Week 24 - Colour Creations Showcase - Mango Melody

Well what a weekend I have just had and you could have it too if you join my team and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. We had so much fun being the first to see the new Jan-Jun Mini and seeing all the presentations of new product, learning new things and celebrating everyone's successes. Plus we had Pat Benatar and her husband open the weekend singing! Oh My Goodness! LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

So I put her up on my TV and sang away. Why would you want to miss out on something like this? You Wouldn't! Then there is all the friendship and the fun from stamping and learning and as a by product you get cards and memory keeping. So why wouldn't you want to join! There are more benefits too but this is just the start!  So if you want to know more just contact me and we can have a chat, also check out my joining page button at the top of the blog.

Now for this week we have Mango Melody

I was inspired by the new Dandy Garden suite that we used on our weekend and I have used today the Dandelion Wishes stamp set and the Dandelion 3D Embossing folder. I didn't realise before setting out to make my project but I don't have Mango Melody card stock so I had to work out a way to show you this colour.

So to do that I had to combine it with some other colours.

Of course I had to choose my absolute favourite Blackberry Bliss to go with the Mango Melody.

I know, what do you do when all you have is the ink pad of Mango Melody? Well, you find the gorgeous Artistry Bloom DSP as that has the most beautiful paper with Mango Melody in it. I then cut the paper down to the size of a card front making sure I had lots of Mango Melody in the piece I chose and embossed it with the Dandelion 3D embossing folder.

I stamped the dandelions in Mango Melody on Whisper White and cut them out using the Layering Oval Dies and then layered that with Blackberry Bliss as the inside of the card is the Smoky Slate so that you can write your message to your friend or family member. I purposely adhered the Oval quite low so that you could still see the embossed dandelion on the Artistry Blooms DSP.

From the little window I have created I die cut the words "Miss You" and the butterfly. I used the Well Written Dies. Before putting them through my Stampin' Cut 'N' Emboss machine I used the adhesive sheets. So good for things like words and tiny butterflies you don't have to mess with glue!

To finish off you have to have some bling and the frosted and clear epoxy droplets were perfect.

I thought the words "Miss You" went perfect with the dandelion. As a child you would wait for them to go to seed and then blow on them and make wishes. This card is all about missing friends and family and wishing they were here!

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about my project today or if you would like to know more about joining my team.

 

Please head on over to our host for the Colour Creations Showcase and my friend, the lovely and very creative Cathy Proctor for the list of the team who are participating today. Cathy's Blog

My product list for today:

Product List

Dandelion Wishes Cling-Mount Stamp Set

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Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder

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Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

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Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

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Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

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Well Written Dies

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Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets

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Layering Ovals Dies

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Stampin' Seal

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Adhesive Sheets

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Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

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Paper Trimmer

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Bone Folder

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Paper Snips

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

AWHT - Creative Showcase October 2020 - All thing Designer Series Paper

 

Tonight we are doing all things Designer Series Paper. Are you like me? Or like I used to be. I would see all the pretty paper and just had to have it but not cut it up and use it! Well no longer! I am using it and it makes gorgeous projects because let's face it, it is SOOOOO pretty! Plus when you finish a packet of that gorgeous paper you can just buy another one and this month October is the perfect month to stock up on your favourite as Stampin' Up! has 15% off select DSP, so don't miss out on this special!

Now on to my projects. I did a few on the weekend using DSP and I had fun doing them for World Card Making Day!

I started with the Love of Leaves Bundle and the Plaid Tidings DSP. I did a bit of sleuthing on the old Pinterest and I found this gorgeous design by Mary Fish and it is so quick and easy that I had to share it with you as you will love it. My support worker was here today and she loved it so much she took my Bumblebee one so I had to make 2 more for you for tonight.

How cool are these. So I started with the Plaid Tidings and because my daughter's support worker took my bumblebee Plaid Tidings I thought I should make a couple more.

Plaid Tidings

Playing with Patterns DSP and yes my friends it is the Crushed Curry DSP! 😱

Forever Greenery DSP

They are so easy to make with the Love of Leaves Bundle. Thick Whisper White Base, a layer of DSP of your choice at 10 x 14.4 cm then a layer of Whisper White card at 13.5 x 9 cm and die cut out your leaf with the embossing of the leaf at the same time. Pop that layer up on dimensionals as well as your leaf. Tie a little bit of linen thread and stamp the word Hello from the Love of Leaves stamp set and you are good to go and so quick to make so many card.

While I was on my Plaid tidings and Love of Leaves trend on World Card Making Day I used the 6x6 One Sheet Wonder that Claire Daly put up in our team group a few weeks ago and it is so fast to make cards. Just cut the DSP, cut your sentiment card or die cut it and then put it in your Stamparatus to make multiples and go for it.

This was the way I cut the DSP. Thanks Claire!

I made the Pretty Peacock ones first and decided that I would make the sentiment card slightly smaller on the landscape card for my Blackberry bliss cards. Lots of fun and so quick and a little bit of bling with the Silver Metallic edge ribbon.

So for my next effort on World card making day I made some cards using the colours Smokey Slate and Blackberry bliss with the In Good Taste DSP.

I was watching a video by Ronda Wade and really liked the combination and how she stamped on the DSP so I thought I would give it a try.

I really love the effect of stamping on the In Good Taste DSP it is just beautiful. So for the second card to stamp on the DSP we just turned the colours around. 

It is beautiful on this whitewash paint textured DSP and the effect it gives the image. I will be doing more of these.

While I was on this colour combinations I made a fancy fold as I can't go past a fancy fold and did a quick z-fold card with Dandelion wishes and Peony Garden DSP.

I also played with some Christmas DSP and stamp options on the weekend and back to Plaid Tidings and the Nativity Dies.

I just love this and I think I will have to take advantage of the 15% off on Plaid Tidings so I can make more of these for Christmas.

Snowflake Splendor DSP is also on sale and I saw this on Pinterest and had to have a go at it. I love Christmas and I thought this was fantastic!

The snowflakes are on the other side but look at this night sky. How cool is this. I Stamped the sentiment from For unto Us stamp set in Night of Navy and cut out the Stars in Silver with the Stitched stars dies. The sentiment is cut out using the Stitched so sweetly dies and the slits for the pool party sheer ribbon is made by the Label Me fancy Punch.

I was having too much fun so I made one more card using some scrapbook layering on a card with the Wonder of the Season DSP and the Heartwarming Hugs DSP.

I really had a lot of fun on the weekend for World Card Making day trying out all the fun ways to use up my DSP and different techniques and just enjoy making cards. Don't miss the opportunity this month to stock up and save so that you can make some quick and easy cards yourself.

Please head over to Rachel's blog for the list of very creative ladies to see how they have used our gorgeous DSP today. I can't wait!

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today.

Take Care,

Stampin' Up - Art With Heart Team Blog Hop October 2018 - Theme - Colour Challenge - Pnik

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects featuring the colour pink. We hope our blog hop inspires you to get creative with the various shades of pink that Stampin’ Up! offer in our collection of 53 different colours available

I have created 4 cards for you tonight. I wanted to try a couple of techniques I hadn't done for a while and thought "thinking pink" would be a perfect time to try them out.

For my first card tonight I wanted to try the "spotlight technique".  It is where you basically high light a part of your card.

I have used the rose from the In every season stamp set and stamped it in memento black ink cascading across the whisper white front of the card. I had already cut out the circle using the layering circle framelits and placed it temporarily on the card before stamping. 

Once stamped I coloured in the rose in pink using my Stampin' Blends ( Flirty Flamingo, and shaded spruce) and then popped it on a basic black circle. Simple yet elegant thank you card with the added polka dot tulle ribbon and silver and petal pink bakers twine to finish off. The Thanks you was from the Love what you do stamp set.

My next card I wanted to try another technique I hadn't done in a while and it is emboss resist.

I have done this card 2 ways. A simple version and then a slightly stepped up version.

In this first version I have used my Thick whisper white card stock as my base card and masked off a panel to make sure I only stamp and ink in between that area. I heat embossed in white the dandelions then with Melon Mambo and my sponge dauber I inked up the panel. I then rubbed off the ink from the white dandelions. Memento black ink for the get well message that come in this great stamp set called Dandelion wishes.

In this stepped up version I  cut a panel of thin whisper whit card stock and heat embossed in white the dandelions and repeated the same process as I had done for the previous card. This time I popped it on a basic black panel and added some basic rhinestones for some extra bling.

While I had the Melon Mambo out I had to make a pink card although I didn't ink in melon mambo.

Again, I have used the thick whisper white card base, and layered basic black, melon mambo and garden impressions DSP. I am really loving the stampin' blends for all my colouring that I have been doing lately and I have used, pink pirouette dark and light and flirty flamingo for the flowers. After wrapping the polka dot tulle ribbon around the flower I popped the thank you up on a couple of dimensionals.

Hope you have enjoyed my pink cards tonight, now it is time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented and my lovely friend Kate Morgan

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Sharon Davern
Kate Morgan

Andrea Roberts

Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Rachel Palmieri

Sue Madex
Rebecca Jacovou

Alisha Watson

Claire Daly

Rachel Woollard

Monika O’Neill

June Kempster

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions on my cards tonight or any of your stamping and crafting needs.

Thank you for spending a bit of your time with me tonight, happy crafting.

Take care,