Colour Creations: Blueberry Bushel

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. I've missed the last few hops, as things got a bit wobbly for a while, but hopefully things are OK again. I was sad to miss Berry Burst week, as it's one of my favourite colours, so I was determined to make sure that I didn't miss Blueberry Bushel week. It's also a favourite!

I purchased the Tune In bundle last month as a part of the Bundles Special, but hadn't had a chance to play. It's a fun bundle! The retro TV is a great image, and it has a great collection of stamps and dies to go with it. I paired it with some Bright & Beautiful DSP and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.

I coloured the TV with my Watercolour Pencils, and then used a Blender Pen to smooth out the colour. I think the LLT pencil was from a past kit. Oops! I popped up the TV over the sentiment, and then couldn't resist adding a set of the antenna to the top of the telly.

I just had to add another antenna set to the inside of the card. They are so funny!

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue hopping your way around all of the blogs. Just keep on going until you get back to where you started. The next blog belongs to my lovely friend Sharon Davern. I wonder if she'll have a fancy fold for us this week?

As always, the wonderful Cathy Proctor does a marvellous job of keeping us all organised and the hop running smoothly. On the extremely unlikely chance that you find a broken link, just pop on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pretty Peacock

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Thanks for stopping by for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Pretty Peacock, a rich blue-green that I adore. Having said that, the mojo was a little AWOL this week, and I struggled to come up with ideas for a card. In the end I went ultra simple!

The DSP that I chose to use is from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack. I'm a sucker for ombre, and when you add stripes in, it's right up my alley! I layered the paper onto a Pretty Peacock card base.

The simple sentiment is cropped using my Mini Alphabet dies. Conveniently, H and I are right beside each other, making the crop very easy! I first adhered some Foam Adhesive Sheet to the back of my Whisper White cardstock before running it through my Big Shot. The foam gives lovely dimension to the letters without having to mess around with Dimensionals.

I used some left over DSP from the front of my card to decorate the inside. It's a great way to use up scraps! A stamped 'friend' from Biggest Wish, and I was done! It's a great multipurpose card that would be suitable for any friend.

The nest stop in tonight's Hop is my lovely friend, Andrea Sargent. I'm sure that she's made something magnificent using Pretty Peacock.

 

The wonderful Cathy Proctor does a fabulous job in keeping us all organised each week. Pop on over to her blog if you run into any problems with links, and she will get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 674: Just Add Colour

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Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a colour challenge for you, suggested to us by Rochelle.

The first thing that came to mind was flowers, and the addition of Gold made me think of Christmas. In the end, I went a completely different direction!

How cute is this combi image? It's a digi stamp from Indulgy that I must have received as a freebie. I printed it on some Blending card and then coloured it with a mix of Stampin' Blends and Copics in the challenge colours. I had a gold marker that I used for the headlights, number plate and the logo on the front of the van.

The rest of the card was a bit of a mish-mash of bits and pieces in the challenge colours. I loved the striped ombre paper from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack, and then I layered some cropped and embossed ovals over the top.

I had the foresight to print a smaller version of the van for the inside of my card. Usually, I forget and then can't be bothered to fire up my laptop and printer again. I coloured it in the same colours as the front. The sentiments that I used are from a retired SU set, called Driving By. I thought it worked well with the image!

That's all from me for now, but pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find the Linky for the challenge for when you're ready to add your card. What do you think you'll do with the colours?

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Fresh Freesia

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Welcome to the Fresh Freesia week of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. Are you a fan of Fresh Freesia? It's a soft mauve that is yet to grow on me. Knowing the rest of the Colour Creations hoppers, by the time I've seen everyone's creations I will love it!

I started with my pack of Bright & Beautiful DSP. While 'bright' might not apply to my selected papers, I think that 'beautiful' does. I love the spotty paper, and the soft wash of the bottom paper.

I struggled with what to do after creating the base of the card, and then I found the die cut from Artistic Dies floating on my desk. I painstakingly added little snippets of Dimensionals to the back so that I could pop it up over the base. I love that I got the floral effect, but I can still see lots of the spotty paper underneath.

Because I loved it so much, I used it again on the inside of the card. A sweet twine bow finishes it off nicely, along with a sentiment from Days To Remember.

Next stop in tonight's hop is my lovely friend, Andrea Sargent. I'm sure that she has made something fabulous with Fresh Freesia!

If you happen to run into any problems with links, just jump on over to the wonderful Cathy Proctor's blog. She keeps us all organised, and will have a list of all of tonight's participants on her blog to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 672: Just Add A Sketch

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week, Nikki has a fun sketch for us to be inspired by.

It's a good one, with lots of open space and room for interpretation. I recently received the Perfect Catch box from Kindred Stamps, and I knew straight away that I wanted to use the Video Game Die for my card.

My hubby has been nagging me that I haven't made him a birthday card yet - it was back at the start of August. Whoops! I could use the excuse that I was waiting for this die to arrive, right?

I used my Fine Tip Glue to add a glossy layer to the buttons and the screen frame on the card. It adds lovely texture and dimension to the card. It's something that he will appreciate.

The background papers that I used were from the Bright & Beautiful DSP pack. I thought that the stars were a great choice. The stamped sentiments were also from the Perfect Catch box. I love the funky font, and Rob will like the sentiments that I chose for him!

That's all from me, but please head on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our Linky, so that you can add your card to our challenge. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 428: Artistic Expression Section

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Thanks for once again joining us for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's such a great way to finish off the week, don't you think?

This week we are asking you to CASE a project from the Artistic Expression section of the Annual Catalogue, which goes from page 94 to 119. It's a section that's jam packed with inspiration!

I chose this card from page 101. I don't have any of the products used in the catalogue sample, but I didn't let that stop me! Half the fun of CASEing is taking something and making it yours. In this case, I loved the way that part of the stamped image is cropped and popped up. I think it's such an effective look.

As I mentioned, I don't have any of the products used in the original, so I decided to use It's A Science as my stamp set. I used my Stamparatus to stamp the row of beakers I then coloured them with my Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Lemon Lime Twist and Blueberry Bushel Stampin' Write Markers.

The centre section was then cropped using a Layering Squares Die, matted and popped up over the rest of the row. I took the colours from the Bright & Beautiful DSP that I used on the base of my card. I masked off half of the sentiment, and just used the It's Your Birthday section for the front of the card.

I used the other half on the inside, along with a beaker left over from the front of the card. I added bubbles to this beaker, as I thought that it worked nicely with the 'overreact' part of the sentiment. I really love the puns in this stamp set!

We'd love for you to play along with us on this challenge. All you need to do is make a suitable card and add a photo to our Facebook group. It's really very easy!

If you started the Blog Hop in the Facebook group, I am the last stop tonight. If you started mid way, just keep on gong until you get back to where you started. The next stop is the lovely Julia Quinn, with a gorgeous card that you won't want to miss.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Basic Gray

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Thanks for once again joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are making Basic Gray the hero colour on our cards - a tricky task, I think! It's not a colour that naturally takes the limelight, it's more of a supporting actor.

I still had my Level Complete stamp set on my desk, and it seemed the perfect choice for featuring this dark gray. In my day, all game consoles and controllers seemed to be made of dark gray, black or beige plastic. I've paired Basic Gray with Lemon Lolly and Azure Afternoon. I love a gray and yellow combo, and the pop of blue sets both off nicely.

The main controller is heat embossed using Silver powder on Basic Gray cardstock. I actually meant to emboss it in black, but I picked up the wrong powder and it was too late before I realised. Oh well - I think I actually prefer the silver now! I used some Fine Tip Adhesive glue on the buttons to give them a bit of texture.

Apologies for the photos tonight - I've had a sick young man all day who is very cuddly when he's poorly, so I've had to make this card in bits and pieces while I could. It was dark before I got to take photos. Family comes first, and he's a little more important than nice photos!

It's time to move on from my blog to that of my lovely friend, Christine Blain. She's a whizz with masculine cards, but she may just trick us and make a feminine card with Basic Gray. I can't wait to find out!

If you run into any issues with links, please jump on over to Cathy Proctor's blog to help get you back on track. She does a marvellous job each week of keeping us all sorted.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Lemon Lolly

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Thanks for once again joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are still working our way through the new core colours - this week we are featuring Lemon Lolly. It's a lovely, soft, pure lemon yellow, as the name suggests! It's a much clearer colour than previous pale yellows that we've had in the colour range.

I struggled a bit with thinking about what to do with Lemon Lolly, but then I remembered that I owned the Songbird punch. The yellow and blue birds are quite cute, I think! The background paper is from the  Bright & Beautiful DSP pack. I just cut my selected piece to card front size and then trimmed 1 1/2 inches from one side. I flipped the paper to the other side, added a piece of Misty Moonlight card down the length as a border and then adhered both pieces of DSP to the card front. A piece of White Twine finishes off the front.

The sentiments on my card are from the Light The Candles Kit - it's easy to forget about kit stamp sets when you are creating, but they are a great source of images and sentiments. The Lemon Lolly ink is much easier to read in real life! The photos don't do a great job of picking it up.

I made a third bird for the inside of my card, and nested him on a strip of DSP and cardstock left over from the front of the card.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue making your way around all of the blogs tonight. There's lots more Lemon Lolly gorgeousness to be seen! The next stop is my lovely friend, Rachel Palmieri. I wonder what she's done with Lemon Lolly?

If you happen to come across a broken link on tonight's hop, please jump on over to Cathy Proctor's blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track again.

Bye for now,

Tina