STAMPIN' UP! BIRTHDAY CARD IN COASTAL CABANA

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Coastal Cabana, a light greeny-blue.  I've teamed it with Fresh Freesia and Basic White, for a feminine birthday card:

Starting off with a Coastal Cabana card base, I added a layer of Coastal Cabana card on which I'd stamped Tropical Hideaway in Coastal Cabana ink.  I sponged around the edges of this panel with Coastal Cabana ink as well.

After cutting a slightly smaller panel of Thick Basic White card, I ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine with a Picture This Die.  I then embossed it using a Let's Celebrate embossing folder.  These folders are smaller than standard embossing folders, so it was necessary to emboss the top half of the white piece first, then run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine a second time after re-positioning the embossing folder, to emboss the bottom half of the card panel.

I used Harvest Dies to cut a couple of bunches of lavender-like sprigs from Basic White card.  Using Stampin' Write Markers in Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia and Coastal Cabana, I coloured the stems and flower heads.  I then tucked these in between the Basic White and Coastal Cabana card layers, so the flowers and stems poked out through a couple of the die-cut holes.

The sentiment, from Amazing Year, was white heat-embossed on Coastal Cabana card, and cut out using a Designer Tags Die.  I embellished the card with a Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon bow, a Fresh Freesia Loose Flower Flourish, and some rhinestones that I coloured with my Light Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Marker.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Sharon Davern.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of who's taking part in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations blog hops, all year.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Tropical Hideaway Cling Stamp Set [158933] $32.00	Amazing Year Cling Stamp Set (English) [159110] $39.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.50	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $16.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $53.00
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50	2021–2023 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [155639] $26.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Picture This Dies [155559] $60.00	Let's Celebrate Embossing Folders [159111] $14.00
Designer Tags Dies [159165] $56.00	Harvest Dies [156504] $67.00	Fresh Freesia 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155615] $12.25	Loose Flower Flourishes [155808] $13.25	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $15.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25