Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 16 - Crushed Curry

 

Welcome to week 16 of the 2022-23 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at a golden yellow called Crushed Curry.

Ok so Crushed Curry isn't my favourite of all the colours as I am still traumatised from cutting 1000 crowns out in this colour a few years back but it is a great colour for crowns if you want to use it for that. I know I really need to get over it as it really is a great yellow! My card today I have used a flower that could be like a crown so this is my homage to all those crowns! 😂

So for my card this week I have used a card sketch by Dawn at Dawn Stampin' Thoughts. She has over 200 card sketches and you can use them to give you a place to start off from.

I was asked by my daughter to make a card for a co-worker who was leaving and I was asked to do it in Crushed Curry, she was on placement and hit it off with my daughter so we wanted to give her a card when she left. I used this sketch as a starting point.

So I used 2 of my favourite stamp set for this card. I am really enjoying the addition of the Cup of Tea stamp set and dies to my collection of products! For this card I have a base of Basic cray that has then been layered with Crushed Curry and Basic White!

You may have noticed that I have turned the sketch to be vertical and moved the sentiment circle. I like using the sketch as a starting off point and then seeing how I can fit it with how I need the card to go!

On a piece of the Tea Boutique DSP which just so happens to be Crushed Curry I stamped the words from the Quiet Meadow stamp set in Crushed Curry all the way down the DSP.

And just because that wasn't enough texture I put it through the Cut & emboss machine in the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. I just love the texture this folder gives.

I must have been trying a different camera angle here not sure it works, but hey, I don't have the card anymore! LOL! The DSP was then adhered to the top section of the card and then another gorgeous piece of the Tea Boutique DPS was backed with Basic Gray and adhered just below. For the flower panel I have Basic Gray and Smokey Slate and I have used the Meadow Dies and cut the flower out in Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry and So Saffron and layered them together with a slight shadow and a bakers twine bow and some black matt dot bling

Then sentiment is taken from the Cup of Tea stamp set and is just perfect. I have stamped that in Basic Gray and cut it out with the Stylish Shapes dies and backed it with a Crushed Curry Scalloped circle from the layering circle dies.

I am really loving working with and stamping on DSP this year and our DSP's are just gorgeous. So I hope you can take some time this week to take care of yourself!

If you need anymore information about this card today or would like to get your hands on the products to make this card or any other Stampin' Up! needs do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Crushed Curry Journey and this week you will be heading to Kate Morgan just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there. I can't wait to see what she has for us this week she is fast becoming the fancy fold Queen!

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't work and let's face it technical things happen every now and again, so just head back here and our lovely host Cathy Proctor with have a list of everyone participating in our Crush Curry journey this week. You can find the list on Cathy's blog here: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 15 - Crumb Cake

 

Welcome to week 15 of the colour creations blog hop for 2022-23. This week we are looking at the neutral colour of Crumb Cake.

This week I have cased a card design from Ronda Wade. It is a simple layout but as I am needing a few simple cards for the next few weeks I hope you don't mind. I will get back to the fancy folds and back to regular scheduled programming after the daughter has turned 21 and I have dealt with all those shenanigans in a months time. Let the preparations begin!

So the card is a simple lay out and I finally took out my Wisteria Wishes stamp set which I absolutely love but hadn't cracked it open yet. I know what was I thinking. I need to use it more!

The card base is Crumb Cake and then I have another layer of Crumb Cake Card. What I have done is taken one of the Petal Pink 6x6 pieces of Tea Boutique DSP and cut it down to fit the front piece and the bit left over trimmed it down after turning it on it's side to fit behind the front and adhered it to the card base.

Before adhering the piece of Tea Boutique DSP to the front of the card I stamped the stems in Early Espresso, I did this on my Stamparatus so I could stamp and then hinge down 2 steps and stamped the next lot of stems. I then did the same with the more solid flower stamp and I did that in Crumb Cake ink first and over the top of the Crumb Cake I stamped Cherry Cobbler a in the speckle flower stamp.

The sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake. I then adhered that to the crumb cake layer and wrapped around some crumb cake bakers twine and popped it on the front of the card with dimensionals. Of course I had to have bling and added some Petal Pink Elegant Faceted Gems. Quick and Easy two step stamping made easy with the Stamparatus and beautiful DSP!

If you need any help with this card or would like to purchase the products to make this card please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next crafty person on our Crumb Cake Journey and today it is the very talented Ros Davidson, she always comes up with great colour combinations and fun, happy cards, I can't wait to see what she has for us today. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason there is a break in the next blog buttons and you don't go to the next person properly head back here and go to our weekly host the very lovely Cathy Proctor she will have a list of the team participating this week and you can continue you Crumb Cake Journey from there: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 2 - 2022-23 - Parakeet Party

 

Well what a week one we had of our New In Colors! This week we are looking at Parakeet Party the bright green of the bunch. I actually quite like it.

For this week I have used the new stamp set and die bundle called Sending Smiles

I needed to make a couple of cards for my ladies group at Church as it is our yearly Pamper Night tomorrow and as with all things Covid has meant that we have had to change things up and we can't do pampering the same way so we are looking more into the Wheel of Well being and one was to connect with others so I thought I would make some cards for them to send to stay connected with others as this is not only good for them but also good for the people who receive the cards.

So I thought I would carry on my colour scheme as last week if you have been playing along at home and stamp my flowers with similar colours as to the ones used in my tea bag envelopes!

For my first card I have used the Tea Boutique Cards and Envelopes as it has all the new In Colors there ready for you to decorate so then I used the Scalloped Contour dies with Basic White card to give me a place to stamp my flowers. I used my Stamparatus and lined everything up and stamped all my cards this way after I had done the first one. The leaves are in Parakeet Party and the flowers are in Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky and Crushed Curry. For this card I have added a little bit of the dies with Garden green behind the Parakeet Party Sending and then the sentiment is stamped in Parakeet Party and cut out using the Sending Dies.

For this card I have created the focal image the same way and oh don't forget to put the adhesive sheets on the Parakeet Party card stock before cutting out the word sending it makes it so much easier to adhere it to the Garden Green silhouette.  So the focal point part of the card is layered on a card base of Thick Basic White, Garden green card stock and a layer of 2022-24 In Colour DSP in Parakeet Party.

For this card I have changed up the DSP and used a layer of the Tea Boutique DSP.

For this card I have used the Tea Boutique DSP again  but this time I have stamped the flowers and leaves on Basic White card and cut them out using the Sending Dies and layering them on the scalloped contour die. You might even noticed that I have added some Parakeet Party Bakers Twine and some Parakeet Party Matt Dots just to kick this card up a little more than the other cards.

If you are interested in all these fantastic bright and vibrant new products do not hesitate to contact me to get your hands on the new Annual Catalogue

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Parakeet Party and today you will be heading to Rachel Palmieri so just hit the next blog button and it will take you straight there. I always love seeing her awesome creations and I can't wait to see what she has for us today.

If for any reason technology has a glitch and the next blog button doesn't work please head to the host of all our colour creation blog hops Cathy Proctor and on her blog she will have the list of those participating each week: Cathy's Blog

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