Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 12 - 2024-2025 - Blueberry Bushel - Magnolia Mood Double Stack Display Card

 

Welcome to Week 12 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week our colour in the spotlight is Blueberry Bushel. 

This week I have created a Double Stack Display card. I had a little bit going on this week so I needed something a bit quick on the fancy fold department to do. 

I have chosen a monochromatic palette and the gorgeous Magnolia Mood Bundle which is an online exclusive! I had not played with my Magnolia Mood bundle I thought it was about time I got it out and had a play.

For the Double Stack Display Fold I have a card base is Thick Basic White which comprises of 1 panel that is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches and a second that is 4 1/4 x 11 inches and scored at 2, 3 3/4, 7 1/4, 9 inches along the 11 inch side.

To create the base of the card you fold the double "z" on the larger of the 2 cards and adhere it to the smaller card that you have cut. This creates the foundation fold to add your display cards and decorations.

On both sides of the base card of Thick Basic White I have embossed a piece of Meandering Meadows DSP which has gorgeous Blueberry Bushel as one of it's colours with the Crosshatch Embossing folder from the Basic 3D embossing Folder pack.

For the smaller display panel on the right I have cut a 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 Blueberry Bushel base and layered that with Basic White which I have then stamped with the Happy Birthday stamp from the Magnolia Mood stamp set. I have then used the Magnolia Mood Dies to gut the smaller flower and some leaves out in Basic White and then again in Blueberry Bushel which I popped up on small dimensionals about the white.

For the front focal point panel I have a base of Blueberry Bushel and on the Basic White layer I have used the Crosshatch 3D embossing folder. The large die I have cut out both in Basic White and Blueberry Bushel and I have cut some of the leaves off the Blueberry Bushel. I have also cut a few extra leaves in Basic White and the smaller flower in both white and Blueberry Bushel. The top flower has been popped up on dimensionals.

I couldn't resist stamping the large gorgeous magnolia flower on the inside of the card slightly over the fold which gives plenty of room to write your message. How beautiful does this flower look in Blueberry Bushel?!

I know you are wondering if it all fits into an envelope and it does when folded up. I have adhered some of the remaining piece of Meandering Meadows DSP to the flap of the envelope and stamped the smaller magnolia to the bottom left of the front. 

Of course I have made a birthday card today but this design could be used with any colour and for any occasion. I do hope you will give it a try!

If you have any questions about today's project or would like to get your hands on these products to make the project yourself, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing Art with Heart team member participating this week in our Blueberry Bushel challenge and this week you will be heading to the talented Cathy Proctor, I can't wait to see her creation. Hit the next blog button to go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button goes somewhere you were not expecting please come back here and head to out lovely weekly host Cathy Proctor, and she will have all those participating in this week's challenge of Blueberry Bushell,

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - 2023-2024 - Week 14 - Blueberry Bushel

 

Welcome to the Art with heart team Colour Creations Blog Hop, this week we are looking at Blueberry Bushel.

So today I thought I had Blueberry Bushel card and went to find it but then couldn't so well that was a bit concerning so I then thought I know I have a pack of 12x12 of the new core colours that have returned and have been introduce with the colour refresh it will be in there so I had some card to make my card for you today! Yes I added a little bit of a fancy fold bent to my card this week too! I also thought I would get a start on Father's day cards so my Dad would get his card in time as I make the cards but never send it on time so I thought I would get in early!

So today I have made a floating panel card for you! I saw the idea on an English crafter's page Sam Calcott and thought this was perfect. Well I thought it was the only thing I could make if I was making this card for my Dad! You see my Dad loves to fish, he even ties his own flies to go fly fishing but he also gets motion sick so a floating panel card is perfect for a fishing card! Here is how I put it together.

I started with this net looking piece of DSP from the Let's Go Fishing DSP and with the blending brush added some Blueberry Bushel around the outer edge. Then I layered it with the Pebbled Path Luster Specialty Paper on to the card base of Blueberry Bushel.

Now comes the floating panel part. See those 3 Blueberry Bushel sections they are springs that I have adhered to the centre of the card.

I have cut a piece of card 1 inch by 4.5 inches and scored at 1, 1.5,2,3,3.5,4 inches and then folded to look a little like this.

And when you glue them together and adhere them to the card front they look like this. Now don't burnish them with your bone folder you want then to be as springy as possible.

Then I had to put the focal point of the card on top of that.

Here are all the elements of the card. The front and don't forget the inside too.

This section goes on the 3 springs on front of the card. Again I have layered the Blueberry Bushell and the Pebbled Path Luster Specialty Paper but on the Basic White I have used a couple of the Gone Fishing Dies and cut out the ripples in the water and then with the little bit of ink left on my blending brush from colouring the Net DSP I blended over the ripples.

Here is the card before I coloured it with the blending brush.

These are the dies I am talking about when you look for them in the catalogue and in your dies if you already have this cute set!

 

The fish that you see trying to escape from my Dad's clutches were fussy cut from the Let's Go Fishing DSP. Once I had that all sorted and let the fish get away I put some glue on the 3 springs and lined up that panel and adhered it to the springs.

The sentiment I have stamped in Blueberry Bushel and cut out with the Deckled rectangle dies but made them to fit the size I wanted. I also made another spring to place the sentiment on. Now this little assortment of fish, fly, sinker and float I cut out using the dies. The fish are from the Let's Go Fishing DSP and they cut out perfectly with the dies. I cut the sinker out with the Pebbled Path Luster Paper and then added a little Wild Wheat blender pend to add a patina to the sinker. I stamped the float and fly in Smoky slate and coloured them with the Stampin' Blends. Wild Wheat for the fly and Calypso Coral for the float. My Dad likes coral colours so I think that will be a winner.

I joined them all together on some crumb cake bakers twine with a couple of knots and some mini glue dots which also helped adhere it to the underside of the sentiment. This was then adhered to the front of the card.

To get the full effect of the springs this is what it looks like side on.

Here is a little video of me squashing the front panels down so you can see that they do fold down so that you can put the card into an envelope to send.

I do hope you have enjoyed this floating panel card and you didn't get too motion sick!

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

Now is the time to head to the next creative team member who is participating in the Blueberry Bushel challenge and this week we will be heading to the very talented Rachel Woollard. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time the next blog button doesn't work just come back here and head to our weekly host Cathy Proctor and there you will find the complete list of those who are participating with this week's Blueberry Bushel challenge: Cathy's Blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, and please make sure you come back Monday August 7 where the Art with Heart team will be starting our Heart of Christmas blog hop, hope to see you then, take care,