Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 18 - 2024-2025 - Coastal Cabana - Golden Greenery Wreath

Welcome to Coastal Cabana Week.

This week for Coastal Cabana week for 2024 I have used the Online Exclusive Christmas bundle Golden Greenery to create my card! I have used the beautiful foliage stamps to create my own wreath but with Coastal Cabana. Plus it is a monochromatic card so many different ideas all in the one card!

I have used the Coastal Cabana card stock for the base of my card and I just love this colour. I have paired it with Lost Lagoon and Basic White for the other colours in my card. The wonderful texture that the wreath is layer onto is a piece of Basic White that has been embossed with the Cross Hatch 3D embossing folder from the Basic 3D embossing Folder set.

For the leaves there are 12 believe it or not tucked in under the circle sentiment. There are 2 different leaf stems of this shaped leaf and I have used them both. I first stamped in Coastal Cabana and then the stem of the leaves in Lost Lagoon. This is a 2 step stamping leaf. I really loved how they came out. I then stamped the sentiment from Grateful Blessing stamp set in Coastal Cabana and cut it out using the dies from Spotlight on Nature and cut a piece of Coastal Cabana Card with the deckled Circle dies to place under it and popped them up on dimensionals and I added a little bit of white bakers twine as well.
 
 Hope you have a try at this card and you can easily change up the colours of the leaves and make a Christmas wreath with them.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Coastal Cabana and this week you will be heading to the extremely talented Vicki Boucher. I love her gorgeous creations and 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 one of the next blog buttons doesn't work please head to our amazing host of our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hops, Cathy Proctor and she will have the complete list of those participating in this weeks journey through Coastal Cabana.

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

The Heart of Christmas - Week 4 - 2024 - Pop Up Book Fold

 

Welcome to week 4 of the Heart of Christmas for 2024. I am sure you are enjoying following us each week on a Monday and we will be here until the end of November.

This week I have for you a fold that I have seen a few times but I have never tried myself and thought I might give it a go. It is a Pop Up Book Fold. It has been around for a long time and I have thought I could use it again with this gorgeous stamp set Shepherd's Care.

I have gone very simple on the front of the card and  again this week used the gorgeous Seasons of Elegance Specialty DSP with the gold foil throughout the paper. I have used Pretty Peacock as the card base and Basic Beige as the layer. On the front I have gold embossed the sentiment on the Basic Beige and cut it out using the Everyday Detail dies and backed it with a layer of Cherry Cobbler card stock and then the new gorgeous Cherry Cobbler and Gold Satin Ribbon underneath is divine!

This is how the book pop up fold looks before you decorate. The couple of version I found were for a larger version and wouldn't fit in our C6 envelopes so I worked it out to fit inside our normal card size and envelope. So you have seen the front and the card base of Pretty Peacock then this layer which is the fancy Book Pop Up Fold I did in Basic Beige.

I have used the gorgeous Season of Elegance Specialty DSP to line all the surfaces of the fold, the outer one in the Basic Beige and the inner and the book surface in the Pretty Peacock. Plus just for a pop of colour I added a strip of the Cherry Cobbler piece as well.

I have stamped the Shepherd from Shepherd's Card in Basic Gray on Basic White and then coloured using the Stampin' Blends. Light & Dark Crumb Cake, Light & Dark Pretty Peacock, Light Lost Lagoon and Ivory.

The star and the sentiment on the right hand side of the book has also been embossed in gold but on Basic Beige this time and the star has been fussy cut out. To write your message on the card I have added a spot on the back of the card.

This angle of the card give you a great view of the fold.

If you have any questions about my project today or would like to get your hands on the new Sept-Dec Mini that goes live next week please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member and I can't wait to see her creativity this week and this week you will be heading the very talented Kate Morgan. Hit the next blog button and you will be take straight there.

If for some reason your next blog button doesn't go where you want it to please come back here and the list of all the wonderful and talented Art With Heart team who are participating this week in the Heart of Christmas and you can continue your hop from the list below!

Kate Morgan:
Christine Blain:

Claire Daly:
Cathy Proctor:

Theresa Gerrard:
Vicki Boucher:
Andrea Sargent:
Sharon Davern: <You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 17 - 2024-2025 - Cherry Cobbler - Wildflower Designs

 

Welcome to the Colour Creations Blog Hop 2024 for this week and our colour this week is Cherry Cobbler:

Now this week I have not done a fancy fold! I know what in the world Sharon! Also being a Cherry Cobbler card I specifically chose not to do a Christmas card! Again, what in the world Sharon!

My card this week is full of layers and texture but also very simple and easy to achieve. I have chosen the Wildly Flowering Suite of products. In this suite you have not only the stamp set but a lovely lot of dies that not only cut out the flowers in the stamp set but also the frames and you have a lovely Dashing Designs 3D Embossing folder and the beautiful Wildly Flowering DSP.

For this card I have a base of Cherry Cobbler and then a layer on top of that in Cherry Cobbler that I have used the Dashing Designs 3D embossing folder. It gives a lovely layer and texture to the card. Then I have stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler on Basic White and cut out using the Wildflower Design Dies. After I had done this I chose 3 of the patterns from the Wildly Flowering DSP to compliment Cherry Cobbler and using the Wildflower dies cut out 2 to frame and another piece to anchor the whole design to the front of the card.

This photo show the bouquet of flowers from the stamp set that I have stamped in Smokey Slate and then coloured in using  Light & Dark Cherry Cobbler, Light Wild Wheat, and Light & Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends. I then used the Dies to cut them out. Of course all bouquets need a bow and I have used White Bakers Twine.

The inside of the card didn't miss out either.

Quick and simple card this week with lots of lush colours. I do hope you will give it a try!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member and this week you will be heading to Di Furniss, I can't wait to see what she has for us. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason the next blog buttons don't go where you were expecting, please come back here and head to our awesome weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a comprehensive list of all those participating in this week's challenge of Cherry Cobbler.

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 3 - 2024

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas week 3 for 2024. Do you love Christmas? I love Christmas and I love the mini catalogue each year from Stampin' Up! to see what gorgeous Christmas offerings we are going to have. The September-December Mini is full of fun and exciting offerings and this week I am giving you a sneak peak of  one of the stamp sets this year!

When I saw this stamp set it had my name on it! Shepherd's Care!

For the card today I have made a Faux, Side Step card. Super easy and just perfect for this stamp set. I think I will be making quite a few in this design for the card to give away this Christmas.

As you can see the base of the card is in 2 parts the main body is 8 x 5 1/2 inches and scored at 3,6 & 7 inches and the extra side step is a 3 x 6 inch and scored at 4 1/2 inches. The rest is a matter of measuring to the amount of layering/border width that you like to have for your tastes.

Now for some of the details. The card base is Pretty Peacock and I have layered that with Lost Lagoon. I am really loving that colour combination at the moment.

On the sentiment side I think you can see the gorgeous Season of Elegance Specialty DSP the best which is a Pretty Peacock colour with gold foil through it. I have stamped and heat embossing in gold 2 of the sentiments from the Shepherd's Care and layered them onto Lost lagoon before adhering them onto the different steps of the card over the DSP.

For the shepherd and sheep I have stamped onto Basic White in Basic Grey and then using Ivory for the Sheep, Light and Dark Crumb Cake for the head covering, Light & Dark Pretty Peacock and Light & Dark Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends I coloured the image.

For the star I heat embossed in gold and fussy cut out and popped it up on a dimensional! Yes, it does fit into our envelopes I made sure before I fixed it on.

A fun design that can be replicated quite easily if you want to do many of them for Christmas.

If you have any questions about my project today or would like the new Sept-Dec Mini please don't hesitate to contact me

Now is the time to head to the next very creative person on our Christmas inspiration journey and today you will be heading to Cathy Proctor, I love her clean and elegant cards so I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight to her blog.

If at any time the next blog buttons don't work please come back here and you will be able to continuer your Heart of Christmas journey from any point with the list of participants below.

Cathy Proctor:
Rachel Woollard:
Theresa Gerrard:
Christine Blain:
Andrea Sargent:
Kate Morgan:
Rosa Leyden:
Claire Daly:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 16 - 2024 -2025 - Calypso Coral Double Door Pop Up Card!

 

Welcome to Calypso Coral week of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. I think this would be my Dad's favourite colour and I think that is because it is like a salmon colour and he likes fishing! LOL! 

I need to thank the wonderful Stampin' Up Demonstrator Michelle Grech from thINK out loud Papercrafting here in Victoria Australia for my fun fold today. I followed her Facebook live tutorial to create my card. The fun fold card is a Double Door Pop Up!

For my card base I have used Calypso Coral and a layer Pebbled Path before adding the gorgeous Thoughtful Journeys DSP which has some of our lovely Calypso Coral as one of its colours.

When you open the card you will see 2 doors on their opening mechanism. I have added a little Pebbled Path on the doors and then on the outer edge and on the doors I have decorated with the beautiful Thoughtful Journeys DSP.

When you open your card completely the doors will fold out and on the inside of the card I have again layered with Pebble Path and on the Basic White layer I have stamped the lovely little flower stamp in Smokey Slate and the sentiment in Pebble Path. The flowers I have coloured with Stampin' Blends - Light & Dark Mossy Meadow and Light & Dark Calypso Coral.

On the front of the card have cut 3 circles with the Deckled circle dies and I have embossed the Basic White layer with the Cross Hatch Embossing Folder from the Basic 3D embossing set of folders. The labels are cut from the Something Fancy Dies and I have stamped the sentiment in Pebbled Path. The leaves have been stamped in Smokey Slate and and coloured in Light & Dark Mossy Meadow. The Die Cut leaves have been blended first before die cut.

I have used the blending brushes to add Calypso Coral and Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card before cutting out the large leaf die and 2 smaller leaf dies. It doesn't have to be perfectly blended as leaves are mottled.

Here is a short video of how the card opens to give you an idea of how wonderful this fun fold really is!

If you have any questions about my project today please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person on our journey of Calypso Coral and this week you will be heading to Theresa Gerrard, I can't wait to see her beautiful creation. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't go where you want it to go please head back here and go to out amazing weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating this week for our journey of Calypso Coral.

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

Heart of Christmas 2024 - Week 2 - Floating Gatefold Double Pop Up Card

 Welcome to week 2 of the Heart of Christmas for 2024. How amazing was week 1?! I loved it and I would think you did too! I am so glad that you are back with us for week 2.

This week I have gone back the lovely Laura Stranks in Queensland for another fancy fold after all these years I am searching everywhere for a different fold that I haven't done or a different take on a fold that I have previously done and then I put it together with our wonderful Christmas offerings from Stampin' Up!

Well this week I am going with a Floating Gatefold Double Pop Up Card and I thought as I still had all the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty Papers out and the Greetings of the Season stamp set I would use them again to make this card!

My card base and layers are the same as last week, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla and then the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty DSP. With a gatefold card you need a belly band and I have used the Mossy Meadow as my band and layered it with the Green and Gold Specialty DSP but the side without the gold in it for a little bit of contrast. I have die cut out the leaves and fussy cut out the bells and ribbon and adhere these to the square which I have adhered on the diamond with dimensionals.

When you open the gatefold card SUPRISE! 2 Pop-ups! I have lined the 2 inside parts of the gate the same as the front and the inside panel I have heat embossed It's the most wonderful time of the year! This all happens before you add your 2 pop ups! I have made them slightly smaller that in the original directions so that you can see the sentiment in the middle properly.

Each of the Merry Christmas words have been heat embossed and fussy cut out before adding to the pop up squares.

On the back of the card I have added a panel for you to write your message to the recipient and decorated it with a couple of strips of the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty DSP.

Here is a short video of the card opening for you!

If you have any questions about my project today or of you would like to get your hands on the new Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member who is participating in this week's Heart of Christmas and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan. I love what Kate creates each week so can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason on of your next blog buttons doesn't take you where you think you should go come back to my blog each week as I will have the privilege to host our Heart of Christmas blog hop and I will have the list of our wonderful team members participating and you can continue your blog hop from the list.

Kate Morgan: 
Cathy Proctor:
Theresa Gerrard:
Claire Daly:
Andrea Sargent:
Rachel Woollard:
Christine Blain:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Colour Creation Blog Hop - Week 15 - 2024- 2025 - Cajun Craze - Side by Side Stepper Card

 

Welcome to Cajun Craze week of the 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog hop! 

I must admit this is not a colour I use very much but I dug deep and tried to find a fancy fold for you to help with the process. I went to Mitosu Crafts the home of Jay and Barry in the UK for this weeks inspiration on the fold and this one came from Jay!

The fold is called a Side by Side Stepper Card

Here is my colour combination for the card.

The card fold is a very simple fold but very effective I think and really the gorgeous Thoughtful Journeys DSP in combinations with the Changing Leaves Bundle Does all the work for you. Don't you just love these gorgeous papers!

So the fold is an 8 inch x 8 inch and you score at 1 inch and then at 2 inch along the bottom and turn and score down the middle at 4 inches. Then cut up to the 2 inch mark on that centre score line and fold. Really simple, then comes the decorations!

I have layered the Cajun Craze base with Very Vanilla and on this panel I have used the Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing folder on the Very Vanilla layer. The leaves are in Mossy Meadow and Cajun Craze and a couple of sprigs of Crumb cake. For the solid leaf I use my sponge dauber directly on the stamp and used Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry ink before stamping onto Very Vanilla card. The little bird is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and I have coloured him using L & D Cajun Craze, Light Calypso Coral, Light Daffodil Delight light Wild Wheat, Black Dot Stampin' Blends.

The little branch that the bird is sitting on is also frontthe  Country Birdhouse stamped 3 times in Crumb Cake then coloured with Cajun Craze watercolour pencil.

On the second panel I have again layered the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey DSP on the Very Vanilla and Cajun Craze and I have added a little bit of lined threat under the sentiments that I have stamped in Cajun craze and then cut out using the Changing Leaves dies.

On the back I have decorated with more of the fabulous Thoughtful Journey DSP and Very Vanilla so your can write to the recipient.

Of course when your card is all folded up it fits perfectly into our envelopes.

I do hope you enjoyed this fun fold if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful creative joining us for Cajun Craze and this week you will be heading to Theresa Gerrard. I can't wait to see what lovely project she has for us. Hit the next blog button and go you will head straight there.

If at any time the next blog button doesn't go quite where you were expecting, please head back here and go to our weekly host, the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all the participants for this week of Cajun Craze.

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