ColourQ Mashed Up...

Hiya!

It's time for another fun ColourQ challenge - check out this week's colours...

I decided to go with another masculine card as I thought these colours lent themselves well, however some of the other DT members have produced some gorgeous girly cards so anything is possible with this combo!

I used the Postage Due stamp set with some new MFT Blueprints dies that I treated myself to recently. I also decided to play along with the Friday Mashup's birthday celebrations this week and combined two challenges:

I actually managed to 'double mash' these, using the sketch with a masculine theme, together with leaves and thank you.

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

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Blended Apothecary Wreath...

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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

Hello In-Colour Vases...

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I had some time the other day to play with some new goodies and thought the Fab Friday colour challenge would be the perfect opportunity to play with the new In Colours coming in the brand new catty next week. I combined them with the FAB sketch from Retro Sketches this week...

I used the Vivid Vases individual stamp that is coming back in the annual catalogue and did some paper piecing and colouring....

Oh how I love lots of layers lol! I've used a few prints from the Moonlight dsp stack that we were able to pre-order, and used Blackberry Bliss card to layer everything on. The vases were stamped on Naturals White card - I paper pieced the vases with more Moonlight dsp and coloured the flowers with the In Colour markers. The sentiment is from Regarding Dahlias.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Vivid Vases, Regarding Dahlias
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Memento black, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey & Mossy Meadow markers
Paper: Moonlight dsp, Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Naturals White
Accessories: Blackberry Bliss ribbon
Tools: 1 3/4" circle punch, Project Life corner punch

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Strawberry Dahlia

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Just popping in to share a card I made in some creative time yesterday...

I used one of the fun Project Life cards that are available now, added an embossed sentiment from Perfect Pennants and a layered flower from Regarding Dahlia (I stamped it on Pink Pirouette card twice, coloured with Pink Pirouette and Strawberry Slush inks, cut out and added sparkle with Dazzling Details). The Pool Party card in the background was stamped with one of the Flowering Flourishes stamps with Pool Party ink.

I used the colour combo at Colour Me for my inspiration...

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Simple Fresh Butterflies

Hiya,

It's time for another ColourQ and this week's combo is a pretty one...

I was running short on time this week so I kept it clean & simple this week (rare for me!)...

I used this week's Retro Sketch for my layout...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlia, Gorgeous Grunge
Paper: Fresh Prints dsp, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Calypso Coral
Ink: Calypso Coral, Pacific Point, Summer Starfruit
Accessories: Hung Up cute clips, mini silver brads
Tools: Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, corner punch, Itty Bitty banners framelit

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

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

New goodies...

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I'm popping in to share a card using some NEW goodies we were able to pre-order from the up-coming catalogue...

This card features three of the new in-colours: Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon & Hello Honey, as well as some new dsp. It also has a couple of new stamp sets: Traveller and one of the Project Life clear stamps (for the frame around the sentiment). Oh and there's also another sneaky peek I'm VERY excited about: Blendabilities!! Can't wait to play with these some more!

I used the Mojo Monday sketch for my layout...

I'm keeping it short and sweet tonight... it's been a busy weekend! Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Sweet & Simple Kindness

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Just popping in quickly to share a card I put together for a couple of challenges: the Paper Players theme and Sweet Sunday Sketch...

I wanted to use one of the floral images I stamped out at a recent SU team training day using Gifts of Kindness and the baby wipe inkpad technique...

I loved how these flowers turned out with an 'inkpad' made with Coastal Cabana, Real Red and Crumb Cake inks - I have a few more I'm hoping to use soon!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Gifts of Kindness, Regarding Dahlias
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Versamark
Paper: Fresh Prints dsp, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories: pearls, white embossing powder
Tools: 1 3/4" circle punch

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Amazing butterflies...

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I'm excited to be playing along with this week's Color Throwdown challenge as their Guest Star Stamper... woohoo!

Here's the lovely colour combo this week:

I really wanted to make my Mum a thank you card for spoiling me rotten on holiday recently, and when I saw the two blues I thought it would be perfect for creating some butterflies like we saw in Key West (so, so beautiful!). So I started with those and ended up here...

I stamped the butterflies from Backyard Basics on watercolour card, die-cut with the matching framelit then coloured with a blender pen and inks (Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point) and added some detail with a Pacific Point marker as well. The only Perfect Plum is the flower (from Regarding Dahlia) and the candy dots (Mum is more of a 'blue' person than purple!). I created the background with Bermuda Bay core'dinations card, scrunched up then sanded, then flattened out again - love that effect!

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch for my layout:

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Backyard Basics, Regarding Dahlia, You're Amazing
Ink: Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Perfect Plum, Stazon
Paper: Bermuda Bay core'dinations card, Pacific Point, Naturals Ivory, Very Vanilla, doily
Accessories: Regals candy dots
Tools: Backyard Basics framelits

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Grungy Butterflies...

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This week we have some great colours to play with at the ColourQ...

There are lots of possibilities with these colours, and I decided to go very shabby and distressed, inspired by the sketch over at Cardabilities. Here's what I ended up with...

I started with a piece of This & That Epic Day dsp, sponged around the edge with Choc Chip ink, stamped with Gorgeous Grunge using Cherry Cobbler ink, then distressed the edges and layered onto Choc Chip card. The butteflies were stamped with Choc Chip ink on Whisper White card and embossed with clear EP. They were either punched or die-cut then coloured with a blender pen and Calypso Coral and Cherry Cobbler ink. The sentiment is from Regarding Dahlias and I stamped the chevron stamp (from Petal Parade, an up-coming Sale-a-Bration set) overlapping the sentiment flag and the white panel underneath. The leaves were die-cut from Always Artichoke and I added some detailing with a white chalk marker. The tabs on the panels under the white piece were created with the Envelope Punch board (the focus of this week's Just Add Ink challenge).

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Backyard Basics, Papillion Potpourri, Gorgeous Grunge, Regarding Dahlias, Petal Parade
Ink: Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral
Paper: Epic Day dsp, Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Regals candy dots, Clear EP, white chalk marker
Tools: Little Leaves sizzlit, Backyard Basics framelits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, Envelope punch board

Make sure you check out the rest of the Royal Court's projects this week - there's a real variety to inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy

Hello Dahlia!

Hiya!

It's time for another ColourQ challenge and this week we've got another fun combo...

I went floral again this week as I've been itching to play some more with the fabulous Regarding Dahlia set and I thought the green & orange combo would work well with some paper piecing...

I have just realised that I misread the colours and used Pumpkin Pie instead of Tangerine Tango - duh! Shows the state of my brain at the moment... I'm so busy I don't know if I'm coming or going half the time lol! Anyway, the flower was stamped three times on some Quatrefoil dsp and embossed with black EP, then I cut out three different layers, coloured with a blender pen and matching ink then layered up with dimensional glue. The leaves are from Joyful Christmas, stamped on Epic Day dsp and also embossed in black EP and cut out.

I created the tag using one of the Chalk Talk framelits and stamped and embossed with black EP using one of the sentiments from Regarding Dahlia. The Wisteria Wonder panel was created using the Top Note die and stamped with one of the Flowering Flourishes using White craft ink.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlia, Flowering Flourishes
Ink: Versamark, White craft, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Quatrefoil dsp, Epic Day dsp, Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver 1/8" ribbon, Black EP
Tools: Top Note die, Chalk Talk framelits

Make sure you check out the wonderful creations of the rest of the Royal Court this week - you're sure to be inspired!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Raspberry Butterfly Frame

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I had a chance to play with a couple of challenges on my day off yesterday (much needed chill-out time!): the gorgeous colours from Just Add Ink and Chupa's fabulous Sketchbook Saturday layout...

And here's what I came up with...

I must say, I'm lovin' how this one turned out! It's got a few of my fave things at the moment: Regarding Dahlias (stamped with Coastal Cabana on Sahara Sand), Gorgeous Grunge, butterflies and the Dictionary Background stamp (stamped on the Raspberry Ripple frame). Adding a few pearls finished things off!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlias, Dictionary background, Petite Pairs, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand
Paper: Eastern Elegance dsp, Sahara Sand, Raspberry Ripple, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory, Vellum cardstock
Accessories: Pearls
Tools: Squares framelits, Hearts a Flutter framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslits, Elegant butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Venetian Tangerine Dahlia

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Sorry I haven't had a lot of projects to share recently - I've been so busy doing overtime at work and prepping for classes that I haven't had any time to 'play' as much as I would like! Thank goodness for challenges that keep me making things lol! This week at the Friday Mashup, Tara has a great combination for us...

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with "Ripped paper."
2. Create a project with a "a fussy cut image." (Cut something out)
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project "with some Ripped paper & something Fussy Cut."

Now I love me some cutting, and ripped paper makes me think of vintagey kind of cards, so I headed in that direction using the beautiful Venetian Romance designer paper and the latest addition to my stamp collection - Regarding Dahlias (you might be seeing this a lot...!)

I stamped the flower twice onto Very Vanilla with Tangerine Tango ink then very quickly added some clear embossing powder and heat embossed to give a bit of texture and shine (neither of which you can see in the photo!). I coloured the flower in with a Crisp Cantaloupe marker along with the matching inkpad and blender pen, then cut out one whole flower and one smaller one to pop over the top. The leaves (from Joyful Christmas) were stamped on Pistachio Pudding with matching ink and also cut out.

I used some other challenges to help me on this one: Ann's fun tic-tac-toe challenge from the Paper Players as well as Karen's sketch from the Sweet Sunday Sketch...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlias, Petite Pairs, Joyful Season
Ink: Tangerine tango, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Suede, Pistachio Pudding
Paper: Venetian Romance dsp, Very Vanilla, Pistachio Pudding, Soft Suede
Accessories: Pearls, clear EP, Very Vanilla seam binding

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team's fussy cut creations this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Epic Pumpkin Poppies

Hiya!

This week at the ColourQ we have a fresh and fun colour combo to play with...

Cute hey?! The combination of red and orange had me reaching for a flower set, and I eventually settled on Pleasant Poppies and ended up with this...

I coloured the poppies in with a Pumpkin Pie marker, then added shading with Real Red ink and a blender pen. I stamped and coloured the image twice, using one to cut out each poppy and popping them over the other image (die-cut with one of the ovals framelits) with dimensionals. I ran a Real Red marker around the edge of the oval to give it some definition against the background. The paper in the background is from This & That's Epic Day collection (still love this paper!), and I stamped the sentiment on top with Real Red ink (the sentiment is from the Regarding Dahlias set... brand new to my collection!). I added some lace tape and Pumpkin Pie candy dots to finish.

I used the layout from Unscripted Sketches for this one...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Regarding Dahlias
Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Stazon
Paper: Epic Day dsp, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Brights candy dots, lace tape
Tools: Ovals framelits

Make sure you check out the amazing creations of the rest of the Royal Court this week - as always, they are sure to inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x