Stampin' Up! Garden Green

 

This week, week 22 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  Garden Green, is a member of the Regals colour group.

 From the outset this week I was very clear that I wanted to finally break open the Potted Geraniums bundle. It seemed the perfect foliage for Garden Green. I have chosen to pair it with Granny Apple Green and Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo. 

My starting point for the card was to stamp and die cut all of the parts to the Potted Geranium. For the pot I have used Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. For the foliage, as mentioned I have used Garden Green and Granny Green Apple and for the flowers, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo. In each case the lighter colour is stamped first and the darker second. 

The Potted Geranium has then been mounted onto a piece of Basic White cardstock that has been die cut using one of the Picture This dies and then embossed using the Brick and Mortar embossing folder. I have tried in the photo below show the embossing but it doesn't appear to be that clear. 

This has then been mounted onto a piece of Gingham Cottage paper that features Garden Green. Initially I had removed all of the cut outs but I thought it made the background a bit too bold so I placed the middle cut out back in. This has then been mounted onto a piece of Thick White cardstock.

The sentiment has been stamped in Flirty Flamingo and then die cut using one of the dies from the Geranium dies. I really love this frame. 

Finally I have added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies and a bow using White Bakers Twine.

Next in tonight's blog hop is our talented host Cathy Proctor. I look forward to seeing her lovely 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  Catherine Proctor where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

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As always enjoy your week.

Theresa

Granny Apple Green Birthday

 

Welcome to week 20 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations blog hop for 2021. This week's feature colour is Granny Apple Green which is from the Brights colour group. Granny Apple Green is like a lime green colour

Whilst looking for inspiration for this weeks card on social media and Pinterest I came across a card using the Picture This circle dies as balloons. I can't for the life of me remember where or who it was so I am unable to reference them but I thought it was a really nifty idea. I have decided to team the Granny Apple Green with Misty Moonlight , Coastal Cabana and Basic White.

 

I started by using the middle sized circle and cutting 2 of each of the colours. I have then used a Chalk Marker to mark the balloons to look like a gloss reflection. I think I have succeeded?For the balloon strings I have used the Bakers Twine Essentials. I have mounted all of this one a piece of Basic White cardstock that I have embossed using the Checks and Dots Embossing folder.

 

Finally the sentiment is from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set and has been stamped using Misty Moonlight and then die cut using a Rectangle Stitched die.

Next in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Michele Taylor . I look forward to seeing what lovely creation they share with us tonight. 

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then go to  Catherine Proctor's blog where you can see a full list of tonight's participants. 

Remember to come back again next week when our feature colour will be Grey Granite which is one of the Neutral colours.. 

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

 

Golden Merry Christmas

 

Welcome to week 5 of The Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. This week we have a different host, Rachel Woollard.

For this week's card I was inspired when I watched  an Instagram reel by Teneale Williams. The technique uses Stampin' Blends, Vellum and Isopropyl Alcohol. As suggested by Teneale I also used the Diggers brand from Bunnings. How convenient is it that my son works there? 

 

 

This would be by far the most messiest time I have ever had making a card but I have to say that the end results even impressed my Bunnings son!

To start with you colour splotches of the Vellum with your chosen colours of Stampin' Blends, just in any random fashion. In my case I have used Old Olive, Real Red and a little bit of Soft Suede. Once this is done the fun starts by adding the Isopropyl Alcohol. I chose to use a small paint brush and either let larger drops go or just tapped the brush to get smaller droplets. How this works is that the alcohol dissolves the colour of the blends . Leave this to dry. There is no right or wrong with this, that's what makes it effective. 

 

I then chose to take it a step further and added in some Gilded Leafing. Once again more mess, but effective in adding some dimension to the panel. I actually cut a panel in the card front and placed the panel behind it. The sentiment is from Sparkle of the Season and has been die cut using one of the openings on the Picture This dies as it was the perfect size. Then I have just added a bow using the Gold Simply Elegant Trim and a few of the Brushed Metallic Dots.

Although this card created some mess I really did enjoy creating it and will definitely being using this method again. If you are not familiar with the method I would suggest either watching Teneale's Instagram reel or just google it.

Next in tonight's blog hop is Ros Davidson .Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her beautiful creation for tonight. If the button doesn't work then you can always go to Rachel Woollard's blog where you will find a full list of the participants in tonight's blog hop.

 

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

Have a wonderful week.

Theresa