Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 13 - Cherry Cobbler

 

Welcome to week 13 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop, this week we are going to be using Cherry Cobbler as our colour in the spotlight! I have for you a couple of projects. I have a couple of very quick scrapbook pages and a card today.

I recently did some decorating for a wedding and helped with some of the activities for the guest. One of the activities that was requested was that everyone take a polaroid of themselves and add it to a scrapbook and write a message to the bride and groom. The book was supplied and I have been given a couple of photos from the photographer to scrap to add to it. So I have taken a couple of those for today that don't have the happy couple in them as I don't have their permission to put their faces on my blog and I have a card to go with the colour scheme as well.

For the card today I have used a Gray Granite card base and I have used our gorgeous Cottage Rose stamp set and stamped the leaves in Gray Granite on the base. I have used the 2 largest stitched rectangle dies for the layers one in Cherry Cobbler and then the focal point layer in Basic White.

On the Basic White layer I have stamped the large Cottage Rose stamp in Gray Granite but I think I would stamp it a bit darker  next time as the Cherry Cobbler Blends are quite dark against the gray granite ink. After I coloured the rose with Light and Dark Cherry cobbler and Light Sweet Sorbet, Dark So Saffron and Light and Dark old Olive I put the panel through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.

For the sentiment overlaying stamped in memento black ink, I used the Blessings of home stamp set and then I punched it out with the Lasting Label Punch. I have popped it up on some dimensionals with some white crickle seam binding underneath and I have added some bling with the basic pearls that I have coloured with the dark cherry cobbler stampin' blend.

For the first scrapbook page I have a photo of the  welcome sign for the guests to the wedding. As you can see the photo album is black I have backed the photo in a layer of retired DSP to correspond with welcome sign and then with a layer of Basic Grey then the photo is layered on top of the gorgeous Silver and Gold DSP from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. I have then stamped the flowers from the Cottage rose and the leaf and coloured them again with the stampin' blends like I did for the card and added a little silver metallic edge cotton ribbon.

I couldn't go past scrapping the bouquet so I stamped and cut out some more of the gorgeous Cottage Rose and coloured them again with the Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends, I have used all the dies on this page from the Cottage Flower dies. I used them to cut out all the coloured flowers and I have cut out the other flower dies in cherry cobbler card and the leaves in old olive to add some more dimension.

Here is a closer look at the layering of flowers and a little bit of the silver metallic edge ribbon. I have again layered with the gold and silver DSP from the Sale-A-Bration brochure and the photo of the bouquet has a layer of gray granite, cherry cobbler and black before adding it to the page.

If you have any questions about my projects today or would love to get your hands on these products just hit the contact button and I will be happy to help you.

Now is the time to head to the next very creative person on our journey of Cherry Cobbler and this week you will be heading to Cathy Proctor, I love her creations each week they are always so elegant and so inspiring I can't wait to see what she has for us this week so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime you have a broken next blog button link just head back here and you can head to our weekly host Catherine Proctor. She host out blog each week, thank you so much Cathy and you will be able to continue you blog hop there as she will have the list of everyone participating this week: Cathy's Blog

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 4 - 2022

 

Welcome to week 4 of the Heart of Christmas, this week I am going to bring you a fancy fold today because you know I can't help it. I have for you a double step fold card for you and it will fold up to go into our C6 envelopes. 

I have used the fun, Trees for Sale and the Fun Tree Lot Dies again for my card this week. They are just so much fun to use and I thought with this double step fun fold card the would work quite well.

I have made the card the same length as our normal cards in Mossy Meadow and then folded up the step for the bottom dimension and then after adding some of the gorgeous Boughs of Holly DSP I added the second step over the top to the side. The added some more of the gorgeous DSP to add all the tree depth that we would  need for this card.

For the  decoration on the card I have cut out the trees in Evening Evergreen and put Shaded spruce over the top of the base and this week I put in the tree trunks as I worked out which die that was (LOL!) I added some dimensionals to the ones on the steps. The string of lights I have stamped in Early Espresso and then coloured in with Dark Daffodil delight stampin Blends. I have strung that across the poles from front to back to give it a but more dimension. And of course we can't forget out wonderful caravan which this week I have used my favourite Blackberry bliss as the highlight colour.

As you can see just fold up carefully the bottom towards the top and your card fits perfectly into the envelope.  Hey don't forget to add some bling to your trees and for writing your Christmas message add a piece of Basic White to the back of the card and you are good to go.

If you have any questions about this project or you would like to get your hands on the Jun-Dec Mini to get theses lovely products to make your own Christmas cards, tags and decorating ideas in time for Christmas don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next very creative person on this weeks journey of the Heart of Christmas blog hop and this week you will be heading to Tina Gillespie. I love how she has shows us how to make multiple great designed cards so that we have lots of cards ready to go for Christmas.

Here is the list of the very creative team participating today:

Tina Gillespie:
Catherine Proctor:
Kate Morgan:
Amie McIlroy:
Rosa Leyden:
Andrea Sargent:
Rachel Woollard:
Christine Blain:
Kathryn Ruddick:
Caroline Manwaring:
Vicki Boucher:
Sharon Davern: <=You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 12 - Calypso Coral

 

Welcome to week 12 of the colour creations blog hop. This week we are looking at Calypso Coral, a colour I think my Dad would say is one of his favourite colours! I know, I don't understand it but maybe it reminds him of fishing! Stay with me it reminds him of the gorgeous inside of a salmon maybe! Ok Now that you have had a good laugh, I still say it is his favourite colour I just don't know why!

Yes, well I think I will continue my theme of Pretty Prints cards and use that gorgeous DSP as there are 4 sheets of Calypso Coral in this pack and I have already used up all of the Blackberry Bliss so I had better used the other colours so I can buy some more to get more blackberry bliss.

So today I have for you a fancy fold. Oh yes that is correct back to a fancy fold!

I have a normal card base size fold in half and then fold the front back on itself to create a "z"

On the card base of Calypso Coral I have layered the Pretty Prints DSP then added the Basic White inside after stamping the sentiment. Then I used my take a pick tool to make a small through the layers in the back of the card for the gray granite shimmer ribbon to go through.

On the front of the card you I have attached the focal panel with dimensionals over the ribbon.

Make sure sure you have enough ribbon so when you open the card it doesn't run away through the card and you can't find the ribbon.

The front focal panel is a layer of of Calypso Coral Card and a layer of Sun Prints DSP that is Gray Granite and so pretty.

For the decoration I have used the stamps and dies from the Nature's Prints Bundle.

I used the to wreath die and cut that out in Basic White and it looks oh so gorgeous and then I stamped the flower 3 times and cut it out with the dies and coloured them with the Stampin' Blends in Calypso Coral. I stamped the large leaf in Old Olive and cut it out with the dies. I then cut them up so that I could make my little flower arrangement.

I have added a sentiment on the front as well as on the inside that I think go so well together. I have cut it out using the Stylish Shapes dies and then a little banner in Calypso Coral using the same dies behind it and popped up on dimensionals. Hey don't forget to add some bling to the centre of the flowers.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Calypso Coral journey and today you will head to the talented Rosa Leyden, I can't wait to see what she has come up with for our colour challenge this week.

If you have an issue with a broken link please head to our host Cathy Proctor she has the list of those participating each week. Thanks for all the work each week Cathy: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions on how to construct this fancy fold or would like to get your hands on these wonderful DSP's and the Nature's Prints Bundle please contact me.

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 3 - Peace to you at Christmas

 Week three of the Heart of Christmas and I loved the stamp set I used last week so much for the tags that I decided I would use the other image to create my card this week. I am going to use heat embossing with my favourite colour. Yes that is right Blackberry Bliss. Bring it on people!

So I have made a quick card for you today as I have been away for a few days and wanted to put something together quickly but that has a bit of impact for you.

I have used the large church scene from the stamp set and white heat embossed the image onto the gorgeous Pretty Prints DSP. 

I then layered my embossed church scene onto the brushed metallic card on a base of Blackberry Bliss. The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on blackberry bliss and then I have cut it out with the Stylish Shapes Dies and popped it up on a couple of dimensions. You could do this with any of the gorgeous DSP, stamp on them or heat emboss on them not only with these lovely Christmas images. Try it sometime!

If you would like anymore information about this card or would like to get your hands on this gorgeous paper please get in contact with me.

Now is the time to head to the next participant in this weeks Heart of Christmas and this week you will be heading to the very creative Kate Morgan. I love seeing what she has for us each week and I can't wait to see what she has come up with this week so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

I have the privilege each week to host our Heart of Christmas blog hop so if at any time the next blog buttons don't work just head back here and you can continue your week 3 Heart of Christmas with the list of participants below. 

Kate Morgan

Tina Gillespie

Amie McIlroy

Andrea Sargent

Theresa Gerrard

Claire Daly

KathrynRuddick

Catherine Proctor

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rosa Leyden

Sharon Davern <= You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 11 - Cajun Craze

 Welcome to week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop, this week we are looking at the colour Cajun Craze. Each time we look at this colour it is not the favourite of the colours but everyone comes up with such fantastic projects so I am really looking forward to this week to see all the inspiration around this colour which is a real challenge at times!

So for my project tonight I thought I would play around with a technique called faux copper patina for the background.

To start I stamped the leaf from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set in Cajun craze on Cajun craze card.

Then I used an old toothbrush to brush over some versamark ink refill then added some white and then clear emboss powder!

After heat embossing I used soft suede ink on my finger and smudged over the places that had no embossing or stamped imaged and then all over the edge of the card.

After finishing the background I layered it on a card base of Cajun Craze and a layer of copper foil. The Splendid Stem dies are perfect for this card so that you can still see the background. I have used, old olive, cajun craze, merry merlot, so safron and soft sea foam for the foliage. The basket is also from the Splendid Stem dies and I have cut that out in crumb cake and embossed it in the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and a little bakers twine bow to finish off. The sentiment is stamped in Cajun Craze on soft sea foam.

If you have any questions about today's project or would like to get your hands on some of the product and have a play yourself do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Cajun Craze and today you will be heading to Cathy Proctor I can't wait to see her creation. Cathy has such elegant and beautiful projects each week I love seeing what she creates! Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time there is a problem with the next blog button links just head back her and clink on over to our weekly host Cathy Proctor she will have a list of everyone participating and you can continue you journey in Cajun Craze there: Cathy's Blog. Thanks so much Cathy for all your work week after week!

Thanks for spending some crafty time with me today take care,

Heart of Christmas - Week 2 - Peace To You Tag

 Welcome to Week 2 of The Heart of Christmas. This week I am making some tags for my group from church. We meet once a month to go out on a Thursday night and this week we are having our Christmas in July dinner so this is going to be perfect little gift for them all, I like to give them a gift when we have Christmas in July.

So for my tag today I thought I would take a leaf out of Amie's play book from last week and use the Celebrations Tag Dies. I have paired it with the Peace to you stamp set as I thought that would be perfect for my church ladies and a little colouring with stamping blends and your tag is ready to go.

I stamped the Joseph, Mary and Jesus in Night of Navy on Basic White and as I need multiples I used my stamparatus to do this and in case there were any areas that didn't quite get a good covering of ink I could go back over to make sure it was well covered. I then coloured them with the Stampin' Blends in the New InColor Sweet Sorbet light and dark, Crumb Cake, Light and Dark, SU500 and Dark Pool Party.

The card base for the tag is Balmy Blue and I have stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso and cut it out with the Stylish Shapes dies. I coloured the textural elements with Sweet Sorbet  stampin blends before adhering with mini glue dots.

You can either adhere the sides of your tag shut and use an extra long piece of ribbon that you can then use as a slider and pull out a little message or a gift card. I tried my credit card in there and it fits perfectly so a gift card will work well. I have put in some Christmas Bible verses and attached them to some of the gorgeous Silver and Gold Sale-A-Bration DSP. OR....

You could not adhere the sides and just undo the ribbon at the top. I have used the sheer Pool Party ribbon and some Basic White bakers Twine on both examples. Which way do you prefer? I have a favourite! Oh don't forget to put some bling in the star. I put the gold pearl from the festive pearls!

Well I am sure the ladies that come out to dinner on Thursday night will love these and Stampin' Up make the so easy to make. Now I had better get on to making the rest of them. Only a small group this week with all the flu, colds and covid still going around there only be 12 of us so I don't need to make 30 this week. 

Now is the time to continue your Heart of Christmas Journey and this week you will be heading to the talented Rosa Leyden, she comes up with great layouts each week and I loved her use of the gorgeous DSP last week with the candy canes can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the the next blog button to go straight there.

If at anytime you have trouble with a link just head back here and I am privileged to host each week and you can continue your Heart of Christmas blog hop from the list below. 

TinaGillespie:  
Andrea Sargent: 
Michele Taylor: 
Catherine Proctor: 
AmieMcIlroy: 
Theresa Gerrard: 
Kate Morgan:  
Rachel Woollard: 
Christine Blain:  
Caroline Manwaring:  
Sharon Davern: <=You are here
Rosa Leyden:  

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 10 - Blushing Bride

 

We are at week 10 already on this years colour creation blog hop can you believe it! That is crazy! Where is the year going? This week we are looking at the colour Blushing Bride, a kind of dusty pink!

I have 2 cards for you this week. One I made a little while ago and then one a little bit more recent that my daughter asked me to make for a person at her work that was leaving.

Both cards I decided to use a sketch for the layouts. Over on Dawn Stampin' Thoughts she has 200+ card sketches. 

I use the sketch as a guide and then as they are in inches and convert them to cm's and sometimes I add extra layers!

For my first card I have used the sketch and added some layers. I have used the Blessings of Home stamp set. This is a lovely stamp set and I have gold embossed the sentiment and the flower.

The Designer Series Paper that I have layered on Mossy Meadow Card behind my flower is from the Awash in Beauty paper pack, it is such a gorgeous paper pack! I used the Blender Pen to add a little of the Blushing Bride ink to the flower as well as some a little Daffodil delight and a little old olive for the leaves. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies for the larger sentiment.

For the second card I used this sketch as my starting point. I was asked to do a pink card by my daughter for a lady who had been on placement at her work and she wanted to give her a card when she left. I still had all my product easy at hand so I used the same colours and DSP for this card and added a couple of things.

For this card however I changed up the stamp sets. I used the sentiment from the cup of tea stamp set which I think is a great one for just this kind of occasion. I have paired it with the Colour and Contour stamp set which coordinates with the Scalloped Contours dies.

For this card I have used a card base of of Thick Basic White then a layer of Mossy Meadow and a layer of Blushing Bride. The Blushing Bride Layer has been embossed with with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. A Layer of DSP from the Awash in Beauty and that is wrapped in the gorgeous new Rose Gold and White Striped ribbon.

The flower is stamped in Mossy Meadow and then in Blushing Bride and cut out with the Scalloped contour dies and the sentiment with the Stylish Shapes Dies!

Hope you get some inspiration about using sketches as a starting point and think about using them to help kick of some of your creativity!

If you have any questions about these projects or would like some of these products to get you started please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Blushing Bride and this week we will be heading to Christine Blain I can't wait to see what she has for us, she is the master of using Designer Series Paper and Male cards not sure it will be a male card with this gorgeous pink. She is always so creative so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog buttons stop working just come back to my blog and you can head to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of the people playing along so you can continue your journey into Blushing Bride from there: Cathy's Blog.

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