Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 27 - 2024-2025 - Gorgeous Grape

 

Welcome to Gorgeous Grape week of Colour Creations Blog Hop of 2024-25

Purples and Burgundies seem to be a favourite colour in my house. Gorgeous Grape is probably my son's favourite. Saying that however I didn't make a male card, HEHE! I finally got out the Layers of Beauty Bundle. You are probably saying FINALLY! I am saying yes I am late to the party! I have had this gorgeous bundle sitting there waiting for me to play with it so I did today!

As you can see I didn't create a fancy fold for you but I did follow a similar layout to a card that I had created a couple of years ago for Christmas. Well actually back in 2019 I think I lost a couple of years there as we all have. If you want to check out that card you can find it here: 

So how did I create this card? Well I am glad you asked! Let's look at the card base to start with.

For the first part of the card I took Thick Basic White for the base and then embossed a piece of Basic White with the Birch Wood Embossing folder.

Layering on the base of the card there is a strip of Perennial Lavender DSP and Country Woods DSP.

Layered on top of this I have a piece of Gorgeous Grape and a piece of Perennial Lavender DSP which is full of Gorgeous Grape!

Over the top of the background that I had created I used the Spotlight on Nature dies to cut out some circles 2 in the Perennial Lavender DSP and one in Basic White.

Now comes the Layers of Beauty and the colours from the Perennial Lavender DSP was my guide. 

For the flower I took the Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush and started with the Gorgeous Grape

I then went through the 5 layers continuing on with Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock.

Once I had finished all the layers I then took out the Layers of Beauty stamp and with Memento Black ink stamped over the the top.

From here I used the Layer of Beauty Dies to cut out the who image and then the smaller die to cut out the one rose before doing a little bit of fussy cutting to cut the rest of the image up to put it on the card.

To finish off the card I have stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape and fussy cut it up and popped it up on dimensionals and of course you have to have bling so I have coloured some Rhinestone Basic Jewels with the Dark Highland Heather Stampin' Blend as there we don't have a Gorgeous Grape Blend.

If you have any questions about my card today please do not hesitate to contact me.  

Now is the time to head to the next amazing Art with Heart team member participating this week in our Gorgeous Grape colour challenge and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan, click the next blog button and you will go directly there.

If by any chance one of the next blog buttons does not go to the Blog that you expected please head to our wonderful host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating in this week's journey through Gorgeous Grape: Cathy's Blog

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 13 - 2024

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas for the last week of October 2024. Can you believe just 4 blog hops for this year, make sure you don't miss them! Today I am revisiting a fold that I did for week 13 believe it or not of Heart of Christmas in 2021. I had this idea in my head so I had to go back and find where I had previously done a similar card. If you want to check out that card you can find it here: Christmas Angels of Peace 2021

I called the card back then a hinge card, or a flap fold card and I think I will stick with that definition of a hinge card.

I have gone back to my favourite stamp set out of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini the Shepherd's Care for my card today. To start this card you need create a base like any normal card base and cut an inch or 2.5 cm off the front edge.

From there it is all decoration. That strip you cut off is the hinge. So score 1 inch or 2.5 cm on 1 end and the other end you can trim down to size when you put what ever size greeting or focal point on of your choosing.

On the inside of the card I have a space for you to write and a strip of Season of Elegance Specialty DSP which is where you will adhere your hinge under before adhering this strip of DSP.

On the Front I have another contrasting piece of the Season of Elegance SDSP.

To decorate the Hinge Card now that you have put the basics together I have added a little bit more Season of Elegance to the hinge before adding the sentiment.

For the Sentiment I have cut a circle from the Country Woods DSP with the 2 3/8" circle punch then stamped the Prince of Peace stamp in Lost lagoon and punched it out with the 2" circle punch. Stamped again in Pretty Peacock and fussy cut only the Prince of Peace and popped that up on dimensionals. I stamped the other sentiment in Pretty Peacock and added to the reverse side of the sentiment on the back of the hinge.

While I was there I stamped the Town of David in Crumb Cake and Peace on Earth in Pretty Peacock.

I love how the hinge works.

Under the hinge focal point on the front you can find our Shepherd with his sheep. I have stamp him in Basic Grey and coloured them with the Stampin' Blends. Ivory for the sheep, Light and Dark Crumb Cake and Lost Lagoon and Dark Pretty Peacock for the shepherd. The Star is heat embossed in gold and fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals.

Quite a fun and easy card to do and you can put anything you like on the hinge, I do hope you will give it a go!

If you have any questions about today's card please let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person on our Christmas inspiration journey and this week you will be heading to the amazing Kate Morgan. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time you have a next blog link that is broken you can continue you blog hop from the list below of those participating in this week's Heart of Christmas inspiration:
Kate Morgan:
Claire Daly:
Christine Blain:
Rachel Woollard:
Catherine Proctor:
Judy May:
Andrea Sargent:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 26 - 2024 - 2025 - Garden Green - Sweet Peas Birthday Peek - A- Boo Card

 Hello my Crafty Friends, today I am bringing you a card fun fold that I made a few years ago but for some reason I must not have blogged it so I found my prototype and then found the original video from Dawn Stampin' Thoughts and now we have today's card for Garden Green week of our 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop! 

I saw this great version by @2bgcrafting using the Sweet Peas Stamp set so I just had to recreate this card and make a version of it myself, it is so fun!

For this card I have used Thick Basic White card for every part of the card except the frames which I used normal Basic White.

For the front of the card I have the Peek-a-Boo window which I have cut out with the Nested Essential Dies. I first cut all the different sections to create the fun fold and I will put a template at the end of the post. I then cut out the the frame using the same dies.

Before adding the frame to the front of the card I stamped the leaves and the sentiment. I coloured the leaves with the Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends, a little bit of Garden Green Watercolor Pencil was added to the leaves and with the Blender Pen it was was smoothed out over the leaf. The Garden Green Watercolor Pencil was also added over the PEA of the sentiment and using the Blender Pen smoothed over as well. 

The "Grumpy" Pea is on the very back page of the fancy fold so to get it in the correct location you have to hold the the top layer with the cut out window over the top and stamp through the window. I have coloured this Pea with light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blend and then added the Garden Green Watercolor Pencil over the top to accentuate his grumpiness.

As you slowly open the card you can see that something is starting to cover our "Grumpy" Pea

When the card is fully open our Grumpy pea has been replaced in the window by a "Happy Birthday Pea" I have coloured the peas with the Soft Sea foam Light and Dark Stampin' Blends and the pea shell and added detail to the leaves and single birthday pea with the Garden Green Watercolor Pencil. The birthday Hat is Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend.

Here is a little video of the card opening to show how fun it is.

Here is the template for the card.

The middle card is adhered to the back of the front and aligning the edge and the cut out windows. The small folded section of the card front is free flowing so that they can slide behind each other to create the peek-a-boo. The Card Back is then adhered to the edge of the middle card on the same side that you have adhered the card front. This stabilizes the middle section of the card and holds it all together. I hope you can see that through watching how the card opens and folds in the video. 

If you would like any information or have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful team member participating this week with our colour challenge of Garden Green. This week you will be heading to the amazingly talented Christine Blain, hit the next blog button and you will go straight there:

If for any reason a next blog button doesn't work please head to our host, Cathy Proctor's Blog, she does a wonderful job each week keeping us all organised. You will find a list of all those participating this week on the journey of Garden Green: Cathy's Blog

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

Heart of Christmas - 2024 - Week 12

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas week 12 already and only 5 more to go for this year as there are only 9 more weeks until Christmas! Excuse me please, where did the year go?!

For my projects today I have channeled my dear friend Tina Gillespie who has not been able to play along with us for Heart of Christmas this year and she always brought us a Sheet Load of Card sketch for us to play along with. So I thought I would have a look at one today and pop out a couple of different versions from the sketch that I found.

So the sketch was from July this year and you can search for it using the #slctjul2024. I started with that which was for a 5x7 card and made it for our size cards here in Australia and added a little bit.  The whole ideas is to get heaps of cards and for this particular design you can get 6 out of the 12x12 sheet of DSP with some left over for other projects.

So CARD No1:

I have started with a Lost Lagoon Base and layered with Crumb Cake piece that I have embossed with the Birch Wood Embossing Folder. The DSP layer is from the Frames and Flowers Specially DSP pack, then I have cut 2 strips of Lost lagoon and 2 strips from the Seasons of Green and Gold Specialty DSP. I then used the Metallics WOW Gold embossing powder to heat emboss the Merry Christmas and then cut it out with a Stylish shapes Dies. I layers that on one of the Frames from the Frames and Flowers DSP pack popped it up on dimensionals added some Iridescent Pearls as you just have to have some bling!

CARD No 2:

Card No. 2 is a lot closer to the original sketch but I have added the birch wood embossed background and the Christmas tree. For the Christmas tree I have stamped the tree from the Peaceful Evergreens in Lost Lagoon then die cut with the Peaceful Evergreen Dies along with the gold foil overlay and the star! Again the sentiment is the same as card one but cut off the bottom and slightly tucked under the bottom strip.

Hope you like my couple of versions of Sheet Load of Cards that you can quickly make if you are still in need of lots of cards to make to send for Christmas.

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 person on our Heart of Christmas journey and this week you will be heading to the amazing Cathy Proctor please hit the next blog button and go straight there

If for any reason the next blog button doesn't work here is the list of the amazing team members participating this week and you can continue you hop from there:
Kate Morgan:
Andrea Sargent:
Claire Daly:
Christine Blain:
Rachel Woollard:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here
Cathy Proctor

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