Welcome to week 13 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Crumb Cake, a very useful colour from the Neutrals colour collection.
Crumb Cake is my favourite Stampin’ Up! colour because it is so incredibly versatile and it just works so well with every other colour. I like to think of it as the “goldilocks” of neutrals – not too dark, not too light … it always looks just right!
Because Crumb Cake looks so good with other colours, I rarely make cards using Crumb Cake on it’s own, however I wanted to challenge myself this week to find a way to really showcase this perfect all rounder colour on its own.
So my colour combination tonight is simply Crumb Cake and Basic White (not even Basic Black!), with the added sparkle of the FREE Be Dazzling DSP, because I just can’t stop using this DSP and it perfectly complements Crumb Cake.
I have to confess I ran out of time this week and only made my card this morning before I began work. In a way, it was fortuitous that I left it to the last minute because my FREE SALE-a-bration Delicate Dahlias stamp set arrived yesterday and it was the perfect stamp set to make a quick and easy card.
The Delicate Dahlias stamp set has four sentiments and both outline and solid stamps for the flowers and the leaves. You can stamp the outline and solid stamps together to create coloured in flowers, or use them separately in a variety of ways.
The outline stamp can be coloured in with your favourite colouring tool and method or you can use both the outline and the solid stamps separately but together on the one card, as I have done with this card.
This card is basically simple stamping with some fussy cutting and it’s a design you could recreate in any colour you want.
The background layer is Crumb Cake ink stamped onto Crumb Cake card stock using a mixture of the solid stamps.
My top layer flowers and leaves were stamped in Crumb Cake ink onto Basic White cardstock using the outline stamps and then fussy cut out using my paper snips.
I stamped the largest flower twice and fussy cut a second smaller flower layer to add dimension to the flower.
A 10mm strip of the Be Dazzling DSP lies across the middle of the card and die cut and punched circles of Be Dazzling DSP form the centre of the flowers.
The sentiment was white heat embossed and die cut out with the banner die from the Tasteful Labels dies.
Some more simple stamping decorated the inside of the card and the envelope too.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented Theresa Gerrard. I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the the full list of participants below:
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
You can purchase any of the products I’ve used tonight here.
Thanks for visiting my site. I’ll be back with another Christmas card on Monday.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm … and keep on crafting xxx
Snap on the stamp set Cathy. Wow I can’t believe how great the Be Dazzling goes with Crumb Cake. Looks great!
Yay another Crumb Cake lover. It and Sahara Sand are my all time favourites and don’t they work beautifully with the Be Dazzling specialty paper. Your card is sensational Cathy. I love all the fussy cutting and admire your patience. But it was worth it for such a stunning result.
A really lovely card, Cathy! It shows off Crumb Cake perfectly. I love the way you’ve given the bloom dimension with the extra layer, and the pops of Dazzling paper are wonderful.
Absolutely gorgeous Catherine. I just love this card. Stamped on white, those Crumb Cake dahlias are beautiful and please don’t stop using that eye popping Be Dazzling paper, because you apply it to your cards so perfectly. High five my Crumb Cake sister.
Just gorgeous!!
Wow oh wow – such a lovely card Cathy. The tone on tone stamping in the background with the white & crumb cake flowers is gorgeous especially with the added dimension and the touch of glitter.. Love it so much.
A simple card, and yet perfect to showcase Crumb Cake. Love the blingy dazzling strip and flower centres, for a little bit of ‘party!’
Gorgeous card, Cathy, I love these Dahlia’s and I love how you have cut and layered them to create such a wonderful 3D effect! The tone on tone stamping in the background is perfect, and the Be Dazzling is a beautiful touch.
I love the fussy cutting of the dahlia. The dimension it brings to the card is lovely.
I’m impressed Cathy that you’ve created another dazzling card in such a short time. So lucky for you that the Dahlias arrived in time! I love the background stamping to complement the main flower and leaves.
I can’t believe you whipped up this beauty before work!! I love the darker, solid, dahlias stamped in the background, and the contrast of the fresh, light, white dahlias on top, Cathy. The “Goldilocks of all neutrals” is a fabulous term for this beautiful colour!! It hadn’t even occurred to me to use the Be Dazzling paper with Crumb Cake, but you’re right – it goes beautifully. So pretty, in the flower centres, especially. Gorgeous card, Cathy.
Another lovely card Cathy, I love the solid images in the background and the touch of bling finishes it perfectly.
Such a pretty card Cathy.ove the stamping of the solid stamps on the base card. The fussy cut dahlia looks so stunning against the backdrop with the added sparkling diamonds. Gorgeous card.