Rhapsody in Craft: Floral Essence

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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.

Card 1:

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Card 2:

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Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today.

Take Care,

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Week 11 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - "Coastal Cabana"

I am really loving doing our Colour Creations Showcases every week and I must admit that at times I think of only the colour and nothing else. This week I have really only used the colour and white. Hey that is ok sometime monochromatic cards can be very striking!

This week Coastal Cabana!

For my first card I started with the floral essence stamp set and then liked it so much I wanted to see what other stamp I had that I could make it and I thought the butterflies in Butterfly Gala would look great!

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I got the inspiration from a card that I saw made by Michelle Lupton and I thought I would use Stampin' Up! Products to do a bit different version.

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I started with the Thick Whisper white card stock and heat embossed with white flowers or butterflies onto the card. Once the card had cooled I got out the sponge brayer and the Coastal Cabana ink and coloured a band over the embossed flowers.

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To create the top layer I used the Peony Dies and cut diagonally on a piece of Whisper white card stock that fit exactly to the same size of the front of the card. You could just go horizontally if you like. I wanted to add just a little bit more interest. I then decided how much of the inked flowers or butterflies I wanted showing and adheres the two parts of the card down. The trimmed the excess to fit the card.

Using the Well Written dies I cut out "Miss You Friend" as like many of you I miss being with my friends and seeing them in person. And all friends need some bling so I added some basic jewel rhinestones.

For my next next card I CASED the Annual Catalogue on page 103. Go check it out.

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I really loved the effect of the Dandelion 3D embossing folder on the Vellum cardstock so I had to try it for myself and so I thought this was the perfect Colour Creations Show Case Week to try it and I didn't want to wait until Seaside Spray week which is the colour in the example in the catalogue.

I have paired it with the Lovely you bundle and I just love the sentiment. I have stamped it in Coastal Cabana and cut it out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch on the widest slot in the punch. I have popped it up on Dimensionals over the the Braided Linen Trim and added a little bow of Gold cord from the Wonder of the Season Ribbon Combo Pack from the August -December Mini.

Doesn't this Dandelion embossed on the Vellum make you think of springtime as a child and blowing on them to see how many time you had to blow for them all to blow away and to chase them. Ah Spring is coming. It really is so effective on the vellum.

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Anyway I hope you like the ideas of my card to night and with the first 2 you could blend some colours together and do different colours and have a whole rainbow of colours. Speaking of which come back tomorrow for our Monthly Art With Heart Creative Showcase as we look at the theme Rainbow.

Now please grab a cuppa and head over to my friend the lovely and talented Cathy Proctor's blog as she hosts our weekly Colour Creations Showcase and she will have the list of those who are lending their incredible talent to the colour of Coastal Cabana: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions about my cards or would like to have a paper copy of the Annual or New August-December Mini in your hands please do not hesitate to contact me.