Colour Creations - Blackberry Bliss Week 9

Hi everyone and a warm welcome to the Colour Creations blog hop tonight. Our featured Stampin’ Up! colour is Blackberry Bliss from the Regals colour family.

My cards tonight feature the Splendid Thoughts stamp and die bundle and coordinating Splendid Day DSP. I love my DSP but even more so if it has shiny foil or gold in it!

I’ve stamped the leafy outline and solid part onto Basic White card stock with my Stamparatus to sort of align the images. Note, they are not meant to perfectly align! So if you are a perfectionist it’s ok to show artistic licence here lol.

I die cut the stamped image using the Stitched Rectangles die and adhered it to another die cut rectangle from Blackberry Bliss card stock. Before putting the elements together I adhered some Soft Sea Foam Seam binding ribbon to the coordinating DSP  also in Soft Sea Foam and has a glossy texture. This is difficult to see in the photos.

I die cut various leafy elements with Basic White, Blackberry Bliss and Soft Sea Foam card stock. I cut another piece of the Seam binding ribbon in half and tied a double bow. 

These were all adhered behind the greeting die cut circle. The sentiment is from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set. I also added some Rustic Metallic adhesive backed dots to finish the card.

I have stuck to the same colours in my second card and just die cut the different leafy elements. This set also contains a bowl-shaped die that can be used as a pot to hold the leafy bits. The DSP I have used for the pot is from the new Sale-a-bration catalogue available from 1 July 2022. The 6”x6” pack has silver or gold stripes or dots pattern which I think will be great for Christmas and non-Christmas projects.

The sentiment is from the Happiness Abounds stamp set in the Annual catalogue. This is stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink and die cut with a label die from the Splendid Stems die set. The scalloped border to create a ledge for the pot is from the Basic Borders die set. I hope you have enjoyed my projects tonight.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Blackberry Bliss inspiration from the next participant and our blog host Cathy Proctor.

Have a fabulous week ahead and stay warm if you’re in Australia. Brrrr it’s cold out there!

Colour Creations - Bermuda Bay Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of the 2022-23 Colour Creations weekly blog hop. The star tonight is Bermuda Bay - a lovely bright summery blue.

It was my husband’s birthday this week which was the perfect occasion to make a masculine card using a few new products from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! July-December mini catalogue as well as a peek at a Sale-a-bration product. I’m getting really excited about some of the lovely and cute stamp sets and papers in the mini catalogue.

There are actually two DSP packs used tonight. The super cute Storybook Gnomes from the mini catalogue and Rings of Love from the Sale-a-bration catalogue beginning 1 July.

Before adhering the different elements to the Basic White mat I used blending brushes with Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede inks to add some depth in the background.

The  super cute gnome and tree panel were cut from the Storybook Gnomes DSP and the saw-cut log can be found in the Rings of Love  DSP Sale-a-bration item - a FREE product you can get with a minimum spend.

I have used the Basic Borders dies with Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay card stock that coordinate with the colours in the DSP to create the zig-zag trim.

The sentiment stamped with Bermuda Bay ink onto Basic White card stock is from the Good Feelings stamp set. I have applied some ink lightly with a blending brush too.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Bermuda Bay inspiration from the next participant the very talented Kate Morgan

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Colour Creations - Basic Gray Week 7

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to the 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop where the AWH team will showcase a different Stampin’ Up! colour each week. This weeks colour is Basic Gray which is found in the Neutrals colour family.

I made my card a few weeks ago and used some newly retired products as well as items in the current Last Chance list. I dry embossed  a Basic White mat using the newly retired Macramé 3D EF. Definitely sad to see this one go! I adhered this panel to my card base.

I used the Basic Gray doily from the Heart & Home Doilies set. I adhered some Soft Succulent satin shimmer ribbon to the back of the doily.

I have used the Honeybee Home stamp and die bundle for tonight’s card.

The elements layered on the front of the doily include the following:

• DSP die cut using a circle die (retired DSP Pansy Petals)
• Soft Succulent greenery die cut
• Flowers coloured with Fresh Freesia/Mint Macaron blends and die cut
• Bees stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Gold embossing powder and die cut
• Sentiment stamped with Basic Gray ink

To finish I added some retired Opal Rounds and 2021-23 In Colours jewels.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Balmy Blue inspiration from the next participant the very talented Christine Blain.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Colour Creations - Balmy Blue Week 6

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to the 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop where the AWH team will showcase a different Stampin’ Up! colour each week. This weeks colour is Balmy Blue which is found in the Subtles colour family.

One of the many new products in the 2022-23 annual catalogue is the Kraft Note cards and envelopes used for my cards tonight. It comes in a handy set of 20 that can be used to create multiple cards for different occasions or the same occasion. I received five in my paper share and hope to finish the set using the same theme but different sentiments.

The two cards I have made have used the Happiness Abounds stamp and die bundle. The DSP in this whole suite is just stunning.

I started with two die cut rectangles in Balmy Blue card stock by stamping several flowers and leaves with VersaMark ink. This was heat embossed with White embossing powder. The white lines stand out nicely on Balmy Blue background.

The embossed layer was adhered to the Basic White mat. I then stamped more roses of different shapes using Balmy Blue and Fresh Freesia inks onto Basic White card stock and each was then die cut.

The flowers were adhered with dimensionals and then I tucked strips of ribbon folded in half behind the flowers with glue dots. I used the Open weave ribbon in Fresh Freesia and the White Glittered Organdy ribbon to add some sparkle. 

The sentiment is from the Sending Smiles stamp set and stamped using Balmy Blue ink and then fussy cut. To finish off the card I added some bluish Glossy Dots Assortment.

My second card has used the same elements with the addition of a die cut frame from the Fabulous Frames die set. As mentioned previously the note cards have matching envelopes and these were embellished with floral die cuts too,

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Balmy Blue inspiration from the next participant the very talented, Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor’s blog.

  

Colour Creations - Tahitian Tide Week 5

Welcome to the AWH Team Colour Creations blog hop for 2022-23. It’s Week 5 and another new Stampin’ Up! 2022-24 In Colour to showcase tonight….Tahitian Tide. A very bright and vibrant blue.

I wasn’t sure what type of card to make this week but the colour Tahitian Tide suggested a sea theme so I went with the Friends are like seashells stamp set. I stamped the different seaside elements using Tahitian Tide and Crumb Cake inks and die cut each one.

I adhered a black and white All Together DSP layer to the Basic White card base. To assemble my card I first adhered the two shells to the DSP layer. The next layer is a plain sheet of the Lovely Layers vellum that was distressed with scissors across the edges and I also tore corners and sections. This pack of vellum also includes printed sheets. I strategically placed some glue dots behind the vellum where the top elements would sit over and hide those glue dots.

Next came the fancy frame in Tahitian Tide card stock that was die cut using the Fabulous Frames die set. This die set contains several different shapes and sized frames as well as photo corner mounts. The frame was adhered onto the vellum layer and the starfish and seaweed elements were then adhered to the frame using dimensionals.

To finish off the card I added some In Colour Decorative Matte Dots, a Linen thread bow and white embossed birthday sentiment from the just retired stamp set Elegantly Said.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Tahitian Tide inspiration from the next participant the very talented, Ros Davidson.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor’s blog.