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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Week 45 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Seaside Spray"

This week for our Colour Creations showcase we are looking at the gorgeous colour Seaside Spray. It is a gorgeous blue. I have paired it with one of the new InColors Soft Succulent and you will be able to get your hands on this new colour starting in May.

I had made a card using these colours and a different stamp set in a collage way but I can't show you that yet so I thought I would give it a go with a few different stamp sets and see what it looked like. I don't do a lot of this kind of stamping but it is a fun technique.

Rhapsody in Craft, Seaside Spray, Lovely You, Free As A Bird, Butterfly Brilliance, Label Me Fancy, Collage STamping, Friendship Card, #colourcreationshowcase, Stampin' Up

So I have used 3 stamp sets for you just for fun. I have used the leaves and flowers of Lovely You. The sentiments and the bird from Free As A Bird and 1 little butterfly from Butterfly Brilliance which is new and an early release from the upcoming annual catalogue.

The background of the card front is created on basic white card using a water painter and I have done that with Seaside spray and Soft Succulent ink. When that dried I used the leaves and the flowers out of the Lovely You stamp set and stamped in Soft succulent, Garden Green ( I stamped off once in this colour) and with my Stampin' Write Markers I coloured directly onto the flowers in Pumpkin Pie and Pale Papaya with a stem of Soft succulent.

You may notice a couple of branches at the bottom of the leaves and flowers. I have used my crumb cake Stampin' Write marker to colour just the branch that the birds are sitting on in Free as a Bird and stamped that on. You can't even tell that some line are the birds feet. I then stamped the sentiment in Basic Grey once off before stamping in the Seaside Spray parts on the card. The bird was a little trickier to stamp on as he/she was facing the wrong direction so I got out my stamparatus and my silicon mat and stamped the bird in Basic Grey onto the silicon mat then placed the card down onto the mat to pick up the ink and the image and now I have my bird facing the way I want. I then gave him a bit of colour with some Pumpkin pie and crumb cake.

Now to get the butterfly on to have just one more piece of colour I inked just that top right had butterfly of the set of butterflies in cajun craze and stamped off once before stamping so that it would appear behind the words.

To finish off the card I stamped the sentiment onto some more Basic White card and then punched it out with the Label me Fancy Punch and with my blending bush I coloured the label with Seaside Spray and popped it on the card with dimensionals. You can also see some bling they are the new InColor Jewels you are going to want to get those in the new catalogue that is for sure. I have also used my Stampin Write Marker in Seaside Spray to colour in the Gold Metallic Edge ribbon to finish off the card before putting all this on a base of Seaside Spray. It was a fun card to make with some fun techniques.

If you have any questions about today's project or would like to get your hands on the new upcoming Annual Catalogue I will be happy to help so please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please head over to Catherine Proctor's Blog the host of our weekly Colour Creations Showcase to see her always amazing inspiration and the list of the AWHT so you can see their creations for this weeks colour of : Seaside Spray

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Week 44 - Colour Creations Showcase - " Sahara Sand"

Well I don't know about you but I can't believe we are almost all the way through the colours but the exciting thing is we will be getting 5 new InColors very soon and we will be able to keep going for 5 more weeks. But for this week we have the neutral colour of:

SAHARA SAND

I was going to say it is quite a sandy colour, well of course it it that is the name of it. I think I am a bit tired and anything can come out of my brain at the moment. So let's just get on with my project.

I have played a lot with blending and colouring in my card this week and used these beautiful blending brushes which I just can't get enough of.

I started my card off with a piece of Basic White and chose the 3 colours with Sahara sand having to be one of them and Garden green and Seaside Spray as the third. I started with the Sahara sand in the middle and blended an area large enough for the bird from Free as a bird to sit in then I added the green and the blue blending then into the Sahara Sand.

I stamped the birds and flowers in Sahara sand and then coloured them in using a variety of the Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. The sentiment is stamped in Sahara sand and I have used a bit of the residual ink on the blending brush to just take some of the white from the Basic White so that it is not so white against the garden green. I have punched that out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. Now the twine that I have wrapped around the bottom of the card is a sneak peak from the New Annual Catalogue and it comes from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack. That is going to be a very sort out essentials pack.

On the inside of the card I stamped the large bird and the friendship greeting and coloured the bird like I did with the birds on the front of the card. To make the Basic White not so white I blended just the edges with the Sahara Sand and the blending brushes.

I added just a little layer of Rococo Rose behind the blended layer just to add a little bit of extra lift and tie it into the flowers.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and that you will try it. The blending brushes are so much fun and the rest is simple stamping and a bit of fussy cutting.

The very talented Cathy Proctor is our host for Colour Creations Showcase and if you head over to her blog you will find her wonderful creations and the list of the ladies playing along this week from the AWHT and see their wonderful creations for Sahara Sand: Cathy's Blog

If you need anymore information about today's project on how to get your hands on these gorgeous products including the blending brushes and the New Annual Catalogue coming soon. You don't want to miss that! Just contact me and I will be happy to help you out.

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

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Week 13 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - "Crushed Curry"

Well here we are at the colour that I am not fond of. Now I like the colour I think it is a gorgeous golden yellow colour. The reason I have a problem with it is that I was asked to make 1000 crowns in this colour a few years ago and in a very short window of time and it was time consuming and everything I did for some reason something went wrong, so, I have a little bit of trauma around this colour but it really is a lovely golden yellow colour!

This week Crushed Curry

Crushed Curry, Rhapsody in craft, Colour Creations Showcase, Lovely You, Free as a Bird, Forever Flourishing Dies, 2020-21 Annual Catalogue, Stampin' Up!

For my card tonight I have used many layers and textures to build up my card. I have a family friend who has their 82 year old mother going into hospital tomorrow for cancer surgery and they can't go with her as we are in stage 4 lock down. Life still goes on with all the complexities and I thought a card with the sentiment behind it of I am always here for you might be a little reminder that we can be on the other end of the phone even though we can't physically be there.

I have used Smokey Slate and Crushed Curry as my 2 main colours and I have used the Regals and the Neutrals 6x6 DSP stacks for the added interest in the card tonight and of course I love the Scripty 3D Embossing folder. I have layered the DSP with the Smokey slate after stamping the word "Always" from the Lovely You stamp set by using the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch

My little flower arrangement I have stamped the flower from the Free as a Bird stamp set in Crushed Curry and fussy cut them out. I have popped them up and mini dimensional over 2 vellum leaves, 1 Just Jade leaf, 1 crumb cake seed pod and 2 little soft suede sprigs. These were cut out using the Forever Flourishing dies. I have spotlighted them on a Whisper white 2" circle punch backed with a scalloped smokey slate circle from the layering circle dies.

Of course you want to add some bling because all girls need some bling.

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to make this card and need some supplies, don't hesitate to contact me.

Now please grab yourself a cuppa if you haven't already and head over to Catherine's Blog the host of our Colour Creations Showcase each week to see all the lovely creations for crushed curry from the team. I love to see all the creations each week, we have such a talented team and they inspire me with their creativity: Catherine's Blog

Here is my Product list:

Product List

Lovely You Bundle (English)

[154070]

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set

[149468]

Forever Flourishing Dies

[152714]

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[153073]

Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[152485]

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

Just Jade A4 Cardstock

[153084]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

2" (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch

[133782]

Layering Circles Dies

[141705]

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Bone Folder

[102300]

Paper Snips

[103579]

Thank you for spending some time with me today,

take care,

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Week 8 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - "Calypso Coral"

Another week and another beautiful colour. Stampin' Up! has such gorgeous colours.

This week Calypso Coral

This wee I have made 2 cards for you. I had a friend get some bad news this week and I thought I would make a card for her.

Rhapsody in craft, Timeless Tulips, Calypso Coral, Well Said, Tasteful Touches, Free As A Bird, Friendship Cards, Stampin' Up

I really had her in mind when I made both of these cards as well as my Grandmother as it was her Mother in law that has just been diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer. My Grandmother loved Tulips so I wanted to make a tulip card as my I know this lovely woman as well and Grandmothers are so special.

Rhapsody in craft, Calypso Coral, Tasteful Touches, Free As A Bird, Friendship Cards, Stampin' Up

For my first card I have used the most gorgeous rose from Tasteful Touches and the sentiment from Free As A Bird.

Here is my Colour Combination for this card:

I love all the layers of Calypso Coral DSP that you can find in the subtle 6x6 DSP.

I have stamped the gorgeous roses in Smokey slate and then coloured them in with the Stampin' Blends.

I really love this sentiment and at this time in our world our friends are so important.

For my Second Card I saw this card on a blog by Maureen Rauchfuss but she had made it into a fancy fold for Mother's Day. I wanted to give the card a go and play with it a bit. Thanks for the inspiration Maureen.

Rhapsody in craft, Timeless Tulips, Calypso Coral, Well Said, Friendship Cards, Stampin' Up

I have stamped all the tulips in Calypso Coral and punched some out with the Tulip builder punch and fussy cut the medium and smaller tulips.

Here is the colour combination for this card:

The sentiment is just perfect for my friend right now as they fine out about their Mother-in-laws cancer and as they go through all the steps to help her get treatment.

For the the pearls I have coloured them with the dark Calypso coral Stampin' Blends.

Please head on over to the lovely Cathy Proctors Blog to see how the team have used Calypso Coral tonight. I am always excited and inspired by these creative women. Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions about these cards or have would like to purchase the products to make these cards do not hesitate to contact me.