Thinking outside the box for a colour challenge

The latest Crafty Collaborations colour challenge blog hop had me thinking outside the box. First thoughts on seeing the colours is trees, but I really didn’t want to go that route. When you see the colours you’ll know what I mean!

I had the Framed Florets Bundle and Fitting Florets paper sitting on my craft desk from another project. So, I decided to attempt to make a new project using them. So glad that I did. I have a few December birthdays to make for and I think that my Mum will really like this card.

I made use of the Soft Succulent paper as a background for the frame. The flower images were coloured using a mixture of both Stampin’ Blends (Soft Succulent) and Watercolor Pencils (Early Espresso and Garden Green). Of course I also had to add a touch of Clear Wink of Stella and used that as the medium for painting with the watercolour pencils.

Both the frame and the bough of flowers have been added using Stampin’ Dimensionals (foam pads). The inside was stamped using one of the smaller flower images and only the centre has been coloured (Early Espresso Watercolor pencil and Clear Wink of Stella).

I did fill the top of the die-cut flowers with lots of stems – a great way to use up scraps. As you can see, there are mostly Garden Green and Early Espresso ones, but there are a couple of Soft Succulent ones thrown in for good measure.

Please take a few minutes to check out the projects from all the other people taking part in the blog hop. You’ll find ideas and inspiration from all around the Stampin’ Up! world. Here are the links to the others –

Blog Hop Index

Supply List

Details of the supplies used for this card are

I hope you have enjoyed checking out my card for November’s Crafty Challenge. What’s more, I hope that you agree that I was thinking outside of the box. If you don’t have a UK demonstrator and would like to shop with me, you can do so by either

• Clicking on the pictures above – this will take you to the item to my Online Shop, or
• Contacting me via email with your list and I’ll be in touch re payment.

Happy stamping.

Fiona xx

Please note

(i) When shopping online and ordering less that £150 worth of products, don’t forget to use the host code – EGC9RXVH (valid until 30 November). I’ll be sending you a little something extra in December if you do. 

(ii) Spending more than £150, please don’t use the code. You will have your own rewards to spend. This means you can order extra products for free from any of the current catalogues or clearance rack.

(iii) If you have a large wish list of items why not join the Acorns? You select £130 (€175) worth of new product and pay only £99 (€129). Your kit ships to you for free. You can find out more information here.

Available now - Fitting Florets Collection

The Fitting Florets Collection is now available.

From time to time Stampin’ Up! release a new collection of products that will feature in a forthcoming catalogue. The Fitting Florets Collection is one such release. The collection includes the following. Each items can be purchased individually or as a complete collection.

Please note that the Fitting Florets paper, Framed & Festive stamp set and the Gold Adhesive Backed Swirls are only available until 4 Jan 2023. What’s more, these three items are only available on a while supplies basis.

The paper is gorgeous. There are images that can be die-cut but it’s quite easy to fussy cut them too. The reverse sides have great patterns that can be used for all sorts of occasions.

I cased the above card from the flyer supplied by Stampin’ Up! The card below is one I made for a recent Monday Makes with the Acorns.

You can see more of this card and another made using the same collection in my recent video.

If you would like to order the items I used for my Fitting Florets cards you can do so by either

(i) Clicking on the pictures below

Or,

(ii) emailing me with your order and I’ll be in touch re payment.

Happy stamping.

Fiona xx

Please note

(i) When shopping online and ordering less that £150 worth of products, don’t forget to use the host code – EGC9RXVH (valid until 30 November). I’ll be sending you a little something extra in December if you do. 

(ii) Spending more than £150, please don’t use the code. You will have your own rewards to spend. This means you can order extra products for free from any of the current catalogues or clearance rack.

(iii) If you have a large wish list of items why not join the Acorns? You select £130 (€175) worth of new product and pay only £99 (€129). Your kit ships to you for free. You can find out more information here.

Monday Makes with Gnomes and Snowflakes

I used the Storybook Gnomes paper and the Joyful Flurry Bundle for one of our recent Monday Makes (AKA Acorns Craft & Chat). It’s not a combination that would normally spring to mind, that is until you see the paper. There are whimsical gnomes and woodland creatures galore on one side of each of the 12″ x 12″ sheets of paper, and great winter themed images on the other sides.

Storybook Gnomes 12″ x 12″ paper

The card involved creating an aperture on a piece of Basic White card stock. I used a snowflake die for the card made during the zoom but used a punch for my sample card that I shared with the group. Either method works so long as you can add an image or paper in/below the aperture created.

You can see the panel and the image in the aperture better in this side view.

If you would like to order the items I used for my card you can do so by either

• clicking on the pictures below

• Or, emailing me with your order and I’ll be in touch re payment.

Happy stamping.

Fiona xx

Please note

(i) When shopping online and ordering less that £150 worth of products, don’t forget to use the host code – EGC9RXVH (valid until 30 November). I’ll be sending you a little something extra in December if you do. 

(ii) Spending more than £150, please don’t use the code. You will have your own rewards to spend. This means you can order extra products for free from any of the current catalogues or clearance rack.

(iii) If you have a large wish list of items why not join the Acorns? You select £130 (€175) worth of new product and pay only £99 (€129). Your kit ships to you for free. You can find out more information here.