Stampin' Up! Azure Afternoon

 

 

Welcome to a Week 7 of the Colour Creations Showcase blog hop. This week we start our journey through the remaining Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order, starting with the vibrant Azure Afternoon. Azure Afternoon is a vivid blue that sits between Balmy Blue and Misty Moonlight on the colour wheel.

This week the bundle that I have chosen to feature is an online exclusive one, Filled With Fun, and the colours I have teamed Azure Afternoon with are Blueberry Bushel and Lemon Lime Twist. Against white this colour combination is lovely and fresh and crisp.

 I actually had lots of fun creating this card using stamping and then die cutting. All of the elements of the cart except the flag banner have been stamped in either azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel or Lemon Lime Twist. For the flag banner I die cut it using white card and then coloured it alternating Lemon Lime Twist and Azure Afternoon Stampin' Blends. For the balloon strings I adhered the cardstock to Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets before die cutting them to make it easier to stick to the card base. 

All of the stamped die cuts have then been adhered to a piece of White card that has been embossed using one of the Basics 3D embossing folders, another online exclusive product. 

Unusual for me but I have actually stamped the sentiment directly onto the background. Usually I like to stamp the sentiment onto an additional piece of card and then mount that, just in case it's not quite right. 

All of this has then been mounted onto a piece of Azure Afternoon Designer Series Paper. 

Blueberry Bushel Tinsel Gems have been added to the wheels and Lemon Lime Twist to the banner on the cart. Azure Afternoon Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots have been added to the other banner in the right corner. 

For the inside of the card I have used one of the stamps meant to be used with the card and masked off the bits that I didn't want, and stamped the cake in Azure Afternoon and coloured some of it using a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin Blend. I had a small strip of the paper used on the outside of the card so it fitted perfectly between the two cakes. 

Next in tonight's blog hop is the talented fancy fold queen Sharon Davern. I look forward to seeing her lovely creation this week.

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As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

Stampin' Up! Pool Party

 

This week, is week  40 in the Colour Creations blog hop and this week we continue our journey through the existing Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order. This week our feature colour is  Pool Party, a member of the Subtles family of colours. 

This week I have had a lovely play with some more of the new products from the current mini. This time the Lighter Than Air Suite of products. The colours that feature in this suite of products are beautiful pastel colours including this week's feature colour, Pool Party. The stamp set and die bundle feature Hot Air Balloons. 

The background paper is what I would call the reverse side of a piece that features hot air balloons, one of which I have added to the inside of the card. The paper features each of the colours used in this suite. 

For the clouds at the bottom of the card I have used one of the Basic Borders dies and White cardstock. The other standalone clouds are die cut using one of the dies from the Hot Air Balloon dies. 

For the larger of the Hot Air Balloons I heat embossed using white powder on Pool Party cardstock. For the scalloped decorative centre I used white cardstock and one of the dies from the Hot Air Balloons dies. The sweet little basket is also a die from the set. 

For the smaller heart shaped balloon I have used Pool Party card and white card for the feature. 

The sentiment is also from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set and has been stamped in Pool Party ink onto white card. It has been die cut using one of the Stylish Shapes dies. 

Finally I have added some of the Bakers Twine in Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime Lolly. The gems on the balloons are from one of the Saleabration freebies, Opaque Faceted Gems., as are the gems on the striped paper. The gems on the sentiment panel are from the Tinsel Gems.

For the inside of the card I have used the Wanted To Say dies and a scrap of the background paper I had for the outline and Pool Party card for the detailed letters. As mentioned the cute balloon is from the Lighter Than Air paper and I have used one of the dies from the Hot Air Balloon dies to cut it. 

Next in tonight's blog hop is the talented 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.

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