Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 50 - Tahitian Tide - Notes of Nature Birthday

 

Welcome to week 50 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop this week we are looking at the colour Tahitian Tide.  Next week we will be starting our New InColor range for 2024-26 I do hope you will come back and check out the exciting 5 new InColors!

But first Tahitian Tide.

I thought I should end the 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop with a little fancy fold card. It is called a Cascading Display card and I haven't done one since my Christmas blog hop a couple of years ago so it is about time to do one again!

Today I have chosen to use the Notes of Nature and the Lovely & Sweet stamp sets to create my card. 

To begin with I created the base of the card in Tahitian Tide card stock.

Once you have the structure of the card which you score a "z" at each of  the ends of you base card then add another little piece of card in the shape of a "z" to those, then adhere the layers. It all helps the card fold down to go into our envelopes.

So how did I decorate the card base.

I took a piece of the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP and with the Stampin' Blends I coloured in the images. I used Light and Dark Tahitian Tide, Light and Dark Crumb Cake, Light and Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Lost Lagoon and Light Pretty Peacock! I used the Lovely & Sweet Dies to cut out a couple of Tahitian card flowers. The sentiment is cut up and place a little on the left and the rest on the right!

On the middle section I have used a different piece of the Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP. 

For the inside layer of the card where you can write your greeting I have added a circle of Nature's Sweetness Specialty DSP cut out with the Everyday Details Dies which is what I used to cut out the Birthday Sentiment which is from the Notes of Nature Stamp set. I have also stamped and coloured the leaves and flowers from the Notes of Nature stamp set and cut them out with the Dies from the bundle.

I do hope you have enjoyed our last look at Tahitian Tide. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me before the end of April if you would like to get hold of the product shown in my project tonight as they are retiring. Next week we will have the new Annual Catalogue going live!

Now is the time to head to the next amazing person participating in our Tahitian Tide colour challenge and this week you will be heading to the amazing Cathy Proctor. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime while you are on your journey around our blog hop and one of the next blog buttons does not quote go where it needs to go please come back here and head to out host Cathy Proctor and she will have the list for you of all those participating so you will be able to continue hop from there. Cathy's Blog

Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today and I hope you will return next week when we start our new hop for 2024-25 with the New InColours, take Care,

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 44 - Real Red - Tiger Lilly

 

Welcome to week 44 of the 2023-24 Colour Creations Blog hop. This week we are championing the colour Real Red!

This week I have chosen to work with the Easter Lilies Dies. I was talking with a good friend about the Easter Lilies this week and discussing about making an Easter card and I thought well they do come in different colours other than the white ones that we have at Easter. So I looked them up and sure enough I found the Red Tiger Lily so I had to try and make one!

The colour combination I used for the project this week is lots of lush greenery around the beautiful red lilies!

How did I put my card together!

On a card base of Mossy Meadow I stamped in Mossy Meadow with a stamp from the Notes of Nature stamp set!

Then I took a piece of Crumb Cake and embossed it with the Stripes embossing folder from the Stripes and Splatters 3D set. I then cut the card into 1 cm pieces to create a lattice. The vertical struts are popped up on dimensionals and the horizontal are woven through.

For the Tiger Lilies I have used the Easter Lilies dies. I have cute one in Real Red card and on in Petal Pink Card and the stamen in Basic White! Each section of the flower was then coloured with a sponge dauber with extra Real Red ink! As Tiger Lilies have lots of spots which I think they should be called Cheetah lilies because of the spots but it sounds better to be called Tiger I suppose. Anyway they have lots of dots so I splattered them with Early Espresso ink. I did this by flicking ink from a from an Early Espresso Pen. The stamen on the dark flower is coloured in Dark Mossy Meadow blends and the light one in Soft Sea Foam Blend.

I cut many leaves in Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Soft Sea Foam to surround the Real Red Tiger Lilies which I have attached to the lilies before attaching them to the card front with dimensionals as I had given the flowers dimension by curling the petals.

The sentiment is from the Perennial Postage stamp set and I have stamped it in Early Espresso on Basic White. I have fussy cut it out 3 times to express the meaning of the words!

This card could be used for Mother's Day or for a Daughter or a Special Friend!

If you would like any more information about my project or would like to get your hands on these gorgeous Easter Lilies Dies before the end of the Jan-April Mini please do not hesitate to contact me!

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Real Red and this week you will be heading to the amazing and talented lovely Cathy Proctor. I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just click on the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons doesn't go where you think it should go just come back here and head to our Blog Host the wonderful Cathy Proctor and she will have a list of everyone playing along today so you will be able to continue you hop from that list: Cathy's Blog.

 

Next week we will be looking at the colour Shaded Spruce, I hope to see you then.

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 43 - Pumpkin Pie

 Welcome to week 43 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2023-24. This week we will be looking at the colour Pumpkin Pie!

For you this week I have created a special background for my card using Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape and Blackberry Bliss.

For my project today I have used a couple of dies, some blending brushes and the sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set! So how did I create my card!

 

I started with a piece of Basic White and then using the blending brushes coloured in differing depths Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss, and Gorgeous Grape.

 I cut my bended background into 1 cm strips and turned each 2nd strip around and adhered them to a slightly smaller piece of Basic White than the size of a card front.

As you can see the lines are  bit pronounced in between each strip so.....

I took out the Pumpkin Pie blending brush and went over the whole card again trying to make sure the lines were less "white"

To finish the card I used the leaf die from the Artistic Die set in Basic White. Guess what? I actually remembered to use the adhesive sheets this tie before die cutting! Wow! How easy it was to adhere the leaf to the front of my card. I then white heat embossed on Basic Black the sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set and used the little label die from Gorgeously Made to cut it out! I popped that on with dimensionals. Everything was then adhered with dimensionals onto a Thick Basic White card Base.

I had so much fun creating this back ground and it looks like a gorgeous sun set! I hope you give it a try with some of your favourite colours!

If you have any questions about today's project or would like to get your hands on the Jan-April Mini do not hesitate to contact me!

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Pumpkin Pie and this week you will be heading to our host, the extremely talented Cathy Proctor. Just hit the next log button and you will go straight there. I can't wait to see her fabulous creation this week.

If for any reason the next blog buttons go somewhere they shouldn't while you are travelling around on your hop, please come back here and head to our host, the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have  list of all those participating this week and you will be able to continue your hop from there: Cathy's Blog.

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 42 - Pretty Peacock

 

Welcome to Pretty Peacock week of the Colour Creations Blog Hop!

This week I have used the Notes of Nature Bundle to create my card. 

I just love all the texture you can create with layering the stamps over each other in the same colour and that is what I have done with one of my layers this week but first what is my colour combination this week!

This is the colour combination that I have used in my card this week:

 

After embossing a piece of Pretty Peacock card stock with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder which I simple love and adhering that to a Crumb Cake card base, I took another piece of crumb cake and with crumb cake ink I used the leaf, the dots and the ledger looking stamps and stamped over that card the using the Paper Whole die I suppose you could call it. I die cut the the edge and  then added a bit of crumb cake ink to the edge of the card. On a piece of Very Vanilla Card I stamped the Filed Notes stamp in Crumb cake and edged that with a little crumb cake in as well. Then I die cut the leaves in Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon and added a Lined thread bow. To finish the card I stamped the Birthday sentiment from the Notes of Nature stamp set in Pretty Peacock and cut it out with the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

If you have any questions about my card today or would like to grab this gorgeous bundle please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next blog and this week you will be heading to the amazing Cathy Proctor, I love how creative and elegant her cards are, I can't wait to see what she has created for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time one of the next blog buttons doesn't go where you think it should head to our host the lovely Cathy and she will have a list of everyone participating this week: Cathy's Blog

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

Colour Creation Blog Hop - Week 41 - Poppy Parade

 

Welcome to the Art With Heart Colour Creation Blog Hop for Week 41. This week the team is looking at the red colour of Poppy Parade!

 I have had quite a few weeks off from the blog hop but I am going to try and get back to sharing with you.

Today I have broken out my stamping blends and the Stipple Rose, I know I am a bit late to the party but I have not been crafting much over the past couple of months so I am now back at it and I thought I would start slowly and not do a fancy fold and get my mojo back by doing a bit of colouring!

This is the colour combinations that I have used in my colouring of this gorgeous Stippled Rose stamp!

I started by stamping the large Stippled Rose in Memento Black ink as I was using the Poppy Parade Blends, if I was using a lighter and less vibrant colour I might have stamped the rose in Smokey Slate. I then took the Dark Poppy Parade Blends and coloured around the base of the petals and where the darker ink is of the rose has been stamped. I then used the Light Poppy Parade to colour over the dark and our a little further. Finally I used the Dark Petal Pink to add a light to the petals on the roses!

Similarly to the flowers I have coloured the leaves the same by using Dark and Light Mossy Meadow and Dark and Light Old Olive. 

I had stamped the image on Basic White card stock but I thought to make it look a little bit more "Antique" I would layer it on a the base of Very Vanilla that I have embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder. I have then cut out some leaves using the Stippled Rose dies to go under the die cut out focal point of the coloured Rose. The Sentiment from the Stippled Rose is cut out using the Deckled Rectangle dies!

If you have any questions about my project today or about the Jan-June Mini please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Poppy Parade and this week you will be heading to the very talented Theresa Gerrard, I can't wait to see what she has created for us this week. Just hit the next blog button to go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't work please head to our wonderful host Cathy Proctor and on her log she will have a list of those participating and you will be able to continue your blog hop from there: Cathy's Blog

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 17 - 2023

 

Welcome to our last week of the Heart of Christmas for 2023. I can't believe we have come to the end of another fantastic year of Christmas inspiration! I would like to thank the wonderful Art With Heart team for another wonderful year of the Heart of Christmas it has been another year of such beautiful inspiration.

For my card tonight I have revisited a fancy fold card that I did in 2018 and it is still a card that people ask me for details about today. If you would like to see that card here is the blog post: click here

My card today is a front panel gate fold card. I couldn't resist using the beautiful Night Divine Bundle one more time to create this card.

Here is the template for the card. There are only 2 cuts and the rest is score and folding. I suggest you score the 2 side panels at 5 cm first  Cut between the 2 score lines 3 cm from the edge. then do your other score lines. It is quick and easy!  Then decorate to your hearts content.

This view shows how to fold the card. With the bottom and the top thin section folded back in a point and the middle section out to the front and the side sections although folded back slightly to the front to help with balance since I have added the Nativity to the centre of the card!

When you lay the card flat this is how it looks. I have a base of Night of Navy and have used the O Holy Night DSP to decorate the panels. Making sure I have some stars at the top. I used the Deckled Circle Dies for my focal point! Night of Navy backed again and then a piece of the O Holy Night DSP with stars then I cut out the Nativity in gold foil and cut just the little bit off the hem of the shepherd and wise man to make them fit the circle. 

Of course we can not forget the camels and the cattle and the sheep so they are there and some wispy clouds as well. The sentiment is from the Night Divine stamp set heat embossed in gold and die cut with the Christmas Classic Dies. Don't forget the star which is die cut from gold foil from the Stars at Night dies.

Now it will fold to go in a normal envelope but it will be a little bulky so I would lay it flat and put it in a little bit bigger envelop or make a box envelope for it.

I also added a place to write on the back and another camel as you can not have enough of these animals!

If you would like more information on how to create this card please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderfully talented person on our travels this week and you will be heading to Andrea Sargent, I love her work so much I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If you have trouble with any of the links please continue your Christmas inspiration blog hop from the list of amazingly talented Art With Heart team members below:
Andrea Sargent:

Christine Blain:

Kate Morgan: 

Tina Gillespie:
Kathryn Mangelsdorf:

Michele Taylor:

Rachel Woollard:
Caroline Manwaring:
Rosa Leyden:
Catherine Proctor:
Judy May:

Sharon Davern: <= You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today and for the last 17 weeks. Have a safe and Merry Christmas, take care

Heart of Christmas - Week 16 - 2023

 

Welcome to The Heart of Christmas. Can you believe it is only 5 weeks until Christmas. That is crazy! Where has the year gone?!

This week I have tried to find yet another fancy fold. I was looking through some of my old designs and I found one but I couldn't find my blog post for it so I thought well this has to be a winner. I will try that but then I couldn't find how I made it so I had to pull apart a partially made base with no decorations to see how I made it so I could make it again for you. Don't worry I did it very carefully so that I can reglue it and decorate it!

Here goes nothing!

Here is my original!

And it opens out like this:

Then you keep folding it out:

I obviously hadn't given it away to anyone for Christmas! I will have to do that this year! LOL!

So I just had to CASE my own card for our hop today! I was trying to work out what to call it so I am going to call it a Spin, Slide, Fold Out Card! I have no idea I need to be better at names! 

I have gone all sparkly and starry with my card and used the gorgeous Shining Brightly Specialty DSP for my card!

So the base of the card is Night of Navy and then layered with Very Vanilla and a layer of the gorgeous Shining Brightly Specialty DSP then I got out the Stars at Night Hybrid Embossing folder where the dies cut out the stars at the same time as you emboss! Love it and the Stars are beautiful! I have added the Night Of Navy & Gold Glittered ribbon under the star along with some die cut leaves and twigs. The leaves are in Coastal Cabana and Pretty Peacock. How good do they look with the Night of Navy and of course a little bit of Crumb Cake! The sentiments and all the sentiments when you see them are stamped in Night of Navy on Very Vanilla card and fussy cut out!

Now let's open the card out!

To open the card for the first stage you pull on the two ribbons and the cards will twist out. They are held together in the card by a square brad that you can find in the Annual Catalogue. Again this layer had the gorgeous Specialty DSP and those stars and fussy cut sentiments.

One more fold out layer. You fold the two sides out to reveal more stars and two sections to write on that I have decorated with more leaves to tie in with the front decorations.

Here is a little video showing you how the card opens and closes.

I had a lot of fun CASing my own card, if you would like a little more info on how to put it together just let me know.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member to see their fabulous creations for this week. We will be heading to Andrea Sargent, I love her gorgeous water colour creations and her fine detail, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight to her.

If for any reason there is a glitch in one of the next blog buttons and you don't go where you were expecting, you can continue your journey from the list of amazing talent listed below:

Andrea Sargent:
Kate Morgan:
Rachel Woollard:
Christine Blain:
Caroline Manwaring:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <=You are here

Don't forget to come back next Monday for the last week of The Heart of Christmas for 2023.

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