Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 34 - 2024 -2025 - Melon Mambo - Spotlight on Nature Birthday

 

Welcome to week 34 and Melon Mambo Week! 

Can you believe that we are one week before Christmas? I can't but I love Christmas as it is always a fun time of year for me with not only my Wedding anniversary but both mine and my husband's birthdays all in the week after Christmas so we just party from Christmas eve to New Years Day! Ok the older we get the less partying we do but I still love this time of year! 

Speaking of parties my daughter has been invited to a party of a new friend this Saturday and it is a 21st so I thought perfect Melon Mambo here we come! Melon Mambo is such a party name don't you think?!

Ok so I have done an elegant Melon Mambo card as I don't know this young lady but I think it hits the brief from my daughter! I have used the spotlight on nature bundle and who doesn't like this bundle! Plus I have used the Happy Birthday from the Magnolia Mood stamp set.

For the card base I have used Thick Basic White and you may be able to tell that the card front I have trimmed down to just edge the focal point part of the card and to leave the center of the card exposed on the edges.

So this is what those exposed edges look like when you open up the card. I have layered a piece of Melon Mambo card then a piece of Basic White which I have stamped the leaf stamp from the Spotlight on Nature stamp set in Mossy Meadow and then the Happy Birthday from the Magnolia Mood also in Mossy Meadow.  As you can see there is approximately 2 cm each side of the front of the card that has been trimmed down.

For the focal point of the card I have a layer of Melon Mambo card then a piece of Basic White which has been dry embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder. Layered on there are 3 circles which are cut out with the Spotlight on Nature Dies...one int Melon Mambo, one in the Mossy Meadow colour of the Seasons of Elegance Specialty DSP and one layer of Basic White. The flower has been stamped in Basic Gray then coloured using the Stampin' Blends... Dark and Light Melon Mambo and Dark and Light Mossy Meadow. The butterfly is coloured in with the Stampin' Blends also...Light and Dark Melon Mambo and Light and Dark Calypso Coral. I have fussy cut these out and popped them up on dimensionals.

Of course we needed a little bling to finish off and it is a 21st birthday so I used the Alphabet Al A Mode Dies to cut out the 21 in the Gold Mercury Vellum Specialty DSP. The Iridescent Basic Pearl Jewels have been coloured with the Dark Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends and a little bit of Gold Twisted Thread to finish off!

If you have any questions or would like to get this fantastic bundle to create this great design yourself, let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person joining in all the fun of Melon Mambo and this week you will be heading to the amazing Cathy Proctor, just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If one of the next blog buttons goes not where you were expecting please head to our fantastic weekly host Cathy and she will have the complete list: Cathy's Blog

We are taking a couple of weeks off for Christmas and New Year's but we will be back on January 8th with Misty Moonlight. Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year's.

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

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 33 - 2024-2025 - Lost Lagoon - Otterly Amazing

 

Today we are looking at the gorgeous Lost Lagoon for Colour Creations Blog Hop week 33.

If you have been following along with our Heart of Christmas blog hops it was probably the only colour that I used for all of my cards! Ok maybe a couple of weeks I did something different. So this week I got out the Otterly Amazing - Otterly Adorable Suite! It is an online exclusive and as my daughter simply loves Otters and when were were in Japan in 2019 we had to go to an Otter Cafe I had to get this suite! So I had to make a card for Lost Lagoon week from this suite.

This suite comes with the Otterly Amazing stamp set and dies and they are just the sweetest little otters you have ever seen! I have made for you a double gate fold card and I cased the design from Kayla Renee and changed up a few elements.

As I have been pairing Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon all Heart of Christmas Blog hops I had to put them together again for this card. I have put the base of the card in Pretty Peacock and layered it with Lost Lagoon Card. The top part is the double gate fold and I have added a single card base layer to give stability on the back. All of the folds and that back have the beautiful Otterly Adorable DSP layered which is all about Lost Lagoon. Now can you see those die cut fish I cut them out of the Perennial Lavender DSP.

When you open the card you have a place to write your greeting and I have decorated it with blending some Lost Lagoon and a little Pretty Peacock in the corner and then die cut some sea grass in Lemon Lime Twist and Pretty Peacock and adding a little bit of blending over the top of the same colours. Some more fish a bit of speckles from my Lost Lagoon Stampin Write Marker and then I coloured the Otter with the Stampin Blends. Light and Dark Crumb Cake, Light and Dark Copper Clay and #300 Natural which is the Medium colour set.

For the focal point I have cut out a circle with the Stylish Shapes Dies in Basic White and blended ink over the top half with Lost Lagoon and the bottom half with Pretty Peacock. die cut out some rocks with Pebble Path and blended with a little pebble path ink. Added a few more sea grasses under the Otters and a baby otter and Coloured them the same way as I did the one on the inside and use the colour lifter to add a little highlight. The grasses attached to the 2 main otters where colored with Lemon Lime Twist and Pretty Peacock Stampin Blends. The Log that the otters are sitting on is die cut out in Copper Clay and then using the blending brush a little copper clay ink was added. The sentiment was heat embossed with the Wow White embossing Powder and the you can see the gorgeous Lost Lagoon Soft Cord!

Did you catch the Riverside irregular pearls they are just perfect for otters!

If you have any questions about my project today or about getting your hands on this gorgeous Adorable Otters Suite let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful team member playing with the gorgeous Lost Lagoon colour for you and this week you will be heading to Di Furniss. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time the next blog button goes not quite where you were expecting please head to our amazing weekly host, Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating and you can continue your Lost Lagoon hop from there: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - 2024-2025 - Week 32 - Lemon Lolly - Cutest Onsie

 

Hello lovely craft friends and welcome to Lemon Lolly Week of our Colour Creations blog hop for 2024-25!

This week I am bringing you another Cutest Onsie card. I was asked by my dear friend to do a baby shower card for her niece. They didn't know the gender of the baby so this is the card I came up with. She was happy as she only wanted a simple card.

For the card base I have used Smokey Slate and layered it with Basic White and then a layer of Lemon Lolly! To add to this I have 4 sections - 2 in Smokey Slate that has been dry embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder and 2 with a piece of the Mediterranean Blooms DSP that is covered in Lemon Lolly flowers.

For the focal point of the card I have die cut a circle with the Everyday Detail dies in Basic White and then stamped the Cutest Onesie in Basic Gray, colouring with the Dark Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blend.  I also cut out the hanger in Lemon Lolly card. The Iridescent  Pearls Basic Jewels have also been coloured with the Dark Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blend. The congratulation is stamped in Smokey slate and die cut with the Everyday Detail Dies.

A Sweet simple layout that can be changed up with any colour or even changing the focal point. I do hope you give it a try.

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

Now is the time to head to the amazing Kate Morgan, just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week.

If at any time the next blog button doesn't work please head back here and go to our wonderful weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of all those participating this week in the Lemon Lolly colour challenge: Cathy's Blog

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