Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 9 - 2024 -2025 - Basic Gray

Today we are highlighting one of our Neutral colours for week 9 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog hop and that colour is Basic Gray!

Today I have totally CASEd a project with a couple of twists of my own from a demonstrator in the US her name is Jilli Bling. I just loved her project that she made using Pebble Path and so I recreated it with a few adjustments in Basic Gray.

My colour palette for you for today is Basic Gray, Gold and White, which is just stunning with these product! I have made a portfolio and 3 cards for you to go in the portfolio!

I have used the Lovely & Sweet Bundle and the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP to create my projects for you today!

Let's get into some of the details.

For the portfolio I have taken the Basic Gray and cut it down to 10 inches by the 8 1/4 inches of our card stock here in Australia.  Then comes a little bit of scoring. Here is a template to give you an idea.

Score down the 2 center marks at 4 3/4 and 5 1/4 inches from one side to give you a spine, then up 2 and 2 1/4 inches. Next time I make it I think I would reduce this for Australia card A4 Card so our envelopes would fit in the portfolio as well. That extra 1/4 of an inch would be perfect so just reduce the  fold up by that. Cut out the center where marked then glue the sides together with the 2 extra pieces you have cut and scored for stability and strength.

The belly band I have stamped in versa mark with a couple of the stamps from the Lovely and Sweet stamp set and then to give it a fancy end I have used a die from the Country Birdhouse Dies.

On the ends of the belly band I have added a couple of dimensionals to add then sentiment. You can see that the front of the Portfolio is layered in Basic White and the gorgeous Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP.

I have stamped the sentiment in Versa Mark and used the new Metallic WOW Gold Embossing Powder! and cut it out with the Lovely and Sweet Dies! Layered all of this on Gold foil, Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP cut out using the Something Fancy Dies and a little bit of Linen Thread. To finish off the Belly Band I have cut out one of the Lovely and Sweet dies in Basic White.

Card 1.

The first card that I have for you in the portfolio uses the Lovely and Sweet Bundle and a sentiment from the Country Birdhouse

For the focal point on Card 1. I have embossed the largest leaf and flower stamp onto Basic Gray with the Gold Metallic Wow Embossing Powder and with a water painter and the Whisper White and Basic Gray ink I have coloured the flowers and nuts in white and then the leaves in Basic Gray.

As you can see the painting of the image just makes it pop! To complete this card I kind of cheated as the colour on the DSP is actually Pebble Path but with Basic Gray it looks pretty good I say and then I braided a little bit of linen thread to add to the card under the layer of Gold Foil and Basic Gray Card. Don't forget to add some Basic Gray pearls they are perfect!

Card 2 & 3.

For these 2 cards I again used the  Lovely and Sweet Bundle and the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP and the sentiments are from Spotlight on Nature that I have embossed in the Basic White Wow embossing Powder.

To create the colour for the DSP on my 2 cards I have blended Basic Gray onto the gorgeous DSP. One a little darker than the other. Which one do you like?

Card 2.

This card I have added a layer of Basic Gray on top of the base as well as the blended DSP I have added some sprigs from the Lovely and Sweet Dies in white under the sentiment which is cut out from the Lovely and Sweet dies and layered on a Gold Foil cut out with the Something Fancy dies. Don't forget the bling of the Basic Gray Pearls.

Card 3.

This card I have blended the Basic Gray quite a bit darker as you can see and I have added a braided piece comprising of 2 pieces of Linen thread and 1 piece of white Bakers Twine. I have attached this with mini glue dots but you could attach it with liquid glue.

On the inside of each card I have gold embossed a portion of the larger leaf image as you need to have some decoration with this lovely gift of cards.

I do hope you have enjoyed my attempt at CASing this project and my few little changes, if you have any questions about it or would like to give it a go please contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next very talented team member and you will be heading to the amazing Vicki Boucher this week. I can't wait to see her awesome project for us so just hit the next blog button and you will be taken straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons go where you were not expecting, come back here and you can head to our blog hop host the lovely Cathy Proctor where she will have the list of those participating this week in Basic Gray.

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

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 11 - 2023-2024 - Basic Gray

 

Welcome to week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop and this week we are looking at one of our Neutral colours, Basic Gray.

Today my card is all about Daffy. Daffy is a Alpaca who loves to craft with others but she definitely has a mind of her own and really didn't want to knit what the others were knitting she only wanted to knit with Basic Gray. 

Now Daffy is a fun Alpaca and she loves to spin a yarn or two so she is sitting in the centre with the circle of  Vellum Basics Specialty DSP behind her head. 

As you can see these Alpacas have decided they didn't want to knit in Alpaca wool as shown on the Zany Zoo stamp set so they are knitting in cotton from the Crafting with you Bundle. For some reason Daffy didn't get the memo to knit a coloured scarf she is knitting in all Basic Gray!

These are all the fun colours  that I used in this project.

Now I have placed all our lovely knitting friends and their baskets of cotton yarn on a blanket of Basic Gray that has been embossed with the Twisted Rope 3D embossing folder. Yes I know it is from the suite with all the fishing tackle and might be used for male cards but I saw it as a knitted blanket! I also stamped the sentiment from the Crafting with you stamp set in Basic Gray and cut it out with the Deckled rectangle dies and popped it up with some dimensionals after curling some Silver Elegant trim back and forth underneath.

If you would like to purchase any of these cute products or 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 journey of Basic Gray and today you will be heading to the fabulous Ros Davidson. I can't wait to see what she has come up with today. She uses the colour couch each week and if you follow her she will ask you to guess which of the 3 colour combinations she is going to use. I can't wait to see which one she picked this week and if I guessed correctly! Just hit the next blog button and you will go directly there!

If for any reason there is a break in one of the links please head back here and go to our blog hop host, the lovely Cathy Proctor and there she will have the list of all those participating this week in the Basic Gray colour challenge! Cathy's Blog.

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

Colour Creations Blog hop - 2022-23 - Basic Gray

 

This week for our Colour Creations Blog Hop we are looking at one of the Neutrals and I find it somewhat hard to make them the star of the show as I always need to put in a pop of colour and I have done so again this time but Basic Gray still shines through!

I am continuing my small set of Cottage Rose cards without using the full suite to give you an idea of how versatile this stamp set is. Last week I did the fancy shutter fold card and this week a simple stamping card with a little embossing a colouring!

This is a simple and quick card to make and with using the Basic Gray as your foundation you can change up the colours very easily to make a lovely set of cards.

So how did I put it together.

I have a card base of Basic Gray and then a layer on top of Basic Gray that I have embossed with the NEW Quatrefoil Tile embossing folder. Of course if you don't have this yet you can use another embossing folder of just add a layer of plan Basic Gray but seriously look at this embossing folder it is gorgeous and you are going to want to have it! So add it to your next order, put it on your wish list now! It is so lovely in real life!

Then on a piece of Smokey Slate I stamped in Basic Gray the  large rose and the sentiment.

I took out my blends and went to work. I just love colouring with the blends. Ok I love to colour so it doesn't matter what different colour tool Stampin' Up! has I love to use them all.

I started with dark So Saffron

Added some Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo

Then some Dark and Light Soft Succulent and the colouring was complete.

Popped the focal point image on some Flirty Flamingo card.

Popped that on some dimensionals. I have used a few here as I don't like the middle to sag but you don't have to use this many. You are still looking at that embossing of the Quatrefoil aren't you? I am it is gorgeous!

Adhere your focal image to your card base and Quatrefoil layer and you are done for the outside. If you want to add some bling but I haven't done that this week.

Ok I said you were done but if you would like you could also use your Blending brushes with a little bit of Flirty flamingo to go around the edges of the Basic White card so that is not toooooo white and ties in the front of your card.

If you would like to get your hands on any of the products to make this card or what more information please do not hesitate to contact me. Just hit the contact button.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Basic Gray and today we will be going to Rachel Palmieri, I love seeing what she makes each week. Just hit on the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog buttons don't work just come back here and head to our blog host Cathy Proctor. Each week Cathy has the list of everyone participating and you can continue your journey of Basic Gray there: Cathy's Blog

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

Week 3 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - "Basic Gray"

 

Week 3 of Colour Creations Blog Hop and I am not doing a fancy fold! I know you are all disappointed. 😂 I decided to look at the Garden wishes and Dandy Wishes Dies so that I really hadn't played anywhere enough with and Basic Gray is the perfect Neutral to play host to my flowers.

So for my card today I have also used the host stamp set Natural Textures which is just great and just adds that extra element to your cards.

To start my card off I decided to use Basic Gray as the card base and to use one of the Natural Textures stamps and stamp down the right hand edge of the card in Basic gray. Then I cut 2 layering pieces of card stock in Smoky Slate and Gray Granite and then tore the edges to give that nice rustic look. So now I have my basket with the stamping and my torn paper in the basket for my flowers to sit in.

On the Gray Granite piece I have used the Dandelion stamp and using Mossy Meadow stamped off a couple of times and then onto the card and then in full strength right in the middle. Before adhering to the card base I have used the Gray Granite Baker's Twine from the Essentials Pack to tie around the layers. 

My Dandelions are cut out of So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz and Basic White. I have no idea why I took so long to get these dies out they are quite fun. Of course every garden needs a few dragonflies so I had to use the dragonflies punch in all the colours and add the elegant faceted gems for some bling. The sentiment is stamped in Basic Gray and I have used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch

As I had a couple of dragonflies just trying to fly away I had to pop them on the inside of my card.

I hope you enjoyed my not fancy fold this week and if you would like anymore information or would like to have a play with these products and make a card yourself please do not hesitate to contact me.

I look forward each week to seeing the amazing creativity of the AWHT members who have created with our challenge colour and Ros Davidson is our next person on the hop so please head over to her blog now.

Our blogs are like a circle and you may have started at any point along the way so just click on the next blog button and it will take you to the next person and you will go all the way around but if for any reason you find a link is broken just come to this list and click on the persons name to go to the next blog.

Michele Taylor 

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern  <=You are here

Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Palmieri

Theresa Gerrard

Kristine D'Auria

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Di Furniss

Claire Daly

Christine Blain

Fiona Ryan

Caroline Manwaring

Vicki Boucher

Andrea Sargent

Rosa Leyden 

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,