Week 48 - Colour Creations Showcase - "So Saffron"

 

Week 48 can you believe it?! I know this is so much fun each week bring you a different colour from the wonderful range that Stampin' Up! has to offer and seeing all the different inspiration that each demonstrator that participates each week brings. So many wonderful ideas. I hope that you are hopping along with us each week and making some of these wonderful cards and projects yourself.

Well this week we have one of the colours in our Subtles range - " So Saffron" A beautiful soft yellow.

My daughter asked me to make a birthday card for her speech pathologist for tomorrow so the first thing I thought of was the dies from the Fine Art Floral Suite in the Jan-June Mini Catalogue on pages 32 -34. The words from the Floral Gallery Dies, "Just want to say" are just perfect I thought for a Speechie but you might think that is a bit punny! Anyway my daughter did ask for something with words on it so I have met the brief I think!

So what did I do!

Well the cards and projects in the catalogue are there for inspiration and I quite liked the design on page 34 and going on the brief I was given by my daughter I thought yes I can CASE this card and make it something for her Speechie. The middle layer of the card I have stamped the words (my daughter wanted words) from the Stamp set Art Gallery onto a piece of Petal Pink card stock in Poppy Parade ink and cut that down to fit the words "Just want to Say" and the flower perfectly, with the little diagonal on each corner.

Now for the background I have used the So Saffron ink and my blending brush, I love these blending brushes. I have created an Ombre effect on some Basic White card and then put it through the Cut & Emboss machine with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder

Well of Course I had to have a lovely flower so I just had to use the Gilded leafing embellishment. I first stamped in So Saffron then the part where the gilded gold leaf is I stamped that in versMark and used the Heat & Stick Powder then the heat tool to activate the heat and stick powder and then the fun with the gilded leafing.  It looks so good! Who doesn't need a bit of bling in their life! Plus lots of GILDED LEAF!

To put this card all together I went nuts with the stampin' dimensionals between the layers of the card based and the Ombre layer. I wrapped the gorgeous gold flecked Fine Art ribbon around it first. The Petal Pink Layer that is stamped with the Best Wishes and Happy Birthday in Poppy Parade is also Popped up on dimensionals. Then I have used stampin' seal for the flower and the Happy Birthday. Now the Happy Birthday I have used the Die from the Floral Gallery Dies to cut that out twice once in So Saffron and then in the Basic White after stamping and I have trimmed off the frilly bits so that it would fit. ( I always think of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy when they talk about who designed Norway with all the frilly bits, LOL!)  Ok Back to the card. So Now don't be a nincompoop like me and forget to put your So Saffron Card on the adhesive sheets first before putting it through the Cut and Emboss machine. However I used Multipurpose glue and a tip here is to let it dry a little bit and get tacky so that it doesn't seep out and you are good to go. Of Course I had to add a little bit more bling with the Basic Rhinestones.

Please head over to Cathy's Blog as she host our Colour Creations Showcase each week and there you will find her wonderful inspiration and the list of the ladies participating this week and you will be able to go and see how they have used So Saffron this week and get some more fantastic inspiration to use in your projects: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions about my project today or would like to purchase the products to make this project or have some other crafting need that I can help you with do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 40 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Real Red"

 

Week 40 is Real Red of our Colour Creations Showcase!

Today I have a quick and simple card for you as I had a few things on this week and a big drive into the city today to see my migraine specialist. It always takes most of the day to not only get in to see him, wait and then drive home. I am grateful for having great medical care just not for the distance that I have to to to see him. I do know that others have it far worse than me so I shouldn't complain. So I wanted to do a quick card to make sure I got it finished for you!

Today my card is kind of a spin on the spotlighting technique where the bright Real Red Daisy is in the spotlight and stands out among the elements of the card.

I have used the Daisy Lane stamp set for the main focal point of the card and coloured the daisy in with the Stampin' Blends. The daisy has both the light and dark real red and Light So saffron for the middle and Light and Dark Old olive for the stem.

To add a little bit of extra texture and flare to the card I have used the Ornate floral 3D embossing folder as a layer to give that added dimension. All the while using the Basic Black and Basic White as the neutral colours so that the Real Red Daisy Pops off the page.

Of course I couldn't help myself so I added a little bling with the a couple of Elegant faceted gems and my new favourite Mossy Meadow braided linen thread from the Dandy Garden Suite in the Jan-Jun Mini.

Now if you hold the card just right you will be able to see that I have added a touch of wink of stella to the daisy.

The sentiment that I have added to the side  of the daisy on the layer below is from the Here's A Card Stamp set, I love that stamp set and I used my Stamparatus to make sure I had it all lined up and in the right spot before stamping in memento black ink like I had with my daisy before colouring it in.

I am dedicating this card to my friends who have been there for me, I am here for you and especially a dear friend that I have spoken about a bit in the past weeks as her uncle has passed away and her husbands uncle has as well, now her mother is very sick in hospital. We all need out friends no matter what is going on in our lives but especially when we are going through very hard and difficult times. Maybe make a card for a friend today and let them know you are thinking of them.

Please head over to the host of our weekly colour creations showcases the very talented Cathy Proctor and there you will see the list of the ladies playing along with this weeks Real Red to be inspired by Cathy and the team: Cathy's Blog

If you have any questions or would like to purchase the products to create today's project please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 39 - Colour Creations Showcase - "Purple Posy"

 

 

Week 39 of Colour Creations Showcase and in some ways it feels like just yesterday and on the other hand a life time ago we started this fabulous weekly sharing of colour inspiration. I think I am feeling a little nostalgic today as we got the keys to the house for my son yesterday and we are all systems go at cleaning and getting appliances and moving him in to his new place. EEEK! My baby is leaving home!

So with all this excitement I have made one card for you this week and when I thought of Purple Posy I couldn't help but continue with the alliteration on a card of a Purple Posy Prized Peony! Phew!

Well that was a mouthful! HEHE!

Here is the card that I made for you.

I have focused on the gorgeous large  peony stamp of the Prized Peony stamp set and added layers of texture with 3 different embossing folders.

Firstly I coloured the gorgeous peony with the Stampin' Blends after stamping the image in Smokey Slate. I used Light and Dark Purple Posy and Old Olive and Light So Saffron as my colours. I love the way Stampin' Up gives us help with our colouring and shading with their stamped images as all you have to do is add the darker Purple posy to the shaded areas of the image and then blend in the light over the top and work your way out. I left a little white as well for the a 3 toned rose.

For the layers of the card under the Prized Peony I have a Sahara Sand embossed in Dainty Diamonds, Purple Posy embossed twice with the Subtle 3D folder and the In Good Taste DSP has been embossed Tasteful Textiles 3D folder. I have popped everything on a card base of Thick Basic White.

Now I don't know if you can spot one more thing on the In Good Taste DSP? I have used the Purple Posy Stampin' Write Marker and sprinkled or splattered depending on your definition some ink all over the layer before I embossed it.

The final couple of elements you might have noticed are the gorgeous scalloped purple posy linen ribbon and the whisper white bakers twine from the Snail Mail twine combo pack page 55 of the Jan-June Mini. I have also cut the peony out using the Peony Dies and popped it up on dimensionals.

Ok 1 final element is the sentiment and as we don't have an ink pad I used the Stampin' Write marker on the "Love & Thanks to a dear friend" stamp from the Prized Peony stamp set and just inked the "To a dear friend" and then punched it out with the Classic Label Punch.

A quick fun card to make using some of your embossing folders and a little bit of colouring.

Now make sure you head on over to our host Cathy Proctor so you can see her always inspiring creations and get the list of the ladies participating today with Purple Posy. I love to see what they have created we have a talented group of ladies so you don't want to miss their creations. Cathy's Blog

If you would like any more information on my card today or you would like to have a little bit of a play with some product please don't 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,