Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 5 - 2024-2025 - Summer Splash

 

Welcome to week 5 of the 2024-25 Colour Creation Blog hop. This week we are looking at the 5th New InColor for 2024-26 and we are celebrating all things Summer Splash! 

Today I created for you a swing fancy fold card! I have not made one of these in such a long time so I thought I would make one for you today.

I used the Thoughtful Expressions Stamp set and Dies for the card as I really love the sentiments and you can use them for friendship cards or sympathy cards. Today I made a friendship card.

The card lays flat so you can decorate. I have a Crumb Cake Card Base and I have layered it with out colour of the day Summer Splash Card and then with the InColor DSP. I consulted my creative design team also known as my Daughter as to which of the designs I should use of the DSP and she decided that today the stripes would win as it would be like a picture frame around the focal point!

The other side of the card I have stamped similar to the front but used a different sentiment. This is why I have called it a friendship card today as I have used enjoy your day instead of  perhaps leaving it blank but it there is still room for you to write to your recipient.

For the focal point of the card I have layered a piece of the Summer Splash card stock on the Crumb Cake base before stamping on the Basic White. I have used the large flower stamp from the set and stamped in crumb cake and then cut a mask and stamped again twice to create the corner before stamping the smaller flower and cutting it out with the dies. The bird is cut out with the dies and both, the flower and the bird are coloured with the Stampin' Blends. The colours I use are Light and Dark Summer Splash, Dark Soft Sea Foam, Light and Dark Pretty In Pink, Light and Dark Calypso Coral.

And when folded the card fits perfectly into our C6 envelopes.

Here is a short video of the card swinging, just so you can see how it works.

If you have any questions about my project today or would love to get your hands on the fabulous new Annual Catalogue or would like to know more about the products I used today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next fantastic creative person on our Art with Heart team and this week you will be heading to the awesome Cathy Proctor , I can't wait to see what she has created for us today. Click on the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason the next blog button takes you somewhere you do not wish to go please head back here and go to our weekly host the amazing Cathy Proctor and there you will have a list of all those participating in this weeks challenge of  Summer Splash and you will be able to continue your hop from there: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 4 - 2024-25 - Shy Shamrock

 

Welcome to week 4 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop and this week we are looking at another of the new InColors called Shy Shamrock!

I was quite excited by the name of this colour having married a descendant of an Irish Convict but I found it a little hard to make it the hero of my project this week but I hope you will be ok with what I have created for you. Yes I have gone back to a fancy fold and maybe that was the issue! The fancy fold needed to be the hero!

For my card today I have used the Simply Zinnia bundle and the Zinnia 3D embossing folder that you can purchase as an Online Exclusive.

Ok my friends so I like to challenge myself. This is a card I found on Iced Images and she calls it a Pop Up Step Fold Card. I think I would call it a Pop Up Step Fold Box card. The reason it is a challenge is I was on a zoom call while I was watching the video to work out the measurements so I had the video on silent while I was trying to cut and score. But as you can see it worked out ok! My next trick to get one that fits in our envelope and I nearly got there but ran out of time to decorate so that will have to hold over for another day.

Here is the side on view so you know why I want to call it the Pop Up Step Box card!

I really liked this sentiment with the the Simply Zinnia stamp set so I wanted to make sure this card had lots of flowers as well. I cut the sentiment and the background with the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

For the base of the card I used Shy Shamrock cardstock to make the Pop Up Step Fold Box design and then on a piece of Basic White I used the blending brush with Shy Shamrock ink to blend a little bit of an oval shape in the middle of the card stock.  I then embossed that card with the Zinnia 3D embossing folded and  cut it into all the segments to go on the card but also layering them on a piece of Basic White as I wanted just a bit more white space and stability in the card.

As on the front I have coloured the Zinnias with the Stampin' Blends. I have coloured the stalks and leaves in light and dark Shy Shamrock and a little bit of light Mossy Meadow. The Flowers are light and Dark Petal Pink, Peach Pie and Bubble Bath with a dash of Petunia Pop, Pumpkin Pie and Calypso Coral!

As always you can fold these box cards flat and put them in an envelope or your own hand made box.

Of course I couldn't go without adding the bling to the card so I have used the Shy Shamrock Ribbon and the Classic Matte Dots I have coloured the white ones with my Shy Shamrock Stampin' Blends to add some colour.

If you would like to get your hands on these gorgeous products and the new Annual Catalogue or some more information about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing Art With Heart team member who is participating in our Shy Shamrock Colour challenge this week and see there gorgeous creation. I can't wait to see what Rachel Palmieri has made, hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button sends you to outer space instead of to the blog that you were intending to go to, head back here and you can go to our hosts Cathy Proctor's blog where you will be able to see a list of all those participating today: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 3 - 2024-25 - Pretty In Pink

 

Welcome to week 3 of Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024 - 25! This week we are bringing back a lovely pink colour - Pretty In Pink!

I have gone super simple this week! I know you would have thought after all that busy and craziness of the last few weeks I would keep it going with the fancy folds but no this week I am going simple!

We all need a quick card to make and this one is as quick as they come. So quick I made 6! You can make them as a set and give away or keep them for yourself to use when you need a card!

Ok, you are asking "Why, Sharon, why did you make 6?" Well there are 6 sentiments with the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set of course so I just had to. The card design is a quick CASE (copy and share everything) of a 2020 poppy card by Brian King)

My card base is Pretty In Pink card base and then unlike Brian I have a layer of Designer Series Paper. I have used the 4 designs of the InColor 2024-26 DSP and then as I needed another 2 to complete my 6 because of the 6 sentiments I went looking and I found 2 more with the Lilly Pond Lane DSP. 

Here are the 4 InColor designs and the sentiments I used and of course the piece of DSP left over I adhered to the envelope flap so each card has their own envelope.

Here are the 2 Lilly Pond Lane designs that are on the back of the some really cute duck and pond scenes. For the sentiments I have stamped them in Basic Gray and cut them out using either the Deckled Rectangle or Circle Dies.

For the focal point of the card I have stamped the little stamp of 5 flowers over and over again in a row and coloured them using the Stampin' Blends. I have used Light and Dark Pretty In Pink on the flower petals and Light Pretty Peacock and Light Lost Lagoon on the leaves. Then the strip of flowers was layered on a piece of Basic Black and adhered to the center of the card front before adhering the sentiments on dimensionals.

There you have it 6 super quick cards that can be given as a gift set or kept to be used when you need to let someone know you are thinking of them.

If you would like to play with some of these new products and have a look at the new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful team member participating in our Pretty in Pink challenge and this week you will be heading to our host Cathy Proctor, I can't wait to see her gorgeous project this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons goes somewhere unexpected please head back here and go to our amazing hosts blog Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of all those participating this week in Pretty In Pink: Cathy's Blog!

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 2 - 2024-25 - Petunia Pop

 

Welcome to week 2 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at the second New InColor called Petunia Pop!

If you were playing along last week I was making a 100 boxes for a Mother's day High Tea this coming Saturday, well while I was in the fancy fold mood I decided to make a fancy fold card for our Petunia Pop colour challenge this week. (I have photos of the finished boxes at the end of this post)

For the card base I have used Pebbled Path and when you open the gate fold the inside part of the fold will look like this. Now let's decorate!

I decided to used the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey Suite of products as the Thoughtful Journey DSP is simply gorgeous and has Petunia Pop as one of the colours. Thoughtful Wishes stamp set and dies are also gorgeous so it was calling my name this week.

You may be saying, Sharon I can't really see Petunia Pop on your card apart from the little bit of ribbon and the stamped sentiment. I can see lots of Blackberry Bliss. Guess what my favourite colour goes really well with Petunia Pop don't you think!!!!  I have backed some of the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey DSP on each side of my Gate fold with Blackberry Bliss and the belly band is also Blackberry bliss but WAIT......

Slip off the belly band and open up your card and there you have all of your Petunia Pop for this week.

Each section of the fold is layered in Petunia Pop and then I have followed the design around with the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey DSP.

In the center of the card that pops up I have embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder and using the dies that come in the Thoughtful Wishes bundle I cut out some leaves and flowers in Mossy Meadow, Basic White and Petunia Pop to layer with the Petunia Pop Ribbon under the sentiment from the stamp set that I cut out with a deckled circle die.

On the back of the card I have also added a piece of Basic White so that you can write your greeting to the card recipient.

I do hope you have enjoyed my surprise Petunia Pop fancy fold card today.

If you have any questions about my project today or if you would like to get your hands on the gorgeous new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Petunia Pop journey and this week we will be going to Vicki Boucher I can't wait to see what she makes this week she always makes the most gorgeous creations. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time on your Petunia Pop journey the next blog button doesn't go where it is supposed to go please head back here and go to our host for our weekly Colour Creation Blog Hops Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of those participating and you will be able today and you will be able to continue your hop there: Cathy's Blog

Next week we will be looking at the colour Pretty in Pink, I do hope you will join us.

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

P.S. for those who played along last week I have now finished up the 100 boxes just in time for the friend to fill them for her Mother's Day High Tea on Saturday morning!