Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 18 - 2024-2025 - Coastal Cabana - Golden Greenery Wreath

Welcome to Coastal Cabana Week.

This week for Coastal Cabana week for 2024 I have used the Online Exclusive Christmas bundle Golden Greenery to create my card! I have used the beautiful foliage stamps to create my own wreath but with Coastal Cabana. Plus it is a monochromatic card so many different ideas all in the one card!

I have used the Coastal Cabana card stock for the base of my card and I just love this colour. I have paired it with Lost Lagoon and Basic White for the other colours in my card. The wonderful texture that the wreath is layer onto is a piece of Basic White that has been embossed with the Cross Hatch 3D embossing folder from the Basic 3D embossing Folder set.

For the leaves there are 12 believe it or not tucked in under the circle sentiment. There are 2 different leaf stems of this shaped leaf and I have used them both. I first stamped in Coastal Cabana and then the stem of the leaves in Lost Lagoon. This is a 2 step stamping leaf. I really loved how they came out. I then stamped the sentiment from Grateful Blessing stamp set in Coastal Cabana and cut it out using the dies from Spotlight on Nature and cut a piece of Coastal Cabana Card with the deckled Circle dies to place under it and popped them up on dimensionals and I added a little bit of white bakers twine as well.
 
 Hope you have a try at this card and you can easily change up the colours of the leaves and make a Christmas wreath with them.

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

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Coastal Cabana and this week you will be heading to the extremely talented Vicki Boucher. I love her gorgeous creations and 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 one of the next blog buttons doesn't work please head to our amazing host of our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hops, Cathy Proctor and she will have the complete list of those participating in this weeks journey through Coastal Cabana.

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 16 - 2024 -2025 - Calypso Coral Double Door Pop Up Card!

 

Welcome to Calypso Coral week of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. I think this would be my Dad's favourite colour and I think that is because it is like a salmon colour and he likes fishing! LOL! 

I need to thank the wonderful Stampin' Up Demonstrator Michelle Grech from thINK out loud Papercrafting here in Victoria Australia for my fun fold today. I followed her Facebook live tutorial to create my card. The fun fold card is a Double Door Pop Up!

For my card base I have used Calypso Coral and a layer Pebbled Path before adding the gorgeous Thoughtful Journeys DSP which has some of our lovely Calypso Coral as one of its colours.

When you open the card you will see 2 doors on their opening mechanism. I have added a little Pebbled Path on the doors and then on the outer edge and on the doors I have decorated with the beautiful Thoughtful Journeys DSP.

When you open your card completely the doors will fold out and on the inside of the card I have again layered with Pebble Path and on the Basic White layer I have stamped the lovely little flower stamp in Smokey Slate and the sentiment in Pebble Path. The flowers I have coloured with Stampin' Blends - Light & Dark Mossy Meadow and Light & Dark Calypso Coral.

On the front of the card have cut 3 circles with the Deckled circle dies and I have embossed the Basic White layer with the Cross Hatch Embossing Folder from the Basic 3D embossing set of folders. The labels are cut from the Something Fancy Dies and I have stamped the sentiment in Pebbled Path. The leaves have been stamped in Smokey Slate and and coloured in Light & Dark Mossy Meadow. The Die Cut leaves have been blended first before die cut.

I have used the blending brushes to add Calypso Coral and Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card before cutting out the large leaf die and 2 smaller leaf dies. It doesn't have to be perfectly blended as leaves are mottled.

Here is a short video of how the card opens to give you an idea of how wonderful this fun fold really is!

If you have any questions about my project today please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful person on our journey of Calypso Coral and this week you will be heading to Theresa Gerrard, I can't wait to see her beautiful creation. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't go where you want it to go please head back here and go to out amazing weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating this week for our journey of Calypso Coral.

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

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 3 - 2024-25 - Pretty In Pink

 

Welcome to week 3 of Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024 - 25! This week we are bringing back a lovely pink colour - Pretty In Pink!

I have gone super simple this week! I know you would have thought after all that busy and craziness of the last few weeks I would keep it going with the fancy folds but no this week I am going simple!

We all need a quick card to make and this one is as quick as they come. So quick I made 6! You can make them as a set and give away or keep them for yourself to use when you need a card!

Ok, you are asking "Why, Sharon, why did you make 6?" Well there are 6 sentiments with the Thoughtful Wishes stamp set of course so I just had to. The card design is a quick CASE (copy and share everything) of a 2020 poppy card by Brian King)

My card base is Pretty In Pink card base and then unlike Brian I have a layer of Designer Series Paper. I have used the 4 designs of the InColor 2024-26 DSP and then as I needed another 2 to complete my 6 because of the 6 sentiments I went looking and I found 2 more with the Lilly Pond Lane DSP. 

Here are the 4 InColor designs and the sentiments I used and of course the piece of DSP left over I adhered to the envelope flap so each card has their own envelope.

Here are the 2 Lilly Pond Lane designs that are on the back of the some really cute duck and pond scenes. For the sentiments I have stamped them in Basic Gray and cut them out using either the Deckled Rectangle or Circle Dies.

For the focal point of the card I have stamped the little stamp of 5 flowers over and over again in a row and coloured them using the Stampin' Blends. I have used Light and Dark Pretty In Pink on the flower petals and Light Pretty Peacock and Light Lost Lagoon on the leaves. Then the strip of flowers was layered on a piece of Basic Black and adhered to the center of the card front before adhering the sentiments on dimensionals.

There you have it 6 super quick cards that can be given as a gift set or kept to be used when you need to let someone know you are thinking of them.

If you would like to play with some of these new products and have a look at the new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful team member participating in our Pretty in Pink challenge and this week you will be heading to our host Cathy Proctor, I can't wait to see her gorgeous project this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons goes somewhere unexpected please head back here and go to our amazing hosts blog Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of all those participating this week in Pretty In Pink: Cathy's Blog!

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