Blended Apothecary Wreath...

Hello!


It's Tuesday, which means time for another fun ColourQ challenge. Check out this week's pretty combo...

I was pondering what to do with these colours when I noticed that I had Blendabilities in Old Olive and Coastal Cabana (close enough to Cool Caribbean I hope!) so I went looking for something to colour and decided on the Apothecary Art set (and oldie but a goodie!). Here's what I ended up with...

The background is some Color Me Autumn dsp embossed with the Mosaic embossing folder and then sanded to get a distressed feel. I added some silver baker's twine and a few pearls coloured with Blendabilities to finish. I used the Deconstructed Sketch this week for my layout...


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art, Regarding Dahlias
Ink: Early Espresso, Blendabilities (Old Olive, Coastal Cabana, Skin Tones)
Paper: Color Me Autumn dsp, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Baker's Twine, Pearls
Tools: Labels framelits, Mosaic embossing folder


Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Pink Apothecary Birthday

Hiya!

This week's ColourQ challenge is a lovely, pretty combo...

I just had to something with flowers (again!) so I pulled out one of my favourites - Apothecary Art...

I was trying to figure out what to use for Sage Shadow when I found a piece of Venetian Romance dsp that had blue and green mixed together and looked pretty close to Sage Shadow, so I made a butterfly with it!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art
Ink: Stazon, Pear Pizzazz, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette
Paper: Quatrefancy dsp, Venetian Romance dsp, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, Silver Glimmer paper
Accessories: White button, silver baker's twine, white organza ribbon
Tools: Mosaic embossing folder, Labels framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Beautiful Butterflies bigz die

I used the Create with Connie and Mary sketch for my layout:

Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Grateful Apothecary Tablescape

Hiya!

I've been playing with one of the new kits from the Autumn/Winter catty called Thankful Tablescape - it's designed for creating table settings and decorations but there are SO many more possibilities! In fact, I'm holding a class this coming weekend on it (more to follow about an online version..!) and I had so much fun designing the projects. When I saw the colours from this week's Create with Connie & Mary challenge I knew it would be a perfect opportunity to use some of the kit...

It just so happens that these are the colours included in the kit (as well as the neutral Sahara Sand). I took out my Apothecary Art stamp set (one of the most fabulous sets for colouring in the catalogue!!) and came up with this...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts
Paper: Thankful Tablescape kit, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Naturals White
Ink: Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Crushed Curry chevron ribbon, basics pearls
Tools: Labels framelits

That's all for now... Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Deconstructed Butterfly...

Hi there,

I'm popping in quickly to share another card I made in my burst of creativity the other day... This one combines the Deconstructed Sketch with the Color Throwdown...

I went vintage/shabby chic for this one with these lovely soft colours - I used Blushing Bride for my pink (welcome back Blushing Bride - I missed you!!) and Pool Party for my blue...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Apothecary Art, Happy Day, Blooming with Kindness
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Blushing Bride
Paper: This & That Epic Day dsp, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory
Tools: Labels framelits, oval punch, butterflies bigz die, Beautiful Wings embosslits die
Accessories: Pearls, antique brad, lace trim

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Tropical Fusion...

Hiya!

After a busy couple of weeks prepping for classes, I had a bit of time on Saturday evening to have a play with some goodies, and the first card I made used the inspiration and sketch from this week's Fusion Card Challenge...

I translated the colours from the inspiration pic into Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi for a very tropical-feely card...

I stamped the images from Summer Silhouettes on Whisper White, first inking them up with Versamark, then before stamping I inked with the classic ink pad. This means the ink stays sticky for long enough to emboss with clear EP. I also over-stamped the leaves with Versamark and double embossed (because the second stamping was slightly off-set it gave a cool highlight effect. After stamping and embossing I sponged over the top with Bermuda Bay ink, all over the Whisper White panel, then wiped off any excess ink. To get the mottled effect, I flicked water over the top and dabbed with a piece of paper towel... very cool effect hey?! (Thanks Hayley for the tutorial on ink-flicking at training... I adapted what you showed us to try it with water to remove ink rather than add it!) I stamped the pattern from the same set under the flowers with Bermuda Bay (can you see it between the ribbon and dsp?) for one of the strips from the sketch.

I stamped some flowers and leaves on Whisper White and cut out with my paper snips, added some Daffodil Delight ribbon and layered the flowers over the top with a couple of rhinestones in the centres. The dsp layer is from Quatrefoil Fancy and I added a sentiment flag underneath (from Apothecary Art).

Hope you have an awesome week ahead!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Daffodil Island Mash...

Hiya,

Well, I've had a bit of frustrating morning - I wanted to revamp my blog look but in the process managed to wipe out pretty much everything on my sidebar and have spent hours trying to put it all back... grr! So that's why my blog looks rather different now! Anyway, it's Friday so that means it's time for another Friday Mashup challenge...

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the "Sketch".
2. Create a "Birthday" project.
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Birthday project using the Sketch".

 I pulled out a set I haven't used in a while and did some colouring...

The main image (from Bordering on Romance) was stamped on watercolour paper with Versamark and embossed with white EP, then coloured with an aquabrush and inkpads. The dsp in the background is from Floral District and I jazzed it up a bit by stamping the flourish from Elements of Style on top with Daffodil Delight ink and embossing it with clear EP. The sentiment is from Apothecary Art and I added some Lucky Limeade ribbon and bakers twine with a vintage faceted button, along with a few rhinestones to finish.

I used the colours from Hand Stamped Sentiments to help me with this one...

Make sure you check out the fab creations from the rest of the design team this week.

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x