Welcome to week 14 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Crushed Curry, a rich bold yellow from the Regals colour collection.
Do you have any colours that you rarely use, but when you do, you wonder why you don’t use them more often? Crushed Curry is one of those colours for me.
Crushed Curry is so vibrant, it immediately draws your eye and it demands your attention. And as today is the first day of spring here in Australia, I decided to celebrate the arrival of spring with a Crushed Curry sunflower card.
This card uses a favourite technique of mine: the die inlay technique. I highly recommend die inlay to anyone who enjoys doing jigsaws. It’s not a technique for fast mass production but it’s not hard to do either, and the extra time it takes is so worth it for the effect it gives.
Did you notice the background spotted DSP? It’s from the FREE SALE-a-bration Beautifully Penned 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.
After you’ve die cut the Crushed Curry Cardstock be careful to keep all of the die pieces together on the cutting platform and use your Take Your Pick Tool to remove the adhesive sheet from the back of the petal pieces and place them into the correct position.
The “Thanks a Bunch” sentiment from Celebrate Sunflowers has been stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white emboss powder before fussy cutting it out.
The other great pop of Crushed Curry colour is the handmade matching envelope. Isn’t this DSP pattern just gorgeous? It’s from a host set called Pattern Party Designer Series Paper, which has black and white patterns on one side and vibrant colours on the other side.
The envelope closure was made using the same die I used for the centre of the sunflower. I cut two of these dies in Basic Black and attached them to the envelope with white square brads. White bakers twine twists around the closures to open and close the envelope.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented Caroline Manwaring. I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
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Catherine Proctor – you are 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
I love your card and matching envelope Catherine. Crushed Curry works so fabulously well with the black and white.
Love the card and matching envelope Catherine. The sunflower looks gorgeous with the inlaid technique.
I love the card and coordinating envelope Cathy.
Wow the patience required for that sunflower! Such a bright and happy card for spring. Love the coordinating envelope too
I love this so much Cathy that I would even make a crushed curry one myself Good tip on the adhesive sheets BEFORE cutting the inlaid pieces. I love jigsaws so I will have to give this a try.
Gorgeous Cath, with the start of Spring, this is the perfect big sunflower to feature on your card. I love the dramatic black with the inlaid technique and your beautiful coordinating envelope.
Your inlaid pieces in Crushed Curry look amazing Cathy and love that envelope.
Oh, wow, this looks amazing! The technique is definitely a lot of work, but the end result is so worth it! The Sunflower looks spectacular.
I love your bold crushed curry/black and white colour theme and snap on the inlaid embossing technique. It’s a great technique for Crushed Curry!
Crushed Curry is the perfect colour to use for a vibrant, cheery, sunflower, Cathy. I love that the big bloom takes centre stage (well, slightly off-centre, ha ha) on a neutral background. Your envelope is gorgeous; that paper is so nice, isn’t it? Beautiful creations.