Colour Creations: Shaded Spruce

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Welcome back to my blog for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Shaded Spruce, a relative new-comer to the SU colour range. Hopefully it survives the upcoming colour refresh, as it's a green that I like.

I thought that this colour combo from Brian King was a little unusual, it's certainly not colours that I would think to put together. It screamed 'floral' to me, so that's what I did.

It's been a while since I've played with Hand-Penned Petals, so it was a good choice for my card. I layered the stamped and die cut image over a large Stylish Shapes circle.

The Whisper White background was run through my Big Shot with my Stitched Greenery die. I think it works perfectly with the flowers. The sentiment is from Simply Fabulous, cropped with another Stylish Shapes die. I finished off the front with a few retired Iridescent Sequins.

I repeated a lot of the front elements on the inside of my card. It's just as easy to stamp two flowers as it is to stamp one, and it makes such a difference to the insides of cards.

Thanks again for joining me, but please continue your way around our blog hop tonight. The next stop in the hop is my lovely friend, Michele Taylor. I can't wait to see what she's made.

The extra-lovely Catherine Proctor is our wonderful host tonight, so if you run into any issues with links, just jump on over to her blog where she'll have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 644: Just Add Colour

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Hooray for Friday's and a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a bright and happy colour combo, selected by Kerry.

Isn't it great? I decided to give a stamp set and die combo that I found at an op shop a go! I thought that the balloon stamps and the colour combo were a fabulous mix.

The stamps and dies are from Gemini by Crafter's Companion and are called Balloon Sentiments - Party. I started by stamping and die cutting the party balloons in the three colours, and then chopped them up to mix and match. I die cut an additional shape in Whisper White and used that to line up the chopped up image. 

I used a Basic Black marker to hand-draw the crazy ribbons on the balloons. I was going for a curly look, but I think I just ended up with crazy, LOL!

For the inside, I used stamps from the Let's Party Treat Packaging kit. The DSP is from the Dandy Designs SAB papers.

As always, the Design team has done a magnificent job with Kerry's colour combo. What do you think you'll do with it? You can see the rest of the Design Team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card once you've finished making it. I can't wait to see how you use the colours.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Sahara Sand

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are on the downhill run now with the colours! This week it's Sahara Sand's turn to shine. It's a tricky colour to describe - sort of a greenish, brownish gray, maybe? Either way, it's a great Neutral.

Brian King used it in a colour combo that makes me think of some Christmas papers that we had a couple of years ago. Lots of plaid and deer! I didn't use it to make a Christmas card - I'm not quite in that headspace yet.

I had to think very hard about how I could let this colour shine - it's usually a supporting or background colour. By using very small amounts of the other two colours, I think I succeeded in making it the hero colour.

Watercolour World was the perfect choice for a very neutral coloured card. I paired it with the stamp set from a new kit, Timeless Greetings. The sentiment works perfectly with the globe stamp.

I used the globe stamp from the kit on the inside of my card. I'm not convinced that it works here - it's maybe a bit too blobby? What do you think?

The next stop in our Blog Hop tonight is my lovely friend, Michele Taylor. She's a huge fan of Sahara Sand, so I can't wait to see what she's made with it.

If you run into any problems with links, please jump on over to Cathy Proctor's blog. As Always, she'll have a list of all of tonight's participants and will help get you back on track. She's a gem!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 410: CASE An Embossing Project

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Welcome back to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. We enjoy CASEing from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues, and we hope that you do, too.

This week we are asking you to CASE any Embossing Folder project from either of the two current catalogues. There's a lot to choose from! I recently purchased the Legendary Ride bundle, so I went for that section of the mini catalogue first.

Embossing our foil cardstock is a favourite technique of mine, so this card caught my eye straight away. I also loved the layout of the card, and the addition of the feminine flowers to the masculine elements.

I didn't buy the Metal Plate 3D Embossing folder, so I substituted for the splatter folder in the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders set. I think it works, as it looks a bit like oil splatters. I used the darkest silver foil from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack. It has a bit of a purple tint to it, so that dictated the colours of the rest of my card. I used the same foil for the metallic parts of the motorbike.

Speaking of the motorbike, there's a LOT of layers, but doesn't it look spectacular? It's difficult to see in this photo, but the Blackberry Bliss layer has some embossing on it to represent the engine parts. In fact, quite a few of the dies also emboss different elements of the bike. You can see it on the Fresh Freesia and Silver Foil elements.

I stamped one of the motorbikes from the stamp set on the inside, as I'd run out of Adhesive Sheet backed pieces of cardstock. I was too lazy to make up some more to die cut another bike! 

That's all from me for now, but your part in this challenge is just beginning. We'd love for you to play along - all you need to do is make a card that is a CASE of one from either catalogue that uses an embossing folder. Then take a photo and add it to our Facebook group. Easy!

Do make sure that you finish our Blog Hop before you get creating. I'm actually the last stop in the Blog Hop if you started in the Facebook group, but if you joined somewhere along the way, please keep on hopping until you get back to where you started. The next stop is my wonderful friend, Judy May.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Rich Razzleberry

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Rich Razzleberry's turn - a former In Colour that became a core colour during a past colour refresh. Given that we are about to have another refresh, it's fun speculating on which colours might get the chop, and which retired In Colours might make a comeback. We all have our favourites!

Brian King has a lovely, bright colour combo to go with Rich Razzleberry. I wasn't a fan of Flirty Flamingo to start with, but it's grown on me over the years. Knowing my luck, that means it's a colour that may retire soon. Sigh! RR and FF have been matched with Daffodil Delight, for a fun combo.

I recently received the Songbird Builder punch as a Sale-A-Bration reward, so I decided to use it on tonight's card. I don't have much other bird stuff, so I decided to use my Alphabet A La Mode dies to create a punny sentiment for my card. Because the letters are so skinny, you can fit a lot on!

Here's my songbird. I used a Basic Black marker to draw the eyes on, as I don't have the coordinating stamp set. They are a bit tricky to see in black, but I think that white would look a bit weird, so black they will stay.

Her mate is on the inside of the card. I think they make a fun thank you card. Do you agree?

The next stop in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Amie McIlroy. You won't want to miss her card, I'm sure it's going to be wonderful.

As always, we are kept in line and on track by the fabulous Cathy Proctor. It can be a lot of work some weeks behind the scenes, as blog platforms don't always do what they are told to do. She's a real gem!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 642: Just Add A Sketch

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a sketch for you, designed for us by Kim.

I really loved the strip down the left side, and the way that the matt on the square panel disappears under the strip. It's such a fun idea. I decided to pull out my Taco Fiesta stamp set to play with.

The paper I used is long retired, from the Festive Birthday DSP pack. It suits the Taco Fiesta stamp set perfectly.

I stamped the guac and bowl with Memento ink, and then coloured them with my Stampin' Blends. I thought that the bowl looked a little plain, so I used a tiny strip of DSP that was floating in the pack to decorate the bowl. Problem solved!

Guac is nothing without corn chips, right? I just had to include them on the inside of my card!

That's all from me tonight, but we'd love to see what you do with this sketch. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see what the rest of the Design Team have made. Then link your card up using our Linky to enter the challenge. Done!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Real Red

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Real Red's turn to shine.

I chose this gorgeous colour combo from Brian King for my card tonight. As I put on my shoes this morning, I realised why. My red sandals go nicely with my Coastal Cabana coloured toenails! LOL!

I CASEd this layout from a card I saw on Mary Fish's blog, made by Jennifer Roque of Stamp Camp With Jen. The three strips of DSP are the same, but she used flowers where I used the owls. Speaking of owls, let's not mention that I forgot that they retired yesterday! Oops!

I coloured the owl from Adorable Owls using my Stampin' Blends. You may have noticed that I snuck a little Mango Melody in for the beak and feet. Unavoidable, really! The bow and party hat came from the two other owls, I just fussy cut them so that I could use them on this owl.

Another owl was used for the inside. He looks little nervous to me, don't you think?

That's all from me for this week's Blog Hop. Please jump on over to the lovely Fiona Ryan's blog. I'm sure she's got something wonderful for you to see.

And, as always, if you run into any issues with links, please head on over to the wonderful Cathy Proctor's blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help you get back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina