Colour Creations: Bubble Bath

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week, it's Bubble Bath's turn to come out and play. It's a lovely soft pink, but more importantly, it's a clear, clean pink. I love it!

I have been extremely time poor this week, and did consider pulling out of the blog hop, but I decided to give it a hot crack. I literally had a 20 minute window to make my card. I set a timer and all! When I checked my timer at the end of making the card, I still had 5 minutes on the clock. Woah!

The Fresh As A Daisy DSP made this card so quick! All I needed to do was matt this 4" square piece of DSP onto a slightly larger square of Garden Green cardstock, and pop it up on Dimensionals over a 5" square Thick Whisper White card base.

The sentiment is from a recently retired set, called Peaceful Moments. Sadly, I found out yesterday afternoon that I would need a sympathy card, and I don't have any current sympathy stamp sets.

I used the same stamp set and DSP on the inside of my card. There you have it - my 15 minute wonder card! Isn't it great when the DSP does all of the hard work?

The next stop on tonight's hop is my lovely friend, Kate Morgan. I'm sure that she's got something gorgeous for you to see.

As ever, the wonderful Cathy Proctor keeps us all organised, so if you run into any issues with broken links pop on over to her blog to find a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pale Papaya

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Thanks for joining me for a new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at Pale Papaya, one of the In Colours that will retire mid-way through 2023. It's a soft, peachy orange that I quite like.

I think that it pairs very well with Calypso Coral, so I was drawn to this combo by Brian King. Pear Pizzazz was a great addition to the mix.

My layout was inspired by this card by Linda Dalke. I added an extra section to the mix, just for a little extra interest. The Pale Papaya paper is from the Lovely Linen DSP pack. I adore the papers in this pack, but keep forgetting to use them! I snuck in a little piece of retired Pale Papaya Vellum under the sentiment circle for a bit of extra shimmer.

I used another strip of the DSP on the inside to finish off my card.

I actually made three cards in the end. The best way to make a card like this is to cut three pieces of DSP, layer them and then cut through all layers at once. Then just mix and match to get three complete card fronts. It's not too much extra work, especially if you decorate them the same way.

Please continue your way around our Pale Papaya blog hop. There's lots more inspiration to be seen, starting with my lovely friend, Kate Morgan.

If you run into any problems with links, please jump 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

Colour Creations: Mossy Meadow

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Thanks for joining me for the third-last Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2022. Don't worry, we will be returning after a short break to continue our journey through the colour range in 2023.

This week's focus colour was Mossy Meadow, which is a colour that I really struggle with. I can't put my finger on why it's such a tricky colour - it just is! Yay for Brian King and his inspiring colour combinations.

This card wasn't originally going be a sympathy card, but when it came time to add a sentiment, the card seemed to suit a sympathy-related sentiment. I started by inking Petal Pink ink all around the edges of my Very Vanilla cardstock with a Blending Brush. I used Vanilla, as I think it works beautifully with the Petal Pink ink. The blending fades much more nicely! The Mossy Meadow leaves and Early Espresso splatters from Forever Fern were stamped over the top.

I think I need to add a glue dot behind my Very Vanilla twine bow - it's looking a little saggy! I can't have a saggy bow on a card, that just won't do. The die cut is from the coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies, I cut way the bottom two sets of leaves so that it wasn't quite so big.

A touch of coordinating stamping and inking on the inside never goes astray!

The next stop on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Theresa Gerrard. I wonder if she's struggled with Mossy Meadow as much as I have? Jump on over to her blog to find out!

Once again, the wonderful Cathy Proctor keeps us super organised with the Blog Hops. If you run into any issues with links, just pop on over to her blog to help get back on track. She has a list of all of tonight's participants there.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Garden Green

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Hello, and welcome to a new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are celebrating Garden Green, a lovely mid-green from the Regals colour family. 

Brian King has paired it with Sweet Sorbet and Pool Party. He also paired it with Real Red and Pool Party - two similar combos. My intention was to make a card using each combo, but I ran out of time this week. Sweet Sorbet is quite a red pink, so I think that the cards would have looked very similar.

I decided to used Hand-Penned Petals, as it's been a while since I stamped with it. I started by stamping the Whisper White panel all over with the floral stamp in Garden Green. My inkpad clearly needs reinking, but I didn't mind the rustic look of the blotchy stamping.

The focal image with stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and filled with the colours from the combo. Are you a fan of the 'not quite matching' look? I am! I think it's fun that the filler stamps don't exactly match the outlines. If your hands are a little shaky, or your eyesight isn't so good, or you're just not that great at lining up two-step stamps, it's a fabulous set to stamp with because it's meant to be wobbly!

I used the same image to complete the inside of the card. The sentiments I've used are both from Peaceful Moments.

We'd love for you to visit all of the blogs in tonight's blog hop, and we'd love it even more if you were able to leave some comments. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Rachel Palmieri.

As she does so brilliantly every week, Catherine Proctor is keeping us all organised with the hop. If you get stuck with a broken link, just jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight' participants.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Calypso Coral

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Welcome back to my blog for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Calypso Coral's turn. Like Cajun Craze, it's a colour that isn't a favourite of mine, but I do think that it has a valuable place in the colour range.

Brian King has paired it with two of our newer In Colours, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. Isn't it a gorgeous combo? I decided to pull out an older set of dies and play with some watercolouring, as July is Watercolouring month.

I started by washing some Calypso Coral ink over a piece of Watercolour Paper. Once it dried, I cropped some of the solid poppy die from the Poppy Moments Dies. I repeated the process with Soft Succulent and the solid leaf die. The outline dies were used to crop the same colour cardstock, with Basic Black for the centres of the flowers.

I used a gorgeous piece of Lovely Linen DSP for the background. It features both of the greens with Basic White. I had the three Stitched Rectangle frames floating around on my desk, so added them to the card on a whim. I think it provides a nice base for the flowers to sit on, rather than floating in space.

I used the offcut DSP from the front to frame the inside of the card. The sentiments on my card are from Peaceful Moments, another old favourite. It's easy to forget about the oldies with the excitement of new stuff!

Please continue your way around our Calypso Coral blog hop by jumping on over to Theresa Gerrard's blog. You won't want to miss her gorgeous card.

If there are broken or missing links, the lady in the know is Catherine Proctor. Pop over to her blog, where you'l find a list of all of tonight's participants and you can get yourself back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 356: Heart & Home Colours

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Oh, boy! Where did that weekend go? But happily, the end of the weekend means that it's time for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop.

This week we are asking you to CASE the colours of the Heart & Home DSP. You can see a list of them in the graphic above.  I chose to sort of CASE the piece of DSP that you can see under the SU logo in the graphic. I liked the white design over the Fresh Freesia base.

I started with a card front sized piece of Freesia cardstock which I embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3DEF. I then used a Blending Brush to ink the edges with coordinating ink. It was very hard to photograph - but it really makes the flowers pop off the background.

I cropped both layers of the Many Layered Blossoms Dies from Whisper White card. I first adhered a piece of Adhesive Sheet to the back of the card that I cropped the finer layer from - it makes it much easier to stick down to the bottom layer. The whole piece was popped up on Dimensionals. A Tasteful Labels die was used to crop the Peaceful Moments sentiment.

I cropped a smaller piece of the fine layer of Blossoms for the inside of the card. You can hopefully see that I've applied some Freesia ink first.

We'd love for you to play along with our challenges each week. It's as easy as making an appropriate card and then uploading a photo to our Facebook Group.

Once again, I am the last stop on the Blog Hop if you joined us from the start in the Facebook group. If you joined part way through, please keep hopping until you get back to where you started. The net stop is my fabulous friend, Rachel Palmieri, who has a very sweet card for you to see.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Petal Pink

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Welcome to Petal Pink week of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. I thought that I'd give a Fancy Fold a spin this week. I'm not exactly sure of the name of the fold, it's just something that's been bouncing around in my 'must try this' part of the brain for a while. I guess it's some kind of Easel card. I'm certainly not claiming to have invented the fold -I just can't recall where/when I saw it.

Here's the card flat. I scored the front of the card base in half and then ran it though my Big Shot with the second largest Layering Circles Die, but with the top plate of the sandwich only covering the top half of the card front, level with the score line. I hope that makes sense! The effect of this was that only the top half of the circle die cut through the card stock.

You can see it a bit better when it's open in the easel position. The top half of the circle pops up from the top. You could probably get the same effect by just adhering a circle die cut to sit over the top of the fold, by this way just adds a bit more fancy to the fancy fold, LOL.

Here's a closer look at the inside, with plenty of room to write a message.

The next stop along the way is the lovely Rachel Woollard. I can't wait to see what she's made with Petal Pink.

Catherine Proctor's blog is the place to go is you run into any difficulty. She's got a list of all participants on her blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Old Olive

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Here we are, back again for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. Old Olive is the feature colour for this week's hop. I was a bit stumped on what to do for my card, so after a bit of a google search, I decided to CASE a card by Vicky Wright that used Forever Fern.

I kept my layout the same as Vicky's but changed a few other details, such as the DSP that I've used.

I really liked Vicky's arrangement of the Stitched Rectangle diecuts. The simplicity and symmetry is pleasing to me!

Once again, Peaceful Moments was my choice for the sentiments on my card.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Kate Morgan, who is bound to have something gorgeous for you to see.

If you run into a problem like a broken or missing link, please pop on over to the fabulous Catherine Proctor's blog. She does such a wonderful job of keeping us all organised each week.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Night Of Navy

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Here we are again for a new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This time it's Night Of Navy's turn! It's a lovely, deep blue from the Neutrals colour family. I decided to pair it with the new Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks.

I quite like how this flowery mask takes on the appearance of lace once the ink has been applied. I used my Blending Brushes and created the ombre effect with the Night Of Navy ink.

I was very excited that the White Glittered Organdy Ribbon was carrying over from the just-finished Mini Catalogue. It's the ribbon I reach for most often in my craft room!

I did a little more ink blending/masking on the inside. I learned my lesson from last time and cleaned the mask between uses. I got a few random ink smudges in places that I didn't want them last time! I used sentiments from Peaceful Moments to complete my card. It could either be a wedding or engagement card - I think the lacy background suits those purposes.

Please do continue your way around our blog hop tonight by jumping on over to my lovely friend Rachel Palmieri's blog. You won't be disappointed!

If you run into any issues your first stop should be Catherine Proctor's blog. She's the best at keeping us all sorted!

Bye for now,

Tina