Colour Creations Blog Hop - 2023-2024 - Week 12 - Berry Burst

 

Welcome to week 12 of the 2023-24 Colour Creations Blog Hop! This week we are getting to play with a returning colour that is now part of our core colours. This week we are looking at Berry Burst!

Berry Burst is a great colour to pair with our pinks and this week I have made 2 fancy folds for you. Ok I had started to make a fancy fold a little while ago in preparation for today then I had to make a card for a friend for her birthday and I made a completely different fancy fold and got so excited about it I shared it to our team forum and you know it was Berry Burst and I could have waited until today to share it on the blog. Well I have taken photos of it and I remade it to share it here anyway. You know being part of this team you just love sharing with each other.

So this is card number 1. I have used the gorgeous Masterfully Made DSP on a card base of Berry Bust as this DSP has lots of gorgeous Berry Burst in it along with the Bubble Bath as you can see. Then I paired it with the Timeless Arrangements bundle. So on the front I took my colours from the paper.

OK I hear you saying "still doesn't look like a fancy fold card Sharon" Let me open it up for you and show you all the magic!

On the inside of the card you have 2 sections that pop up and open out! Before I added these 2 sections I added 2 pieces of Basic White card and stamped in Berry Burst the little broken circles that I in the opposite corners. Then came the hinges and the pop ups!

On the 2 internal card that I have used the Masterfully Made Berry Burst DSP I have stamped and die cut out the foliage and flowers from the Timeless Arrangements Bundle and used my blends to colour them in with Lost Lagoon, Crumb Cake and Berry Burst!

This card is a thank you card so I have used the sayings from the Timeless Arrangements Stamp set to create the flow on from the front to the last pop up.

You can write your greeting on the inside underneath the pop ups or you can add another piece of Basic White to the back of the card to write to the person you are giving this unique and special Thank you card to. Plus this card fits into our C6 envelopes.

Here is a video of the card opening

Card Number 2: I made for my friends 60th Birthday and I used all the same colours as card Number 1 but added Gold Foil. As I had already shown this card on the team forum and I had given it away I needed to recreate it for our fantastic team day that we had on the weekend. This time I used Rose Gold Foil Specialty Paper.

This card is a double bridge fold card with columns on the side! This time I used the Gorgeously Made Stamp set and Dies! Plus the Alphabet al a mode dies to cut out the 60!

For all the panels I have cut them sequentially with in the sizes along the Masterfully Made DSP so that that pattern follows all the way around the card. You can do that with any DSP you choose but I really love this piece in particular how the pattern works so well!

Start adhering the panels to the 2 bridge folds!

And the 2 side columns then adhere the 2 bridge folds together then adhere the 2 columns to either end.

For the front focal piece is a diamond that I cut from a piece of card stock just starting with a piece 5x7 inches and finding the middle on all four sides and cutting along the diagonal. That was for the Berry Burst layer and then made the next layers a few a quarter of an inch smaller.

On the Basic White layer I have stamped in Basic Gray and Lost Lagoon some elements from the Gorgeously made stamp set then cut out the 2 leaves in Lost Lagoon and Bubble Bath to adhere to the front with a double bow of twine! I have stamped Happy Birthday in Basic Gray and there is a great little label die in the die set as well.

On the back of the Birthday card I stamped this greeting for my friend from the Courage & Faith stamp set but on the recreated one I stamped the leaf in lost lagoon.

Both these card were super fun to make and I do hope you have enjoyed having a look at them today.

If you have any questions about my 2 projects today please let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Berry Burst Journey and you will be heading to the amazing Ros Davidson just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there!

If for any reason one of the next blog button links doesn't work just head back here and go to our host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those from the AWHT participating in our Berry Burst Hop this week: Cathy's Blog

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

Week 1 - Heart Of Christmas 2021

 

I am very excited as it is the time of year for the Heart of Christmas Blog hop. Each week on a Monday for the next 24 weeks, finishing on December 13th, the Art With Heart Team will bring you inspiration that is all things Christmas!

For our blog hops I will have the privilege to host along with Tina Gillespie and Rachel Woollard. For you that means when you hit on the "onto the next Art With Heart Team blog" button and the link is broken you can go to the hosts blog and there you will find the list of participants so you can click on their name and continue on with your blog hop. This week I am hosting so the list will be at the bottom of my post just in case there are any technical difficulties! We look forward to bringing you our creativity and love of Stampin' Up! Christmas products.

Well today for our first Heart of Christmas blog hop I have a fancy fold for you. I know, I know, I just couldn't start such a special blog hop series without a fun and fancy fold for you! I have chosen to use the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and dies that carried over into the annual catalogue.

I know you are looking at this card and saying that doesn't look like a fancy fold card Sharon what are you talking about. You have been in lockdown way too many times and have lost your mind. Well I may have lost my mind but this card is magic! It looks like an ordinary card but open it up and.................

On the inside of the card there are 2 pop up panels. This card is called a double pop up card.

Here is a video of the card opening so you can see how magic it is!

I know I told you it was magic!

I found this card by Sam Calcott in the UK but I changed the measurements to make the card fit into our envelopes rather than be as large as she had made hers.

So what did I do to all the elements. I used Versamark and gold emboss powder to stamp all the poinsettias and leaf elements and used the Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler and Light and Dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends to colour each card once I had heat embossed them.

The back of the card I have placed a decorated page where you can write your message to the person you are giving this Christmas card.

On the front of the card I have stamped the other poinsettia in the stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed in gold and cut out all 3 layers and placed a dimensional between each layer. The other elements are also heat embossed in gold and I have used the Gold Shimmer ribbon to finish of the card.

This was a fun card to make and now that I have worked out the dimensions I think I will make a few more. If you have any questions on how to make this card or you would like to get your hands on the new mini that is coming out in August with lots of fun new Christmas stamps and papers just let me know and I am happy to help.

Now is the time to head on to the next team member participating and I always love seeing what Theresa Gerrard has for us so just click on the button and you will go straight to her blog.

In case of technical difficulties here is the list of today's participants:

Cathy Proctor
Claire Daly
Vicki Boucher
Andrea Sargent
Kate Morgan
Christine Blain
Michele Taylor
Rachel Woollard
Judy May
Ros Davidson
Sharon Davern
Theresa Gerrard
Tina Gillespie
Caroline Manwaring
Rosa Leyden

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,