AWHT - Creative Showcase - March 2021 - Sketch Challenge

 

Welcome to the March Creative Showcase, I am so happy to be able to finally be taking part this year in the monthly showcase. I have had life get in the way and I was determined not to let it this month.

This month the team are working on a sketch challenge that has been set by our lovely host Rachel. 

I actually love a good sketch challenge and I have taken this one very literal! 

I do have a confession, one of the first stamp set bundles from the Jan-June Mini that I purchased was the Hydrangea Haven Bundle. This was the first time I have used it! I know shock horror! Well this is the card I came up with.

 I have taken the colours from the Hydrangea Hill DSP and used them as my guide. I don't know what took me so long to get this bundle out as it is so much fun.

As you can see I have started with a Thick Basic White card base and layered with an embossed Dainty Diamonds piece of Gorgeous Grape card stock and then leaving a little border I have layered 2 of the more muted and less busy sides of the Hydrangea Hill DSP with a piece of Basic Black to make it pop.

For the stamped image of the hydrangea I have stamped it in Basic Grey and then filled it in with mossy meadow and the blue is misty moonlight but I have stamped off once so it is not quite so dark. Then I put it through the die cut not only cut it out but also to cut the flowers.

You can see here in this photo that there is an extra die that you can put your flower through and it will add this great pop ups on your hydrangea for extra texture. The little flowers are also die cut out and then I stamped Seaside Spray on after on the Basic White Card. 

To finish off my card I have stamped the fabulous sentiment in gorgeous grape and layered that under the popped up hydrangea and used the great Mossy Meadow braided linen trim from the Dandy Garden suite in the Jan-June Mini and you always need a little bling and I have opted for the elegant faceted gems but you could also use the pastel pearls that come with the Hydrangea Hill suite.

I am so glad that I was able to be back for the month Creative showcase and I can wait to see who else played along today from the team and how they interpreted the sketch so please head over to our host with me Rachel to see some fabulous creations from the team: Rachel's Blog

If you have any questions about my card today or would like to get your hands on these gorgeous products and have a go yourself please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 31 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Old Olive"

 

Week 31 is all about Old Olive and when I thought about this colour I thought Simply Succulents from the new Jan-Jun Mini! I just had to have this bundle when I saw it in the new Mini Catalogue as my Daughter has created quite a garden of different succulents in our back yard. We love to look at succulents when we are out and about when we pass them and at different garden places. Today I have made 2 cards for you using 2 different colour methods.

I just couldn't resist this stamp set and bundle, there are so many dies and you get to cut and colour so many things and there are label dies as well. It is just fabulous!

For my first card I thought I would use the large die and cut out a panel of the succulents in Old Olive card stock

Under this gorgeous layer of die cut succulents is the equally beautiful Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. Oh I think I will be using so much of this gorgeous Designer series paper all of the designs are just wonderful.

For this card I used the Stampin' Blends to colour the pot and the different succulents. I love colouring with the blends they are so lovely to work with and I have used Old Olive light and Dark, Light Highland Heather and Cinnamon Cider Light and Dark.

Here is a little closer look and as you can see when I adhered them to the card front I popped the light ones on dimensionals. The darker succulents are coloured with both the light and dark old olive blends and then tipped with the Highland Heather. 

The little pearl succulents were cut out of old olive card stock, I love this die as I love this succulent in real life. The Thanks sentiment is stamped in Old Olive and then the 3 label dies are also in the set of dies in the Potted Succulent Dies. I always like a little bling and the gold foil is perfect for this.

My Second Card today I used the larger Succulent stamp.

This is such a fun stamp and I just love it and you can just sit and colour to your hearts content. I have always loved colouring and I won a second prize in a colour competition when I was 10 and got a book about birds and it was the first time I found out about Spoon Bill birds so every time we go to Healesville Sanctuary we have to visit them. We went last week and it was so good!

My daughter had to take a photo of me with the spoon bills in the background. 

So for this card I used the blender pen to colour the Succulents and I coloured 2 pots when I was making the first card with the Stampin' Blends.

For this card I used 6 colours after I had stamped the image. 

I used Old Olive on all of the succulents except the top left green one and that is a Pear Pizzazz succulent. The bottom one is first in Old Olive then Mossy Meadow over top. The middle 2 are Old Olive with Highland Heather tips. The top Succulent is Merry Merlot, Rich Razzleberry and then Old Olive.

I have layered the arrangement of succulents on a piece of Whisper White card stock that has been Embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder after cutting it out with one of the dies and then I have used the Ornate Layers Dies for the frame in Gold Foil and cut out the centre to frame the arrangement. The sentiment is stamped in in Old Olive and cut out with a label die from the Potted Succulents Dies. Everything is on a card base of Old Olive.

Now my cards decided they wanted a photo shoot with some of the succulents in my garden so at the end of this post I will have some succulent and card shots. I don't know how they managed to get me outside today it was soooooo hot but they insisted. If you want to skip the photo shoot  please head over to the blog of the our host of the weekly Colour Creation Showcase Cathy Proctor to see the fun and inspiring work not only from Cathy but from the whole Art with Heart team playing along this week with Old Olive: Cathy's Blog

If you go to the photo shoot make sure you come back and go to Cathy's blog.

If you have any questions about the cards today or would like to get your hands on the Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me. It is a fabulous Catalogue.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,