Winter blues box

This is the last project from the Winter Blues class and another of Alison’s creations. It’s a handy little box which you could use for a small gift.

Stamps: Simply Said
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Paper: Summer Picnic
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy
Accessories: Round tab punch, ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon – Night of Navy, Crop-A-Dile™, scallop edge punch

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Winter blues projects

I have three projects left to show you from the Winter Blues class which seems such a long time ago now. Here are two of them:

The first was made by Alison, using Pick a Petal. This is a lovely vibrant card in Tempting Turquoise and Night of Navy. I love the subtle strip of vellum to create the flower stem.

She made the flower centre by punching a circle, then trimming it with scissors. A swish of white gel pen gives it dimension.

Stamps: Pick a Petal, Happy Everything
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Paper: Summer Picnic, vellum
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy
Accessories: 1” circle punch, white gel pen, scallop edge punch

The second card is one of mine but I didn’t think it deserved a post of its own as it’s just the same as this card but in different colours.

Stamps: Botanical Blooms
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Paper: Patterns Designer Series Paper – Bashful Blue
Ink: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Tag Punch, Small tag punch, ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon - Whisper White

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Stamping the blues

A variation of this is a contender for the Winter Blues class on 7th February (now full, sorry!). 

The white card (can you tell it’s textured cardstock from the photo?) is one I made while playing around with the Summer Picnic colour scheme. 

It was the end of a long stamping session and I had a scrap of white which I stamped. I didn’t like the look of it but mounted it on to a scrap of Bashful Blue anyway. 

Eventually I came up with this card, which turned out to be one of my favourites from the day!

So I decided to adapt it for the Winter Blues class and remade it smaller (to suit the envelopes I have) in Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue and Basic Grey. Not a colour combination I would ever have tried, had I not been working with purely blues. Okay, okay, so grey isn’t blue but rules are there to be bent aren’t they?

I like the button detail on the white card but don’t have enough for a class of 20+ so left it off the blue card.

White card
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Cardstock: Whisper White, Whisper White (textured), Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Accessories: Stitched ribbon - Bashful Blue, Earth Elements coloured buttons, scallop square punch, white gel pen

Blue card
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Bashful Blue, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue
Accessories: Stitched ribbon - Bashful Blue, scallop square punch

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