Stampin' Up! Basic Gray

 

This week, is week 11 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  Basic Gray, a bold and dark gray colour that I don't use very often.To me in conjures up ideas of sympathy cards. I have decided to tone down the boldness of Basic Gray by teaming it with Bubble Bath and Berry Burst to create a sympathy card.

To create the card base I firstly randomly stamped off the "splotch" stamp from Irresistible Blooms using Basic Gray. I then embossed the white cardstock using one of the 3D Basics embossing folders.

I have then die cut some Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer paper using the circular die from the Irresistible Blooms dies. This has been mounted onto a piece of Delightfully Eclectic paper featuring Bubble Bath. 

For the flowers I have embossed them in white onto both Bubble Bath and Berry Burst cardstock and then die cut them using the corresponding dies. 

For the leaves I have used 2 options. The triple leaf has been stamped in Basic Gray onto white cardstock and then die cut. The single leaves have been die cut using Basic Gray cardstock and then "painted"with Wink of Stella to give a lighter look than just the gray cardstock.

The sentiment is from Something Fancy and has been stamped in Basic Gray onto White cardstock and then die cut using one of the Something Fancy dies. I have die cut another piece in Basic Gray to add a border. 

Finally I have added a couple of Classic Matte Dots in Basic Gray.

As the inside of the card is quite dark I have added a piece of white cardstock that has been stamped using the colour with Write Marker method in Basic Gray and the Countryside Corner stamp and then die cut with the largest die. As I had a spare flower in Bubble Bath I have added it to the inside as well.

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

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As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

Stampin' Up! Real Red

 

This week, week 42 in the Colour Creations blog hop we continue our journey  featuring all of the Core Stampin' Up! colours, in alphabetical order. This week's feature colour  Real Red, which is a member of the Regals colour group.

 Real Red is a very bold red colour and often used for Christmas cards but alas it is only March and far too early to start making Christmas cards, thus the challenge this week. With this in mind I have chosen to combine Real Red with Flirty Flamingo, a bit of Mossy meadow and lots of White. 

The base of the card has been dry embossed using another of the Online exclusive Basic 3D embossing folders. 

The sentiment is from Sentimental Park and has been stamped in Flirty Flamingo and then die cut using one of the plain Layering Circles dies. On top of this I have mounted a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock that has been die cut using one of the dies from Irresistible Blooms dies and then snipped into a circle shape.

The flowers on the right hand side of the circle die have been stamped in both Real Red and Flirty Flamingo and then die cut using the corresponding die from the Sentimental Park dies.

Finally I have coloured a few Opal Rounds using Real Red Stampin Blends.

In line with previous weeks I have also decorated the inside of the card, also using the Sentimental Park bundle.

The leaves have been stamped using Mossy Meadow and the flowers once again, Flirty Flamingo and Real Red.

Next in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Caroline Manwaring. 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