Week 29 Gray Granite - Colour Creations Blog-Hop 2024-25

 

Hello and welcome to week 29 of the Colour creations Blog-Hop. Our featured colour this week is called Gray Granite, it's not a colour I use a lot. So once again I took the the Annual catalogue for inspiration, and cased another card from the Lily Pond Lane Suite.

I started with a Gray Granite card base and added a Basic Gray layer. Using the DSP that looks like a scene to finish off the layers. As the DSP was wider than the card I cut 1 1/2 inches (3.8cm) off of each end and glued these to each end of the card and then mounted the middle section onto dimensionals to cover the middle section of the card front. I cut out some duck from the DSP and mounted them on the front as a little family. I used the Deckled Circles for the senitment. I used a dauber to brush the edges so that it wasn't so stark white and finished off with some of the dappled dot.

It may not seem like just putting middle section of the DSP up on dimensionals is much but it really did add extra dimension to the card front. I kept the inside of my card very plain the just a Basic Gray layer and Basic white. I stamped using Gray Granite inside and on the front. This again was my take on one of the cards in the catalogue and I was happy to be able to use this set.

All the items used in this project can be found in the Stampin' Up! Annual 2024-25 Catalogue. the suite is on page 45. I loved this set, but have struggled to find the right cards to make using it. But I think this has given me inspiration to use it more. If you would like to know more about this suite or how I made this card please feel free to contact me.

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

 

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

 Hugs Diane xx

Week 28 Granny Apple Green - Colour Creations Blog-Hop 2024-25

 

Hello and welcome to week 28, can you believe we are in November already. Where has the time gone? This week we have another green for you that we are featuring, it's called Granny Apple Green and it really does look like an Apple. I wanted to do something I don't normally do and that was to case the catalogue. So I search through and found this one Using the Lily Pond Lane Suite. Adding my own twist along the way.

I Started with a Basic White card base and added a Granny Apple Green layer. I then used the deckled Circles to put out the DSP from the suit and another in White to place under it. Using Balmy Blue on the white to give the appearance of water. I then cut out the reeds and lilly pads from Granny Apple Green and the flowers and rushes from Peach Pie. I also cut the wings to the duck in Peach Pie and the main part of the birds in Basic Gray. I put the DSP layer up on dimensionals and added my sentiment to the top left. Finishing off the front with the Dappled Dots.

I followed the theme over to the inside of the card with a Granny Apple Green layer and then another Basic White stamping front in inside with Granny Apple Green and placing some more reeds and Rushes in bottom corner along with a frog on a lily pad.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2024-25 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue except the Deckled Circles which are an online Exclusive. If you would like to know 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-: Amie McIlroy

 

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

 Hugs Diane xx

Week 9 - Basic Gray Colour Creations Blog-Hop 2024-25

 

Hello and welcome to week 9 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop. This week our feature colour is Basic Gray. Not a colour I tend to use very much, but I dad find it easy to use for this weeks project.

This card is called a Double Fronted Cascade card and I think that Basic Gray suits this card very well. I started with a Basic Gray card base and added a smoky slate layer. I then used the DSP from the Country Woods collection. As I love this bundle I also used the Country Flowers Bundle. I used a Basic White layer for the inside of my card. 

I stamped the Teapot and flowers on the inside of the card and added my message. But I also stamped the same image again and added this to the next layer. I finished off all the layers with some of the pretty flowers and leaves from the dies. I added a Sentiment to the front of the card and used the Happy Labels punch. Finishing off the flowers with the Incolour Shimmer Gems in the centres. I like this card it's simple to make yet looks so effective. If you would like to know more about this project of the Items used please feel free to contact me. All the items used can be found in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue.

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

 

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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 46 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Smoky Slate

 

Hello and welcome to week 46 of the colour creations blog-hop. we are featuring Smoky Slate this week. Although this is a lovely Neutral Colour, part of the Neutrals Collection I still have trouble using it. I teamed Smoky Slate with Basic Gray for my card this week and was happy with the results.

So I started with a Basic Gray card base added the Smoky Slate layer. Then added the 2 triangles in Basic Gray topped with the beautiful Abigail Rose DSP which is in Smoky Slate. I then stamped the 2 flower in the same DSP and cut them out with the dies from the Cottage Rose Bundle. I added a little extra colour by cutting out the leaves in Garden Green. I stamped the Happy Birthday from the same set on the slant and finished off the front with the Iridescent Rhinestone.

Placing the rhinestones either side of the sentiment and then a few more on the DSP.  I mirrored the layering on the inside of the card, and keeping is simple I stamped the message using Smoky Slate Ink.

All the items used in this week project can be found in the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue. If you would like the know more about these product of the project please feel free to contact me either by Email, PM or phone. 

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 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

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

Week 7 Colour Creations Blog- Hop - Basic Gray

 

Hello and welcome to the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog-Hop. We are an Australian group that are working through the colour pallet of the Stampin' Up! Colours. We started with the 2022-2024 Incolors and now we are working through all of the other colours in the range in Alphabetical order. This week we are featuring Basic Gray. Basic Gray is part of the Neutrals Collection of colour groups. Not one that I personally use a lot. But it is really nice to be pushed out of my comfit zone. So here is my card.

I started with a smoky slate card base and added the Basic gray as my layers. I then added some DSP from the retiring Jan-June 2022 Mini Catalogue Called Symbols of Fortune. This is Smoky Slate and Gold. Very pretty. I then used the Forever Flourishing dies to add my leaves to the front of the card. Finishing off the front with Evening Evergreen ribbon and gems.

This is a Side Pillar card so I added the layers on the sides and end panel so that the pattern flowed all the way around.

The back of the card is where you write your message. So once again I layered with Basic Gray and then on my Basic White I stamped using Basic Gray ink. I stamped the leaves from the Forever Fern Stamp set along with my sentiment. This is a different style of card and I was pleased with how it turned out. It's a bit larger than normal being a 7 x 5 inch size, but I think it would look wrong being smaller.

All the items are current at the time of this blog going live. But the DSP will be retiring on the 30th June 2022. If you would like to know more about this fold or the product used please feel free to give me a Call, Email or PM so that I can help you.

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

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Thank you for taking the time to view my Blog.

Hugs Diane xx

Week 43 Colour Creations Blog-Hop - Smoky Slate

 

Hi Everyone, Welcome to week 42 of the Colour Creations Blog-Hop. We are featuring Smoky Slate this week. This colour is part of the Neutrals Collection and a lovely pale gray colour. I decided I would team it up with Basic Gray, also from the same collection but it's a darker gray. 

So I started with a Smoky Slate card base and added a Basic Gray layer I then added a DSP Layer from the Symbols of Fortune paper pack. Using the Soaring Swallows Bundle I stamped the 2 birds using Memento ink onto Smoky Slate card. I then used the Basic Gray to colour the wings. I cut out the birds using the dies. Mounting the birds onto the front of the card using dimensionals along with the sentiment tag. I finished off the front with Basic Rhinestones.

Very subtle in colours but I think it really brings out the birds nicely.

As always I kept the inside of my card plain, by just added a Basic Gray and Basic White layer of card. Stamping once again in Memento ink, I stamped my sentiment and another swallow.

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and then Jan-Jun 2022 Mini Catalogue. If you would like to know more about these product of would like to purchase them please feel free to contact me via email, PM or Phone.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog.

 

You can catch the next person in the Blog-Hop- 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

Hugs Diane xxx

Week 3 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Basic Gray

Hello Everyone and welcome to week 3 of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week our colour is Basic Gray. Very interesting colour not one I am keen on I find it a little drab for my taste. But all the same I like a challenge and so I decided I would hop along with week. 

My card is a fancy fold, I don't know what others call it but I call it a Butterfly wings style card as you can see by the photo.

It's a 51/2 inch square card. So I started with a Basic Gray base and added my layers using the Gold Foil Sheet and then the Simply Elegant DSP from the New Annual Catalogue. After cutting my wings and crossing them over the card I added a Square Vellum Doily then my Poppies I stamped my Happy Birthday from the same set and cut out using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. 

I layered these onto the front of the card using dimensionals and finished off with the Silver Metallic Pearls. For my insert I also layered the Gold Foil and Simply Elegant DSP before added the largest of the layering circles for my writing panel in both scalloped and plain, I stamped my sentiment and some more poppies that I coloured using my Write Marker pens. All of my Stamping was done in Basic Gray ink so that it blended.

All of 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 the items used please 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.

  You can hop over to the next person in the Blog Hop-: Claire Daly   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 

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern

Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Palmieri

Theresa Gerrard

Kristine D'Auria

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Di Furniss - You are Here

Claire Daly

Christine Blain

Fiona Ryan

Caroline Manwaring

Vicki Boucher

Andrea Sargent

Rosa Leyden 

 Hugs Diane xx

Week 47 - Smoky Slate - Colour Creations Showcase

 

Hello and welcome to week 47 of the colour creations showcase. We have almost come to the end of our colours except the New INCOLORS they are really beautiful and I look forward to give them a bit of a workout as well. But Today we are using Smoky Slate it's Gray and to me it's a colour for a male card but I decided I would give it a go as a feminine card instead.

I wanted to use the Forever Fern again as I really love this bundle so I used only 3 colours Smoky Slate, Basic Gray and White and this is my creation for today. I started with the White card base and stamped in Smoky Slate I only used the Basic Gray to highlight around the white card. I also rounded all the corners for a change. I added a Basic Gray bow to finish off the front of the card. Not one of my favourite cards but I really was finding it hard to work with.

My insert I kept very plain as well, I also rounded the corners and stamped with Smoky Slate. I'm please to announce that the Forever Fern Stamp set and dies are carrying over into the new 2021-2022 Annual catalogue (not as a bundle) so we will still be again to make plenty more beautiful projects with this very versatile set. If you would like to purchase any or all of the product used in this project please give me a call, email or PM so that I might help you with your purchase. To see all the other projects using Smoky Slate please head over to Catherine's Page here-:

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.

Hugs Diane xxx

Week 34 Colour Creations Showcase - Petal Pink

 

Hello and Welcome to my Blog. This week in the Art with Heart Team Australia Showcase we are using Petal Pink. Well this is really not one of my favourite colours. I do like pink by for me this one is a big wishy washy. Petal Pink is part of the Subtles collections. This week I have done a very simple card using the layering rectangles and the Prized Peony bundle from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. I layered my Peony Garden DSP between Smoky Slate Card stock to give a layered effect. I then added a sentiment and cut out peony flower that I coloured using the Stampin Blend Combo pens to the front. I think it needs more but unsure what?

My insert I layered with smoky slate and white card before added a small piece of DSP down one side for extra interest. 

All the items used in this project can be found in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue, if you would like to purchase any of all of the items used in this project please give me a call, email or PM so that I can help you with your purchase.

To catch all the other lovely Petal Pink Project please head over to Catherine's Page Here-:

Thank you for taking the time to check out my Blog.

Hugs Diane xxx 

Items used in this project-:

• 152483          Peony Garden Designer Series Paper
• 131291          Smoky Slate A4 Card Stock
• 147009          Petal Pink A4 Card Stock
• 149165          Basic Gray Ink Pad
• 154893          Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
• 154892          Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
• 106549          Whisper White A4 Card Stock