We have a beautiful colour challenge for Day 12 of Martin Mayhem’s #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. I love this colour combination of Soft Sea Foam, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake.
I have combined this stamp set with the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches FMS452.
The Joyful Holly stamp set is a two-step stamp making it a great stamp set for beginner stampers. You stamp the outline with the first stamp and then the inner colour with the second stamp.
I stepped up my stamping by stamping the outline in Gold Embossing Powder. Then I stamped the inside of the image in Soft Sea Foam and Blushing Bride.
The label has been embossed with the Parisian Flourish embossing folder to add some beautiful texture.
The Joy Dies create this beautiful sentiment which can be layered in the coordinating colours, providing lots of versatility.
If you are loving this beautiful sentiment die, make sure you book in for our weekend long Papercraft Retreat in November. I’ll be showing you more projects using the Joyful Dies and it’s coordinating stamp set Peace & Joy. More details below.
Martin Stone’s Colour Challenge for Day 6 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge immediately set me thinking of a modern twist on Christmas. Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and Basic Black – I had imagery of sleek lines and angles with these colours.
A Christmas tree of triangles was going to give the look I wanted. I chose the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper as it had these colours in it (including several others) and had some sheets with simple patterns and others with ombre colouring which was perfect for my geometric look.
I used the striped stamp from The Right Triangle stamp set and die cut it with a square from the Stitched Shapes dies. A simple sentiment keeps this card clean and simple.
Today I’ve got a card which I created for a colour challenge I gave me team. This was the photo inspiration for my challenge. I love the cool tones that come through with the blue and gray.
I’ve created a background for my card using the Darling Label Punch. After punching several shapes out of Basic Gray cardstock, I embossed them with the Swirls and Curls embossing folder. This was layered on another panel of Basic Gray cardstock which was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.
The punch comes in the Darling Label Punch Box. This was originally priced at $78 and is now only $31.20. That is a steal. At that price you can get one for a friend too.
The box includes
* Darling Label 6-piece photopolymer stamp set
* Clear stamp block
* Grapefruit Grove and Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Spots
* Darling Label Punch
* 8″ x 8″ x 3″ (20.3 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm) tin
The sentiment is from the Botanical Bliss stamp set, however after I created the card, the stamp set was no longer available. So if there’s something you like, don’t wait because things do sell out. Punches are great for creating quick cards and this card is no exception. The embossing adds extra texture and interest to an otherwise plain card. I dotted the card with Pool Party rhinestones to complement my sentiment.
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Welcome to Stamping Flair on this ANZAC day. We have freedom because of the sacrifice made by so many. On ANZAC day 34 years ago, I migrated to Australia from Sri Lanka and I truly am blessed to be in this country.
I’m taking part in the Ink. Stamp. Share blog hop with a colour challenge. I kept looking at these colours to work out what I was going to create.
The more I looked, it just reminded me of spring and Easter and I couldn’t do an Easter card as that was past and spring, well, it’s getting a bit chilly here! However, my favourite In-Colour from last year was there – Rococo Rose. I picked my stamp set to work with first and then built my card around it.
I started off by stamping the birds in Stazon ink on Shimmery White cardstock and watercoloured the image using Rococo Rose, So Saffron and Granny Apple Green ink refills. The panel behind has been watercoloured with Highland Heather. Then I coloured the flowers with the Highland Heather Stampin’ Write Marker as I wanted it to be a little bit brighter.
I wanted a strip of black and white Designer Series Paper under my image. My favourite Botanical Prints Medley had sold out and I wanted to use products that were available so I created my own DSP. I stamped a strip of Whisper White cardstock with the leaves from Very Versailles stamp set to create a custom black/white paper. (Note: Don’t delay getting your favourite items on the retiring list as they do tend to sell out).
I layered Best Dressed DSP and one of the die cuts from the Peaceful Poppies Elements to create the border.
Tip
If elements that are hidden behind images don’t fit across your project, cut them up and adhere the 2 halves to fit on each side. This is what I did with the black Peaceful Poppies die cut border. It was a very short strip but I ‘extended’ it by cutting it in half to just show on the two ends.
I hope you have been inspired with the project I have shared. Colour challenges do get you thinking! I’d love to hear from you so please leave me a comment. All the products used to create this card are listed at the bottom of this post so you can create this card at home.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to check out what lovely Dana has created using this colour combination.
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Making thank you cards is a wonderful way of sharing our gratitude to those around us. As cardmakers, we have such a wonderful means of showering love on someone. It means even more at this time when people are shut in and can’t get out of their homes and there are people who are serving, day in and day out. They go above the call of duty to make our lives easier and look after us.
Stampin’ Up! issued a colour challenge last week that anyone could take part in. There’s going to be a new challenge each week to encourage us to keep stamping, keep creating and keep ourselves out of mischief!! So for this challenge we could use any or all of these colours on our project.
I’ve made a card using poppies in Pool Party with a outline in Pretty Peacock. The leaves are a combination of Crumb Cake and Early Espresso cardstock.
I die cut the sentiment from Woven Heirlooms DSP and stamped over it with Crumb Cake ink using the filler image for the poppy. This gave it an aged look.
Keep an eye out for further challenges which I will post on my Facebook page. If you don’t follow me on Facebook, why not take a look at what I share there and give me a like. I share some fun competitions there too.
The retiring lists have been released and products will be available while stocks last. Click on the image to view the last chance items. Use Host Code for orders under $250. If your order is above $250 don’t use the Host Code as you will receive Stampin’ Rewards.
Earn Stamping Flair Loyalty Points for orders over $50
Earn a free Sale-A-Bration product when your order is above $90
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