Stampin' Up! Balmy Blue

 

This week, is week 10 in the Colour Creations blog hop and this week we start our journey through the existing Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order. This week our feature colour is  Balmy Blue, a lovely soft blue that would be popular for baby boy cards. I on the other hand have chosen otherwise!

My inspiration for this week came from what I would call the reverse side of one of the pieces of Les Shoppes paper which features Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Calypso Coral and I have to say I really love how these colours work together.

 

So as I said my starting point was the reverse side of the Les Shoppes paper which I embossed using the Exposed Brick 3D folder. I have then added a band of the Balmy Blue and White Double Stitched ribbon.

The Balmy Blue ring has been made using 2 of the Stylish Shapes dies. 

For the foliage I have used  the Timeless Arrangements dies and Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Calypso Coral cardstock. 

The sentiment is also from Timeless Arrangements and has been stamped in Night of Navy and die cut using another of the Timeless Arrangements dies.

This photo shows a close up of the lovely embossing created by the Exposed Brick 3D folder.

Finally I have added a bow using the Balmy Blue and White Double Stitched ribbon and added a few of the Balmy Blue Iridescent Pastel Gems.

Next in tonight's blog hop is my lovely upline and dear friend Christine Blain.  I look forward to seeing this week's beautiful creation.  

 

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host  Cathy Proctor where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

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As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

Stampin' Up! Pecan Pie

 

This week, is week 9 in the Colour Creations blog hop and this week we finish our journey through the New Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order. This week our feature colour is  Pecan Pie, a tan brown colour. I suppose one could say the colour of a Pecan nut!

So this week I thought it only natural to feature the beautiful new bundle Earthen Elegance Suite of products, which includes the Earthen Textures bundle, the Earthen Elegance paper and the gorgeous Natural Wavy Trim. I really love this bundle and all of it's entities as the foliage can be mixed and matched in so many ways with the earthenware which can be decorated in numerous ways with all of the different dies. The colour combination I have gone with is Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon.

My starting point was to play around with the various pot and foliage stamps and dies and then come up with the combination that appealed to me the most. In this case I have stamped the largest pot in Pretty Peacock onto the same coloured cardstock. The centre band decoration has been die cut using one of the Earthen Textures dies and a piece of Earthen Textures paper. 

The smaller pot has been stamped in Pecan Pie onto Pecan Pie cardstock and then die cut using the corresponding die. I have then embossed the pot using another of the dies from the same set. The top of the pot and handles has been die cut using Very Vanilla cardstock and then sponged with Pecan Pie ink using a sponge dauber.

The foliage on the larger pot has been stamped onto Very Vanilla uisng Pecan Pie ink and then die cut. For the smaller pot's foliage I have die cut the fronds using Lost Lagoon cardstock and then sponged with Pretty Peacock. All of this has then been mounted onto a piece of Earthen Textures paper that has been die cut using the largest of the Countryside Corners dies after being stamped using the marker to stamp technique. This has then been embossed using the Exposed Brick 3D folder.

 

This panel has then been mounted onto a piece of what I would call the reverse side of one of the Let's Go Fishing papers. Oh I have also added a band of the Wavy Trim under the pots. Finally this has been mounted onto Very Vanilla card and then Pecan Pie. 

The sentiment is also from the Earthen Textures stamp set and has been stamped in Pecan Pie onto Very Vanilla and then die cut using one of the Stylish Shapes dies.

Finally I have added a few copper coloured Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins.

Next in tonight's blog hop is our lovely host Cathy Proctor. I look forward to seeing this week's beautiful creation. 

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host  Cathy Proctor where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

As always if you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or would like to purchase some of the products then click on the Facebook tab at the top of the page and send me a message.

As always enjoy your week.

Theresa