Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 9 - 2024 -2025 - Basic Gray

Today we are highlighting one of our Neutral colours for week 9 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog hop and that colour is Basic Gray!

Today I have totally CASEd a project with a couple of twists of my own from a demonstrator in the US her name is Jilli Bling. I just loved her project that she made using Pebble Path and so I recreated it with a few adjustments in Basic Gray.

My colour palette for you for today is Basic Gray, Gold and White, which is just stunning with these product! I have made a portfolio and 3 cards for you to go in the portfolio!

I have used the Lovely & Sweet Bundle and the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP to create my projects for you today!

Let's get into some of the details.

For the portfolio I have taken the Basic Gray and cut it down to 10 inches by the 8 1/4 inches of our card stock here in Australia.  Then comes a little bit of scoring. Here is a template to give you an idea.

Score down the 2 center marks at 4 3/4 and 5 1/4 inches from one side to give you a spine, then up 2 and 2 1/4 inches. Next time I make it I think I would reduce this for Australia card A4 Card so our envelopes would fit in the portfolio as well. That extra 1/4 of an inch would be perfect so just reduce the  fold up by that. Cut out the center where marked then glue the sides together with the 2 extra pieces you have cut and scored for stability and strength.

The belly band I have stamped in versa mark with a couple of the stamps from the Lovely and Sweet stamp set and then to give it a fancy end I have used a die from the Country Birdhouse Dies.

On the ends of the belly band I have added a couple of dimensionals to add then sentiment. You can see that the front of the Portfolio is layered in Basic White and the gorgeous Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP.

I have stamped the sentiment in Versa Mark and used the new Metallic WOW Gold Embossing Powder! and cut it out with the Lovely and Sweet Dies! Layered all of this on Gold foil, Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP cut out using the Something Fancy Dies and a little bit of Linen Thread. To finish off the Belly Band I have cut out one of the Lovely and Sweet dies in Basic White.

Card 1.

The first card that I have for you in the portfolio uses the Lovely and Sweet Bundle and a sentiment from the Country Birdhouse

For the focal point on Card 1. I have embossed the largest leaf and flower stamp onto Basic Gray with the Gold Metallic Wow Embossing Powder and with a water painter and the Whisper White and Basic Gray ink I have coloured the flowers and nuts in white and then the leaves in Basic Gray.

As you can see the painting of the image just makes it pop! To complete this card I kind of cheated as the colour on the DSP is actually Pebble Path but with Basic Gray it looks pretty good I say and then I braided a little bit of linen thread to add to the card under the layer of Gold Foil and Basic Gray Card. Don't forget to add some Basic Gray pearls they are perfect!

Card 2 & 3.

For these 2 cards I again used the  Lovely and Sweet Bundle and the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP and the sentiments are from Spotlight on Nature that I have embossed in the Basic White Wow embossing Powder.

To create the colour for the DSP on my 2 cards I have blended Basic Gray onto the gorgeous DSP. One a little darker than the other. Which one do you like?

Card 2.

This card I have added a layer of Basic Gray on top of the base as well as the blended DSP I have added some sprigs from the Lovely and Sweet Dies in white under the sentiment which is cut out from the Lovely and Sweet dies and layered on a Gold Foil cut out with the Something Fancy dies. Don't forget the bling of the Basic Gray Pearls.

Card 3.

This card I have blended the Basic Gray quite a bit darker as you can see and I have added a braided piece comprising of 2 pieces of Linen thread and 1 piece of white Bakers Twine. I have attached this with mini glue dots but you could attach it with liquid glue.

On the inside of each card I have gold embossed a portion of the larger leaf image as you need to have some decoration with this lovely gift of cards.

I do hope you have enjoyed my attempt at CASing this project and my few little changes, if you have any questions about it or would like to give it a go please contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next very talented team member and you will be heading to the amazing Vicki Boucher this week. I can't wait to see her awesome project for us so just hit the next blog button and you will be taken straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons go where you were not expecting, come back here and you can head to our blog hop host the lovely Cathy Proctor where she will have the list of those participating this week in Basic Gray.

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

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 8 - 2024-2025 - Balmy Blue

 

This week we are looking at Balmy Blue one lovely blue colours.

I have made a Joy Fold card for you! It is a simple and quick fancy or fun fold card that is quite impressive for the receiver but so easy to make!

I have actually used 3 stamp sets to create this card as I realised that I really didn't have exactly what I needed to make a male birthday card for my daughter's boyfriend so I mixed a matched from ones that I had to create this  card for him.

I started with a piece of Country Lace DSP which is in Smoky Slate and I used my blending brush to add some Balmy Blue. As you can see by each photo you really do add quite a bit of colour even if you don't think you are!

The card recipient likes waterfalls and nature so I thought great I would try and make a birthday card out of the Quiet Reflections.  The card base is in Balmy Blue and are 2 pieces folded in half. The larger piece you cut a small portion off to create the fold. I have then layered with Blueberry Bushel card stock before layering the Country Lace DSP .

On the front piece I have stamped on Basic White the larger refection scene in Basic Gray and then with a sponge dauber, and some Garden Green ink added some green to the trees, after I had added some Balmy Blue to the whole card that was left on my blending brush.

On the inside I have stamped the other image and given the same treatment to the image and card. From this point you could make the card a Sympathy card or anything you would like.

To finish the card to make it a birthday card I have stamped the leaf  image from the Thoughtful wishes stamp and colour it with the Light and Dark Old Olive Stampin Blends and cut it out with the Thoughtful Wishes Dies. While I had the dies out I cut out a branch in Basic Beige and the 2 flowers in Calypso Coral and Fresh Freesia and adhered them to the side of the front before doing a double bow in white bakers twine. The sentiment is from Thoughtful Wishes and I have cut it out with the Stylish Shapes dies.

On the inside of the card I stamped Happy Birthday from the Country Birdhouse stamp set. I had already adhered the card down  as to show you that you could make the card for any situation before I stamped the Happy Birthday in Balmy Blue!

Did you pick up on one more detail on the card? I put the Balmy Blue Blended Country Lace DSP through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder!

I do hope you have enjoyed my Balmy Blue Joy Fold Birthday Card.

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 creative team member and this week you will be heading to the amazing Cathy Proctor. I can't wait to see her beautiful projects. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there:

If for some reason one of the next blog buttons doesn't go where you are expecting, come back here and head to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating in this weeks challenge of Balmy Blue!

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 7 - 2024-2025 - Azure Afternoon

 

Welcome to Week 7 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are delving into the colours that are in the Annual Catalogue that were not added new this year! Azure Afternoon is a blue from our bright colour range! 

Today I have made a card for you called the Stacked Triple Diamond Card! I followed the directions from Iced Images so it is a bit bigger than will fit into our envelopes. Next I will need to work on making it a little smaller to fit into our envelopes. Alternatively I will make a box or an envelope to fit it!

I have used 2 stamp sets for this card the Spotlight on Nature and the Country Birdhouse.

Now this is all one piece of Azure Afternoon card for the base. It may look a little complicated but it is all about 2 cuts and some scoring vertically and diagonally and you fold and guess what you get a stacked triple diamond fold!

For the decoration on the side panels I have layered first with a gorgeous panel of Wildly Flowering DSP, which is gorgeous but I wanted to have the muted colour and little pops of the design behind rather than the starkness and boldness of straight card stock can sometimes be as a layer! Try DSP as a layer sometimes it softens the look! So then I stamped the flower and the butterfly from Spotlight on Nature and coloured those with the Stampin' Blends. I used Light and Dark Soft Sea Foam and Light Mossy Meadow and the leaves. For the flowers I have used Dark Bubble Bath and Light Moody Mauve. The Butterfly I have used Light and Dark Azure AFternoon, Light Balmy Blue and Dark Crumb Cake. I stamped over top of the whole card with the cross hash stamp in Basic Beige. I stamped off once first then kept stamping until no ink then inked again stamped off once then went again until the whole panel was stamped.

For the decoration on the diamonds I have used the Country Birdhouse stamp set and dies. I stamped the greeting in Smokey Slate and fussy cut out then layered on Azure Afternoon card and fussy cut again before popping up on mini dimensionals. The middle diamond, I have stamped the bird in Smokey slate and coloured again in Stampin' Blends, Light and Dark Crumb Cake, Light Wild Wheat, Light Balmy Blue and Light Azure Afternoon. And if you go in real close I have given the bird a red eye. Those photographs always getting red eyes! The 3rd Diamond I have coloured the little flowers with the same coloured Stampin' Blends I have used before and like under the bird I have have layered with the die cut Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow leaves.

On the back of the card I have layered the gorgeous Wildly Flowering DSP and some Basic White card so you can write to your friend. You can also see the fun folding of the diamonds from the back!

Well dear friends it was a fun card to make so please reach out if you have any  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 around Azure Afternoon and you will be heading to Cathy Proctor, I can't wait to see what she has created for us. Hit the next blog button and you will go directly there.

If for any reason the next blog button goes where you were not expecting please come back here and head to our amazing weekly host the lovely  Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of those participating in this week's challenge and you will be able to continue your hop from there: Azure Afternoon

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 6 - 2024-2025 - Basic Beige

 

This week we dive in to another new colour but not an InColor, a new Basic Neutral colour called Basic Beige!

So today I have created a Double Diamond Fold Card and I have used the On Line Exclusive Bundle of Latte Love and the A Little Latte DSP for my card. I thought Basic Beige was perfect for a Caramel Latte!

As Basic Beige is our show Colour this week I wanted to limit the other colours that I used in my card today and only added Petal Pink, Basic White and I stamped the coffee Mug in Smokey Slate! So a very small colour palette for my card today!

So how did I make this card! Well I love watching others make fancy folds and this week I found a video by The Paper Pixie and thought yes I will give this a go!

I started with a  piece of Basic Beige card stock that was  4 inches by 10 5/8 inches I scored that at 2 inched on each end and 2 inches straight down the middle long ways or vertically. Then along the long ends on both side top and bottom make a mark at 4 inches then flip the card around and make a mark at 4 inches. Just easier to remember 4 inches that way. Fold the card in half mountain style and you then put a mark on the fold at 3 1/8 inches and then flip the card over and on the top of the fold do the other end at 3 1/8 inches. Use your scoring tool to join the marks up to the fold to get the diagonal lines.

Make sure you use your bone folder to burnish the folds. It should end up like this once all folded. You have to push your thumbs down on the top where the diagonals meet to get them to play along but once it does it is so much fun to watch it fold into place.

Once you have gotten all the folds working nicely you can then lay the card out flat to decorate. As the corners are 2 inches by 2 inches you can cut your layers to the dimensions you like. I have a layer of Petal Pink card and then the A Little Latte DSP. I chose this DSP pattern as it didn't particularly matter which direction it was going so was easier to cut.

For the center of the card and the diamond that pops up I have a layer of Petal Pink card that is 2 3/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches and the Basic White is 2 5/8 by 2 5/8 inches. On the Basic White I have stamped the coffee spill splotches in Basic Beige before adhering it to the card base. Only stick the bottom half below the fold of the card so that the Diamond will Pop Up!

As you can see the size of the square fits perfectly on the diamond for the 4 inch wide card.

To finish off the card of course I had to have a mug of coffee and I stamped that in Smokey Slate and used the Petal Pink Blends to add a little bit of colour but I stamped the coffee in the mug with Basic Beige then cut it out with the Latte Dies!

Do you see the 2 little cups? I couldn't resist having a couple of the cups tumbling down as this card is being sent to a friend to say Let's Catch up so you need more than one cup for that! I cut them out with the dies and the handles go different ways, how cool is that then I used the sponge dauber to add a bit more Basic Beige, just like I had to the white layer! The sentiment is stamped in Basic Beige and cut out using the Deckled Rectangle Dies and layered it once again with our spotlight colour for this week.

Plus this cute little fold is just the right size for our envelopes! 

I do hope you liked my fancy fold this week, and don't forget those fantastic On Line Exclusives come out every couple of months and his one is just perfect for all your coffee, hot chocolate or tea drinking friends!

If you have any questions and would like to give this fold a go, please get in contact with me and I can walk you through it.

Now is the time to head to the next very talented person on our journey of Basic Beige and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Cathy Proctor who is also our host, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there:

If by some weird freak of nature one of the next blog buttons goes to a place you were not expecting please come back here and head to the host of our weekly hops Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of those participating this week in Basic Beige: Cathy's Blog

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