Welcome to my blog. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope that you will find some inspiration for your projects as I have from many lovely people. This is just a little space for me to share some of my cards, scrap book pages and maybe even some of my embroidery and quilting projects.
Welcome to week 13 of the 2023-24 colour creations blog hop. This week we are look at my favourite colour Blackberry Bliss!
Now the team have told me that they expect big things from me so no pressure there at all!
So I thought I would try a slide and lock card as I have never tried one of those before! It is a gatefold card with a different locking mechanism. I quite like this one!
So let's look at the base of the card. and the slide and lock mechanism before we look at the decoration.
I cut the A4 piece of Blackberry Bliss card to 20.5 cm by 14.9 and then scored and burnished in from each side 5 cm to make the gate fold
The slide and locking mechanism I cut 4 pieces of Blackberry Bliss card exactly the same at 9 x 9 cm. I then folded 2 in half and used the Tear 'N' Tape to adhere them to the other two pieced of card to create the mechanism.
Once you have folded the 2 pieces and put the tear 'n' tape or strong adhesive adhere the 4 pieces together.
This is one side on and then you put the other on creating 2 grooves in your card that you slide onto the front of your gate fold.
So what did I do to decorate my card. Well here is my colour combination for you.
Well you are saying I am sure that is a crazy amount of colours to go with Blackberry bliss. I would agree but I have channelled my good friend Andrea Sargent and brought out the Fluid 100 Warercolor Paper and gone to town! Here is my card then I will walk you through my process.
So I took the Stargazing DSP and put that on the 2 fold of the gate fold card base and then started some water colouring.
I coloured part in Blackberry bliss and some in Berry Burst and then with the larger flower from the Quiet meadow stamp set I heat embossed in white and on the non coloured side I heat embossed in white the sprig of flowers and then water coloured in Blackberry Bliss, Lemon Lolly and Lost Lagoon.
Then I thought I would cut out the Meadow dies in the 100 Fluid Watercolor Paper and water colour those in the same colours but this time I added Pretty Peacock on the butterfly and a sprig of Crumb cake.
Using the Countryside corner dies I cut out another piece of water colour paper and washed that in Boho Blue to give me a background for the flower bouquet. Well Now came the time to work out what would work and what wouldn't.
I stamped the words from the Quiet meadow stamp in Smokey slate and then the dots in Blackberry bliss after stamping off once and backed it in the Soft Shimmer Bubble Bath paper and a layer of Blackberry Bliss. I attached that to my slide and lock mechanism.
It fit almost perfect you just had to cut off the little angle at the corners! Wonderful I would say as I didn't actually work out the measurements before hand! PHEW!
So then I threw, no I placed all the flowers and butterflies on the front of the card to see which would work and in the end I loved the more subtle watercolour washed die cut elements so they won out on their own. To finish off I added White Bakers twine from the essentials pack that I had coloured with the Dark Blackberry bliss Blends pen. You may even notice a couple of brushed metallic butterflies as you need bling. Oh the happy birthday is from Something Fancy stamp set and I cut that out using the Countryside Corner dies too!
On the inside I had to pop the other little butterfly!
Here is a video of how the card opens and closes.
I hope you have enjoyed my favourite colour and I hope my mother will enjoy her birthday card next week!
If you have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.
Now is the time to head to the next amazing project in Blackberry bliss and I can't wait to see what Rosa Leyden has created so just hit the next blog button and you will be taken straight there!
If for any reason the next blog button doesn't work just come back here and head to our host the lovely Cathy Proctor as she will have the list of all those participating today: Cathy's Blog.
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
Welcome to week 12 of the 2023-24 Colour Creations Blog Hop! This week we are getting to play with a returning colour that is now part of our core colours. This week we are looking at Berry Burst!
Berry Burst is a great colour to pair with our pinks and this week I have made 2 fancy folds for you. Ok I had started to make a fancy fold a little while ago in preparation for today then I had to make a card for a friend for her birthday and I made a completely different fancy fold and got so excited about it I shared it to our team forum and you know it was Berry Burst and I could have waited until today to share it on the blog. Well I have taken photos of it and I remade it to share it here anyway. You know being part of this team you just love sharing with each other.
So this is card number 1. I have used the gorgeous Masterfully Made DSP on a card base of Berry Bust as this DSP has lots of gorgeous Berry Burst in it along with the Bubble Bath as you can see. Then I paired it with the Timeless Arrangements bundle. So on the front I took my colours from the paper.
OK I hear you saying "still doesn't look like a fancy fold card Sharon" Let me open it up for you and show you all the magic!
On the inside of the card you have 2 sections that pop up and open out! Before I added these 2 sections I added 2 pieces of Basic White card and stamped in Berry Burst the little broken circles that I in the opposite corners. Then came the hinges and the pop ups!
On the 2 internal card that I have used the Masterfully Made Berry Burst DSP I have stamped and die cut out the foliage and flowers from the Timeless Arrangements Bundle and used my blends to colour them in with Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake and Berry Burst!
This card is a thank you card so I have used the sayings from the Timeless Arrangements Stamp set to create the flow on from the front to the last pop up.
You can write your greeting on the inside underneath the pop ups or you can add another piece of Basic White to the back of the card to write to the person you are giving this unique and special Thank you card to. Plus this card fits into our C6 envelopes.
Here is a video of the card opening
Card Number 2: I made for my friends 60th Birthday and I used all the same colours as card Number 1 but added Gold Foil. As I had already shown this card on the team forum and I had given it away I needed to recreate it for our fantastic team day that we had on the weekend. This time I used Rose Gold Foil Specialty Paper.
This card is a double bridge fold card with columns on the side! This time I used the Gorgeously Made Stamp set and Dies! Plus the Alphabet al a mode dies to cut out the 60!
For all the panels I have cut them sequentially with in the sizes along the Masterfully Made DSP so that that pattern follows all the way around the card. You can do that with any DSP you choose but I really love this piece in particular how the pattern works so well!
Start adhering the panels to the 2 bridge folds!
And the 2 side columns then adhere the 2 bridge folds together then adhere the 2 columns to either end.
For the front focal piece is a diamond that I cut from a piece of card stock just starting with a piece 5x7 inches and finding the middle on all four sides and cutting along the diagonal. That was for the Berry Burst layer and then made the next layers a few a quarter of an inch smaller.
On the Basic White layer I have stamped in Basic Gray and Lost Lagoon some elements from the Gorgeously made stamp set then cut out the 2 leaves in Lost Lagoon and Bubble Bath to adhere to the front with a double bow of twine! I have stamped Happy Birthday in Basic Gray and there is a great little label die in the die set as well.
On the back of the Birthday card I stamped this greeting for my friend from the Courage & Faith stamp set but on the recreated one I stamped the leaf in lost lagoon.
Both these card were super fun to make and I do hope you have enjoyed having a look at them today.
If you have any questions about my 2 projects today please let me know.
Now is the time to head to the next person on our Berry Burst Journey and you will be heading to the amazing Ros Davidson just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there!
If for any reason one of the next blog button links doesn't work just head back here and go to our host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those from the AWHT participating in our Berry Burst Hop this week: Cathy's Blog
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
Welcome to week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop and this week we are looking at one of our Neutral colours, Basic Gray.
Today my card is all about Daffy. Daffy is a Alpaca who loves to craft with others but she definitely has a mind of her own and really didn't want to knit what the others were knitting she only wanted to knit with Basic Gray.
Now Daffy is a fun Alpaca and she loves to spin a yarn or two so she is sitting in the centre with the circle of Vellum Basics Specialty DSP behind her head.
As you can see these Alpacas have decided they didn't want to knit in Alpaca wool as shown on the Zany Zoo stamp set so they are knitting in cotton from the Crafting with you Bundle. For some reason Daffy didn't get the memo to knit a coloured scarf she is knitting in all Basic Gray!
These are all the fun colours that I used in this project.
Now I have placed all our lovely knitting friends and their baskets of cotton yarn on a blanket of Basic Gray that has been embossed with the Twisted Rope 3D embossing folder. Yes I know it is from the suite with all the fishing tackle and might be used for male cards but I saw it as a knitted blanket! I also stamped the sentiment from the Crafting with you stamp set in Basic Gray and cut it out with the Deckled rectangle dies and popped it up with some dimensionals after curling some Silver Elegant trim back and forth underneath.
If you would like to purchase any of these cute products or have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.
Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Basic Gray and today you will be heading to the fabulous Ros Davidson. I can't wait to see what she has come up with today. She uses the colour couch each week and if you follow her she will ask you to guess which of the 3 colour combinations she is going to use. I can't wait to see which one she picked this week and if I guessed correctly! Just hit the next blog button and you will go directly there!
If for any reason there is a break in one of the links please head back here and go to our blog hop host, the lovely Cathy Proctor and there she will have the list of all those participating this week in the Basic Gray colour challenge! Cathy's Blog.
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
Welcome to week 10 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2023-24. This week we are starting with the core colours that remained in our colour collections after the refresh. We will start with Balmy Blue and continue through the colours in alphabetical order.
This week as I am away visiting my brother in Queensland while my hubby has to attend a conference and present research etc. I had to have a simple card for you.
My card today uses all of these fun colours but is very simple.
It is all on a base of Thick Basic White.
Onto the base of Thick Basic White card I have embossed a layer of Balmy Blue Card with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder and wrapped it with some Linen thread and tied a bow.
For the main part of the card I have stamped flowers onto the Basic White layer in Crumb cake in the lower left corner from the Petal Park stamp set. Then I have stamped them again with Balmy Blue in the solid and over the top with Misty Moonlight and punched them out with the Petal Park Builder Punch. I did this again with Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather flowers. The Old Olive leaves I used a blender pen to add a little more colour to those. All of these were layered over the crumb cake flowers with some dimensionals for the Balmy Blue ones and and flat to the card for the Fresh Freesia flowers.
The sentiment is stamped in Smoky Slate from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set and I used a die from the Somethin Fancy Dies to cut it out!
Such a simple layout and something that could be replicated with any colour and any sentiment!
If you have any questions about today's project please do not hesitate to contact me.
Now is the time to head to the next talented person on our Balmy Blue journey and this week we are going to the lovely Theresa Gerrard. I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.
If for any reason there is a break in one of the links please head back her and go to our lovely weekly host Cathy Proctor, she will have the list of all those from the Art With Heart Team participating this week: Cathy's Blog
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
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