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,

Heart of Christmas - Week 17 - 2024

 

Welcome to our last Heart of Christmas Blog hop for 2024. It is sad that it is over but I do hope that you have enjoyed this year and all the wonderful inspiration from the Art with Heart team.

I have been a bit under the weather this week so I have gone with a simple card that you can use your dies and gorgeous DSP that you may have left over from your other Christmas cards.

For my card today I have used a card base of Basic Beige and layered it with a piece of Seasons of Elegance then a layer Old Olive Card Stock before adding a layer of Basic Beige that has been embossed with with the Fern 3D Embossing Folder.

Onto the base I created I then die cut out the sprigs/bows of greenery from the Green and Gold Specialty DSP and adhered them trimming off the part over hanging the edges. I then cut 2 tags with the Something Fancy Dies, one in the Graceful Greenery Vellum and one in the Seasons of Elegance DSP. To finish off the card I have added another sprig of greenery to the tag, a little bit of Gold Twisted Thread and the sentiment is Wow Gold Heat embossed from the Greetings of the season stamp set and die cut out with the Stylish Shape dies.

I do hope you have enjoyed my card today and that you will continue to join the team on a Wednesday as we have our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop which is always a lot of fun and full of inspiration!

Now is the time to head to the next amazing person on our Heart of Christmas Journey this week and if you hit the next blog button you will go straight to the wonderfully talented Andrea Sargent:

If one of your next blog buttons doesn't go quite where you were expecting you can look at the list below of the wonderful people participating this week and you can continue your hop from there.

Andrea Sargent:
Kate Morgan:
Rachel Woollard:
Catherine Proctor:
Christine Blain:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

It has been an honour hosting the Heart of Christmas blog hop this year I do hope you have enjoyed every minute and will join us again next year for Heart of Christmas 2025

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 16 - 2024

 

Welcome to our second last heart of Christmas for 2024! I know very sad that we only have one more next week but that just means that Christmas is that much closer. I know I am one of those people who loves Christmas! Today I have for you a fancy fold! I know I couldn't help myself as I didn't bring you one last week. This week I have a Tri-Fold Hidden Door Fancy Fun Fold Card for you!

I have used the Peaceful Evergreens and the Greetings of the Season stamp set along with the gorgeous Winter Meadow DSP and the Gold Mercury Vellum for my card today.

My card base is in Lost Lagoon, I just can't get away from these gorgeous colours this year! There is a base which I have used one piece of the Winter Meadow DSP to cover and I am holding the card shut in the photo so you can see that the rest of the fancy fold is completely hidden behind the front of the card and the second piece of Lost Lagoon card which creates the rest of the fun fold

Open the card once and you will see the 2 of the Christmas trees that I have stamped from the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set in Pretty Peacock and I have cut out in the Gold Mercury Vellum using the Peaceful Evergreen Dies the overlay for the trees. The Merry Christmas I have heat embossed in Gold "Wow" embossing powder and fussy cut out. This is what I have done on the front of the card as well.

Now comes the hidden door that you open and I have added another another piece of Winter Meadows DSP and the another fantastic sentiment about Christmas and a place for your to write your greeting to the recipient of the card.

Another fun fold and this one I found on Dawn Stamping Thoughts as I can't think them all up so I am happy for other creatives that have fun folds that I can Case and create great Christmas 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 wonderful Kate Morgan, I can't wait to see her creation this week. Please hit the next blog button and you will head straight there:

If one of the next blog buttons doesn't go where you are expecting please continue your Heart of Christmas blog hop from the list below of the wonderful team members participating today.
Kate Morgan:
Christine Blain:
Catherine Proctor:
Claire Daly:
Kathryn Mangelsdorf:
Rachel Woollard:
Sharon Davern:

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 29 - Gray Granite - 2024-2025

Welcome to Gray Granite week of the Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024-2025.

This week I have chosen to use a very small colour palette so that our colour in the spotlight shines!

One of my favourite flowers is the Magnolia and we have a very dark purple one in our neighbourhood that has a yellow rose flower just along side of it and I can't wait every spring to see my favourite rose flower right along side it. I was so excited when this stamp set was released as an online exclusive as it is so beautiful and I wanted it to shine today and only add hint of a splash of colour with the Petal Pink.

For the card base I have used Thick Basic White and a layer of Gray Granite. To complete the base of the card I have dry embossed a piece of Basic White with the Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder.

On top of the our foundation I have die cut in Gray Granite the large and small magnolia and a couple of extra leaves and adhered that to the card before stamping the large Magnolia and the Seed Pod Stamp in Gray Granite ink. I then die cut both of those images and got out my Petal Pink Stampin Blends and using both the Dark and the light coloured the seed pod and the centre of the magnolia. To finish of the card I stamped the sentiment in Gray Granite and die cut it with the Stylish Shapes dies and using a little of the Petal Pink Diagonal trim underneath. Using the Dark Peal Pink Stampin' Blends I coloured the Basic Rhinestone Jewels to add a little bling to finish off the card.

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 amazing Art with Heart Team member who is participating in our journey through Gray Granite and this week you will be heading to Rachel Woollard, I can't wait to see her wonderful creation. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime your next blog button doesn't work please head to our lovely host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all the Art With Heart team participating today in our Gray Granite challenge: Cathy Proctor

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