STAMPIN' UP! WEDDING CARD FEATURING SOFT SEA FOAM

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is focussing on Soft Sea Foam.  It's a lovely pale green, that I found a little tricky to showcase without looking insipid.  I've chosen to team it with lots of white, and some gold.

To a Thick Basic White card base, I added a Thick Basic White card layer embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder (debossed side up).  In between the layers of gold leafy paper and gold and white grid-patterned paper, I added a die-cut Basic White tab on which I had stamped and gold-embossed the word "Love".  Both of these patterned papers are from the Nature's Sweetness DSP pack.

From another sheet of beautiful Nature's Sweetness Designer Series Paper, I die-cut two gold-foiled floral and leafy pieces.  I coloured the leaves with Light and Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends markers, and the seed pods (cocoa beans?) with Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends.  To the flower centres, I added a little colour with the Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends marker, then used the Color Lifter to lighten it even more.  I trimmed down one of the floral sprays, to sit it behind the other on my card front.

From Soft Sea Foam card, I die-cut some small leaves, also using the Lovely & Sweet Dies that were used for the larger pieces.

I used the Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends marker to colour some Basic Pearls - although the result is very subtle!

The Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends marker was also used to colour some Vanilla Gold Satin-Edged Ribbon.  After tying it in a bow, I adhered it to my card using Glue Dots.

Here's a look at the inside of the card.  I stamped the sentiment (from Lifetime of Love) in Soft Sea Foam ink, on Soft Sea Foam card, then cut it out using a Thoughtful Expressions Die.  Underneath the sentiment label, I tucked a leaf I'd die-cut from Nature's Sweetness DSP, using a Notes of Nature Die.  The added flower was fussy-cut from the same piece of paper, and I used Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends to add colour to the leaves and flower.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Tina Gillespie:

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 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

Lifetime Of Love Cling Stamp Set (English) [162574] $44.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $17.50	Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162616] $29.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $15.75	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $17.50
Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $17.50	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608] $8.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Lovely & Sweet Dies [162626] $56.00	Thoughtful Expressions Dies [162821] $65.00
Notes Of Nature Dies [163203] $49.00	Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder [162189] $16.75	Gold & Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Edged Ribbon [159555] $14.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $10.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $10.25

STAMPIN' UP! TRUSTY TOOLS BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING TARTAN FOIL DSP

 The Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! has been languishing, unloved, in my stash for a while.  I decided to use all three colours - Copper Clay, Lost Lagoon, and Gray Granite - with the great new Trusty Tools Dies to make a birthday card.

The toolbox was die-cut from Basic Black card, and the paper behind the tools and toolbox is from the Nature's Sweetness Designer Series Paper pack (in the January - April Mini Catalogue).

Here's a close-up of the (somewhat patchy, now that I see it magnified! LOL) white heat-embossed sentiment on the toolbox.  I stamped the sentiment, from Best Family Ever, on a scrap of Basic Black card, then cropped it using a Sending Die.  After gluing the sentiment label onto the die-cut toolbox, I added some screws, bolts and a nut cut from the Gray Granite Tartan Foil paper.

Here's a closer look at all the tools I cut from the different Tartan Foil Specialty DSP:

Listed below are the products I used to make this 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

Best Family Ever Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160720] $42.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $17.50	Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162332] $17.50	Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162616] $29.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Trusty Tools Dies [162722] $65.00
Sending Dies (English) [159271] $58.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75

STAMPIN' UP! SYMPATHY CARD FEATURING MOSSY MEADOW

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! I am looking forward to 2024, and hope you are, too.

After a little break, we're back with weekly blog hops, showcasing Stampin' Up!'s colours in alphabetical order.  This week our focus is on Mossy Meadow.  I have made a card with the new Lovely & Sweet bundle, and Nature's Sweetness Designer Series Paper, that will be available to purchase from tomorrow.  I was able to pre-order these products before going on holiday over Christmas, so they were waiting for me to play with on my return.

This is the colour combination I chose, for my sympathy card:

The main floral spray is from the Nature's Sweetness DSP.  I used a co-ordinating Lovely & Sweet Die to cut it out.  The leaves to the right of the main floral spray were also cut from the DSP, but using a die from the new Notes of Nature Die set.  The leaves and flowers are those of an almond tree, but I have used creative licence in the colours used, to keep it simple and elegant.  I used Stampin' Blends markers in Mossy Meadow to colour the leaves, and Soft Sea Foam for the almonds/seed pods (as I'm calling them, for the purpose of this card!).

I fussy-cut two flowers from another part of the patterned paper, and added them to my die-cut piece using Stampin' Dimensionals. The flower centres are Iridescent Pearls, coloured with the Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends marker.

After embossing a strip of Basic White card with the Elegant Eucalyptus 3D embossing folder, I adhered it to a panel of gold and white patterned paper on a Thick Basic White card base.

The sentiment was gold heat-embossed on a piece of Soft Sea Foam card, and cut out using a Lovely & Sweet label die.  Here's a closer look at the delicate floral/leafy clusters I created.  The tiny white flowers, Soft Sea Foam sprigs, and gold DSP leaves were all cut out using Lovely & Sweet Dies.  The Mossy Meadow leafy sprigs were cut using a Notes of Nature Die.

Smaller Iridescent Pearls, coloured with my Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends marker, were used as centres for the tiny white flowers.

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

On her blog, Cathy has a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, as she does for every Colour Creations blog hop that she co-ordinates for us. 

Because the new products don't launch until tomorrow, I can't yet link to them in my online store.  I have, however,  listed below the current Stampin' Up! products used on 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.

While I had these supplies out, I made a second card.  I'll share it on my blog tomorrow. :)

Product List

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $17.50	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $17.50	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $17.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00
Elegant Eucalyptus 3 D Embossing Folders [159170] $19.25	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels [158987] $13.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75