Color Hues #108

Morning, over halfway through April already, so time for a brand new colour duo from Color Hues.

This time we've a lovely pastel combo for you, perfect for a baby card like this?

I needed a card for my SiL's grand daughter's imminent twins arrival and thought these colours were perfect, neither too pink or blue, a sweet neutral palette!

I used a retired Uniko stamp set, stamping the onesie onto a piece of dotty aqua and lilac DP from the stash and embossing with white EP. I glued them onto some scrap card to give them a little support before fussy cutting out. I did try to add a little shading, not sure it worked though.

I knew I had some small windy day pegs in my stash somewhere but when I found them they were a tad too bulky for posting, so decided to remove the spring and glue each half over my twine washing line and cute onesies instead. The sentiment was made up from the same stamp set and I found a couple of pearls in my stash.

So where which direction will these new colours take you? If you need inspiration the DT and our GD have some fab ideas for you here. Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

Toot Toot

Morning all. 

Well it looks like the wall to wall blue skies of the last few weeks have disappeared but we can't really complain can we? The water butts for the sheep and veg garden are low and we need them replenished, at least I've managed to bottom the grass which had invaded my borders after last years deluges prevented me from getting on to grub it out!

Anyway, time for a new challenge from Cardz4Guyz. This week we would love to see your masculine take on-

FANCY FOLDS

Now as many of you regulars know, I'm not a fan of frippery and layers but I tried, keeping it very simple with this easel fold card featuring LOTV's Toot Toot image.

Using half of an A4 panel of white card, I folded halfway across the long edge then have again from the short edge to the center. You can see it better here.

It's a very simple way to get a stand for your image.

Once my base was made, I chose my DP from the stash. I had a scrap of an old road atlas page, so found some NitWits DP to match. My scrap of DP needed a little bit of red to tie it into the atlas paper, so I drew a line with a red fine liner and a t square ruler over the white stripes. Each panel was mounted onto red card, then they were added to the base, followed by the image and sentiment on foam pads to form a block for the tent fold to rest against.

So what fancy folds can you make? If you are unsure there are lots of ideas from the rest of the team over at Cardz4Guyz. Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

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Color Hues #107

Good afternoon. This is no April fool, it is after noon so the joke would be on me anyway, it's a new colour combination at Color Hues. Here's my take.

When we had a similar pairing I made this card, using some DP I found in my stash from way back when. It was a double sided piece, so I went with the reverse for this card using more AI ladies. The layout is similar, one of my go to ones, but instead of an embossed circle over a panel of DP, I've cut a circle from a panel of white linen card, embossed with an ancient Cuttlebug EF and placed the DP behind it. Some more of the teal textured card trims the panel and frames the sentiment, also AI.

My ladies were coloured with Copics, then fussy cut and added to one side of my embossed panel. The whole panel was then added to a linen top fold card.

So where will these new colours take you? As always the team and our GD have some fab ideas if you need further inspiration. 

Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

Game Boy

Morning all. Although it's April Fool's Day there's no fooling here as it's time for a brand new theme over at Cardz4Guyz. Our theme for the next two weeks is:-

FUN and GAMES

Here's a card I made for my eldest Grandson's birthday using Mo Manning's Game Boy digi.

Usually when he arrives, he's straight to the kitchen to see what there is to eat then disappears into 'his' bedroom and plays games on his Switch or computer, typical teen!

For this image, I added some spectacles to the boy to make it more personal and coloured the whole image with Copics before fussy cutting him out. I lost the packets of crisps etc around his feet and the undone laces were very fiddly to cut out but I prefer to do this as I can then add him to my background without being too constrained. 

I found some Khaki coloured card in my stash along with some DP that came as a free digital download many years ago so don't know the make and used a layout I found online, I've used it a couple of times now.

The greeting, LOTV, was stamped and die cut and the zigzag edging was made using an ancient Martha Stewart edge punch. To seat the lad into the white panel, I added a freehand line to suggest floor and wall.

So what fun and games will inspire you? We're looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery but should you need a little more inspiration why not check out the team's ideas here.

Sailing Boat

Morning all.

Another fortnight has zoomed by so it's time for a brand new challenge from Cardz4Guyz. This time our theme is:-

S is for .........?

Here's my take incorporating a little bit of a seaside vibe!

For my S is for .. , I used LOTV's Sailing Boat, one of my oldest stamps but still a fave and some NitWits DP. The background and striped DP come from their Nautical set, though I did add some red Copic to the broad navy striped square to lift it. The smaller pieces were in my bits box and the background was one I printed off after playing with GIMP. I made a digital scrapbook for my son's birthday last year but I really struggled to remember how to use GIMP, a case of use it or loose it!! I managed to import one image and then totally blanked!

My Sailing Boat was stamped and coloured with Copics to match the DP before being fussy cut out. The small DP panels were mounted on some red off cuts and then added to the card over the paler panel previously glued to an A6 white base card. The sweet little guy and his boat were then added on pads and the sentiment, LOTV, was simply glued down flat.

So that's it from me but where will you go? The rest of the team have some fab ideas if you need a little help, so why not check out the Cardz4Guyz blog. Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

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