Blueberry Farewell Booklet

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LOL, I nearly typed 'Welcome to this week's Colour Creations...' before I remembered that we are finished. I hope you were inspired by our posts each week. I will try to continue to post on Tuesday evenings, as it's a good habit!

Tonight's card uses the new Noble Peacock Specialty DSP. Each of the sheets are heavy weight and have foil accents. The sheet I used is the Blueberry Bushel pattern, and I love that the design looks a bit like a stylised peacock tail.

I paired the Noble Peacock SDSP with some Black Foil cardstock, with some Silver Foil die cuts. The sentiment from Flourishing Phrases is very 'punny' for a musical themed card, don't you think?

When is a card not a card? When it becomes a booklet! This card was made for the members of the band I play in to sign so that we could farewell one of our musicians. Due to poor health, he's unable to continue playing. There's over 40 people in the band, so I needed to make enough pages to allow everyone room to write a message. I also added some ribbon as a belly band so that the booklet can be tied closed. I find that a card like this is preferable to a super sized card, as they are much easier for the recipient to store, and is therefore less likely to be thrown out!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #236: Love, Thanks and Support

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Welcome! Have you arrived here from Rebecca's blog, or are you just starting here? Either way, please keep hopping and enjoy all the stops on our blog hop this week.

It's the end of the weekend, but for me this means the start of school holidays. Hooray! Hopefully the kids will sleep in a bit so that I can too! Wish me luck 😉

This week we are CASEing any project from the Love, Thanks and Support section of the Annual Catalogue. It's a big section, so there should be plenty to choose from. I flicked through until I got close to the end of the section, and then decided I would CASE the card at the bottom left of page 89.

I think it was the stamped sentiment around the circle layer that caught my eye. I do like a card with an extra level of difficulty! I don't have the Above The Clouds Bundle, so I scanned my shelves and decided upon my Beautiful Bouquet bundle.

I used Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose, Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso on my card. To stamp the 'Congratulations' in a circle, I adhered the Stitched Shapes circle die to my clear block using washiest tape. I then added a piece of double sided tape to the back of my stamp and adhered it to the block, using the die to shape the stamp. I used tape to hold the stamp in place, as the photopolymer had lost a bit of it's stickiness and I didn't want to wash it and wait for it to dry. I'm too impatient for that! I then temporarily adhered the Very Vanilla circle to my card and used it as a template to stamp in the correct position. I started stamping at the bottom, where I knew the stems were going to sit, so that if the words ended up overlapping (and they did!), it would be hidden by the stems.

I die cut the stems and then adhered them together. I wrapped them with an offcut of the Burlap ribbon and tied a bow using some retired Very Vanilla Baker's Twine. The flowers were then added to the bouquet, making sure some were under the stems.

I had several flowers left over, so naturally I used them on the inside of the card. Nothing goes to waste! I've sort of left the card a little vague - I intend it to be a wedding card, but if push comes to shove it could work for an engagement or anniversary too.

Time for you to be hopping on your way, but first I will remind you of our Facebook group, where you can join in the fun and enter your card in our challenge.

But first, you're off to see what the wonderful Siobhan has created!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #464: Just Add Colour

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It's that time of the week again - the new Just Add Ink challenge is live, and it's a fun colour challenge suggested by Jackie.

It took me a long time to think about what I cold do with these colours, and in the end I decided to use a new stencil that I purchased recently. It's called Holes Small and is by Ranger.

I lightly taped it down over a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then used my sponge brayer to add the ink. There's Granny Apple Green at the bottom, Soft Sea Foam in the middle and Flirty Flamingo on top.

I die cut the now retired Happy Birthday die four times - once each in Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam, Flirty Flamingo and Basic Black and then layered them up in that order. If you look carefully, you can see the different layers under the black. A subtle, but cool effect! I finished the card by doodling in some of the circles and adding some Black Faceted Dots.

Instead of dots I got a bit lazy and went for stripes on the inside - just some offcuts of the cardstock to match the front colours. The stamp is from Genuine Gems, and I coloured it with my Granny Apple Green and Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends.

Time to pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You can also link up your card to enter the challenge. You'll have fun with these colours!

Bye for now,

Tina

A Pocket Full Of Posy

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Sob! We are finally at the last week of the Colour Creations Blog Share posts. It's been a fun year using each of the colours in Stampin' Up!'s range. I set myself the challenge to participate every week, and I met that challenge! Even when I was overseas I was able to play along, thanks to Catherine allowing me to give her links ahead of time and hoping they would work.

For our final week we are featuring Purple Posy, which is a soft purple that fits well with Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape. I wanted to go out with a bang, so I have made a super special card for you today.

I had the chance to watch a few crafting videos last week, and one was Jennifer McGuire's Layered Die Cut See-Through Cards. I was immediately keen to give the technique a try, and this was a great opportunity. LOL, it's a great way to use more of that Press'n'Seal that we all got in New Zealand too!

You basically die cut (or punch in my case) a heap of shapes and layer them so that they overlap quite a bit. Press'n'Seal holds it all in place while you trim it to size and then glue matching shapes on the back to keep it all in one piece. You can watch Jennifer's video to see how she completes the cards. I love the lacy look to the card, and how it's quite strong even though it looks delicate.

The inside of the card perfectly mirrors the front of the card, so that you can't see the Purple Posy circle or daisy from the front of the card. This card took several hours to complete, but it was well worth the time. I can't wait to try it again!

For the final time, please head on over to Catherine's blog to see the rest of this week's Purple Posy cards. Keep an eye out though, soon we will be starting the Heart Of Christmas, so there will be weekly Christmas inspiration for you all.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #235: CASE A Card

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Hooray, time for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop! Hopefully you've arrived here from Liz's blog, as ever, just keep hopping until you get back to where you started.

This week we are trying a slightly new challenge. Instead of a whole section to CASE, we are giving you one card to CASE. That sounds a bit easy, but it's not really - don't just copy the card, put your thinking cap on and get inventive!

You can find the card to CASE on page 159. It's a fairly simple layout, with a couple of layers, the nice bow and a decorative edge. I decided I'd reverse the layers on my card, by using a window to a scene.

I started by watercolouring the ocean and sky on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock. The lighthouse was from my Make and Take pack in Auckland, as was the DSP, twine and the metal anchor. The lighthouse was floating a bit in space, so I added the row of trees from Waterfront as a way of grounding it. The background was adhered to my card base with the lighthouse popped up over it.

I used my Stitched rectangles to cut a window in the Come Sail Away DSP. The trees were adhered to the back of the window, and then the whole lot was affixed to the base using Foam Adhesive Strips. The top Night Of Navy layer was cut in half using another Stitched Rectangle so that I had stitched lines on both halves. I then embossed it with my Subtle folder and adhered it to the card base with more Adhesive Strips. The card was finished with the sentiment and the anchor.

I had a small strip of the DSP and the Subtle embossed cardstock left, so they were used to decorate the inside. I'm still on the fence over the Come Sail Away suite. What do you think of it?

Once you've finished the hop, you can add your card to the challenge over in our Facebook group. It's fabulous to see how everyone interprets the challenge each week!

That's it from me, now you're off to see what my friend Judy has done with this card.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #463: Just Choose Two

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This week at Just Add Ink, Jan has challenged us to choose two to add to our projects. Which two? Any two of:

That's right - foil, ribbon or sequins. Hmmm, which two will you choose? I sort of chose mine by accident, as I noticed that this card that I made for a class fit the bill for this weeks challenge! Lucky me!

You may look at my magnolias and think they don't look much like the magnolia set in the Annual Catalogue, and you'd be right! They are Stampin' Up! stamps, but you can find the set in a new, smaller brochure aimed at new stampers. Not that experienced stampers can't buy them though. I liked them as I found the other set too big. The set is called Magnolia Blooms, and it coordinates perfectly with the rest of the Magnolia Lane suite of products.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I embossed the background layer with the Subtle EF after stamping the smaller magnolia. This is the Faux Fabric look, and it certainly looks like fabric. A few green Iridescent sequins and a swish of Petal Pink ribbon and my card was done!

That's all from me - now it's time to pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can find the rest of this week's gorgeous Design team cards. You can also link up your card when you've decided if you'll add two of foil, ribbon or sequins!

Bye for now,

Tina

AWH Blog Hop: In Colours

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Tonight the Art With Heart team are sharing creative projects featuring the current In Colours. There are 10 to choose from, including the new 2019 - 2021 In Colours and the carrying over 2018 - 2020 In Colours. If you would like a copy of the 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue, contact any of the girls on the blog hop and we will get in touch with you.

For my card I selected three of the new In Colours - can you work out which ones?

Hopefully you worked out that they were Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray and Rococo Rose.

Last weekend I was invited to attend my friend Kathryn's team stamping day. We like to share ideas and projects, and the lovely Caroline shared some samples she'd made using the Block Fill technique. My card is a bit of a cross between it and the Inlaid Dies technique. Instead of stamping the butterflies and colouring the rest of the rectangle black, I cut a black rectangle and then cut the butterfly shapes from it before replacing the cut bits with stamped and cut butterflies. Hopefully that makes sense!

I finished it off by using a fine tipped marker to add a couple of lines around the rectangle. I added some dots to the inner line, just for a bit of added interest. I quite like this technique, and I think I'll be giving it a go again.

I also used some of the new Pretty Peacock Scalloped Linen Ribbon to back my sentiment. I had to chop it down the middle and adhere it to the back of the sentiment, but it was very easy to do. A bit of Linen Thread and a few black sequins, and the front was done!

I repeated the same elements on the inside - the three colours, the butterflies and the hand drawn border. Thanks for showing me such a fun technique, Caroline!

That's it for me, next you are off to visit the lovely Vicki Boucher at her blog to see what wonderful In Colour deliciousness she has whipped up!

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Rebecca Jacovou
Sharon Davern

Christina Barnes

Tina Gillespie
Vicki Boucher

Ros Davidson

Kate Morgan

Rachel Woollard

Catherine Proctor
Kathryn Mangelsdorf 

Caroline Manwaring 

Bye for now,

Tina