Celebrations Duo embossing folder with Blooms & Wishes

I was delighted to see that some of my team members had promoted to Silver, so created these pretty cards - with a hint of silver glimmer paper - to mark the occasion. I used Blooms & Wishes combined with the fab new debossing folders, Celebrations Duo (p40, Spring/Summer catalogue). These are really fun as they work in the opposite way to our usual embossing folders, which allows you to stamp on top and around the image.

For the perfect sentiment, ”so proud of you”, I used Marquee Messages. Finally, a touch of bling!

And for one of my new recruits, a similar version using Color Enamel Shapes...

Sweet Sugarplum gift and card combo

As I mentioned on Wednesday, my club members now get a present in their birthday month. I knew Kelly had made a recent U-turn and adopted Sweet Sugarplum as one of her favourite colours, so turned to my In Color paper stack to create a box using the Gift Box Punch Board. As always, the contents are a secret; suffice to say, one part of the present only just fit as the box was exactly the same size as its chipboard backing. 

Kelly’s card uses the same colours as her gift. I was aiming for clean and simple and started by stamping some Timeless Textures spatters in Tip Top Taupe. They weren’t doing it for me so I added some Sweet Sugarplum spritzing… and when you start spritzing with ink, anything can happen, as it did here. It’s hard to tell from the photo but I also spritzed some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper with Sweet Sugarplum ink to match the project. 

Totally Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set [142198] £23.00	Tin Of Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set [142180] £19.00	Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Stamp Set [141500] £19.00	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] £18.00	Gift Box Punch Board [135863] £18.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] £32.00	2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack [141408] £20.00	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] £6.00	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325] £6.00
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315] £4.50	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410] £8.25	Punch Corner Project Life [135346] £7.25
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141400] £3.00	Stampin' Spritzer [126185] £2.75	Dapper Denim 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141424] £7.25

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Mix It Up Monday: Blooms and Wishes

This is quite an autumnal colour scheme for July, but it’s always good to plan ahead. I’m not normally a huge fan of orange but I do like it combined here with the sobering influences of Dapper Denim and Soft Suede. Yes it’s Mix It Up Monday again and time for another project made with a colour combination from my latest set of In Color charts. 

I wanted to have another play with Blooms & Wishes and, while creating this card, I realised it would be perfect for one-sheet wonder projects, too. Here I’ve just stamped a quarter of a sheet of cardstock to create my busy background, then topped it with a simple greeting. Fun to do and, by ‘stamping off’ onto scrap paper first, you can get several shades from the same ink pad.

Blooms & Wishes Photopolymer Stamps [141784] £19.00	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £8.25	Tangerine Tango A4 Card Stock [116206] £7.25
Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad [126946] £6.00	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] £6.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] £6.00
Punch Corner Project Life [135346] £7.25	2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410] £8.25	Dapper Denim 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141424] £7.25

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Timeless Textures with Pop of Paradise

What kind of fevered mind put this colour combination together? It’s from the mind of one of my downlines and crafty friends, Patsy, who dragged me out of my comfort zone recently to create this card. I actually really like it – who would have thought I’d say that about purple, pink, red, orange and green together? It’s like a bag of Skittles!

The greeting was supposed to be stamped in the middle, but I didn’t leave enough room, so a Pop of Paradise banner came to the rescue.

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] £18.00	Pop Of Paradise Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141581] £17.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] £7.25	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] £7.25
Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] £6.00	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] £6.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] £6.00	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] £6.00	Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950] £6.00	2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410] £8.25

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