Welcome to week forty two of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop.
This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Real Red from the Regals family.
Sometimes you feel like stamping – sometimes you don’t!
This Real Red card does not have any stamping thanks to the Amazing Thanks Dies and the Around The Bend Dies, which include multiple “stand alone” floral dies.
Stand alone floral dies do not die cut stamped images – they die cut and emboss flower and leaf pieces that you can layer or use on their own. The Around the Bend dies give you 20 floral pieces as well as four larger curved border dies.
I have to confess that I don’t use Real Red very often outside of Christmas cards, however, I do love using red and pink together, hence my colour combination today.
This style of card is so easy to make – you can use any large die or shape template. I used a pencil to trace around the outside of the largest of the layering stitched circle dies.
After die cutting an assortment of flowers and leaves I arranged them within the circle shape, making sure the die cut pieces fit together snugly and overlap the circle outline. I always take a photo at this stage to use as a reference before I remove all the die cuts and then glue them back into the circle shape.
Once I’d adhered all of the die cut shapes I used the circle die to cut the floral circle out and adhere to my card base, adding red Rhinestone jewels. There’s no need to rub out the pencil marks as the layering circle die cuts the flowers INSIDE the pencil circle outline.
Did you notice the embossed background on this card? Today, Stampin ‘Up! has released online exclusive products and this embossing folder is part of a three pack called Basic 3D embossing folders.
I’ve die stacked the “Thanks” die by cutting it out three times in Basic Black cardstock, gluing the three layers together and then adhering it to the “Thanks” die layer die cut in Basic White. You can see the incredible dimension from the side of the card.
I decided to leave the inside of the card blank, just using up some spare die cuts to decorate it. This truly is a no stamping card!
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri – I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.
We’ll be back next Wednesday, March 8, with projects showcasing Rich Razzleberry.
I hope you can join us then.
Catherine, this is such a beautiful card. I love the colour combination – it’s gorgeous! Of course it’s no surprise that I absolutely love all of the white space! And that ‘thanks’ looks awesome. Did you heat emboss in clear powder? Love, love, love it. And P.S. I want that embossing folder too now!
Gosh, this is beautiful! I love the versatility of the Around the Bend Dies, and am wowed by your tip, to create the gorgeous focal piece on your card, Cath. Gorgeous card, my friend. x
I’d have preferred if you hadn’t shown the embossing folders work in such detail, I’m thinking it’s a ‘must’! So you’re the second creator to use red & pink together, and it’s beginning to make me think a little differently. I might have to give it a try sometime. I liked all your die cut pieces arranged within the circle, a nice little strategy to share and such a great look.
No, no, no, I don’t need these dies too, LOL. This is a stunning card, Cathy, all the white space embossed with that new folder, looks fabulous. The layering of the thanks makes such a bold statement, love it!
I love the effect of this embossing folder, but I am absolutely wowed by your layered circle! These flowers remind me of 1970 embroidered flowers my grandmother used to make. Beautiful!
Wow! I love everything about this Cathy. Great background, colour combination and design. May have to recreate that circle of flowers with what’s in my stash.
Oh wow Cathy I really love this card and thanks for highlighting that bundle to me. I had overlooked those beautiful dies. I agree with you about not really using Real Red outside of Christmas.
Your card is perfection, Cathy! I love the flowers in the circle, and the colours you’ve used are marvellous. The stacked sentiment looks wonderful. I think I’m going to have to order those embossing folders. This one could nearly make up for the loss of the Subtle folder.
Stunning card Cathy, great way to use these smaller, often under used dies.