Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hi friends! Welcome to Color Fusers! We are happy you are here joining our hop—each month we each design projects featuring a fun color combination. This month we are hoping using Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Wild Wheat. NOW, I know that Wild Wheat gets some hate, but I actually do enjoy it and I think it looks awesome of with Petal Pink and Calypso Coral.

I decided to make a scrapbook page this month that features a bunch of new scrapbook products, mashed up with stuff from the Holiday Catalogue and a few favorite retired items.

I actually used the new White Willow card stock and I made a little comparison sample to Basic White.

There is a slight different between the two whites—it is hard to capture in a photo but when they are side by side—you can tell. I would describe White Willow as a little bit brighter of a white. It is definitely worth ordering a package to see for yourself and share with your teams and customers.

This page is ready to add two fun photos taken this month!

I added a 4 x 12 strip of Wild Wheat card stock along the left side that I ran each end through the Dashing Designs embossing folder. It is probably my favorite folder in the catty. I used Petal Pink card stock for 2 photo mats. I added a strip of retired In Color DSP in Wild Wheat along the side of the left photo mat.

October and Crisp Autumn Days are from the Autumn to Remember stamp set which is from the new Scrapbooking Brochure. I stamped October in Calypso Coral for that tone on tone look, with a little bit of retired ribbon behind. It is on the label die Regal Floral Dies.

To bring the sentiment to life I added images from the Regal Floral, Caring Leaves, Changing Leaves and Autumn to Remember stamp sets. What a fun bunch of sets to mix together! A few Gold Textured Adhesive Dots completed this little section.

I love this section on my page—I try to add one to two areas on my page that are story telling or helping to bring my photos alive. I think ‘Crisp Autumn Days’ is awesome!

I love how the Regal Flora flowers work with the leaves to create this scrapbook page. I loved adding sentiments in from the new sets in the scrapbooking brochure. The phrase ‘Unforgettable Memories’ at the top of my page is from the new Snow Day stamp set.

This is a really wonderful color combination that I enjoyed crafting with. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the team comes up with!

Next up on the hop is the AMAZING Janekke—a former Artisan Design Team member! We had so much fun being on the team together. I love her style and I know you will be inspired.

You can also go the other way and see what Melissa Kerman has designed for this month! Either way, you will be impressed.

Please feel free to shop my online store if you need some supplies! It allows me to keeping doing what I love!

Hi friends! Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop! I love creating with this fun crew of people and I hope you will visit all of our blogs and leave us some comments!

This month the crew is creating projects featuring Triadic Color Theory! You can find this in the Annual Catalogue—its such a cool resource, especially if you are looking to mix things up in terms of color. I know I have my favorite go to colors, so it is nice to step outside the box occasionally!

I decided to use the combination that is on the bottom of the right page— Fresh Freesia, Wild Wheat and Pretty Peacock. I can confidently say I have never crafter before with this combination, however I am IN LOVE with how my project turned out! I hope you will give this combination a try yourself after seeing how awesome it looks!

I started with a base of Fresh Freesia. I had this design in mind and I knew that in my personal stash, I have alot of 12x12 DSP to match in Fresh Freesia. This particular print is from some Sale a bration DSP. I used a 9 inch paper plate to trace the circle and just cut it with scissors! Such a fun way to use DSP, I think I might CASE myself!

My photo mat is in Pretty Peacock to showcase this picture of myself with my mom a few summers ago.

I am a fan of coordination and it is a happy accident that my sunglasses just happened to match!

On this page, the showstopper is this new bundle that will be available to order in the Online Store in July. I am obsessed. It is a MUST HAVE. It is an amazing new hybrid bundle called Changing Leaves. And while it appears ‘fall’, it definitely does not have that vibe on this scrapbooking page!

The largest of the leaves in the stamp set is stamped with Wild Wheat ink on coordinating card stock. The midsized leaf is stamped in Fresh Freesia on coordinating card stock. I added some directly to the 12 x 12 and some as elements.

The sentiment “You are a shining light” is from the You are Beautiful stamp set in our annual catalogue. I added a scalloped circle behind, die cut in Pretty Peacock card stock using the Round We Go dies.

I used a length of Wild Wheat ribbon that I cut in half to bring life to the sentiment. I also added a die cut from the Flowers of Beauty Dies and a spring from the Bough Punch.

The sentiment ‘Love You’ is from another new set, Everyday Greetings, that you will be able to order in July under the Online Exclusive section. I added a bit of white thread and a cute little heart from the Bee Builder Punch.

The little die cut flowers are from an unknown die set—haha! I didn’t put it back and its been too long to remember where it goes! I am sure I am not the only person who has some ‘homeless’ dies.

I really love this scrapbooking page and I am so glad that I was encouraged to use this fun amazing new color combo! It is definitely one that I will try again, maybe on a card design!

Next up on the hop is a fellow Canadian, my friend Carolynn! She lives a couple of hours away from me and I am pretty sure she cheers for a different hockey team! haha! Go Oilers!

Click the link below to visit her blog and see her crafty project!