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Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop - 2024-2025 Week 24 - Flirty Flamingo

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Welcome to Colour Creations Blog Hop for Flirty Flamingo week of 2024-25!

This week I wanted to go simple as I have a migraine so my brain was not up to thinking too much so I went to the Annual Catalogue and CASED the catty! (Page 46) This is the wonderful thing about the Stampin' Up! catalogue and the mini catty they have wonderful ideas and templates that you can use to give you ides and use to spark your own creativity or copy and put your own twist on it yourself! Same with your Stampin' Up Demonstrator and the Art With Heart team we are here to give you all the inspiration for when you are crafting at home.

For my card today I am using the wonderful Thoughtful Wishes bundle. I love this stamp set and dies combo. I have started with a Flirty Flamingo card base and added a piece of Thoughtful Journey DSP before adding a piece of Basic White card that has been dry embossed with the Birch Wood Embossing Folder.

For the decoration on the front of the card I have used a piece of the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and using the Water Painters I have done a simple water wash with the Flirty Flamingo, let it dry die cut it with the Nested Essential Dies and stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso. I cut out 2 of the leaf dies to put behind the center focal point and along with the main leaf on one of them I added a little colour. To add this colour I used the water colour pencils in Old Olive and Flirty Flamingo and used the Blender pen to blend the colour. On the front leaf I made it darker and a lot more subtle on the leaf in the background. To finish off I had to add some bling and I used the Smokey Slate Pearls!

If you have any questions or would like to get your hands on this wonderful stamp set please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member on our journey through Flirty Flamingo and this week you will be heading to our wonderful host Catherine Proctor. I love her elegant style and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and go straight there:

If at any time one of the next blog buttons goes not to the place you were expecting please come back here and head to our lovely host Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of all those participating in this weeks challenge of Flirty Flamingo: Cathy Proctor

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

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 23 - Flirty Flamingo

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Welcome to this weeks colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at the colour Flirty Flamingo.

I always think of my friend when I see this colour or hear the name as she loves Flamingos.

For my project today I have made a Triple Easel Card. I have used the Deckled Circle Dies to create each of the sections of the card. I used Flirty Flamingo as the card base and folded it in half and had the deckled circle just slightly off the edged of the fold so that the 2 circles that I cut out were still slightly joined. I then folded the top circle in half to create the easel.

I created 3 different sizes of circles and layered each circle with the gorgeous Hello Irresistible DSP as it has the beautiful colours of Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea foam and Lost Lagoon that I a using for my colour palette today. I cut those out with the layer smaller to the one I made the easel in Flirty Flamingo card for the base.

For the decorations on each of the sections I have stamped the flowers from the Dainty Delight and I have coloured them with the Stampin Blends. I used the Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo, Light and Dark Soft Sea Foam, Light Lost Lagoon and Light Wild Wheat. I then die cut them out using the Dainty Delight dies and using the dies cut out some leaves in Soft Sea Foam and Dainty Delight and to make the stopper for the front easel I cut flowers out of Flirty Flamingo.

I popped the flowers up on dimensionals for the stopper of the front easel. Each easel is the stopper for the one behind it. I stamped the Sentiment in Flirty Flamingo and used the Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut it out. Layered it up and popped it up with dimensionals. Of course you have to add a bow and some bling.

This all folds down flat and you will have to make an envelope to give it to that special someone.

If you have any questions about my project today, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our tour of Flirty Flamingo inspiration. This week you will be heading to Catherine Proctor so hit the next blog button and you will go straight there. I can't wait to see what she has for us this week.

If for any reason the next blog buttons don't work, come back here and head to our weekly host, the lovely Cathy Proctor, there you can continue your Flirty Flamingo journey: Cathy's Blog

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

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Colour Creations Blog hop - 2022-23 - Basic Gray

This week for our Colour Creations Blog Hop we are looking at one of the Neutrals and I find it somewhat hard to make them the star of the show as I always need to put in a pop of colour and I have done so again this time but Basic Gray still shines through!

I am continuing my small set of Cottage Rose cards without using the full suite to give you an idea of how versatile this stamp set is. Last week I did the fancy shutter fold card and this week a simple stamping card with a little embossing a colouring!

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This is a simple and quick card to make and with using the Basic Gray as your foundation you can change up the colours very easily to make a lovely set of cards.

So how did I put it together.

I have a card base of Basic Gray and then a layer on top of Basic Gray that I have embossed with the NEW Quatrefoil Tile embossing folder. Of course if you don't have this yet you can use another embossing folder of just add a layer of plan Basic Gray but seriously look at this embossing folder it is gorgeous and you are going to want to have it! So add it to your next order, put it on your wish list now! It is so lovely in real life!

Then on a piece of Smokey Slate I stamped in Basic Gray the large rose and the sentiment.

I took out my blends and went to work. I just love colouring with the blends. Ok I love to colour so it doesn't matter what different colour tool Stampin' Up! has I love to use them all.

I started with dark So Saffron

Added some Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo

Then some Dark and Light Soft Succulent and the colouring was complete.

Popped the focal point image on some Flirty Flamingo card.

Popped that on some dimensionals. I have used a few here as I don't like the middle to sag but you don't have to use this many. You are still looking at that embossing of the Quatrefoil aren't you? I am it is gorgeous!

Adhere your focal image to your card base and Quatrefoil layer and you are done for the outside. If you want to add some bling but I haven't done that this week.

Ok I said you were done but if you would like you could also use your Blending brushes with a little bit of Flirty flamingo to go around the edges of the Basic White card so that is not toooooo white and ties in the front of your card.

If you would like to get your hands on any of the products to make this card or what more information please do not hesitate to contact me. Just hit the contact button.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Basic Gray and today we will be going to Rachel Palmieri, I love seeing what she makes each week. Just hit on the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog buttons don't work just come back here and head to our blog host Cathy Proctor. Each week Cathy has the list of everyone participating and you can continue your journey of Basic Gray there: Cathy's Blog

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

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Week 17 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Flirty Flamingo

Welcome to Week 17 of our 2021-11 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at Flirty Flamingo! Can't you just imagine those flamingos dancing around flirting with all the people passing by saying "Hey Look at me!" Well Flirty flamingo is kind of that colour hey look at how gorgeous I am!

I have a friend who absolutely love flamingos so when I was making my card today I was thinking of her as her mother in law has just been put into palliative care and will soon no longer be with us. So for my card today I wanted lots of gorgeous Flirty Flamingo Flowers as my friend has a gorgeous garden.

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So for this card I have taken the Beautifully Penned DSP from the Saleabration Brochure and with my Stampin Blends in Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo and Dark So Saffron, and Dark Soft Sea Foam I coloured the flowers for the background layer of my card with a layer of Flirty flamingo card then on a card base of basic black.

I left some white space at the edges of the petals to give it that almost water coloured look.

For the sentiment panel I cut out one in Basic White and one in the reverse of the flowers in the Beautifully Penned DSP from the Scalloped Contour Dies. There are 2 long sentiment dies and I used my Smokey Slate Stampin' Write Marker and coloured each word and then stamped it down the label cleaning the stamp each time before colouring the next word that I wanted and stamping it.

I have stamped the flower from the Colour & Contour Stamp set in Smokey Slate and then with flirty flamingo ink stamped the water colour look petals on the flowers. The leaves I have used my Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blend. Now I have also done a double bow of black and white bakers twine and to finish off used some In Colour Evening Evergreen Jewels.

If you have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey into Flirty Flamingo goodness and you will be going to Rosa Leyden next so just hit on the next blog button now and you will head straight there. I always look forward to seeing her creativity

If for some reason you find one of the next blog buttons now working please head to our lovely hosts blog Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of every one participating today in our colour challenge of Flirty Flamingo: Cathy's Blog

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

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Week 16 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - "Flirty Flamingo"

Week 16 is here and the very Flirty Flamingo is our colour of the week! I have been rather busy this week with a birthday at my house and making a cake so I have been trying to get my head around what to make for you. I thought a birthday card would be perfect since we just had one. Plus maybe a fancy fold as well. I was doing a bit of searching to see if I could be inspired and I found an adaptation to the tri-fold shutter card that I think we are going to like. So lets get started.

This week Flirty Flamingo

Flirty Flamingo is a bright and vibrant colour and I had a loved making my cards this week.

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Ok all my fellow Art With Heart family have influenced me and I just had to get the Stitched Triangles Dies. I just couldn't resist in the end! So I used them for my first card.

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I was making this card as a birthday card so I just love the font in Here's a Card so I stamped that first on to Whisper white and then put that layer through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine with the Subtle 3D emboss folder and layered that on a base of Flirty Flamingo and Thick Whisper White card.

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I had seen a few cards on Pinterest that had used just squares or hexagons in a random pattern on the front of the card so I thought it would look fantastic in our new Stitched Triangle dies. I used the Flirty Flamingo DSP from the Brights 6x6 DSP stack and repeated the same triangle. Next time I think I will try a few different sizes and see how it looks.

Now you may be wondering where I got the sequence from? I got them from the Paper Pumpkin Share the Sunshine Kit. I had a few left over and thought they would look great. You can still order these kits while stocks last. So jump on it. They are fun to make.

For my second card I wanted to do a fancy fold so I found one that I hadn't tried before and it is called an Adjusted tri-fold Shutter Card.

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Ok another confession. First time using the peony dies as well! I know I am breaking out all the stops tonight!

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So what makes this tri-fold shutter card so different is that you now have a bigger space to write on than the other versions so the adjusted part!

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I took a normal A4 card stock and cut it down to the 14.9 cm x 21 cm. Then I changed to inches for the scoring bit just to help myself I scored at 2", 4", 6" and 8" At the 2" and 6" mark I only scored down 1.5 inches turned the card around and did it on the other side. Cut from the 2 inch line to the 6 inch line from where you have scored down to (1.5 inches) Now fold mountain /valley and you have the base of your card ready to decorate. (If you like you can use a 12x12 piece of card stock so the writing panel is evenly spaced.)

I couldn't resisted using the gorgeous Peony Garden DSP to add interest to the card and I have used both sides of the same piece. The card base is Soft Suede and I have layered the DSP on the colour of the week Flirty Flamingo.

For the Peony that I have used on the front of the card I have paired the gorgeous Flirty flamingo with Poppy Parade. I quite like this colour combo. The leaves are Shaded Spruce and Just Jade. I have popped this Peony up on a large stitched shaped circle die of the the Peony Garden DSP and I backed it with a little Whisper white card stock to give it a bit of reinforcement.

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I really loved the sentiment in the Floral Essence stamp set and thought it was perfect for a Friendship card so I have stamped it in Gray Granite which is one of the colours from the Peony Garden DSP and I have also stamped one of the Peonies from the Prized Peony in the corner.

As you can see the card folds nice and flat so it will fit into an envelope.

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As you can see it is exactly the same width as a normal card when folded flat.

I hope you have enjoyed my run at Flirty Flamingo this week. My Product list will be at the end of the post.

Please head on over to my dear friend's Cathy Proctor's Blog for this week's list of those participating in the Colour Creations Showcase. Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions on how I made my projects this week or would like a copy of the Annual Catalogue or the August-December Mini in your hands and would like to have some of the goodies in your hands to make your Christmas cards this year please do not hesitate to contact me.