always like a little bling and the gold foil is perfect for this.

My Second Card today I used the larger Succulent stamp.

This is such a fun stamp and I just love it and you can just sit and colour to your hearts content. I have always loved colouring and I won a second prize in a colour competition when I was 10 and got a book about birds and it was the first time I found out about Spoon Bill birds so every time we go to Healesville Sanctuary we have to visit them. We went last week and it was so good!

My daughter had to take a photo of me with the spoon bills in the background. 

So for this card I used the blender pen to colour the Succulents and I coloured 2 pots when I was making the first card with the Stampin' Blends.

For this card I used 6 colours after I had stamped the image. 

I used Old Olive on all of the succulents except the top left green one and that is a Pear Pizzazz succulent. The bottom one is first in Old Olive then Mossy Meadow over top. The middle 2 are Old Olive with Highland Heather tips. The top Succulent is Merry Merlot, Rich Razzleberry and then Old Olive.

I have layered the arrangement of succulents on a piece of Whisper White card stock that has been Embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder after cutting it out with one of the dies and then I have used the Ornate Layers Dies for the frame in Gold Foil and cut out the centre to frame the arrangement. The sentiment is stamped in in Old Olive and cut out with a label die from the Potted Succulents Dies. Everything is on a card base of Old Olive.

Now my cards decided they wanted a photo shoot with some of the succulents in my garden so at the end of this post I will have some succulent and card shots. I don't know how they managed to get me outside today it was soooooo hot but they insisted. If you want to skip the photo shoot  please head over to the blog of the our host of the weekly Colour Creation Showcase Cathy Proctor to see the fun and inspiring work not only from Cathy but from the whole Art with Heart team playing along this week with Old Olive: Cathy's Blog

If you go to the photo shoot make sure you come back and go to Cathy's blog.

If you have any questions about the cards today or would like to get your hands on the Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me. It is a fabulous Catalogue.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 30 - Colour Creations Showcase - " Night Of Navy"

 

Welcome back to the Colour Creations Showcase for 2021, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years holiday time.

This week we are looking at Night of Navy for our Colour Creations Showcase.

There are so many products at the moment that have this gorgeous blue so you have lots of choice. I have kept it to a couple of options for you today but I can't wait to see what the rest of the Art With Heart Team have come up with.

 Here is the list of products that you can choose from in Night of Navy:

Card stock (A4, Neutrals A4 assortment, Neutrals 12x12 assortment)

Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad and Stampin' Ink Refill

Stampin' Write Markers Neutrals collection and Many Marvellous Markers

Neutrals 6x6 DSP paper assortment

Night of Navy Stampin' Blend Combo pack

Blue Adhesive backed gems

Well Suited Twine combo pack

Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Boho Indigo Product Medley

Boho Indigo Product Medley Refill

Playing With Patterns Ribbon Combo pack

Playing With Patterns DSP

Watercolour Pencils Assortment 2

Simply Citrus Card Kit

Paper Blooms DSP

Fine Art Floral DSP

In Good Taste DSP

Well Suited DSP

Artistry Blooms DSP

Now on to my Card

I have brought a card to you today using a couple of the the products from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  The Paper Blooms DSP and A Touch of Ink Stamp set. 

Both of these products are free with a qualifying purchase from the Annual Catalogue or the new January - June Mini catalogue.

You will love the  Mini and Saleabration catalogues so if you want one in your hands asks me how to get one.

Now back to the card.

I decided I wanted to show off the gorgeous DSP so I have cut one of the beautiful papers and used as the background and layered that onto the Night of Navy Card base. I took all the colour choices from the Paper Blooms Designer series paper, Stampin' Up is great that way. They have done all the colour coordinating for you so you don't have to work out what colours go with which colours.  So then it was just a matter of getting those colours and going for it.  

As you can see from this photo there are a few layers but but I only used 2 different pieces of DSP. Firstly I have a small circle of Rococo Rose card stock that I have embossed in the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder and that was adhered first. Then the Night of Navy square which I used the layered square dies was adhered before I adhered the strip of darker Paper Blooms DSP.  Leafy looking DSP is the back of the Darker Night of Navy DSP and was just the look I was going for and I actually chose that piece for  that layer and it went down next. Before Adhering the Whisper white square that was cut out with the layering square dies I stamped the Hello Friend from the A Touch of Ink stamp set. Now all your layers are complete.

I fussy cut out the flower from the Night of Navy piece of Paper Blooms DSP so that my Butterfly that I first stamped in Seaside Spray and then in Night of Navy before fussy cutting would have somewhere to land. I popped him up on some dimensionals. To finish off my card you have to have a little bling so I coloured some basic pearls with my dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends. I do like blue butterflies as you might be able to tell so I think this little guy is going to get a lot of use.

If you will now please head over to the blog of my friend and the host of the our Colour Creations Showcase Cathy Proctor to see who else is creating along with Night of Navy this week: Cathy's Blog

Please do not hesitate to contact me for any information on making this card or for getting your hands on the new Jan-Jun Mini and the new Saleabration brochure

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,