Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Construction Zone Azure Afternoon Thinking of You Card

Hi and after a long hiatus I am trying to get back into the groove of blog hoping with the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, azure afternoon. 
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.

This week, I have chosen azure afternoon, daffodil delight and pumpkin pie to create my card.


Knowing that 13 packs of DSP are on sale for 15% off this month, I wanted to try and use some of the DSP's that are on special on my card. I ended up using papers from two different packs. The azure afternoon DSP is from Bright and Beautiful DSP and the orange dots DSP (originally was white) is from Zoo Crew DSP. I used a blending brush and pumpkin pie ink to colour the white DSP to create the pumpkin pie coloured DSP. 

I also used construction zone stamp set for my card and created a peek a boo side flap to show some more of the DSP. This card is great for someone who you think needs some cheering up but this stamp set would make some great construction cards. I used a "dots" image from quiet meadow to create a dirt pattern on crumb cake for under my crane. I tore my crumb cake cardstock to try and create a more realistic dirt. I fussy card around part of the stamped image so that I could fit the rest of the crane in the die cut. The stamped images are coloured in with stampin' blends and both the sentiment and crane are raised up with dimensionals. 


With card standing open


With envelope


Up next we have Theresa Gerrard. I can't wait to see what she is sharing. 

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here. 

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Construction Zone Cling Stamp Set (English) [161582] $41.00	Quiet Meadow Cling Stamp Set [155082] $37.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $11.50	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $17.50	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $17.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75
Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161663] $15.75	Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672] $17.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $15.75	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $17.50	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $17.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $15.75
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $17.50	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Zoo Crew 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161304] $21.75
Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161449] $21.75	Blending Brushes [153611] $23.00

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Stampin' Up! Triple Diamond Point Birthday Card with Perfect Pomegranate Stamp Set

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, crushed curry. 
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen crushed curry, calypso coral and garden green from the colour coach to work with. 
I have created a birthday card by CASEing the sale-a-bration brochure. The card shown below (in the bottom right hand corner) is from the 2022 sale-a-bration brochure, 16 ©2020 Stampin' Up!®. 


I stamped the floral base images in crushed curry onto basic white cardstock. I used crumb cake banners under the birthday sentiment. All the leaves (in garden green and granny apple green) and the smaller flowers (calypso coral) are fussy cut and placed randomly. The sentiment is stamped from Nature's Prints and die cut from Painted Labels dies. The DSP used in the triple diamond point is from Rustic Harvest DSP from the July - December mini catalogue. 


WIth envelope


Inside card 


Up next we have Rachel Palmieri. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous crushed curry creations 2021, 2020 & 2018.

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Perfect Pomegranate Host Photopolymer Stamp Set [159899] $39.00	Nature's Prints Cling Stamp Set (English) [158793] $44.00	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $42.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $16.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $14.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $14.00	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $16.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $16.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $14.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Rustic Harvest 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159633] $21.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Painted Labels Dies [151605] $61.00

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Stampin' Up! Cottage Rose Birthday Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Crumb Cake. 
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.
This week, I have chosen crumb cake, calypso coral and granny apple green from the colour coach to work with. 
For my card this week, I have chosen to create a background using old sewing patterns with the faux silk technique. An old favourite of mine for a textured background as the words in the sewing pattern also provides visual interests. I stamped and die cut 2 rose images along with 2 leaf images and the trio of flowers. I fussy cut away some of the details from one of the roses to suit the look I was going for. All die cut images where coloured in with a variety of Stampin' Blends markers. All images for the card, both the card front and inside the card are from the one stamp set, cottage rose. 


With envelope -  I tried something new by colouring on the envelope with Stampin' Blends. As long as you have a piece of card inside the envelope it won't blend through to the other side. 

Inside card


Up next we have Kathryn Ruddick. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous crumb cake creations 2018, 2020 & 2021.

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Cottage Rose Bundle (English) [159048] $93.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $16.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $14.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.75	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $16.25
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $14.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.75	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.75	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.75	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00

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Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral Alcohol Ink Blended Background with Stampin' Blends

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, calypso coral. 
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen calypso coral, cherry cobbler and old olive from the colour coach to work with. 
I have created an alcohol ink background using stampin' blends on vellum. I have kept the card very simple as to keep the focus on the alcohol ink background. I have die cut a floral image from meadow dies and adhered it on top of the vellum which is held in place behind a frame created with stitched rectangles dies. The card front is finished off with champagne rhinestone basic jewels.

Envelope - a strip of vellum to match the alcohol ink background

Inside card - I have created a strip of vellum with the alcohol ink background and adhered the same floral image from the card front 


Up next we have Tina Gillespie. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous calypso coral creations 2021, 2020 & 2018.

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $16.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $16.25	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $14.00	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.75
Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.75	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $16.25	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $14.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $19.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Meadow Dies [155852] $67.00	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50

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Stampin' Up! Biggest Wish Camouflage Background Birthday Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Bermuda Bay
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.
This week, I have chosen Bermuda Bay, Soft Sea Foam and Garden Green from the colour coach to work with. I have used the camouflage technique and my three chosen inks (Bermuda Bay, Soft Sea Foam and Garden Green) to create my background. I stamped the Happy Birthday stamps from Biggest Wish stamp set on a strip of Very Vanilla cardstock for a simple yet bold sentiment. I finished off the card front with some retired Coastal Cabana resin dots that I coloured over with my Bermuda Bay stampin' blends.   


With envelope - decorated with a small strip of camouflage background

Inside card - A small strip of the camouflage background, sentiment from whiskey business stamp set and some more of the Coastal Cabana resin dots colour with Bermuda Bay stampin' blends


Up next we have Theresa Gerrard. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous bermuda bay creations 2021, 2020 & 2018.

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Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Whiskey Business Cling Stamp Set (English) [152550] $34.00	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $16.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $14.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $16.25	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $16.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $14.00
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $15.75	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00

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Stampin' Up! Butterfly Brilliance Birthday Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Basic Gray
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen Basic Gray, balmy blue and mango melody from the colour coach to work with. 

Using the fabulous butterfly brilliance background stamp, I stamped basic gray cardstock with basic grey ink to create a subtle yet elegant background. I embellished the background with a balmy blue hexagon from beautiful shapes dies and finished the focal point off with a layered butterfly from brilliant wings dies. My sentiment is from cottage rose stamp set and die cut with stitched rectangle dies. The sparkling gems are new and from the upcoming July - December mini catalogue called fine sparkle gems.   

Close up of butterfly die cut


Inside the card I stamped a sentiment from hello beautiful stamp set and placed a small butterfly die cut to carry it from the card front
The envelope is decorated with butterfly brilliance background stamp

Up next we have Kathryn Ruddick. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous basic gray creations 2021, 2020 & 2018.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $32.00	Cottage Rose Cling Stamp Set (English) [159040] $44.00	Hello Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158041] $32.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $16.25
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $14.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $16.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $14.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $16.25
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $77.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Beautiful Shapes Dies [158046] $50.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $19.25	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00
Heat Tool [129056] $53.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75

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Stampin' Up! Balmy Blue Diagonal Double Fold Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Balmy Blue
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Granny Apple Green from the colour coach to work with. 
Each time I have done a balmy blue blog hop, I can't help myself, I have always chosen the same colour combination. This year, I decided to make a card for my nephew Hunter and since his favourite colour is green I had no choice but to go with the same colour combination again! Hopefully, he likes the diagonal double fold card, it is a fun fold. I originally had an opps when I cut the DSP and cut it on the wrong angle as I had intended the card to be a vertical card not horizontal. Not wanting to waste the DSP, I went with it anyway.

The DSP I have uses is from the Abstract Beauty 4" x 6" pack (it's on the last chance product list for $18.20!) and the granny apple green is from last years Brights design (my this years pack hasn't arrived yet). I die cut the 5 using my electronic die cut machine and the circle/scalloped circle is from the layering circles dies. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Art Gallery stamp set.  


Close up


With envelope - I used a spare #5 die cut and my blending brushes to decorate the envelope


Up next we have Diane Furniss. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Check out my previous balmy blue creations 2018, 2020 & 2021.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set [154421] $38.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $16.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $14.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $16.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $14.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $16.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $14.00
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Abstract Beauty 4" X 6" (10.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [158039] $26.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159258] $21.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $61.00

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Stampin' Up! Tahitian Tide Daisy Garden Just a Note Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Tahitian Tide.
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen Tahitian Tide, granny apple green and daffodil delight from the colour coach to work with.
I have also teamed these colours up with the daisy garden background stamp and the spotlighting technique. I coloured the spotlighting circle in with stampin' blends, die cut it out using layering circles dies and raised the image up with stampin' dimensionals. The sentiment is from flowing flowers from the January - June mini catalogue, which I stamped onto Tahitian Tide cardstock and shadowed with basic black cardstock (and also raised up with stampin' dimensionals). I used my dark granny apple green stampin' blend marker to colour pearl basic jewels and used them to decorate my daisy garden background. 


Close up


Inside the card, I stamped a portion of the daisy garden stamp in Sahara sand. I only repeated this element on the envelope. 
I went for no sentiment inside the card, so the just a note, will work for any occasion. 

Envelope


Up next we have Catherine Proctor. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Daisy Garden Cling Stamp Set [155079] $39.00	Flowing Flowers Cling Stamp Set [157880] $44.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $16.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $14.00	Tahitian Tide A4 Cardstock [159262] $16.25	Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [159210] $14.00	Tahitian Tide Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159221] $15.75
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $16.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $14.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $61.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $10.50

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Stampin' Up! Sweet Sorbet Butterflies and Flowers Layering Decorative Masks Birthday Card

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Sweet Sorbet.
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen sweet sorbet, blushing bride and pool party from the colour coach to work with. 
I have also used the butterflies and flowers layering decorative masks from the January - June mini catalogue along with the blending brushes which make using the decorative masks a dream to use. I have used three of the six masks in the pack, two to create the layered floral design and a third to decorate the pool party cardstock. I die cut my floral decorative mask with the stitched rectangle dies and added the opal rounds for some bling. I stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment from Shaded Summer stamp set and masked the happy (and then re-stamped it) so I could stamp it in the centre of the word birthday image (and for it to fit neatly in the double oval punch). I also tied a double bow with the linen thread to finish off the card. 
Inside the card the sentiment is from nature's prints and I used the masks to create a very mini scene in the corner. 
With envelope


Up next we have Catherine Proctor. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $41.00	Nature's Prints Cling Stamp Set (English) [158793] $44.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $14.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $14.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $16.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $14.00	Sweet Sorbet A4 Cardstock [159266] $16.25
Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad [159216] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $16.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $21.75	Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks [158142] $17.50	Opal Rounds [154289] $13.25	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Double Oval Punch [154242] $34.00

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Stampin' Up! Artfully Layered Hello Card with Starry Sky Color Coach

Hi and welcome to another round of the colour creations blog hop. 
For this weeks blog hop, we are focusing on the colour, Starry Sky.
If you remember, from previous years I like to work with the color coach Stampin' Up! provides to add a challenge to my card creations.


This week, I have chosen Starry Sky, Bermuda Bay and Mango Melody from the colour coach to work with. 

For my card today I have CASED a card from Shelli Gardner's blog, So Shelli, shown below.


I loved the layering with the artfully layered stamp set and the die on top (of all the stamped images) and the colours used were not dissimilar from what I had chosen.


I made two different versions of the card reversing the mango melody/starry sky leaf image colours. I did stamp off the starry sky leaf image to make it a little lighter. The bermuda bay strip of cardstock is the drybrush background stamp stamped with bermuda bay ink and the white portion of the cardstock lightly blended with bermuda bay on a blending brush. I have used the hello stamp from biggest wish stamp set for the sentiment. Basic rhinestone jewels were the finishing touch for the card.  

With decorated envelope


Inside card


Up next we have Michele Taylor. I can't wait to see what she is sharing.

If you have find a broken link on the blog hop, the master list for the blog hop can be found here.

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Artfully Layered Bundle (English) [157761] $92.50	Drybrush Cling Stamp Set [152599] $32.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Starry Sky A4 Cardstock [159264] $16.25
Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $16.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $14.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $16.25
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $19.25

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