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)

Little Elephant CAS Card

Hello there!
Today's card uses the adorable Elephant Builder Punch, I did use the stamp set too but only for the sentiment. I teamed it with some of the Petal Promenade DSP to make a little train of ellies, lets see....

Now, you'll see in this image how they punch out usually. Obviously this wouldn't work for this card as I wanted the baby Ellie to hold the bigger ones tail so...

TIP: Punch one large elephant in the regular way and flip the DSP over and punch the little one in reverse. I then use a bone folder and run it around the edges to smooth them out so the rough edges aren't showing. 

I also inked the edges of the elephants lightly using a sponge and my smoky slate ink pad before adding them above some cute star paper from Twinkle, Twinkle DSP.
TIP 2: This is a great way to use those small offcuts of DSP.

Finished with a tiny Fresh Fig card heart (from the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch) and a matching mini ribbon bow.

Thanks so much for looking today. I have a busy day today but I'm hoping to get my craft on this evening :-) I hope you get a chance to craft too!
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Products Used to create this project:

Little Elephant Clear-Mount Bundle (£31.50)	Elephant Builder Punch (£17.00)	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper (£10.25)	Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon (£5.50)	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock (£8.00)	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch (£17.00)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (£3.75)	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (£7.25)

Delightfully Detailed Floral Paper Coloured With Blends

Hello there!
So, as I'm discovering as I upload my cards on here I am realising I use my Stampin' Blends pens a LOT!  Yep, I can highly recommend these pens, if you hadn't noticed ;-) I mean, I'm no expert colourer but they are super easy to use and give you a great effect with minimal effort. Today I used them to colour the floral Delightfully Detailed DSP. I originally intended to just colour a few of the flowers and leaves on this panel of paper but in the end, as you can see, I just couldn't stop...

I backed the coloured in paper with a layer of crumb cake card then basic grey card.

Topped with a sentiment from the Banners For You, silver thread and then layered onto a Bermuda Bay card base.

I currently have just the first release of the Blends but am looking forward to expanding my collection over the coming months. You can find all the BLENDS that are now available HERE, in my shop :-)
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Thanks so much for looking today!

Products Used to create this project:

Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (£13.00)

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies (£25.00)

Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set (£25.00)

Crumb Cake A4 Cardstock (£8.00)

Basic Gray A4 Cardstock (£8.00)

Silver Metallic Thread (£3.25)

Stampin' Dimensionals (£3.75)

New Month, New Promo! Colour Your Season by SU!

Happy new month! I can't believe it's August already! How the heck did that happen??
Stampin' Up! Have a fabulous, new one month deal starting today. These stamp and die sets will only be available during August or while supplies last - meaning if they sell out before the end of August they will become unorderable *-*

Here's a closer look at the stamps and dies that are in the sets. I adore the double stitched edges to these dies!

 And here's a closer look at a few samples made by SU!

A lovely, festive Christmas card...

 A soft and pretty floral make...

 A fresh, leafy wreath...

 And a gorgeous, autumnal make...

 Which one is your favourite?

Also the stamps and dies are available as a bundle with an extra 10% off and there are some new colours of watercolour pencils being released to coincide with this bunde too! yay!

Head over to MY SHOP to purchase ;-) What a fab start to the month!
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Products Used to create this project:

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle (£60.00)

Blended Seasons Wood-Mount Bundle (£72.00)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 (£11.75)