Amazing You

Hello!

It's time to share another ColourQ creation, and this week we've got a palette featuring some of the new Stampin' Up In Colours...

As soon as I saw this week's CAS(E) this Sketch, I knew what I wanted to do and this came together pretty quickly...

I used Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar markers to ink up the flowers and leaves (from Hopeful Thoughts), then added some shading with the BBS marker onto the stamped image. I also added some Dazzling Details to the centre of each flower (which you can't really see in the pic!). The butterflies were die-cut from Calypso Coral card. The card base was made with the Bigz Oval Accent die and Night of Navy cardstock, and I layered a shape cut from Strawberry Slush cardstock with one of the Apothecary Accents dies, then added a couple of candy dots to finish.

Here's the sketch that inspired me...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hopeful Thoughts, Express Yourself
Ink: Night of Navy, Baked Brown Sugar & Strawberry Slush marker
Paper: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral
Accessories: Dazzling Details, Regals candy dots
Tools: Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Oval Accent bigz die, Apothecary Accents framelits, Labels framelits, Itty Bitty banners dies

Make sure you check out the creations from the amazing Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Field Flower Sympathy...

Hi there,

Today's Friday Mashup challenge is a colour one, brought to us by Tara...

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a card using the colors "Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum & Wisteria Wonder".
2. Create a card and "Mail or Deliver it to Someone Special".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a card with "Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder & Mail or Deliver it to someone special".

I loved these colours together, and the soft and pretty combination I thought would work well for a sympathy card. These are cards that no one likes sending but are very needed, and I never seem to have them to hand so I thought I would make one. Although it's not going to be sent to anyone right now, I hope that when it is needed, it will bring comfort to someone...

I used the pretty Field Flowers set, stamping them first in Wisteria Wonder then Perfect Plum. I cut them out and popped them over the stems image (stamped with Sahara Sand), then stamped the sentiment at the bottom (from Hopeful Thoughts). The dsp in the background is First Edition dsp that I brayered with Wisteria Wonder ink and stamped with the flourish from Creative Elements for a bit of added detail. The Sahara Sand panel was embossed with the woodgrain embossing folder and I added some Wisteria Wonder ribbon and an antique brad to finish off.

Make sure you check out the lovely purpley creations of the rest of the design team!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Pool Party Posy...

Hello!

It's time for another Dynamic Duos challenge and we've got some soft and pretty colours for you this week...

My sister asked me to make a card for a friend of hers that has just undergone an operation so I decided to use these colours to help me. I had also just received the Pop-Up Posies kit and wanted to use a tag and flower from it so that's where I started...

I used some Pool Party core'dinations card for the background, embossed with the honeycomb embossing folder and sanded lightly. I created a banner strip with some International Bazaar dsp and layered the tag over the top, on which I had embossed the sentiment in white (from Hopeful Thoughts). The flower is four (or maybe five... can't remember!) layers of the flower die-cuts, fastened with a brad in the centre (from the same kit). To achieve the look in the centre I tucked some petals underneath the brad and some others I bent back behind to get a bit more volume. The leaves were die-cut using the Little Leaves sizzlit die.

Make sure you stop by the other designers' blogs and see their amazing creations!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x