Day three of my “Marie Condo” farewell to retiring products brings me to one of my absolutes faves…First Frost and its matching dies, the Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies.
This set is just so incredibly feminine and beautiful and even though it is a Christmas set it’s also perfect for birthday cards and congratualtions cards.
I’ve only used the one pink for these cards: Melon Mambo. The variations in the depth of pink colour you see on my cards are due partly to the watercolour effect of the stamp set I used and partly by simply stamping off once for every second flower.
In addition to Melon Mambo, the other colours I’ve used are Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Pear Pizzaz. I really love this colour combination.
This second card was made with the pieces left over from making my first card – so I literally threw it all together in under a minute. And with the addition of a strip of the gorgeous burlap ribbon (which is also retiring) a second card was quickly created!
First Frost “For You” Card
Here’s another card I made using First Frost – this time with Real Red, Crumb Cake and Old Olive. I just love the watercolour effect this stamp gives.
Every day I will be featuring a stamp set that is retiring from the 2019 Annual Catalogue and the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue and thank it for its service by showcasing a card (or two) that I’ve made with the stamp set.
You can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me to send you your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
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I’ll be back tomorrow with another card or two to farewell another retiring stamp set.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
Welcome to week 44 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop!
Our colour this week is one of the lightest neutral colours: Sahara Sand.
There’s a new technique around called the floating frame technique and I decided to try it out for my project this week, using the Rooted in Nature stamp set and the matching Nature’s Root Framelits.
The technique is quite similar to making your own DSP. I began by stamping the leaves and trees and die cutting them out before I arranged them onto a rectangle. Once I was happy with my layout I laid a sheet of Glad Press and Seal over the top of my die cut pieces, turned everything upside down and trimmed off the overlap.
My colour combination is Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake.
Once I’d trimmed off the excess, I die cut a rectangle out of the middle before removing the Whisper White cardstock from behind the die cuts. The Glad Press and Seal keeps your die cut pieces in place while you do this.
The final step is to use a lot of dimensionals behind the die cut pieces to adhere them to your card base. When your frame is in place you gently peel off the Glad Press and Seal. If you look closely at my card you can see where I’ve stuck the Press and Seal down too hard and it’s lifted some of my ink off.
One of my favourite things about this technique is that you get 2 cards from it. Here’s the second card, made from the inside piece.
I decided to make a third card to showcase the lovely embossing dies in the Nature’s Root Framelits, as well as showing how elegant Sahara Sand looks on its own when paired with Whisper White.
To see what the rest of the team have made click on the links below.
To purchase any of the products I used in this project you can shop with me here. Or if you’d like me to post you your very own copy of any of the Stampin Up! catalogues or find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me .
We will be back again next week showcasing a regal colour: Shaded Spruce! We hope you can along with us then.
Welcome to week 42 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop!
Our colour this week is a regal colour: Real Red.
Real red is such a classic, stunning colour I wanted to pay homage to it with another classic: a bunch of red roses.
I’ve used one of my favourite stamp sets to create my beautiful rose bouquet: the first frost stamp set with its matching dies.
My colour combination is real red, crumb cake and old olive with a touch of pool party in the backgroud.
In my opinion, real red, just like old olive, really is one of those colours you can almost use as a neutral. It looks amazing with virtually any colour and really makes your card pop even if you only use a touch of it.
Last week I also used used real red in this colour combination.
In my project this week I’ve only used real red for my roses and for a touch of bling and dimension with the addition of the red rhinestones, but I still think it is the dominant colour of the card.
At the bottom of my card I used another all-time favourite of mine, the tiny little tag from the Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies, stamped with the “for you” stamp from the Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set.
To lift my bouquet off the front of the card I washed some pool party onto some card stock before cutting it out with my largest oval die. I love pool party with any shade of red.
To see what the rest of the team have made click on the links below.
To purchase any of the products I used in this project you can shop with me here. Or if you’d like me to post you your very own copy of any of the Stampin Up! catalogues or find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me .
We will be back again next week showcasing another one of the regal colours Rich Razzelberry! We hope you can along with us then.
