Mix It Up Monday: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits gift bag

It’s Mix It Up Monday again I’m getting to the end of the Peekaboo Peach colour combinations from my In Color charts, which is quite exciting for me, as it’s no secret that it’s not my favourite colour. 

But it’s ideal for creating prototype projects, which is what I did here; this is a ‘first draft’ of a project for my upcoming All-Day Craftathon. I combined a few products – Marquee Messages for the greeting, Awesomely Artistic for the foliage, along with the ever-popular Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits and, of course, the Gift Bag Punch Board. 

The Metallic Ribbon is a Sale-a-Bration item – you get 6.4m each of white with silver, and vanilla with gold, and it’s beautiful. Definitely worth getting if, like me, you’re running low on ribbon, as it will go with everything. 

Mix It Up Monday: One Big Meaning

It’s Mix It Up Monday again and I managed to get something made in time, which is a miracle as we’re sooooooo busy right now with the building work. I know we’re not actually building it ourselves but there always seems to be something to do, such as visit the kitchen showroom for yet more discussions, measure up for windows, discuss things with the builder etc etc. Plus I’m going to bed at 9.30pm every night so that I can be awake at the crack of dawn (not literally - dawn is about 4.30am right now isn’t it?) so that I’m dressed before the builders arrive. 

But enough of that, here’s today’s project, which is created from one of the colour combinations I put together for these In Color charts. Having been sceptical about Delightful Dijon and deciding I’d probably warm to it more in the autumn, I used it for this project and decided I really like this combo. It’s Delightful Dijon (card base and THANKS), Blackberry Bliss (DSP), Rich Razzleberry (top row of words and speckles) and Soft Sky (punched stars and speckles). 

To stamp the greeting in different colours I masked the top row of words using tape and inked up the THANKS using my Dijon ink pad. Then I inked up the top row using a Rich Razzleberry marker. But as I sit and type this I realise the folly of my ways: I didn’t need to go to such lengths as I have just remembered I also have a Delightful Dijon marker. Doh!

One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139420]	Awesomely Artistic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138694]	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]	Farmers Market Designer Series Paper [138448]
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327]	Stampin Write Markers - Brights Collection [119702]	Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock [138345]	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292]
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad* [115658]

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Awesomely Artistic with vellum

I managed to grab a little bit of stamping time, which is no mean feat right now. My reduced stamping time/space is forcing me to keep things simple, which is a little frustrating as I was just entering a phase of dabbling with different techniques. But my kitchen table doesn’t have room for all the supplies required for fancy techniques right now, so simple stamping it is. 

And I hope this card shows that you can keep things simple and still produce something pretty. I wanted to use the little round stamp from this set as I hadn’t inked it up yet, and I felt it was just asking to be mounted on a small scallop circle. I hesitated to stamp the ferns on top of the other foliage, so decided to stamp them on a piece of vellum to see how they looked first. Then I decided I liked the vellum, so kept it! The ink splatters are stamped off onto scrap paper first, to keep them subtle. 

This colour combo isn’t from my In Color charts but it could easily have been. Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla seems like a winning combo to me!

Awesomely Artistic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138694]	One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139420]	1" Circle Punch [119868]	1-1/4" Circle Scallop Punch [127811]	Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock [138341]
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645]	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323]	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325]

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Mix It Up Monday: Awesomely Artistic square card

I’m still mixing things up with the new In Colors for Mix It Up Monday and this week I’m working with Mint Macaron, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla and Real Red. 

I began by stamping a square panel of Very Vanilla cardstock repeatedly with the foliage from Awesomely Artistic, then I cut it into four squares. This is topped with a cut-out dragonfly in Night of Navy and a sentiment stamped in Real Red. The Real Red candy dots finish it off. 

For more colour combinations using the new In Colors, please click here. I’ve pledged to work my way through them throughout the year which, for me, is quite a challenge, especially with my limited crafting time/space while we have our extension built. 

Awesomely Artistic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [138694]	One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139420]	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577]	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Brights Candy Dots [130931]

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Awesomely Artistic with cotton paper flower

Here’s another project made with Awesomely Artistic and this one is (very) loosely based on the catalogue sample, shown below. That’s what happens when you CASE something without the picture in front of you!

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This cotton paper will prove a fun addition to your craft stash. It’s soooooo lightweight, it almost floats away, but it holds its shape nicely, so I’m confident this flower will stay put.

I like the Watermelon Wonder (there, I said it!) with the starkness of the black and brightness of Bermuda Bay, and the Candy Dots finish it off nicely. 

138694	139420	133704	138425
138325	138323	132708	131286
106550	138308	127811	130931

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