Week 38 - Colour Creations Blog Hop = Pumpkin Pie

 

Today we are looking at the Bright colour of Pumpkin Pie! I don't think it is really a colour I put my hand on very often if I am honest but this week I have combined it with So Saffron and the gorgeous Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set as like all of the world the people of Ukraine have been on my mind.

I came across a simple stamping technique called Split Card Technique and thought how cool  this was and with a little bit of masking technique thrown in you can take this card from beginner to stepped up in no time!

So how did I make these 2 cards? Well I am glad you asked!

It first involved a little bit of maths to make sure I had measured my piece of Basic white the correct size. You know what the normal layer size would be multiply by 2 but keep it all as 1 piece.

So the idea is to have 1 piece of card stock stamp your design and then cut it in half. (Now you know why I was working out the maths, not normally an issue but for some reason today my head was not working) So I first stamped the large Sunflower in the middle and then I stamped it on a scrap piece of copy paper and cut it out with my paper snips and placed it over the already stamped image and then stamped another sunflower. I did this all up the centre. I then took the small sunflower and continued using my mask to add more sunflowers and leaves.

When I was happy with the amount of sunflowers and leaves I went to colouring them with the Stampin' Blends. I combined the Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie and the Light and Dark So Saffron and a little Light Crumb cake for the flowers and the leaves are Dark Soft Succulent and Light Evening Evergreen. I have stamped the flowers in Early Espresso as I wanted to make sure the petals were very distinctive especially since the flowers were going to overlap each other.

Now the scary but fun part, cut the card in half to get your 2 card fronts.

Both of the cards I have layered on Pumpkin Pie card and then onto a base of Thick Basic White.

This first card I have kept very simple and have stamped the greeting straight onto the white space in Early Espresso and then adhered to the card base layers. The greeting is from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Special Moments.

For this second card I have stamped the happy birthday from the Special Moments stamp set and then used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch to create the label and the layer behind in Early Espresso. To also step this card up just a little I have added some Elegant faceted Gems and a little bit of frayed gold shimmer ribbon behind the greeting which is popped up on dimensionals.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Pumpkin pie Journey and this week we will be heading to the lovely Rosa Leyden. I love the name of her blog, hum and stamp what a great way to spend the day. I can't wait to see what she has for us this week, last week she made a great fancy fold card that made me think of all our years spent living in the US.

If for any reason there is a faulty link then please head to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor and on her blog she will have the list of everyone participating this week with Pumpkin Pie: Cathy's Blog!

If you would like to contact me at all to get your hands on the new Jan-Jun Mini or those last minute Sale-A-Bration items or any of your crafting needs please do not hesitate to contact me.

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

Week 7 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - " Cajun Craze"

I must be honest I don't have a lot to create with for this weeks colour at all. I don't have this colour in my stash of products and I think I missed this week when we did Cajun Craze a couple of years ago. So I was determined to rectify it even though all I had was 2 pieces of card stock and a water colour pencil. Oh yes, that is right, now it was time to get creative.

This week Cajun Craze!

So I went for a little look on the good old Pinterest to see if my creative juices could at least get a kick start and I found a card on Nikiscraftingcorner and I thought I am going to case that and recreate it using the colours and stamps that I have.

So this is the card that I came up with.

Ok so what did I do to create this card?
Here is my colour combination.

Perfect colours to make a gorgeous Sunset don't you think?

So for this card I have created a sunset. I have used a piece of Whisper white card stock and with my water colour pencils I have coloured in strips. Once I have coloured in strips with the Cajun Craze being the largest size that I coloured I used the water painter to activated the pigments in the water colour pencils to blend them all together and not look like I had just scribbled on some card and give a nice water colour wash sunset to the background of the card. I have made a video to show you exactly how I did it.

Or click here for the video:
https://youtu.be/cV-Dx6IPcKw

Once my sunset had dried I stamped the trees in memento ink and adhered it to the colour of the week, Cajun Craze! I was trying to work out whether I could get 2 cards out of 1 piece of card stock and 1 water colour pencil this week and I think I might have just manged that. Card 2 to follow.

The background is old olive card stock and the leaves are from the Rooted in Nature stamp set and I have stamped them around the edge in old olive before adhering to Thick Very Vanilla card base and popping the Sunset trees on dimensionals on to the card.

I have also done the butterfly the same way coloured the Whisper white paper with the cajun craze water colour pencil then wet it with my water painter and stamped when dry with memento ink. I then went over the middle of the butterfly with the pencil again to make it a little darker. The sentiment is also from the Butterfly Gala stamp set and I have used the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.

For my second card I was wondering what could I do and then thought Sunflower!

Here is the colour combination that I used. Very similar to the first card.

Well I just love this Sunflower and the die is to die for!

My support worker for my daughter saw this today and just loved it! So if you don't have it yet you need to get it!

I have again coloured with the Cajun Craze water colour pencil in both places on the Whisper white card and then using the water painter and once dry I have adhered the Daffodil delight die cut sunflower, Cajun craze centre and old olive leaves over the top. The leaves I have adhered with the fine tip glue pen.

The sentiment is from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set and I think is is so fitting for what we are going through right now. There are so many struggling in many different ways and sending cards and little paper hugs is really the least we can do to spread some sunshine. The sentiment was stamped in Calypso Coral and that is our spotlight colour for next week! The Elegant Faceted gems are from the Peony Garden Suite but I thought they looked gorgeous on this card with their slight petal pink colouring!

So for only having a couple of pieces of card stock and a water colour pencil in Cajun Craze I think I have done ok with coming up with something for this week. Plus now that I have have finished writing my blog post in time for tonight the mail man has arrived with my order of items of Cajun Craze. Go Figure! Well now I will be ready for next year!

The products that I used are listed below so you can check them out.

Please head over to my friend Cathy Proctor to see the list of the team that are sharing their creations on Cajun Craze this week. Cathy's blog



Card 1: Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146482]

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148580]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock

[144238]

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Butterfly Duet Punch

[148523]

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

[152883]

Stamparatus

[148187]

Water Painters

[151298]

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Paper Snips

[103579]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Card 2: Product List

Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (English)

[154065]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

Elegant Faceted Gems

[152464]

Stamparatus

[148187]

Water Painters

[151298]

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

Paper Snips

[103579]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Bone Folder

[102300]

If you would like any information on how to create these cards or would like the new annual catalogue in your hands please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks for spending some time with me today and make sure you come back tomorrow when the team will be sharing different ways of colouring. I got a head start today.

Take Care,