Stampin' Pals: Shaded Summer

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Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Colour Creations - Week #23 - Gorgeous Grape

Gorgeous Grape is a perfect partner to our other purples - Highland Heather & Fresh Freesia. My first flat had a Gorgeous Grape couch!

The annual catalogue provided me with inspiration for this card with the background stamping in Versamark, and the heat embossed flower using Shaded Summer and the dies.

Aren't the mixed fonts in this stamp set lovely? A little background stamping with versamark means you don't need to worry about the ink colour, and a little heat embossing on vellum to finish off.

The very talented Andrea Sargent follows, I love her creations.

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

Friday, 16 September 2022

Shaded Summer

Still playing with Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake, a little stamping and die cutting with Shaded Summer.

My thought is that the beautiful foliage looks better in the softer Crumb Cake.

I've added more stamping on the inside too, using a second flower stamp from the set.

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Sunday, 15 May 2022

CTC#369 CASE A Blending Brush Technique

The CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too. This week we are CASE-ing a Blending Brush Technique.

This technique is Emboss Resist and the addition of blending brushes to our range has made this so much easier to get a fab result.

Beginning with thick basic white card die cut with the Scalloped Contour dies, 2 flower images were stamped from Shaded Summer in Versamark. I'm very happy that this stamp set carried over, AND although I haven't used them here, the dies are back! It might have even been 12 months since they were a special sale-a-bration offering.

Once white embossing powder is added to the Versamark, and heated, it's time to grab the blending brush. I used the same one, although I used 3 colours on this card. Petal Pink was first, then Flirty Flamingo and lastly Calypso Coral.

The DSP had the perfect pastel tones I had in mind, and I was glad not to have to replicate that effect, although it would be possible. Although the trellis pieces and the Waves of the Ocean DSP are retired items now, you may be like me and have some of each left in your stash.

If you should like to challenge yourself, please look through the catalogue and find a project featuring Blending Brushes and CASE away. Mine was from page 18, the card with the BIG greeting.We'd love to see lots of entries, so give it a go, and share at the link.

Next on the hop is the fabulous Julia Quinn.

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Saturday, 11 September 2021

Ways With Ribbon

Do you have an extensive collection of ribbon like I do? When I joined Stampin' Up! over 10 years ago, I found it hard to use so much of what I ordered. I couldn't cut the paper, or add the ribbon & embellishments, so I ended up with piles and piles of outdated stuff.

These days I make an effort to chop into paper as soon as it arrives. Even just a 10cm strip from each pattern so I can make a couple of cards. Same with ribbon and embellishments, try to use them soon after they're delivered or they are forgotten.

This Christmas tree has been made by folding back ribbon to create a triangular shape, starting at the tip. You could use any Christmas sentiment here, and 'sprinkle' stamp to fill the background. Don't forget those extra embellishments! The star atop the tree is a long-retired item, but rhinestones should be in every craft stash and isn't the strip of Be Dazzling paper stunning? It's a special SALE-A-Bration freebie, only available until 30 September.

This is a magic way to make use of those bits of ribbon you trim after tying a bow. If you don't have any of those, cut some pieces about 5cm long. Next, trim the selvedges off the edges, so you can fray the ribbon after tying it in a bunch tightly with one of the edges.

It creates a soft, pretty tassel to add to your grouping. Leaves have been die cut from Be Dazzling paper again for added shimmer and shine.

Shaded Summer is a new addition to the Annual Catalogue, and a surprise bonus were the Summer Shadows dies in the SALE-A-Bration offerings, although this one requires an order of $180 to add them to your order for free. The very thoughtful sentiments in Shaded Summer were enough for me to order this one when the catalogue was released in May.

It's always nice to add a little extra on the inside, so another floral image was stamped, this time in the darker Flirty Flamingo, and then some more ink blended over the top. If you've enjoyed these projects using ribbon, I have more for you tomorrow so check back.

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