Deconstructed Party Flower...

Hiya!

I'm super late posting my ColourQ card today - my day has been non-stop until now and I haven't had the chance to sit down and put my post together. Anyways, here are this week's fab colours...

When I saw the peach, aqua and light green it reminded me of some old Sale-a-Bration dsp (which I do believe is my favourite SU paper ever!) so I went digging through my stash to see if I had some left and indeed I did! At first I wasn't sure how to add the Wisteria Wonder as it seemed to not go with the papers, but when I tried it I was pretty pleased with the overall result...

I used some retired paper flowers that came in a kit (can't remember which one!) to make the bloom, then added a wisteria button in the centre. I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch for my layout...

Make sure you stop by the rest of the Royal Court to see their beautiful creations this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Blended Flower Patch...

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I'm excited to be playing along with Just Add Ink today as their Guest Designer! This week they've got a fab sketch for us to play along with...

I had a flower that I had stamped and coloured a while ago and it seemed like the perfect time to use it with this sketch...

The solid flower (from Flower Patch) was stamped with Real Red ink on Whisper White then I shaded over each petal with Cherry Cobbler blendabilities to give some more dimension. I added some leaves cut with the Flower Frenzy die and a sentiment from Hey You.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Flower Patch, Hey You
Ink: Real Red, Stazon
Paper: Deck the Halls dsp, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler blendabilities
Accessories: Pearls
Tools: Project Life framelits, Flower Fair framelits, Flower Frenzy bigz die


Make sure you stop by the Just Add Ink challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the design team!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Silver Starry Feathers...

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It's time to play along with a new ColourQ challenge...

I got a bit carried away on this one, going for a girly and glam look (perfect for the silver & pink combo)... I combined feathers and stars to come up with this...

I took part of my inspiration from the current Tag You're It! challenge...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Four Feathers, Hey You, Everything Eleanor
Ink: Blushing Bride, Stazon, Versamark
Paper: Abloom dsp, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver foil
Accessories: Silver ribbon, silver mini peg
Tools: Confetti Stars punch, Scallop tag topper punch, piercing template, feathers framelits

Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

I also want to give a shout out to Melissa and Nicole from Create with Connie & Mary, who have blog candy up for grabs today to celebrate Preview Week for the Holiday Collection - make sure you check it out!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Simple Coastal Bloom...

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It's time for another fun ColourQ challenge and this week's combo is fresh and funky with lots of possibilities...

I decided to go CAS on this one (gasp!) because I wanted the lovely Blended Bloom image to shine through...

I tell ya, I never get tired of looking at that beautiful flower image!! I coloured the Blended Bloom image with Coastal Cabana Blendabilities as well as the Mocha pen from the Skin Tones set, then cut one out in full and the other with just the inner petals and layered with dimensionals. The swirls and leaves underneath is the 'thanks' stamp from Seasonally Scattered, stamped in Pear Pizzazz, with the flower covering up the greeting. The sentiment from Hey You was stamped with Early Espresso then I added score lines above and below.

I used the layout from Seize the Sketch to help me...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Blended Bloom, Hey You, Seasonally Scattered
Ink: Memento Black, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Blendabilities (Coastal Cabana, Skin Tones)
Paper: Whisper White
Accessories: Brights candy dots
Tools: Simply Scored

Make sure you check out the inspiration from the rest of the design team this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Blended Corner Garden...

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One of my favourite things in the new catalogue is the FAB Blendabilities markers... I love to colour and they create the most wonderful finished image! One of the stamps that I knew would be so much fun to colour in is the new background stamp Corner Garden... It took me ages to colour because there's so much detail, but boy did I have fun!!

I haven't played along with the Friday Mashup gals in a while and this card fits perfectly with this week's challenge to use a background stamp with a 3D element...

I used a mix of Blendabilities: Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and the skin collection, as well as the colour lifter.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Corner Garden, Hey You
Ink: Memento black ink, Blendabilities
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake,Pool Party, Naturals White
Accessories: rhinestones
Tools: 1 3/4" circle punch, Chalk Talk framelits, scoring tool & board, Beautiful Wings embosslit

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Cutting Edge ColourQ...

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I'm having a rather rare day off at home today - catching up on some stuff and preparing for my Christmas in July class happening this Saturday and next... So I can actually post my ColourQ creation in good time and not rushing to do it in between piano lessons and lectures! This week's challenge is fun - you get a few options to play with...

I decided to use splashes of all 5 of the colours and when I saw the inspiration over at the new Cutting Edge Challenge, I knew it would be perfect for these colours. Now, I am having to be VERY patient as my favourite stamp set from the new catty is on backorder (Flower Patch) - boohoo! But, I did get sent the framelits to go wit the stamp set so I thought I'd have a play with them on their own to see what I could create...

Here's the inspiration from The Cutting Edge...

I used the same layout, the embossed background and the idea of five different colours in the die-cut images.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hey You
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Pear Pizzazz, Hello Honey
Ink: Stazon black
Accessories: Dazzling Details
Tools: Mosaic embossing folder, Flower Fair framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslits die

Make sure you check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x