Mix It Up Monday: Barnyard Babies

It’s Mix It Up Monday again already! Which means it’s time to use a new combination from my In Color charts. But first I must apologise for the picture quality; I was struggling to find somewhere to photograph this project as it rained all day yesterday and the room I usually use for photos when it rains has been demolished!

I’m not sure if I even like the card, to be honest. It was my first play with my new Barnyard Babies stamp set and Brick Wall embossing folder, which should have inspired me but, with all the building work, dashing around and compromised stamping space, I’m afraid my Mojo has taken a holiday. 

When my Mojo goes AWOL I turn, as so many of us do, to Pinterest for inspiration. I found these gorgeous cards from a lovely German blog and set about CASEing the idea, albeit using different stamps, paper and embossing folder. Needless to say, I like the German version loads better. Ah well. Perhaps it’s because I’m a bit fed up of looking at bricks at the moment!

Barnyard Babies Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139328]	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288]	Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]	Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack [138442]	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344]
Chocolate Chip A4 Card Stock [108599]	Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock [138341]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]
Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Banner Punch [133519]	Watermelon Wonder 1" Dotted Lace Trim [138425]

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AW35 Around the World colour combo challenge

The team at Around the World Challenge Blog have set you a colour challenge this time – to create a project using Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. The colours of Neapolitan ice cream!

I’ve been playing with texture paste a lot lately so had fun creating this card. I used the stencils from the Build a Banner kit to create the “hi” and my texture paste had added sparkle. To make it, I used cheap white glue, cheap white paint, cornflour and a whole lot of glitter. I discovered that you need a LOT of glitter when I slipped and accidentally tipped a good teaspoon into my little ramekin of paste.

There’s another texture paste card and (very simple) recipe in this blog post, here.

Now it’s your turn to have a go at this challenge. The colours go beautifully together so you should have lots of fun! All the details are here.

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Here comes the sun

Well, that’s another Sale-a-Bration over and we’re moving on into the final stretch of both our catalogues, which come to an end on June 30th. 

You may be wondering why I have the Decorative Dots embossing folder and the Banner Punch on this project now that SAB is over. Well, the great news is that both of these products will be carrying over to the new catalogue in July. If you’ve missed them during SAB, you only have a few months to wait before they will be back. 

I love the embossing folder and think it looks a tiny bit like rain in this photo – I can see myself using it as snow later in the year, too! The banner punch is another versatile product; here it’s helped me make a fun sunshine, only partially obscured by clouds made with… you guessed it… the Cupcake punch!

And I’m falling a little bit more in love with my Fringe Scissors every day. They make wonderful grass in seconds. 

Product List

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