SUOC#269 - Colour challenge

 

Hello again everyone and welcome to another SUOChallenge and this week it's a colour challenge and the colours we are using are: Melon mambo, Basic white, Basic black and Silver foil. Love this combination of colours and they look really pretty together so let's get started........ but don't forget to hop on over to the #SUOC269 and take a look at all of the other amazing projects created by the rest of the design team.....

The card I've chosen to do for you all today is a very pretty one made using the amazing stampset called 'Back to Back blooms' which is infact a two-step stampset and I've so loved using it...

 Material's needed:

Melon mambo cardstock

1pc - 5-7/8" x 8-1/4" scored at 4-1/8" for card base

1pc - 1-1/2" x 2-1/4" for the sentiment layer

Basic white cardstock

2pc - 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" for the inside and front of card layers

1pc - 1-3/8" x 2-1/8" for the sentiment

1pc - approx 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" for the oval die cut

Scrap pieces for the stamping of flowers

Basic Black cardstock

2pc - 3-7/8" x 5-5/8" for the inside and front of card layers

Silver foil cardstock

1pc - approx 2-3/4" x 3-3/4" for the scallop oval die cut

Scrap pieces for the stamping of leaves

Silver edge ribbon

Matte Black Dots

Card recipe:

1. Fold and burnish the card base.

2. Emboss one of the white pieces of card (for the front of the card) and then mat and layer the black and white pieces onto the inside and front of card.

3. Die cut the silver and white ovals, and then stamp the dotty image on one side of the white oval, now glue these together flat.

4. Cut a strip of ribbon the length is your choice and using glue dots attach it to the front of the card, then place the ovals on top using dimensionals.

5. Stamp the leaves required onto the silver foil card using Stazon ink as this is the ink that will dry and not smear on the foil. Now fussy cut them out (clean the stamps used with the stazon cleaner fluid straight away and this will keep them looking nice).

6. Now to stamp the flowers on to the white cardstock. You need to stamp the melon mambo colour first using the flat side of the stamp, then clean it, turn the stamp over to the otherside with the image on, and stamp over the melon mambo image on the cardstock, using tuxedo black memento ink (this is the way I've done it), the images won't match up perfectly and they're not meant too either, but I love the impression it gives you. Now fussy cut the flowers out, I've cut into some of the flowers so that I could layer the flowers up to give them a bit more depth (so stamp and cut a few of each of the flowers being used).

7. Stamp the senitment in tuxedo black ink and then glue the two pieces of cardstock for the sentiment together, I chose to glue mine at an offset angle from each other.

8. Glue all of the flower sections to each other flat if your layering like I have and then using dimensionals attach them to the front of the card, place the leaves where you'd like them and then slide the sentiment into place and glue flat.

9. Place a few of the matte black dots onto the card front and that is the card finished.

I loved the end result of my card when I'd finished, it was one of those projects that built up as you went along and you just know when it's done!!...

Hope you enjoyed my project for today and I hope you find time to join in with this weeks challenge just hop on the link to see how!!...

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Stay safe everyone and keep crafting. See you on the next challenge.

Huge Craty Hugs 

Natalie xx

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Back To Back Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [152597] £19.00	Tranquil Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [154483] £20.00	Layering Ovals Dies [141706] £33.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] £56.00	Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] £6.50	Matte Black Dots [154284] £6.50
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] £4.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £8.25
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] £8.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] £7.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] £9.25	Stāzon Cleaner [109196] £5.50	Stampin' Scrub [126200] £17.00
Stampin' Mist [153648] £10.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75
Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25
Bone Folder [102300] £6.50	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] £8.25	Clear Block A [118487] £3.75
Clear Block B [117147] £5.50	Clear Block C [118486] £6.50	Clear Block D [118485] £8.00

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Concertina card in a Treat box

Good morning and welcome to another Craft along tuesday. Today I have something different for all of you to try, it's a concertina style card within a box, hope you like it. I had lots of fun creating this and thought I'd love to share it with you all. Now when the project is finished you can decide for yourselves whether you want to fix the concertina part inside the box or have it loose, I chose to have it fixed 'cos I thought when I use it I could just attach a small white oval die cut to one of the pages having wrote a message on it, for the recipient.

So lets begin......................

Materials needed:

1 x Love you always treat box - Box wrap and Box drawer

Bumblebee cardstock

Cut pieces to go on all of the box wrap and the two ends of the drawer. These will be the first layers that are glued into place so they need to be the largest ones (6 in total).

Cut 2pc  for 2 of the pages of the concertina card making them slightly smaller.

Cut 1pc the same size as the concertina pages 2-1/2" x 3-7/8" for the inside base of the box drawer.

Mossy meadow cardstock

Cut 3pc for the 3 pages of the concertina card making them slightly smaller.

Cut 2pc slightly bigger than the white pieces for the inside of card sentiments.

Die cut for top of box sentiment using the small die from 'Potted succulents' dies

1 x A4 sheet Basic white cardstock

Cut one piece full length on the short side at 3-7/8" and then score at 2-1/2", 5", 7-1/2", and 10"  -  for the concertina card piece.

1pc - 2-1/2 x 3-7/8" for the 5th page of concertina card.

Cut pieces to go on all of the box wrap and the two ends of the drawer. These will be the second layers that are glued into place so they need to be slightly smaller than the bumblebee first layers (6 in total).

Scrap pieces of basic white 

Piece to punch out 4 medium sized daisies from.

Die cut for top of box sentiment piece using the small die from 'Potted succulents' dies.

2 pieces cut to the size you require for the inside of card sentiments.

1pc - Punch 1 x large dragonfly out for adhereing to the back of dsp dragonfly for stability.

Dandy Garden dsp 6" x 6"

Cut pieces (from the same pattern) to go on all of the box wrap and the two ends of the drawer, These will be the third layers that are glued into place so they need to be slightly smaller than the white layers (6 in total).

Cut 2pc for the 2 pages of the concertina card making them the same size as the pages 2-1/2" x 3-7/8".

Punch out 4 dragonflies (2 large, 2 small) from the dsp with them on. Glue the white card dragonfly to the reverse side of one of the large ones.

1 x Ladybug trinkets

Length of the mossy meadow trim

Wink of stella to make the flowers and dragonflies sparkle

Instructions:

1. Make the box drawer up.

Fold the smaller sides first, then fold the side which has a slit in it down.

Now when you fold the last section which has a slight tab on it this will slot into the section that had a slit in it and hold the whole box shut tight.

2. Cut all of the different layers for the box wrap, the box drawer and the base of the box drawer and glue them all into place (remember each layer that is added is going to be slightly smaller than the one before). Before glueing the front of the box wrap layers into place attach the trim around it using adhesive tape, then glue to the box wrap.

3. Cut, score and burnish the concertina card piece, and the 5th page piece. Now using the detailed trio punch round all of the corners of each page (don't worry about doing the smaller end section as this is covered with the 5th page piece).

Fold each section over and punch

Don't punch end section

Glue 5th page over the end section

4. Cut all of the card and dsp for the pages, round the corners again and then glue into place (I also after rounding the dsp corners placed the dsp into the different section of the punch to get the pattern effect in the corners, and for one of my sentiments I've heat embossed using white emboss powder and a heat tool onto the mossy meadow section before glueing it onto the card).

5. I've now stamped images from the 'Dragonfly garden' bundle using mossy meadow ink, onto the two sections that didn't have any card or dsp layers on them, and then I've blended the colour out using the blender pen and added bumblebee ink having put ink onto a stamping block and picking it up again using the blender pen. I've then added a little bit of wink of stella to give sparkle.

6. I've inked the daisies using the sponge daubers and a bit of mossy meadow ink and then I've curled them a bit using my bone folder, glued two together, and then glued them onto the concertina card. I've then attached one of the retired floral centres into the middle of each one.

7. I've stamped the sentiments using mossy meadow onto the pieces that I've cut out and then layered them onto the mossy meadow pieces. Adhere these into place using dimensionals (these are on the pages with bumblebee layers on as above).

8. I've now glued the concertina card onto the base of the box drawer (your choice glued or loose).

9. Tie a bow and attach to the front of the box wrap using a glue dot, glue the large dragonflies together add some wink of stella for sparkle and attach to the box wrap using wet glue.

10. I've stamped the sentiment onto the die cut shape, using mossy meadow ink and then after cutting the mossy meadow die cut in half I've glued this onto the back of the white one so that you have a bit showing from the underside, attach to the front of box wrap using dimensionals.

11. Using a glue dot I've now attached the little ladybug trinket to the front.

12. I've added 2 small punched out dragonflies within the concertina card to add a little bit more dimension.

That is the project finished, a bit long drawn but I think the end result is worth it, and I loved putting this together to share with you all. Hope you enjoyed it a much as I did.

Until next time take care and keep crafting x

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Natalie xx

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Love You Always Treat Box [154285] £8.25	Dragonfly Garden Bundle (English) [156224] £34.00	Ladybug Trinkets [154299] £7.00
Mossy Meadow 3/16" (4.8 Mm) Braided Linen Trim [154298] £6.50	Dandy Garden 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154297] £10.75	Potted Succulents Dies [154330] £36.00
Medium Daisy Punch [149517] £15.00	Blender Pens [102845] £11.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] £4.75
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.50	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] £8.25	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] £7.00
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] £8.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] £7.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] £5.50	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054] £28.00	Versamark Pad [102283] £8.75
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] £56.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] £19.00
Clear Block A [118487] £3.75	Clear Block C [118486] £6.50	Clear Block I [118488] £11.25
Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] £6.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50

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