Week 37 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Poppy Parade

Welcome to colour creations blog hop for the last week of February 2022. I can not believe it is the end of February already.

Well this week the team is look at the bright colour of Poppy Parade!

 I have decided to try a new technique this week as I needed to try it for a swap that I am in and I thought well why not try it for our colour creations blog hop and see if I like it then I can do it for my swap. Well I liked it so it will be happening for my swaps!

So I have used the gorgeous Blessings of Home Bundle for my card and used the Bleach out image technique. So how did I make my focal point image.

I stamped the large image in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake card stock and then sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat set that! Then I took an old water painter and a little bit bleach and started to paint the image with the bleach. As you can see as it starts to dry the paper becomes more yellow and you can see if you missed any spots.

Once the bleach is completely dry then you can start to colour with your Stampin' Blends

Once I had coloured with my Stampin' Blends of light and dark Poppy Parade, Dark Soft Succulent and light Evening Evergreen, Dark Crumb Cake and Dark Soft Suede, I then cut the image out with the dies form the Flowers of Home Dies. I did start to fussy cut it out then remembered I have the dies for this stamp set and stopped just in time! Phew! as you can see in the top corner I have coloured a little of poppy parade so you can see what it looks like when the card was not bleached. I think the bleaching makes the Poppy Parade really Pop!

To back the focal flower I have used the Splatters 3D embossing folder and I have used the leaf and branches dies from the Flowers and Home Dies and have cut them out in  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Soft Succulent and Vellum Card stock. 

As you can see I have again used the gold shimmer ribbon and frayed a little under the flower and layered a little under the  birthday sentiment which I have stamped in Early Espresso and then clear embossed it before cutting it out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.

I hope you liked this look at Poppy Parade and this fun technique. It really pops off the page in real life and is fun to do. I hope you give it a try.

Now is the time where you head to the next person on the journey of Poppy Parade and this week it is the lovely Cathy Proctor. I can't wait to see what she has for us as she is always so creative and thinks so out of the box that I just love to see what she has thought of this week and it is always so elegant! So just hit on the next blog button and go straight there now!

Also head to Cathy's blog if at anytime you have a broken link and she will have the list of who is participating in tonight's blog hop and you will be able to continue from there: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions about my project tonight please do not hesitate to contact me

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

Week 35 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Petal Pink

Welcome to another wonderful week of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week the team are looking at the dusty pink of Petal Pink!

I have made a Slim Line Card for you this week. I know I am late to the party as I have not made one before but I thought I would give it a go as I have just received the gorgeous dies from the Jan-June Mini Catalogue. I thought the die would make a beautiful backdrop for my Petal Pink flowers.

So I have chosen the gorgeous Friendly Hello Stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure for my card as who does not like flowers and who does not like this cute little bird?!

I cut out the Slim Line Die, well one of them and I really liked this one and thought it was perfect for my flowers in Soft Sea Foam card stock and adhered it to a Thick Basic White card Base. I did that with a little bit of liquid glue by adding it to the back and letting it almost go dry so that it was tacky and then when I put it on the card base the glue didn't seep out all over the card.

I then stamped all the lovely flowers, leaves, the bird and the sentiment in Smoky Slate. The sentiment I punched out with the scalloped oval from the double oval punch pack from the Annual catalogue and set it aside to work on my flowers and bird.

For the bird I have used the new Natural Tones Stampin' Blends and you can get them now. They come as a set of 10 and in Light, Medium Light, Medium, Medium Deep and Deep combo pairs. I actually used 7 of these for the Bird and branch. and the lightest two on the belly of the bird go so well with Petal Pink.

The flowers I have used light and dark Petal Pink and Dark So Saffron and the leaves I have used Light and Dark Mint Macaron then I fussy cut them all out and adhered them to the front of the card. Of course I am in love with pulling a few threads from the Gold Shimmer Ribbon and have popped that under the sentiment. All these years in sewing I have tried to not have fraying and here I am fraying this gorgeous ribbon! LOL! 😂

Well I think I will like working with the Natural tone blends and the Slim line dies and I love how the Natural tones worked so well with the Petal Pink so lots of colouring in my future I see.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey through Petal Pink. Just hit the next blog button and you will got straight there: This week we will be going to Michele Taylor and I just love how creative she gets with her designs can't wait to see what she has for us this week.

If for any reason the next blog buttons have some technical issue please head to our host the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all the participants in this weeks blog hop and you can continue your Petal Pink Journey from there: Cathy's Blog

If you would like to contact me for any details please don't hesitate to hit the contact button.

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