Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 6 - Balmy Blue

 This week for our Colour Creations Blog Hop we are heading back to our gorgeous staple colours and will be going in alphabetical order. So we are looking at Balmy Blue.

I have recently purchased the Abigail Rose suite and I am loving it and I have made a few cards for the next few weeks using the stamp set and dies but I have not used the other elements in the suite yet I will have to get on to that! So keep an eye out to see how I have just loved using this rose in a few cards. Well I thought I had better get back to making a fancy fold and this is one I hadn't made before so here goes!

So this card has many elements to it and I followed along with a video that I found and adapted from a UK Stampin' Up! demonstrator Jan B. I will add her link at the end of the blog if you wish to have a look at how she put it all together.

As you can see there are quite a few elements to the card.

So what did I do.

 

I first cut 3 pieces of Balmy Blue Card the same size of the front of a card base and a card base. I set the card base aside.

On one of the 3 other pieces in Balmy blue ink I stamped around the edge the 3 flower rose stamp.

I then adhered it to one of the other pieces that I had cut and set it aside to dry while I got to work on the hinge mechanism.

I cut 3 of these and scored them

Cut out the piece on each that wasn't needed

Cut out that little extra but that makes the folds work oh so much better.

Folded the tabs, now the hinges were ready to decorate!

I decided to use the Awash in Beauty DSP as it has Balmy Blue as one of the colours. Plus how gorgeous is this paper!!!  So I used this side as the front and then turn it over and I used the back.....

For the inside of the back of my hinges.

Now we have to put it all together.

Cut out the centre of the stamped card. Now I did cut it out at 5/8 inches from each side which is around 1.58 cm so you chose which measurement you would like to use but it is quite easy to do on the trimmer at 5/8 inches.

On the 3rd piece of Balmy Blue card it is time to add your hinges. lay the first one down all the way to the left just adhering the tabs at the top and bottom then with that folded open butt the second hinge right up against the first hinge and adhere it and then the third hinge right up against the second.

Before adding the top I have added another piece of the Awash with Beauty DSP between each hinge not only to decorate but to hide the hinge mechanism.

Place some glue on each hinge and then starting with them closed and the non Balmy Blue side up start at the right hand side and slowly place the top over the hinged with the glue facing up.

Now we are all put together we can adhere the shutter card to the card base.

I decided I didn't want to stamp the flowers for each of the shutters so I went to the Cottage Flower Dies that come in the bundle or with the Abigail Rose Suite if you are able to buy the whole suite. I cut out the leaves in vellum and then the flower in Balmy Blue and adhered them onto the gorgeous Awash with Beauty DSP and some Baker's twine to finish each flower off.

I wasn't finished there I stamped the Happy Birthday and cut it out with the new Stylish Shapes Dies. I told you last week you needed these dies and this one fit perfectly on my card. I also added some Polished Dots from the Jan-June Mini so if you want them get them now as they are retiring.

Well of course you can't have a shutter card without something behind the shutters so I have cut out the flowers this time in Merry Merlot to match the Awash with Beauty DSP and a little one in Balmy Blue and placed them on a Vellum Leaf. I also stamped another of the sentiments from the Cottage Rose stamp set and cut it out using the Stylish Shapes Dies so now the front of our card is complete.

I did not forget the inside of the card with another piece of the the gorgeous DSP and flower die and I have added another sentiment from the stamp set. All 3 work together well for a birthday card.

Here is a little video I had my daughter hold the card and open and shut it so you could see how it works.

Hope you liked this card, it was fun to make. If you would like any help with this fancy fold or any of the products please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person in our Balmy Blue journey. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there. I love to see what Andrea makes it is always so beautiful and I can't wait for her creation this week.

If at any time there is a glitch or a problem with the next blog button just come back to here and head over to our host of the Colour Creations Blog Hops the lovely Cathy Proctor: Cathy's Blog.

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

If you would like to see how Jan B put together her card and watch the video I watched to work off to make my card here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0sGU9_h4Y

Colour Creations Blog Hop - 2022-23 - Week 5 - Tahitian Tide

 

Welcome to the Art with Heart teams Colour Creation Blog Hop for Tahitian Tide. We are now at the last of our very new In Colors for the new 2022-23 Annual Catalogue and what a lovely blue it is!

My daughter inspired my card this week. I have had the Bamboo Beauty for a while now and haven't made a card with it and I was determined to make a card. My daughter just loves Japan and the culture and the food and we were fortunate to do a 13 day tour which is way too short of Japan in 2019. There is so much to see and we will need to go back another time. One of the places we went was the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto it is a huge bamboo forest. I just had to get this stamp set when I saw it.

Enough reminiscing on to the card!

I have made a very simple layout for my card tonight taking a little inspiration from the Japanese flag if you will.

To start I used my blending brush with the Tahitian Tide ink and with a piece of Perfectly Penciled DSP (the one that looked the most bambooish LOL) I coloured it to a lovely shade of blue! 

I cut the circle out with the new Stylish Shapes Dies. Love these dies and I recommend that you put these on your wish list if you haven't already done so!

From there I stamped the 2 bamboo leaf stamps in Smoky Slate on a piece of Basic White card and adhered that to the card base of Tahitian Tide and got out the large Bamboo stamp and stamped in Shaded Spruce and Pear Pizzazz. I fussy cut those out and popped 2 up on dimensionals Under the sentiment which is stamped in Tahitian Tide and cut out using the Stylish Shapes Dies (now you know you want them) I have added some Tahitian tide bakers twine.

Don't forget to stamp the inside of your card and as I am giving this to my daughter this sentiment was just perfect!

One more photo of the card in front of the bonsai just for my girl!

Now don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions would like to get the products to make this project or get your hands on the new Annual Catalogue!

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Tahitian Tide, all you need to do is hit the next blog button below and you will head to the lovely Christine Blain I love seeing what she has for us each week, she is the queen of masculine card and using the designer series paper in fantastic ways so I can't wait to see what she has for us today! 

If for any reason we have a technical glitch and the next blog button doesn't work on your way around please come back here and click over to our weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating today and you will be able to continue your journey from there: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 3 - 2022-23 - Starry Sky

For week 3 we are looking at the new In Color Starry Sky. It is a lovely blue.

I think it will get used quite a lot in the next 2 years with Night of Navy and Pacific point as it's companions. I say this as I have chosen to use the colour palette of the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper for my card tonight. It can be found on page 90-91 and 134 of the New 2022-23 Annual Catalogue.

I then wanted to work out what green would go with Starry Sky and again Stampin' Up! has done all the work for me with the colour chart.

Now all I had to do was stamp.

I needed to do a male birthday card and when I saw these gorgeous papers I thought this was the one out of it that would work. It was kind of paint splattered so I then thought I would take out the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder and put the DSP through the Cut & Emboss machine and it come out great.

Even though the pallet of the DSP says Gray Granite I picked up Sahara Sand to use and I like it as well with these colours so that was a happy accident. How good does the Old Olive and Starry Sky look stamped on Sahara Sand! The DSP looks fabulous embossed in the Painted Texture makes it really look like paint!

I told my daughter I was doing a male birthday card and she said she liked it so it could be an anyone birthday card. Now those leaves I stamped them from the Sending Smiles stamp set and used the Sending Dies to cut them out. I Stamped the Happy Birthday from the Peaceful Moments in Starry Sky ink and cut it out with the layering circle dies and a layer of Starry Sky scalloped circle behind it. To add a little bling because guys can have bling too I added the Matt In Color decorative dots and the In Color Metallic Woven Ribbon both in Starry Sky. All of this is layered on a base of Starry Sky Card Base.

If you would like to contact me to get your hands on these fantastic new products, to have a play, or the new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head over to the next person on our journey around the Starry Sky, I can't wait to see what the lovely Christine Blain has for us, she is the queen of using designer series paper and she has fantastic male cards as well so always look forward to her creations each week. Just click on the next blog button and you will be taken straight there.

If for any reason on your journey around the Starry Sky blog hop a link is broken please head to our lovely weekly host Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of all those participating and you will be about to continue your journey around the Starry Sky: 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,

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 1- 2022-23 - Orchid Oasis

Well can you believe it we are starting a new year in the Stampin' Up! world. So that means a new Annual Catalogue and 5 new InColors! That is always exciting and I always get excited to see what the new colours are. So we are starting off the new year with the 5 new InColors and first up is Orchid Oasis.

How gorgeous is this colour!

Now I wanted to stay away from the Tea Boutique suite collection as it had all the new InColors but I couldn't this week as tomorrow at my church craft group we are having a high tea for Mother's Day. One of the ladies who is helping me organise it wanted to have the quote from Eleanor Roosevelt for everyone so I said I would organise that along with a tea bag for everyone. I thought well this suite is perfect for just this occasion.

So what have I made? Well I have made a little envelope using the InColour 6x6 DSP  which I cut down to 5x5 but you don't have to but those strips left over will come in handy I am sure in another project!

All I did was fold the points into the centre and then glued the bottom 3 together with a small amount of glue and to hold the top flap of the envelope down I cut out the heart in Sweet Sorbet (another new InColor) and popped it up on a mini dimensional. Envelope done.

Now to satisfy the wish of the quote I printed them onto Basic White card and cut them out with the Teacup Dies and added them to the envelope along with the teabag.

So to decorate the front of my little envelope I have cut out the teacup with the Teacup dies in the Orchid Oasis both in the solid and then the leaf pattern and adhered them together I have also stamped the leaves on Basic White in a new Incolor Parakeet Party and the flowers in Sweet Sorbet. The little teabag tag is stamped in Orchid Oasis and attached with the new InColor bakers twine and the lemon wedge is stamped in Crushed Curry. All of these are cut out with the dies in the set from the Teacup dies. 

Just so much fun to put together now I just have to make 30 by tomorrow. Wish me luck! If I get a bunch done before the hop goes live I will add a photo!

If you have any questions about todays project or would like to get your hands on these new product and the new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Now is the time to head to the next very creative person on our hop in the colour challenge of Orchid Oasis and this week you will be heading to the very talented Michele Taylor, I always love seeing her creations. Just hit next next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason you have a broken link on your journey today please head to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor's blog and there you will always find a list of who is participating each week. Cathy's Blog

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