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This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Coastal Cabana, which is an aqua in Stampin' Up!'s Brights collection. I struggle a bit with this colour, but really love the look of it with Crumb Cake and Basic White.
My card features the Gorgeous Garden Dies ... and aren't they just gorgeous?! I die-cut the main panel from Coastal Cabana card, and layered it onto another layer of Coastal Cabana card.
The sentiment, from the Ringed With Nature stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink on a scrap of Coastal Cabana card, then heat-embossed in white. I used a Timeless Arrangements Die to cut the label. The pierced holes, and cross-stitches, are a little less than perfect, because I ran the label through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine twice (moving the die after the first pass), to cut the label down to size.
The beautiful sparkly gems are from the Faceted Gems Trio Pack, coming out in the new Mini Catalogue on 6th September.
Various "bits" of foliage were cut from Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake and Basic White card, using the Timeless Arrangements Dies. The sentiment, stamped in Coastal Cabana ink (with "stamped off" Crumb Cake grungy circles), was created with the Timeless Arrangements bundle, too. I sponged around the sentiment die-cut label with Crumb Cake ink, before arranging and adhering all the foliage underneath it.
Using a Scalloped Contours Die, I cut a piece of Basic White card to create a border for the bottom edge of my main art panel. The die cuts a scalloped rectangle, so I just used Paper Snips to trim the length I needed.
Next up on tonight's blog hop is Theresa Gerrard. If you click on the image below, you'll be taken to her blog:
If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of participants 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, year-round.
Listed below are the current Stampin' Up! 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.
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Such a great colour combination, Christine. I love the tone-on-tone texture you've achieved with the Gorgeous Garden dies and then the Timeless Arrangements Dies. The bottom border using the Scalloped Contours Die is very elegant too.
ReplyDeleteChristine, your use of the Gorgeous Garden dies for a tone on tone effect really is gorgeous. I love the addition of the scalloped border at the bottom of the garden panel. xxx
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the struggle with Coastal Cabana and the colour combo you have chosen is not one that I would have thought to use but you have created a beautiful card. The white scalloped border is a great addition. I think you are being a bit hard on yourself about the stitches and cross hatches though I wouldn't have noticed.
ReplyDeleteAfter I picked myself off the floor that you struggle with coastal cabana (my favourite SU colour by the way), this is so very beautiful, Christine. The intricate tone on tone layers create such a lovely effect and the touches of crumb cake work so well. Love it and you.
ReplyDeleteDiane :)
Beautiful, Christine. I also love those Gorgeous Garden dies and the tone on tone gives a lovely soft effect. I really like the scalloped diecut and how good does Crumb Cake look with Coastal Cabana?!! Gorgeous card.
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