Week 34 Melon Mambo - Colour Creations Blog-Hop 2024-25

 

Hello and welcome to week 34 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop and the last one for 2024, we will be back on the 8th of January 2025 to finish off all the rest of the lovely colours that we haven't featured yet. But as for today we are featuring Melon Mambo. A really bright pink colour and it's a happy colour for me. I thought I would make a Shaker card this time as it's not something I do very often.

So I started with a Melon Mambo card base and I added a DSP layer in Balmy Blue from the Beautiful Bokeh 6 x 6 inch Pack (this is part of the Beautiful Butterflies Suite Collection.) I then run the Basic White layer through the die cut machine using the Starstruck Embossing folder from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. (Available from the 7th January 2025) I then used a brush to colour it with Melon Mambo ink. After that I cut out a square aperture from this piece of card. I placed the Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix on the card and added a piece of Window Sheet and the Dimensional Strips to hold them in place. I finished off the front of the card using the Medium Sized Butterflies from the Same suite, along with the sentiment tag and sentiment. I added the Sequins from the online exclusives to finish off the front.

I kept the inside the same as the front using the DSP as my layer and then the Basic White. I stamped in Melon Mambo. The blue and pinks in the Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix really work well and bring out the colours from both the papers and Mix. If you would like to know more about these product (that will be available from the 7th of January until the 5th May 2025) please feel free to contact me.

To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to-:Rachel Woollard

 

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 Hugs Diane xx

Week 8 - Balmy Blue Colour Creations Blog-Hop 2024-25

 

Hello and welcome to week 8 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop. This week our feature colour is Balmy Blue. This is a really pretty pale blue and I love it. Although I did have a few issues coming up with a design for this weeks card. But I was happy with what jumped into my head.

I started out with a Balmy Blue card base, adding a Basic White layer that I embossed using the So Swirly Embossing folder. I then used the Deckled Circles 5 smallest sizes and cut out 2 sizes in Balmy Blue and 3 sizes in the Countryside Inn DSP. Gluing them to the front of the card largest to smallest in size on an angle. I then used the lovely Heart & Hugs Bundle and stamped the hugging badgers. I know badgers are not blue but they do look so cute coloured in Balmy Blue. Add a sentiment and badgers to the front with dimensionals and colouring some basic gems with night of navy ink to finish off the front.

I did bring the theme over to the inside of the card. Sorry about the red haze that was from the sun set through the window. I stamped the hugging badger again in the bottom corner and added the hearts colouring everything in Balmy Blue.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue or in the Online store. if you would like to know more about these products please feel free to contact me.

To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to-: Rachel Woollard

 

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

 Hugs Diane xx

Week 33 of the Colour creations Blog-Hop 2023-24 - Misty Moonlight

 

Hi Everyone, welcome to week 33 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop, and the last one in 2023. But we will be back 3rd January 2024 to carry on the rest of the colours. So this week we are featuring Misty Moonlight, this is a Neutrals collection colour. This is a pretty blue and goes really nicely with lots of other colours in the Stampin' Up! range. I have chosen a stamp set from the Online store, called Feathered Flight to showcase this colour. 

So I started with a Misty Moonlight card base and added a Balmy Blue layer and then the DSP from the Countryside Inn pack (I love this paper). The one that I chose has birds on it and I thought wit went with the stamp set. I then added another Balmy Blue layer with a Basic White for my Stamping. I stamped in Misty Moonlight. I added dimensionals for the back of these layers and attached off set for extra interest. Finishing off the from with Iridescent Rhinestones.

I followed the theme over to the inside of the card using Balmy Blue and Basic White, and Stamping in Misty Moonlight. I don't know who this card will end up going to at this stage. But I'm sure they will like it. I know that Hubby (Shane) and Paul liked it very much.

All the card stock used in this project can be found in the Annual 2023-24 Stampin' Up! Catalogue, the stamp set can be found in the Online store and is only available while stocks last. If you would like to more about these product please feel free to contact me.

To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to-: Tina Gillespie

 If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's Blog from Here

Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

Week 11 2023-24 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Basic Gray

 

Hello and welcome to week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop. This week we are featuring Basic Gray. Not one of my faves that's for sure. So I hummed and Ahhhhhh ed about what to make and decided I want to try the Patina look. So I got out a Stamp set and Embossing folders and gave it a try.

I decided I was going to use the Sweet Citrus bundle, so placing Basic Gray ink onto my Embossing Folder to start the process. I added Old Olive and Balmy Blue ink with my blending brushes and then I added some Gold embossing powder. I don't think the photo really does it justice, it looks better in real life.

So I mounted my Patina panel onto Basic Gray card and then attached this to a Slate Gray card base. I finished off the front of the card with a saying from the same set. That I stamped in Basic Gray. added just a few Iridescent Gems.

I carried the theme over to the inside of the card stamping in Basic Gray and adding a touch of Old Olive and Balmy Blue. Not bad of my first attempt, if I must say so myself.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2023-24 Annual Catalogue. If you would like to purchase any or all of these product please feel free to contact my via email, phone or PM. 

To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to- Rachel Woollard

 If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's Blog from Here

Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

 

Week 10 23-24 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Balmy Blue

 

Hello and welcome to week 10 of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog-hop. This week our feature colour is Balmy Blue. This is a really pretty blue I really like it, and it part of the Subtles collection of colours. 

I wanted to do a very special card (not that I know who will be getting it yet), and I had seen this one done a few time so I thought I would give it a try. 

This card is called a Concertina Pocket card, even though the front looks very plain it's when you open up the card that the magic begins. So I started with a Night of Navy card base and added the Balmy Blue layer and the beautiful Countryside Inn DSP, the little flowers are in Balmy Blue. I used the Color & Contour dies for the sentiment on the front along with some iridescent Rhinstones. But wait for it I will open the card for you......

Well what do you think? I have layered the inside of the card with the same DSP as the front and then added the 2 pockets. Finishing off the inside with the concertina fold along the bottom. I added 2 tags from the Tailor Made Tag dies in the pockets. The ribbon for the tags and to tie the card closed, is Inner Braid Ribbon. I must admit I was very happy with how these colours all go together so well. But I needed somewhere to write my message, so I added a writing panel to the back of the card.

I can see me making a few more of this style as I think it would be great for a male or Christmas Card as well. All the Items used in this project can be found in the 23-24 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If you would like to know more about these product or the design please feel free to contact me either via Phone, Email or PM.

To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to-:Rachel Woollard

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

Week 25 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Gray Granite

 

Hello and Welcome my lovely Crafty Friends. This week we are featuring Gray Granite as our colour. Not an easy one for me to work with, to dull for my liking. Gray Granite is part of the Neutrals Collection of Stampin' Up! Colours it has a slight beige tinge to it. But I teamed it up with Basic Gray to create my card. As I think this is a colour more suited to a Male card, this is what I made.

I started with a Gray Granite card base that if deckled the bottom edge on. I then cut out 4 layers of deckled rectangles alternatively in Basic Gray and Gray Granite. With the smallest as Gray Granite I then set about giving my sky the stormy look using Fresh Freesia to give the effect of storm clouds, and using Balmy Blue for the sea. I stamped my sail boat from the Let's Set Sail Bundle and added the birds. I stamped the message from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. Finishing off the front with some Iridescent Rhinestones to make it look like rain drops.

As always my insert is plain I layered 2 more deckled rectangles and stamped my sentiment in Memento ink.

All the items used in this weeks project can be found in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue. If you would like any of these products or would like to know more about them please feel free to give me a Call, email or PM so that I might help you.

 To catch up with the next person on the Hop please follow the link button below to-:Rachel Palmieri

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's Blog from Here

Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

Week 6 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Balmy Blue

Hi and Welcome to week 6 of the colour creations blog-hop. We have now finished all of the 2022-2024 In-colors so we well be starting on the regular colours in Alphabetical order. Starting with Balmy Blue. I have chosen to do my card with a bundle that is retiring at the end of June, Called Love & Happiness. 

 

I started my card with a Balmy Blue card base and added a Night of Navy layer. I then used a white layer to embossed with the Hybrid Embossing folder. I then used the dies to cut out the Heart from the centre. Using my blending brushes I coloured to Heart with Night of Navy Ink and the outer embossed area with Balmy Blue Ink. I place the larger section onto Dimensionals and the heart was glued down flat. I stamped my tag from the same stamp set in Night of Navy. With the flowers I stamped them onto some Basic White card using the Night of Navy Ink and then coloured them using the Balmy Blue Blends, Light and Dark. I layered these onto the front of the card. Then I Stamped the leaves from Forever Fern Set using Mossy Meadow and cut them out with the matching dies. I finished off the front with some Basic Rhinestones.

My insert was using the 2 for mentioned sets for the Sentiment and the flowers. I then coloured the flower in the same way as I did for the front of the card. Layering this onto another Night of Navy card and gluing to the inside of the card. All the items used in this project are current at the time of publication, but the Love & Happiness bundle will be retiring at the end of June 2022 so if you haven't already purchased this set and would like it please don't waste time as it is only available while stocks last. If you would like to purchases any of all of these product please feel free to contact me either by email, PM or phone.

To catch the  next person in the blog-hop please follow the link  button below to-: Theresa Gerrard

 

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

 

Week 33 colour Creations Blog-Hop - Pacific Point

Hello Everyone and Welcome to week 33 of the Art with Heart Team Australia Colour Creations Blog-Hop. This week we are featuring the colour Pacific Point. This is a colour from the Brights Collections and is a beautiful rich blue.  I have chosen to feature this colour using the Friends are like Seashells Bundle on page 27 of the Annual Catalogue. I must admit I purchased this set awhile ago but never got around to using it. I also have used a Sale-A-Bration item Simply Marbleous DSP. So I started with a Basic White card base and added my Pacific Point layer and the Simply Marbleous DSP in the Balmy Blue. I then cut out the large seashell die and stamped my images onto the cut out using Pacific Point, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive and Calypso Coral. I then used my blending brushes to colour the leafy area with Soft Sea Foam. After that I used the Embossing folder to add texture to the die cut image, it really pops. Then I mounted this onto the front of my card using dimensionals. I added my sentiment and so star fish, to finish off the front I used Wink of Stella on the seashells to give that wet look.

 My inside of the that is also layered with Pacific Point and Basic White I stamped in the feature colour and added a couple of reeds and shells to the bottom left-hand corner. 

All the items for this project can be found in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue, with the exception of the Sale-A-Bration DSP which is only available until the 28th February 2022 for FREE with a $90AU order. If you would like to purchase any or all of the items used in this project please feel free to give me a Call, Email or PM so that I can help you with your purchase. Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

To catch then next person on the Hop please follow the link to-: Christine Blain   Here-:

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's Blog from Here-

Thank you again Hugs Diane xx

Week 31 Colour Creations Blog - Hop - Night of Navy

 

Hi Everyone, and welcome to week 31 of the Art with Heart Team Australia Colour Creations Blog-Hop. (what a mouthful). This week our colour is Night of Navy, being part of the Neutrals collection of colours. I think a really dark blue and this one really is. I have teamed this up with Pacific Point and Balmy Blue for my card this week as they really all go together well. I have also used some of the items from the Sale-a-bration catalogue.

I started with a Night of Navy card base and added a basic white layer that I stamped the Awesome Otter onto I then used my Pacific Point write marker to add extra ways and the a dauber and Balmy Blue to finish off the ocean. I then cut out a Balmy Blue layer using the Layering Diorama dies. I then cut another layer in Night of Navy using the next size up die. I finished off the front of the card with the sentiment "It's Birthday Time" form the same stamp set, and added a Holiday rhinestone in Night of Navy.

The inside of my card was kept reasonably plain just stamping the same Otter again and colouring him in using the Blends. I Otters are Free with any $90AU Stampin' Up! order until the 28th February 2022. So If you would like this set please feel free to contact me to place an order either by Phone, PM or Email. I look forward to hearing from you. All other items used in this project can be found in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. To catch then next person on the Hop please follow the link to-: Caroline Manwaring Here.

   If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Catherine Proctor's Blog from Here-:

Thank you again Hugs Diane xx

Week 30 - Colour Creations Blog-Hop Mossy Meadow

 

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year to you all. We are back to carry on with out colour creations Blog-Hop this year and at week 30 we have Mossy Meadow for you all. I have chosen to CASE a card from the Annual Catalogue (with my own twist) and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

It's a DL size card and I used the Turtle Friends Bundle, I Started with a Mossy Meadow card base and then added a Basic white layer that I first coloured with garden green and Balmy blue ink using the Blending brushes. I then stamped the grass using Mossy Meadow. I stamped my turtles in Momento Ink and then used my Blends in Mossy Meadow to colour the turtles Mossy meadow light and the Dark for the shell. I then punched them out using the Turtle Punch. I then cut out the clouds from the Give it a Whirl die set before adding my sentiment in the top left corner. I then glued the middle turtle flat and put the other 2 up on dimensionals. I finished off the front with basic rhinestones. So Cute.

 

The inside of the card is plain but I thought I would add the smaller turtles to the corner as a point of interest I coloured these in the same colours as the turtles on the front of the card. I know I have someone to give this card to already as they are stuck in New Zealand at the moment and wont be home in time for their birthday on the 3rd of January. They were suppose to be home on the 8th October 2021 but have been unable to get direct flights back to South Australia and with a small Baby they need to get back here, At least they have family over there to stay with until such time. Thank goodness for little mercies.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2021-2022 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If you would like to purchase any or all of these projects please give me a call, Email or PM me so that I can help you with your purchase.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. To catch then next person on the Hop please follow the link to-:  Rosa Leyden Here.

 

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Thank you again Hugs Diane xx

Week 2 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Balmy Blue

Hello and Welcome to week 2 of the 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop. As we are going to be working through the Stampin' Up! Colours in Alphabetical order we are starting with Balmy Blue. For me this is a very pretty blue and I love it so much. As my Dad's birthday is coming up on the 24th of this month and he will be 88 I thought I would do a card for him. I have used the Hats Off Bundle found on page 47 of the Annual Catalogue along with the A Good Man stamp set.  This style of card is called a Book Binding Card and it's so effective.

 

I started with a Balmy Blue Card Base and added Night of Navy layers to the front along with the In Good Taste DSP I stamped my cap using Night of Navy ink and cut it out using the dies from the bundle. I mounted my Cap onto Dimensionals and then Stamp my Sentiment from the A Good Man Stamp set I finished off the front with some Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon and Blue Adhesive Gems.

 

My insert was also layered on Night of Navy Card, I then stamped the deck chair image from the A Good Man Stamp Set and coloured him using my Marker pens I then also cut out the small cap from the Hats Off dies and glued this to the inside of the card.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue. If you would like to purchase any or all of these product please give me a call, email or PM so that I might help you with your purchase.

 

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog.

 

 You can hop over to the next person in the Blog Hop-:   Ros Davidson    From here

 

 

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

 

 

Michele Taylor

Rachel Palmieri

Kate Morgan

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Sharon Davern

Christine Blain

Tina Gillespie

Diane Furniss

Ros Davidson

Theresa Gerrard

Rachel Woollard

Rosa Leyden

Fiona Bell Ryan

Vicki Boucher

 

Hugs Diane