STAMPIN' UP! SENDING LOVE BIRTHDAY CARD IN LEMON LIME TWIST

 

In his week's Colour Creations blog hop, we are showcasing is  Lemon Lime Twist, a bright and happy yellowy-green in Stampin' Up!'s Brights collection.

I chose a piece of Designer Series Paper from the Flowering Zinnias DSP pack, as my starting point for the background.  The pack includes patterned papers in Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive and Melon Mambo, which provided colour inspiration.  Here's what I made, using the sweet Sending Love stamps and co-ordinating dies:

To decorate the top right and bottom left corners, I tore small pieces of the Melon Mambo floral paper, and sponged the straight edges with Melon Mambo ink.  The hearts were stamped in Melon Mambo ink on Basic White card, and die-cut.  I really like the white edges that help them to pop, and that tie in with the white core of the paper.

The main images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured with Stampin' Blends.  I used Crumb Cake to colour the post and letterbox base, and Old Olive for the flag on the letterbox.  After stamping the letterbox on a scrap of the Lemon Lime Twist DSP (the same as the background), I fussy-cut it and coloured over it using Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Blends.  I then glued it over the letterbox stamped on the Basic White card.

The bird was coloured with Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends.  I added a Lemon Lime Twist Tinsel Gem, and a white baker's twine bow, to the letterbox.

The sentiment is from the Friends For Life stamp set.  Using Lemon Lime Twist ink, I stamped it six times (reinking each time) to get the depth of colour I wanted.  I cut it out using a Perennial Postage Die, and matted the label on a slightly larger piece of Lemon Lime Twist card that I'd sponged the edges of with Lemon Lime Twist ink.

The second bird was coloured with Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends.  I die-cut the bushes from Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive cardstock.  I really love the look of the glassy Tinsel Gems on this card.

I sponged the edges of the background paper with Lemon Lime Twist ink, before matting it on Old Olive card.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Catherine Proctor:

Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares every week, and she shares a full list on her blog of the participants in the week's blog hop.

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

Sending Love Cling Stamp Set (English) [162873] $44.00	Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163359] $44.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $20.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] $20.25	Flowering Zinnias 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163469] $21.75	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $15.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $14.00	Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161682] $19.25
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $19.25	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $19.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Sending Love Dies [162879] $61.00	Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $58.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25	Tinsel Gems Four Pack [161623] $14.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75