More playing with colour!

Hi there!

Thanks for dropping by.

You might remember last time I was telling you how I started to make one card, and actually ended up with three?
This post I am showing you how to Step It Up, a common term for when you take a basic card and dress it up a bit more, or a lot! *wink*.

So the card to the left was the one I submitted for Freshly Made Sketches #89, some weeks ago now. You will notice that the dimensions of the basic card are smaller too, but the idea was the same.

When I Stepped It Up, I stamped the large blossom from Betsy's  Blossoms onto the large greeting panel, inking once and stamping twice to get two tones of the same shade of Primrose Petals. The greeting from Vintage Verses (retired Sale-a-bration) was stamped in Basic Grey on both, and banners were cut from More Amore DSP (retired) using the Hearts a Flutter Framelits.

The other main difference is the stepped up card has some embellishments added; pearls, Itty Bitty blossom punch flowers, a tiny punched butterfly in Pool Party to pick up that colour in one of the banners and an In-color Dahlia. The edges of the banners were all softened with ink too.

Which version do you prefer?
Rachel

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Playing with colour

 Some time ago I made a card, Birthday Banners.
At the time I had a lot of trouble with it because I had started out with a different colour scheme - namely Summer Saffron and Gumball Green.

You see, I was cleaning up and I discovered the little blossom and leaves from Betsy's Blossoms.(See here?) I thought it would look very sweet attached to a banner.

I was making this card to fit with a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and in the end I decided it didn't look clean enough for that challenge and so I made the Primrose Petals and Basic Grey version. There's a bit of a story about that one too!!!! Maybe I'll let you have that story next post.

 I also stamped the large bloom from Betsy's Blossoms on the greeting panel and stamped the greeting from a 2013 Sale-a-bration stamp set, Vintage Verses. You know, the Sale-a-bration sets are only available for a VERY short time, usually Mid-January through to March, but they are well worth keeping an eye out for.

I cut a variety of banners using the Hearts-a-Flutter Framelits out of DSP in my chosen colours and added buttons and pearls here and there.

I'm quite happy with the way this turned out, do you like it?
We have enjoyed tripping around Ireland over the last few weeks, and tomorrow we fly to Edinburgh, Scotland.

Keep on stamping
Rachel

Birthday Banners

It seems to have taken me ages to make this little birthday card today. It shouldn't have taken so long but I was really having a big play with colour, so there are a lot of partly made samples on my work table!!!

I wanted to use the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and I probably should have used a different focal stamp, because the orientation is all wrong and it doesn't allow the banners to shine.

I've used a sale-a-bration stamp Vintage Verses, and some flowers from Betsy's Blossoms. The banners were cut  mainly using the Hearts A Flutter framelits and mostly DSP from More Amore.

The colours that ended up on this card were Basic Grey and Primrose Petals, a far cry from the Summer Starfruit and Gumball Green I began with!!!

I usually go for a swim on Thursday morning at my local, indoor heated pool, but I have a cold and decided to give it a miss today. I was also waiting on my box of goodies from Stampin' Up!, but it hasn't come. Boo hoo! It shipped on Saturday, and I thought it should have been here by Thursday, and if it doesn't arrive tomorrow, it won't be here till Tuesday. Its good that we are having a long weekend, but sad that my new toys haven't come yet!

At least I will have a big rest this weekend

Hope you have time to do something you enjoy too,

Rachel