AWHT COLOUR CREATIONS SHOWCASE - WEEK 12: CRUMB CAKE

Tonight I am taking part, with a number of friends, in a weekly Colour Creations Showcase, in which we work our way through Stampin' Up!'s colours, alphabetically.  This week's star of the show is Crumb Cake.  Catherine Proctor co-ordinates our weekly showcase, and she has on her blog a comprehensive list of everyone taking part this week.  We would love for you to visit all our blogs, to be inspired.

 Ever since I discovered Stampin' Up! about 13 years ago, Crumb Cake has been my favourite colour.  It's my go-to neutral, and fits so well with most other colours in Stampin' Up!'s range.  It's not often, though, that I use Crumb Cake as the focal point of my card, so I found this week's share a good challenge!

I have used my new Life is Beautiful stamp set.  I'm a sucker for tree and leaf stamps, and the cute little bird house totally sold me on the set!  My stamped panel is a piece of Very Vanilla card that was cut with  the Celebration Labels dies (and the left-hand edge cut straight). I stamped the bare tree in Soft Suede ink (which actually stamps out darker than my Early Espresso!), then added leaves in Crumb Cake ink.  The sweet circles/bubbles, and the tiny birds either side of the bird house, were stamped in Blushing Bride ink, just for a little bit of soft contrast. 

On the scalloped sentiment die-cut, I stamped some tiny hearts from The Right Triangle.  To finish my card, I added some pearls that I'd coloured with my Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker.

The main stamped piece is matted on some Crumb Cake cardstock that I embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.  Using a sponge dauber, I rubbed Crumb Cake ink over the embossed design, to accentuate it a little more.  I've added a vertical strip of Crumb Cake card, die cut using the border from the Birds & More Dies, down the right-hand side of the embossed panel.

Here's a closer look at some of the lovely texture, provided by the embossed panel, the die-cut border, and the Linen Thread.  You can also see better the lovely colour variation in the stamped images:

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  They are available to purchase from my online store; if you live in Australia, I'd love for you to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies.  You can get to my store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Don't forget to check out the list on Cathy's blog of everyone taking part in tonight's Colour Creations Showcase.  Leave us some comment love, if you like what you see. :)

Product List

Life Is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set [154871] $30.00	The Right Triangle Photopolymer Stamp Set [153625] $30.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $13.00	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $15.50
Celebration Labels Dies [153570] $61.00	Birds & More Dies [152721] $59.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder [152320] $17.50	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! SAILING HOME BIRTHDAY CARD

While I had out the supplies to make my Colour Creations Showcase card from last night, I made a second masculine birthday card, in the same great colour combination:

I had one die-cut yacht left on my desk, so I stamped a couple of other yachts on the rectangular Whisper White panel, and added the third yacht in between them.  Now that I look at the card, and the way I've added the "water", it looks a bit like the yachts are sailing uphill!   Similarly to yesterday's card, I used a blending brush to add Coastal Cabana ink to the bottom portion of the Whisper White panel.  I then stamped some "waves" using Coastal Cabana ink, and a stamp from The Right Triangle set.  The new Iridescent Pearls proved to be an ideal embellishment for this card; some of the pearls really pick up blue and green tones.

The dies in the Smooth Sailing set add great embossed detail:

I have listed below all the Stampin' Up! products I used to make this card.  They are available to purchase from my online store, if you live in Australia.  I would love for you to shop with me for your craft supplies!  You can get to my online store at any time by clicking on one of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457] $42.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	The Right Triangle Photopolymer Stamp Set [153625] $30.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Clear Block H [118490] $14.00
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153072] $20.00	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $27.75
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 [149014] $21.75	Blender Pens [102845] $21.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] $50.00	Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $56.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00
Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder [153200] $17.50	Iridescent Pearls [153549] $13.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00