STAMPIN' UP! FLORAL SQUARES THINKING OF YOU CARD IN GRANNY APPLE GREEN

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop, as we work our way alphabetically through Stampin' Up!'s colour range, is all about Granny Apple Green.  It's a lovely, bright, green that just evokes feelings of happiness!

The background panel on my card front is a piece of Granny Apple Green paper from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  I die-cut several leaves from Granny Apple Green card, using Pierced Blooms Dies, and adhered them trailing down the right-hand edge of this panel.

I decided to use the sweet Floral Squares Dies, as Granny Apple Green could feature on the foliage ... and the pop of additional colour I chose to use is Poppy Parade, for the flowers.  To achieve these different colours, I first die-cut the squares from Basic White card.  I then die-cut just the leaf and stem portions from Granny Apple Green card, using Paper Snips to trim them from the frames.  After gluing the green die cuts over the top of the original white pieces, I die-cut the flowers from Poppy Parade card, and glued them over the white flowers.  The final step was to cut two squares of dotty black and white paper, also from the Pattern Party DSP pack, and to adhere the die cuts to the paper, to give a contrasting background.

The sentiment is from the Sunny Sentiments stamp set.  I stamped it, using my Stamparatus, on a strip of Basic White card, that I matted on a strip of DSP from the same sheet as I cut the background for the Floral Squares.

Here's a closer look at those delicious pierced die-cut leaves, and the White Crinkled Seam binding and Rhinestone Basic Jewels that I coloured with my Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends marker:

I hope that these lovely bright colours will bring a smile to the face of the recipient.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Diane Furniss.  If you click on the button below, you will be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of everyone taking part in tonight's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy co-ordinates our Colour Creations shares every week.

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

Sunny Sentiments Cling Stamp Set (English) [155034] $35.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Floral Squares Dies [155961] $47.00	Pierced Blooms Dies [154312] $64.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.50
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! SUNNY SENTIMENTS THINKING OF YOU CARD

The card I am sharing today is one I made for this week's Crushed Curry Colour Creations blog hop.  When I put it together, I was wholly dissatisfied with it, so didn't use it for last night's share.  However, I know that even the cards I make, that I don't particularly like, can appeal to someone else, so I will bite the bullet and post it!

I think the reason I dislike this card the most (well, aside from the fact that Crushed Curry is not one of my favourite colours!) is that I stuck a panel on upside down, from my original plan.  The black spotty piece is supposed to be on the right hand side, and the coloured-in flowers on the left hand side.  

I do like the top part of the card.  That background paper, from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack, is gorgeous - and I love the floral die cut.  The lovely sentiment also looks very cheery in bold yellow.

Here's where, to my mind, the design went downhill!  I have used two other patterned papers from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack.  On the piece with line images of flowers, I went to work with my Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 and a blender pen.  After colouring the flowers with the Crushed Curry Watercolor Pencil, and blending the colour out, I added "shading" with my Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker.  The ink from the marker is quite a dark mustard, so I then went back over the flowers with the Watercolor Pencil, to try to tone it down a bit.  Not sure that worked! 😂

To the black spotty paper, I adhered some tiny flowers cut from Crushed Curry card, using a Hydrangea Die.  I added Matte Black Dots to some of the flower centres, and Crushed Curry resin dots to the others.  A Crushed Curry scalloped border die cut (created with a Penned Flowers Die), delineates the two panels of patterned paper.

Even though this card didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped it would, I think it will still brighten someone's day.

I have listed below all the products I used to make it.  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

Sunny Sentiments Cling Stamp Set (English) [155034] $35.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper [155426] $31.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $21.75	Blender Pens [102845] $21.00
Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Artistic Dies [155371] $61.00	Hydrangea Dies [154326] $56.00
Penned Flowers Dies [155557] $52.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Playing With Patterns Resin Dots [152467] $14.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00

STAMPIN' UP! PEACEFUL CABIN BIRTHDAY CARD - CINNAMON CIDER

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Cinnamon Cider.  When this colour was introduced to Stampin' Up!'s range, as an In Color last year, I was very excited.  It is different to any other brown in our range.  I haven't used Cinnamon Cider as much as I thought I would, so really enjoyed the challenge this week.

My card features the fab new Peaceful Cabin bundle, that I know I'll get a lot of use out of, especially for masculine cards.

I stamped the cabin image onto a piece of the new Cork Specialty Paper.  I first stamped it using Saddle Brown Stazon ink, but the image was too orange for my liking.  Using my Stamparatus, I lined up the stamp again, and stamped over the top using Jet Black Stazon ink.  The result looks more dark brown than black, which is just what I wanted!

The fence has been stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink, on Smoky Slate card, and die-cut.  The trees are die-cut from Cinnamon Cider and Basic Gray card.

I love the checked paper I've used in the background; it looks like a warm blanket, or a flannel shirt, don't you think?  It, and the paper on which I stamped the sentiment, is from the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper pack.

The sentiment, from the Sunny Sentiments stamp set, was stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink.  I cut it out using a Tasteful Labels Die, and added some Cinnamon Cider Square Gems to the side.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is the lovely and talented Cathy Proctor.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog.

If you come across any broken links on the blog hop, or if you would like to see a comprehensive list of everyone taking part this week, you can go to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a great job every week of co-ordinating our Colour Creations blog hops.

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

Peaceful Cabin Bundle (English) [156816] $93.50	Sunny Sentiments Cling Stamp Set (English) [155034] $35.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Peaceful Place 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156394] $26.00	Cork 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [156393] $13.00	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00	Saddle Brown Stazon Ink Pad [151508] $17.50
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $54.00	2020–2022 In Color Square Gems [155572] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50
Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00