Color Fusers--October!

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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!

Color Fusers--September is Neutral!

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Hi friends—can you believe it is officially the start of ‘Sweater Weather’? I actually love this time of year, I can’t help but appreciate a good cardigan! And I love crafting with fall colors, especially the one we are featuring this month—Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie.

I am really excited to see what everyone designs this month and I actually decided to create a CARD versus a scrapbook page! Although I love this card so much that I will probably use it as inspiration for a future page.

I started with a base of Crumb Cake card stock and stamped some leaves from the Caring Leaves stamp set in the opposing corners in the same ink. Caring Leaves is a well priced autumn stamp set that is a great addition to some of the other fall products.

My second layer is Pecan Pie that I ran through the Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder. I love how you see just a few leaves poking through on the sides for some added texture.

I used an easy technique to stamp the leaves on the Basic White layer. I inked up my stamp in Crushed Curry and then used a Dauber in Pecan Pie to to add a bit of color variation in the leaf.

You can use two colors or more to create a fun unique leaf design for your projects.

I really love how fun and simple this technique is and how can it make your projects feel unique as each time you stamp it will be different.

I stamped the leaf 3 times on the Basic White layer of my project and added a little spray of Pecan Pie ink over top.

 

I die cut a stitched circle in Crushed Curry to layer behind my sentiment. ‘You’re Simply the Best’ is from the Caring Leaves stamp set—I used Pecan Pie ink with Clear Embossing Powder to make it pop a bit on the Crumb Cake. I used one of my favorite ribbons behind, the Natural Polka Dot ribbon. I snipped the word ‘Autumn’ from the Choose Happy stamp set.

The adorable die cut leaves are from the More than Autumn Dies and are cut in the 3 colors we are featuring this month. A few of our new Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots. I think they will become a staple in my holiday crafting!

I can’t wait to see what the rest of the team designs this month! I am always inspired by what they make so please make sure to ‘hop’ all along so you don’t miss anything. Next up we have Melissa Kerman!

You can always go in reverse to Bonnie O’Neill as well. Either way will bring you around to our Design Team.

Here are the supplies that I used to make this card that are current as of this post. The Caring Leaves stamp set, More Than Autumn Dies and Gold Textured Dots will all be available to order once our Holiday Catalogue goes live!

Be Inspired Blog Hop--Fun with Embossing Folders!

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Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop! This month (can you believe its the end of September already?) we are focusing on Embossing Folders. We have so many fantastic ones to choose from so I thought, why not use as many as possible!

I used a total of 8 different embossing Folders to create this page! I am so happy with how it turned out. I love how the fall colors jump off the crisp Basic White background as well.

The Folders I used were:

  1. 2 folders from the Online Exclusive Basics 3D Embossing Folders

  2. Cane Weave

  3. Exposed 3D Brick

  4. Painted Texture

  5. Timeworn Type

  6. Twisted Rope

  7. Distressed Tile

I cut each Basic White square or panel to 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 so that they can fit on your 12 x 12 and look like a bit of a grid. They give such an amazing texture!

You can find the words ‘to’ and ‘you’ in the Sending Cheer stamp set.

 

I used the large 2 3/8 punch to create a circle that was turned into an easy tag with the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon and some black bakers twine.

I stamped the background with the star cluster from the Tricks & Treats stamp set and used the ghost and ‘boo’ from the coordinating dies.

The Pick of the Patch stamp set has been a craft room favorite these past couple of weeks so there was no doubt I was going to use it to add some fun pumpkins! I turned one into a jack o lantern and added some little leaves that were stamped in Pebbled Path.

On this little vignette I added ‘Happy Halloween’ and another little pumpkin patch!

The photos are on a double photo mat—Basic Black and Smoky Slate to really help them pop about the white textured background. A few of the In Color Enamel Dots added to my layout!

Thank you to the Edmonton corn maze for the great photo opps!

I am really excited to see what the rest of the team has created focusing on Embossing Folders. There really are so many different techniques and ways to use these. They are definitely a craft room staple item in my opinion! I hope this page gives you some inspiration on how you could even incorporate mini squares on a card front using a variety of folders.

Next up on the hop is Janneke and I always love her projects and design style! Click on the link below to visit her blog! And as always, please feel free to leave any comments. I love to get your feedback!

If I have inspired you and you need to #addtocart, please click any image to shop my store! Thank you for helping me continue to ‘Love What I Do!’

Color Fusers--September--Hello fall!

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Hi friends! Welcome back to another Color Fusers Blog Hop! I am happy to be back after taking a little hiatus last month! Sometimes we just need to recharge our creative batteries! I am happy to be back crafting, especially this month, afterall, I do love fall most of all!

NOTE; I have made a boo boo and created a project using the August colors (the month I had skipped) so everyone else in the hop is creating with LOST LAGOON, BLACKBERRY BLISS AND BERRY BURST! You will love what they have made, I am just the odd one out this month!

The team this month is creating with Pebble Path, Boho Blue and Misty Moonlight and while these are gorgeous colors with 2 of 3 being from our new In Color Collection 2023/25— they are probably not conventional ‘fall’ colors. However, that didn’t stop me from creating a scrapbook page!

I new I wanted to start with Pebbled Path as my base. I really really love this color and I am already sad knowing it will only be here for another 18 months! In my opinion it could replace Grey Granite in the Neutrals!

The Let’s Go Fishing DSP was another natural choice for this layout as I knew it had some coordinating patterns that would work well for my layout. I used a stripped piece featuring Pebbled Path and they layered my card stock over top. I added a photo mat and the letters ‘FALL’ using a wood grain pattern in Misty Moonlight. The letters are from the Alphabet A La Mode dies—a definite #addtocart item if you have not already! I also used the Foam Adhesive Sheets so that my letters are raised up on my scrapbook page.

It was a happy coincident that we happen to take some family pictures a few years back that happen to coordinate with this months color palette. Our photo shoot was in October as well so everything lined up well to design a fall themed page

There are also only 2 sets of legs that haven’t grown in height either since this picture was taken! hahaha!

I used the new Autumn Leaves Bundle as the main focus of this page. I love this big bold maple leaf image and how nicely it stamped onto the background of my page. I used my Blending Brush with some Pebbled Path ink around the edges of my page and flicked my dark Stampin’ Blend over top of the stamped leaves.

I used 2 of the smaller leaf dies from the set to cut out leaves in Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight and Pebbled Path. I ran half through the new Distressed Tile 3D folder to give them a bunch of texture.

You can find the sentiment ‘A Harvest of Blessings’ in the Pick of the Patch stamp set. I thought it was the perfect addition to this page especially with a little bit of the Pebbled Path Textured Ribbon underneath.

TOP TIP: If the ribbon is to wide, simply cut it in half to fit your project!

You can find ‘October’ in the Days to Remember stamp set—every memory keeper needs this set as a permanent addition to their repetoire!

Lastly I added some of the In Color Dots in Pebbled Path and Boho Blue onto my page. They are a great finishing touch. I am really really pleased with how this page turned out and I hope it inspires you to think outside the box with your designs.

 

I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Color Fusers Team has created! I know you will be amazed at the variety of things you can create with THREE colors! Next up on the hop is my amazing friend and former Artisan teammate Tami Hewlett. I am always blown away by what she creates!

If you would prefer to go in reverse or we experience a broken link you can go back to Stacy Marsh—another uber talented demo!