Sunday, 2 February 2025

Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC178

  Good Evening Everyone,

I run the Creative Colour Challenges blog. Each week three Stampin Up Colours are randomly selected and I ask you to create a projects using those colours! Some week's are easier than others - but what I do find is that there's a lot of inspiration given from those who participate, so I thought that on a Sunday, once I have announced the Winner of the Week's Challenge over on Creative Colour Challenges Blog, I'd hop on over here and share the entries with you in the hope that we can give everyone some more inspiration, and I will link to those I can (as anyone can enter, you don't have to have a blog or a website), so It's also my chance to share there work and show some support.






Verity Pursglove

https://inkybutterfly.com/





SUZY HINTON





JOLANDA JOHNSTONE




CHRISTY STANFORD




I hope you will head over and take a look at the links provided and check out these very talented ladies! 




If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx


Saturday, 1 February 2025

Layering Leaves Toadstool Garden Thank You Card. The Project Share Project Blog Hop February 2025

 Good Morning Everyone,

Today I'm taking part in The Project Share Blog Hop and our theme this month is 'Sale-abration'. 

If you are not familiar, Sale-abration runs for 2 months at the beginning of each year and it's an opportunity to earn FREE Exclusive products made specifically for this event, with a qualifying spend. - How amazing is that?

I'm using the fabulous Toadstool Gardens DSP ( which coordinates with the Terrific Toadstool Bundle from the current Mini catalogue - I don't have it yet, but it's on my list!).

I wanted a design to showcase lots of the patterns and designs - as they are all fabulous. So I opted for a background of 'wonky' DSP strips, adding a fussy cut Toadstool cluster and the sentiment, which is from Layering Leaves stamp set from our current catalogue.

What do you think? 







Measurements

Gray Granite Card Stock

1pc - 5 7/8" x 8 1/4", scored at 4 1/8"

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

scrap

Toadstool Garden DSP

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

6pc - 1 1/4" x 3 1/4"

scrap for the circle

fussy cut toadstool element

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Take the Gray Granite Card Stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the Basic White piece to the inside and the larger piece of DSP to the card front.

Now arrange the 7 pieces of DSP along the width of the card front, adding them a little 'wonky' and off set to create a bit more interest.

Add a 2 3/8" circle cut from a scrap of DSP to the card front, slightly off centre to the left, using dimensionals place the fussy cut elements down on it, again off to the left.

On the scrap of basic white stamp the sentiment in Gray Granite ink and fussy cut. Pop some dimensionals onto the back add position on the card front, next to the fussy cut images, so it's overlapping both the circle and the strips of DSP.

I hope you have enjoyed y card today - I absolutely LOVED making it. It's a quick and easy layout, and you could easily use a variety of DSP patterns to create different looks.

Please take a few minutes to continue through the hop and see what everyone else has created today - these ladies are super talented so you won't be disappointed! 

Click the button below to visit Jayne next.....



ROLL CALL

Jayne Frank - Craft with Jayne

Verity Pursglove – Stampin’ with inkybutterfly

Heather Forgan – Stamp With Nellie

Victoria Littlewood – Vickie Lou Designs - YOU ARE HERE




Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List

 





If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx


Thursday, 30 January 2025

The Project Share Project - 30th January 2025

  Good Morning Everyone,

Happy Thursday and welcome to The Project Share Project. Every Thursday we will all share an individual blog post sharing one project from each of the other creators - maybe an inspiring card, a very fancy fun fold or simply a project that made us smile.



Verity Pursglove

Verity is part of the Inspire Create Challenge Design Team and she created this card for the current Clean & Simple Challenge - which she totally nailed! She has used the Country Birdhouses bundle - how cute is this?
Click on the link which will take you to the blog post for more details on the card and how to enter the challenge, if you're interested -






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Heather Forgan

Heather has used the Wildflower Birthday Suite again - she cannot put it down, and who can blame her, it's gorgeous! She's created a very simple, yet very beautifully effective card. I love the colours, it has a lovely springtime feel.







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Craft with Jayne

Finally we have Jayne, who created this fabulous Fruit Salad Treat Box to hold a lip balm. The DSP is a Sale-abration freebie, which makes it even sweeter! - Head over to her blog for more details





I really do hope you have enjoyed this post today. I enjoyed taking a closer look at these ladies' project and picking a favourite to share with you! If you have a moment or two, please head on over to their blogs. Check out these projects and see what else they have created too.


If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx


Monday, 27 January 2025

Thank you so much Layering Leaves Enduring Beauty card.

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

Today I'm sharing a card I made using last week's Creative Colour Challenges combo - but I never got a chance to get it written up and entered! I adored the combination of Balmy Blue, Shaded Spruce and Daffodil Delight. I immediately knew I wanted to use the Enduring Beauty floral image! I used some of the Beautiful Bokeh DSP to include the Balmy Blue element - and I'm so happy with how it turned out.



Measurements

Shaded Spruce Card Stock

1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

scraps

Beautiful Bokeh DSP

1pc - 3 7/8" x 5 5/8"

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Take the Shaded Spruce card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, adding the Basic White card to the inside. Placing the Beautiful Bokeh DSP on the card front.

On a scrap of Basic White card stock stamp the large floral image from Enduring Beauty in Memento ink. Once the ink is fully dried the colour in the leaves with Shaded Spruce and the Flowers in Daffodil Delight. 

Bring in your Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine and cut out the image using the coordinating dies. Also cut out a label shape from a scrap of Basic White.  

Stamp the sentiment from Layering Leaves in Shaded Spruce into the centre of the label, and pop to one side for later.

Now with your Balmy Blue Stampin Write Marker 'fill' in all the white space on the floral image. There's a few spaces in and amongst the flowers and leaves, and be sure to colour around the edges too. This won't make the solid die cut stamp out and will help the image look as though it is on the background.

Add both the floral piece and the sentiment label to the card front using dimensionals.

Want to see what this week's Creative Colour Challenge is? Then head on over to my blog - https://creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com/

I hope you liked my card today - I absolutely LOVED creating it.

Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store  - Don't forget we are mid Sale-abration so you can earn FREE products with a qualifying spend - you will find more details on my website (or feel free to contact me direct) Product List





If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx


Creative Colour Challenges - #CCC178

   Good Evening Everyone, I run the Creative Colour Challenges blog. Each week three Stampin Up Colours are randomly selected and I ask you ...