Vases of Thanks

Hi there,

It's been a busy week, but I've managed to create a little something for the ColourQ this week - check out these fabulous colours...

When I saw the combination of Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral and Smoky Slate I thought of Blendabilities (I have those sets!) so went looking for an image in my stamp collection that would work - I ended up settling on Vivid Vases and came up with this...

Of course I had to use my new favourite stamp set, Crazy about You, as well. I found a piece of Cherry Cobbler card embossed with the honeycomb embossing folder in my stash so used that as my background. The 'thanks' and accompanying stamped sentiment are both Strawberry Slush.

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

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Vivid Pieced Vases...

Hiya!


This week's ColourQ combo is a fun and funky one... check it out:

I  wanted to use some Blendabilities for the Calypso Coral/Blushing Bride colours so I looked for a stamp in my collection that would work and decided on Vivid Vases. I was originally going to colour the whole image but then decided to have fun with a bit of paper piecing...

Each vase was stamped on dsp and trimmed out, then sponged lightly with the matching ink to get the shading.


I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch layout to help me...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Vivid Vases, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Memento black, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Blendabilities (Calypso Coral, Skin Tones)
Paper: In Colour dsp, Whisper White, Hello Honey, Blushing Bride, Vellum, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories: Calypso Coral seam binding, rhinestones
Tools: Banners framelits, Bitty Banners framelits


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


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Hello In-Colour Vases...

Hiya!

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

Vivid Retro Vases...

Hi there!

It's time for another fun ColourQ challenge and this week we've got a bright, cheerful colour combo...

I wanted to use a new stamp in my collection - Vivid Vases (a single stamp available in the Spring/Summer catalogue) - lots of fun to colour!

This is the second week in a row that I've seen the Retro Sketch layout and knew it would work with the ColourQ combo...

I stamped the image with Stazon on Naturals White card then coloured with a blender pen and inkpads then added a touch of Dazzling Details to the flowers. The sentiment is one of the stamps from the Hip, Hip Hooray kit. I added some faux stitching, candy dots and a butterfly to finish.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Vivid Vases, Hip Hip Hooray kit
Ink: Stazon, Tangerine Tango, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Bermuda Bay
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz, vellum, Whisper White, Naturals White
Accessories: Subtles candy dots, Subtles buttons, black marker
Tools: Elegant Butterfly punch, Circles framelits, scallop circle bigz die

Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week (I'm so grateful to be part of such an amazing group of talented crafters!)

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x