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Hello! Thank you for popping by to see my latest project share.

This time last week I didn’t think that I would up to making a card for this challenge. I went into hospital on Monday for a knee replacement and came home on Thursday. Fortunately, I felt well enough this morning to make a card.

This week’s challenge is a colour challenge. The combination is Pale Papaya, Balmy Blue and Pear Pizzazz. How fun is this color combination?! There are so many ways to be creative with Stampin’ Up! challenge.

If you pop over to Global Design Project website you will be able to see the gorgeous projects the design team made to insire us – just click on the colour combination image above to be taken to the right place!

For this card I was inspired by Patty Bennetts, from Patty Stamps, to use my Blending Brushes to colour a strip of card stock.

To achieve the coloured strip, I laid down Post-It Cover-up Tape using the Grid Paper to ensure I had a parallel space to colour. I used three Blending Brushes and started with Pale Papaya at the top and moving down the card front blended in Pear Pizzazz and then Balmy Blue. The ink was given some time to dry before the Post-It strips were removed.

Then I added colour, from the coordinating Stampin’ Write Markers™, directly onto the selected floral Shaded Summer Stamps. These were then cut using the FREE Sale-a-bration Summer Shadows Dies. To ensure I had strong colour coverage I used my Stamparatus so that I could apply more colour as needed.

I added a swoosh of Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon to the card front before placing the die cut flower stems over the colour blended strip. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to layer up these stems. I stamped and fussy cut additional flowers to pop up over some of the flowers to ensure the card front had height and dimension. I also gave each of the flowers a swipe of Clear Wink of Stella.

The birthday greeting is from the Shaded Summer Stamp Set and was cut using one of the new Seasonal Labels Dies. The stem of leaves was stamped inside the card and onto the envelope.

And, of course, the final step was to add some 2021 – 2023 In Colour Jewels.

I enjoy including a photograph of many of the products I have used to make the card. There are many items that I do not include, yet – cardstock, Designer Series Paper, adhesives. envelopes and paper cutting and some other equipment.

Who would you send this birthday card to?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $40.00	Summer Shadows Dies [156618] $0.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $66.00	Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] $12.25	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $12.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	2021–2023 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [155639] $26.25	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $52.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello my crafty friends. Thank you for popping by to see my latest project.

Today’s project is for the current Colour INKspiration challenge #CI105.

It would too easy to make a card featuring flowers because of this gorgeous colour combination. So I decided to try something different.

I cut 1/4″ and 1/2″ strips of Fresh Freesia, Mango Melody and Old Olive card so that I could create a floating strips card.

I used the Stitched Stars Dies the cut several different sized stars. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to ‘float’ them above the embossed base layer. The new Star-Crossed Embossing Folder was used to create the stars background.

The birthday greeting was cut using the Birthday Chick Dies and Foam Adhesive Sheets.

The party hat and birthday cake images are from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. I fussy cut and coloured them to coordinate.

The birthday cake was stamped on the card insert and then coloured. I added one of the stars to the front of the envelope. After I took these photos I went back and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the cake and hat.

I achieved the ‘not a flower in sight’ idea and am so happy with the end result.

This is a really cheerful birthday card. Who would you send it to?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Party Puffins Cling Stamp Set [155054] $35.00	Birthday Chick Dies (English) [158200] $47.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00	Star Crossed Embossing Folder [156567] $13.00
Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00

Hello to each of you who pop by, either regularly or for the first time. I amvery grateful to each of you and I hope that my project inspires you.

Today I am featuring one of the FREE Sale-a-bration stamp sets, Delicate Dahlias. I used the Distinktive stamp for the feature image of this card. The two smaller floral images were used to stamp the two background layers of the card, one for each layer.

This card has a very simple layout which is great for inexperienced card makers. The Blackberry Bliss card base was stamped with one of smaller flower images using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The slightly smaller Blackberry Bliss layer was stamped with the other small floral image in black as well. The black is quite subtle against this rich purple colour.

The smaller layer had Black Stampin’ Dimensionals added to pop it up, adding dimension to the card.

I stamped the main Dahlia image using Blackberry Bliss on Basic White card. I used the same colour combination for the sentiment which is also from the Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set. Both of these Basic White pieces were trimmed down to ‘fit’ the space of the card front.

The sentiment was positioned over a strip of Basic Black card.

One of the smaller floral images was stamped on the card insert and envelope. A few Matte Black Dots were then added to the front of the card.

I know that this is THE CARD YOU DON’T REALLY WANT TO NEED and yet it is always timely to have at least one on hand because we never know what life will throw our way.

I prefer to have some sympathy cards on hand because I don’t want to need to make one when I hear such news. Are you like me? Do you have some on hand? Or, do you make them as you need them?

I will try to share a more uplifting project tomorrow.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Delicate Dahlias Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156601] $0.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $15.25	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00