Using Healing Hugs by Stampin' Up! for a Birthday.

Hello there,
Today's make uses one of my favourite stamp sets, Healing Hugs, and I made this card as part of a colour challenge on our team group. I must admit it was a colour combo I wasn't sure what I was going to do with at all on at first glance...

...but I must admit I am pleased with how the card came together in the end! 

  I combined the Grapefruit Grove and the Merry Merlot together on the rose image which inspired me to team the Pool Party with a little Pear Pizzazz to give a similar effect to the leaves.

 This lovely frame is from the Laser-Cut DSP pack and I added a stitched edge oval for the sentiment in the centre, both adhered over a "Tufted" embossed piece of crumb cake card.

Finish with some copper thread and a few matching coloured sequins for that essential sparkle!

So, that's all from me for today, I'll be back tomorrow with another make :-)

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Dandelion Wishes for a Colour Challange

Hello!
I'm a bit later today as I didn't get a chance to schedule this post last night as we went out yesterday which was really nice.
Anyway, for my make today I used a colour challenge from our team group organised by the lovely Uma! I haven't managed too many of these due to being away a lot this summer but I plan on going back and catching up once I get home and have a chance ;-)
Here are the colours we needed to use...

 I loved this colour combo when I saw it (probably because Lovely Lipstick has fast become my "go to" colour!) and I'm sure I'll use it again, what do you think...

 I inked up the Dandelion Wishes image with Pineapple Punch then used a sponge dauber to add Lovely Lipstick to the centre.

 I added a few rhinestones (for a change) and the sentiment is from the same set :-)

So, I'm all about the colour challenges on here this week, right? Will you give this one a go too? :-D
Thanks for looking today, I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas make!
 'Till then, happy stamping,
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Products Used to create this project:

Dandelion Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£19.00)	Whisper White A4 Cardstock (£9.00)	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Pineapple Punch A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Basic Gray A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Sponge Daubers (£4.75)	Rhinestone Basic Jewels (£4.75)	Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)

Tropical Chic for a Colour Challenge

Hello!
Apologies for not managing to post on here yesterday. We had a DIY weekend with a million jobs to do and well, I managed to do the important jobs but still not all of them, lol!
Anyway, back to cards today. I made this card as part of a challenge that one of my lovely team mates is organising, inspiring us to use new colours. I also went to town and used lots of new products choosing the Tropical chic bundle, the Bokeh backgrounds stamps and finally the Little Twinkle stamps to make this card...

Now, I usually say I'm not really an orange or yellow kind of person (although I do like a bit of mustard in home decor) but I often find I like the end result when I'm pushed out of my comfort zone ;-)

I used a sponge dauber to add the darker Pumpkin Pie around the Pineapple Punch flowers as well as to parts of the Bokeh background too.

The tiny stars and the sentiment are from the Little Twinkle set.
I like a simple layered card but I don't like to see the "workings" inside (also my prefered style of top folding makes adding ribbon or thread running top to bottom tricky) so...
TIP: I used a layer of thick white card just 2 mm smaller than the card base - 10.3cm x 14.6cm to stamp on before adding to a card base 1(0.5mm x 14.8mm.)

Finally, I finished with a few tiny sequins. I love the Iridescent Sequin Assortment as there is a great selection of sizes in there.

So, are you an orange and yellow kind of person or not so much?
 Either way, I do hope you have enjoyed today's card at least as much as I enjoyed making it :-)
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
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Products Used to create this project:

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle (£40.50)	Bokeh Dots Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£14.00)	Little Twinkle Clear-Mount Stamp Set (£18.00)	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Pineapple Punch A4 Cardstock (£8.00)
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)	Silver Metallic Thread (£3.25)	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies (£33.00)	Iridescent Sequin Assortment (£4.75)	Sponge Daubers (£4.75)	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad (£7.00)	Stamparatus (£46.00)

Oh So Eclectic for a Colour Challenge.

Hi there,
I have a fun card today using the Oh So Eclectic bundle in a fresh, fun colour combo. Stampin' Up! gave us a heap of colour combos to work with new In Colours 2017/18 when they launched and the team I'm in (the Jems) decided to do one of the colours each week as a challenge. It's so nice to use colours together that you wouldn't usually pair up. I like a colour challenge or a sketch for those 'who knows what to make' moments ;-)
Anyway, this is the card I made with the Oh So Eclectic bundle and week fours combo of Fresh Fig, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake....

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For the colour combos to try for yourself you can find the sheet  HERE. I'd love to see your makes :-)

I did a triple die cut with the trellis die on this card. 

TIP: First I die cut the crumb cake layer then I added the fig card layer with a touch of washi tape at the sides to hold it still. Then I die cut again, removed the top layer and ran it through the big shot a third time to cut all the way through the fig card layer.

I only added glue to the stems so the fancy flower tops were still free and I added dimensionals under the solid flower part too.

Before threading the stems through the trellis to finish. The crumb cake card layer was stamped with versamark using the leaf from the matching stamp set.

I really did enjoy the challenge of only using the colours suggested, what kind of challenges are your favourite?
OK, so I'll be back tomorrow with another, completely different card using the same colours! Be sure to pop back to see it!
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Products Used to create this project:

Blushing Bride A4 Cardstock	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock	Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock	Versamark Pad	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies
Multipurpose Liquid Glue