Hi!
Welcome back to the latest Colour Creations Creative Showcase. This week we are looking at Old Olive, an earthy green from the Regals colour family. The temptation was strong to describe it as a dirty green, but I get in trouble for using that word! LOL!! Old Olive has been a SU colour for a very long time, I think it was the first green I purchased when I joined SU nearly 11 years ago. Although I use other greens, I find myself reaching for Old Olive most often.
I wanted to make a floral card, but that was proving a little tricky, as I have limited myself to just using the focal colour with black/white/metallics this year. Then I had the idea to heat emboss the flowers using white embossing powder, and what better stamp to use than Blossoms In Bloom? I took it one step further and created a split card front, so that I got two cards from the one stamped and heat embossed image.
I liked the flowers on the left, so I flipped the second card front to keep the flowers in my preferred position. One big hint is to lay the outline die cut over the stamp before stamping using the Stamparatus. The die cut extends beyond the stamped image, so you get a much better idea of the proportions by also including the die in the planning stage.
My first attempt at the card was messed up because I forgot to put the foam mat back into my Stamparatus. Parts of the image didn't emboss fully, and I nearly chucked it in the bin. Then I realised that I could use the parts of it that did stamp nicely on the inside of my card. I just used my snips to trim around the outside of the black border and adhered it to the inside of the card.
You can find the links for the rest of this week's cards over on the lovely Catherine's blog. I can't wait to see what the rest of the ladies have made!
Bye for now,
Tina
Stunning cards Tina, very elegant
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely striking cards Tina! And you made me laugh out loud at the “dirty” green! LOL
ReplyDeleteIt’s a “dirty” green because it is actually a warm green - it has red in the colour mix - so from now on you can call it a warm green LOL!!
I have to admit, I came to your blog thinking you would have described this lovely colour as a dirty green! Thank you, for not. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI love your cards, and funnily enough am most drawn to the bits that didn't fully emboss; love the look!
Stunning. I love the white embossing on the old olive card-stock using the Blossoms in Bloom bundle. xxx
ReplyDeleteLove your cardsTine, the rescue and the reuse inside the card and yes I would agree Old Olive is dirty, just like a dirty Martini, which is not such a bad thing at all. I’m very excited you have committed to just using the focal colour with black and white for the rest of this year because this always my favourite colour combo too - I can’t wait to see what you create! Thank you for your Old Olive colour inspiration this week x
ReplyDeleteLovely cards Tina, I agree the left-hand side is the correct side to have the flowers on.
ReplyDeleteLove the white embossing, and the green, black and white theme Tina. The colour combo does create an elegant look to the cards. I also love the partial embossed look and that you have used it to decorate the inside of the cards.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, Tina. I love the earthy Old Olive with black & white and the way you used your "messed up" pieces is genius!
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