Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 19 - 2024-2025 - Copper Clay Hideaway Pop Up Card

 

Welcome to our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at the lovely brown of Copper Clay.

Today I have been searching the many different fancy folds around to bring you and I found one that Barry at Mituso Craft in the UK did a video for and I have recreated it using the A Little Latte Collection.

As you can see from the front of the card it looks like a normal regular card it is only as it opens that you see the surprise. I will show you that in a minute. Let me tell you how I created the decoration on the front.

The card base is our colour of the week Copper Clay and then I have a layer of Early Espresso. For the next layer I have used the stamps in the Love Latte stamp set and stamped in Copper Clay and Early Espresso the drops of coffee onto the Basic White card and then the coffee beans in Early Espresso to create my own background. The using the Deckled Circle Dies I have cut out a layer of Copper Clay card and the coffee cups from the A Little Latte DSP. Again using the Love Latte Dies, I have cut out the coffee Plunger in Copper Clay and the inside with the DSP and the Lemon Lolly Cup is also from the DSP. The Sentiment is stamped in Copper clay and cut out using the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

When you open the card you have another sentiment and a coffee pot, a couple of cups cut out of the DSP being handed to you and it all folds down into your coffee table. I have stamped the coffee cup in Copper Clay and used my Blender pen to draw out the ink to add a little more colour and the coffee is very strong in this one!

Here is a video of the card opening for you so that you know how it works.

On the back of the card is where you will need to add a panel so that you can write your message to the recipient.

I have tied the card together with the White diagonal trim from Petal Pink and White Combo pack.

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

Now it the time to head to the next amazing team member and this week you will be heading to the most wonderful Andrea Sargent, she has the most gorgeous work, I can't wait to see what she has created this week. Please hit the next blog button to go straight there.

If at any time the next blog button doesn't go where you need to to go please head back here and go to our awesome weekly hop host the lovely Cathy Proctor, she has the list of everyone participating and you will be able to continue your hop from there: Cathy Proctor

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,