Colour Creations: Summer Splash

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. I've missed the last couple of hops, as I was miserably ill with COVID. I'm not 100% yet, but well enough to make a card for this week's Summer Splash hop. I quite like the blue/green colour, and I think it has a very apt name!

I had Watercolour World sitting on my desk, so I decided to play with it this week. I used my Stamparatus to stamp it onto the DSP from the Unbounded Beauty pack. I actually stamped it twice, so the map shows up quite a bit darker than the Summer Splash DSP underneath.

I took longer to work out how to add a sentiment! I don't like covering lots of the map, so this small sentiment from Simply Said, cropped with a Nested Essentials Dies, was just the ticket.

I used a scrap of the DSP and another Simply Said sentiment to finish off the card. 

The next stop on tonight's hop is the lovely Rosa Leyden. I can't wait to see what she, and everyone else, has made this week!

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 get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Petunia Pop

 Hi!

Welcome to week two of the new Colour Creations Blog Hop series. We are starting with the new In Colours, and this week it's Petunia Pop's turn to shine. I can't decide if it's purple or pink - I think that the answer would depend on which colours you put with it.

I saw a gorgeous card by Connie Babbert of Inkspired Treasures that I decided to CASE. She used a black die cut floral sprig over a Petunia Pink and Whisper White base that I adored. I don't have the dies she used, so I chose to use a paper butterfly instead.

I coloured the butterfly with my Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend, giving it several coats to get a good, black colour. It's popped up using Black Mini Dimensionals.

I added a smaller butterfly, also coloured, to the inside over the top of some Petunia Pop ink that I applied with a Blending Brush. A little bit of that ink goes a looooong way! The sentiments that I used on my card are from a new stamp set, called Simply Said. I'm going to get a LOT of use out of that stamp set, I think!

The next stop on tonight's Blog Hop is my lovely friend, Rachel Palmieri. I can't wait to see what she's made tonight.

As ever, the spectacular Cathy Proctor keeps us all organised, so if you have any problems with broken links, just pop on over to her blog. You'll find a list of all tonight's participants there to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

PS. I still can't decide if it's pink or purple! What do you think?

Colour Creations: Peach Pie

 Hi!

Wow, welcome to the first of the new series of Colour Creations Blog Hops. We are back to the beginning, starting with the new 2024-2026 In Colours. This week we are featuring Peach Pie, a soft orange that I think I will grow to like!

I nearly wasn't able to participate tonight, as I hadn't ordered any of the In Colour products from the new Annual Catalogue. Thankfully, my wonderful friend, Andrea Sargent came to my rescue and gave me some things to use. I received a lovely little pack of cardstock, DSP and the loan of an inkpad. Isn't she fabulous?

I put it to good use on my card, using both the In Colour DSP and the Unbounded Beauty DSP on my card. I love those Petunia Pop stripes with Peach Pie, and how they pick up the pink in the floral DSP. You'll have to forgive my use of a now retired stamp set, I don't have any sentiment stamps left that were suitable.

Nice and simple on the inside, and the card is done! Would you believe that I made this card yesterday, and not in 15 minutes after getting home this afternoon and realising I still need to make a card? LOL!

This next stop on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Michele Taylor. I always enjoy seeing what she's made, and I'm sure that you will too.

If, at any point, you find a broken link, or you just get lost, pop on over to our lovely hostess, Cathy Proctor's blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina