Mix It Up Monday: Love You Lots with Emerald Envy

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time to start creating with my brand new set of In Color charts, featuring 50 colour combinations using the 2015-17 In Colors. 

I’ve started with a combo that’s WAY out of my comfort zone, using two brand new colours, Emerald Envy and... I can hardly bring myself to say the words... Peekaboo Peach. I’m going to feel SO ridiculous saying that colour name at Stampin’ Up!® parties! I even dug out my little-used Tempting Turquoise for the occasion. Definitely not my sort of colour combo but it seemed to fit the image. You’d be forgiven for missing this stamp set as it’s right at the back in the Stampin’ Rewards section, but do check it out. It’s called Love You Lots and you can earn it free when you host a £150 workshop. 

It’s just ripe for watercolouring, so that’s exactly what I did, using the ink in the lid of my Emerald Envy and Tempting Turquoise ink pads. 

Here’s a tip if you’re nervous about going over the edges (not that it matters, honest!) or about colours bleeding into each other and you’re too impatient to wait for them to dry. 

Start by painting with clean water. Paint the area you want to colour – in this case, the frog and, with a slight gap, the puddle below. Now, when you add the ink, it will only spread as far as the edges of the water and won’t bleed over the edges. Genius, eh?

And, of course, this gives you a useful margin for error: if your water painting goes “wrong”, you can allow it to dry and start again with no harm done. 

Watercolouring completed, I added a greeting with the new Thoughtful Banners stamp set and matching punch. To finish off, I had fun with some Timeless Textures spatters which, to my surprise, gave the card a bit of a 90s vibe; not sure why, but that’s the impression I get when looking at this project. 

Finally, I tried to photograph my project... and got photobombed!

Love You Lots Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141801] £13.50	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Bundle [142330] £31.50	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] £18.00	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] £6.00
Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] £6.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] £6.00	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £7.25	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] £7.25
Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] £7.25

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Mix It Up Monday: Summer Silhouettes with watercolour technique

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for the final colour combination from this set of In Color charts.  But don’t despair, next Monday I’ll have a whole new set of charts for you to print off and use as inspiration for a year’s worth of projects using a brand new set of In Colors!

I can’t believe I actually managed it… I actually post 45 projects Mix It Up Monday projects over the year, probably 46 actually as I think I accidentally used the same combo twice! Some of them were really easy, but some gave me such trouble - you can tell those easily as they are largely white cards with just a splash of colour. 

But before then, here’s my final project using the 2015-17 charts – hope you like it! I began by stamping the stems in Black Stazon as it’s waterproof, then created the watercolour wash effect by inking up with Elegant Eggplant and then spritzing with water before stamping. I did the same again with a small flower stamp and Delightful Dijon - the water has spread out the image so much that it just looks like splashes of colour. 

Finishing touches were added with the Wink of Stella brush pen (which you can’t see in the photo) and some dots with the fine end of the Delightful Dijon marker (which I forgot to add to the recipe).

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Product List

Summer Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [126447] £18.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock [108614] £6.50	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £6.50
Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper [138439] £11.75	White 1-1/4" (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904] £8.25	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £7.25
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969] £6.00	Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] £6.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.25	White Perfect Accents [138416] £4.50

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Mix It Up Monday Oh My Goodies and Something to Say

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.   It’s a holiday here in the UK so let’s hope the weather holds (it never does for bank holidays though!).

Another outing for Oh My Goodies and the matching Decor Labels Framelts, along with my most-used punches – the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack – before they are gone for good.  Plus there’s the Color Me Irresistible Designer Series Paper, too – this is a lovely mix of embossed papers, half in In Colors and half in white so you can colour them yourself. I’ve used Watermelon Wonder here, to fit in with my colour combination. 

I struggled a little with this as I don’t have a Mossy Meadow marker, so I compromised with a pool of ink from a refill bottle, and a blender pen. It’s a bit smudgy but it’ll do. 

Only one Mix It Up Monday project left to go from this set of charts – phew! 

Oh My Goodies Clear-Mount Bundle [140253] £32.25	Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134180] £20.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	White 1-1/4" (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904] £8.25
Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] £4.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00	2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [138333] £13.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] £6.50	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] £6.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £6.50
Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper [138439] £11.75

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Mix It Up Monday: farewell to Tap, Tap, Tap

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.  

Aw, lovely Tap, Tap, Tap is retiring, which is a shame as it’s one of my favourite stamp sets. Don’t miss out, get it while you can! It’s already sold out in clear-mount (Europe) but the wood-mount version is still available as of this morning. 

While I’m on the subject of the retiring list, there are some things you should know:

Out of stock items

Before ordering, please download the retiring list afresh. Don’t rely on the one you downloaded a few days ago. Don’t panic, nothing new has been added, but each night the list is updated to show sold out items - these items are no longer available and have gone forever.

Look for the X in the right hand column to see what has sold out. That’s not to say it’s not worth inputting the item code on an online order on the off-chance – you never know, there’s a tiny chance somebody may have sent something back and you may get lucky. 

Stampin’ Trimmer

I’ve had a few people ask me about the Stampin’ Trimmer, because many of the accessories are retiring. Don’t worry, the trimmer will be in the new catalogue, along with the blades. 

However,  the rotary attachment is retiring, along with the cutting mat (the long track) – because you only really need to replace this if you use the rotary attachment. If you have the rotary attachment already, I suggest you buy in a couple of cutting mats (they are still in stock as of this morning). If in the future, you ever lose your cutting mat (it can fall out if you don’t remember to lock your trimmer closed), please get in touch with your demonstrator as you never know. If you don’t ask… etc

And now, back to today’s project. I threw it together in a hurry last night when I realised I didn’t have a Mix It Up Monday project for today. I love this colour combination so I don’t know why I’ve left it nearly to the end. After this card, I only have TWO colour combinations from my  In Color charts left to use. I honestly never thought I’d manage to create a project with all 45 combinations within the year. 

I’ve set the bar a little higher for next year, making it even more unlikely I’ll achieve it; for the 2016-18 In Colors, I’m creating 10 combinations for each – 50 in total – which only gives me two weeks of the year off! Watch this space as they will be coming soon…

PS: Forgot to add the blender pen to the list below. No time now, sorry!

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

£18.00

Tap Tap Tap Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[134201]

£24.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

£6.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£7.25

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

£6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[126953]

£6.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

£4.25

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