Color Fusers--March

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Hi friends! How is everyone doing? Are you excited for March, Spring Break and Easter? I know I am! It means we are inching closer and closer to spring and summer! Yay!

This month the Color Fusers design team is creating projects with Sweet Sorbet, Pool Party and Lost Lagoon! I am really excited for this color combination and I am gearing myself up to say good bye to Sweet Sorbet as it is one of the In Color’s that will be retiring at the end of April.

For my card I was inspired to create a peek a boo window using the heart from the Hooray for Surprises Dies and some scraps of Pool Party and Lost Lagoon that I had laying around. The Lost Lagoon pieces were actually already embossed too so I thought they made a fun addition to the card.

 

I added my strips to a piece of Basic White that I covered with an Adhesive Sheet. I was feeling lazy and the Adhesive Sheets just make it so EASY! and then I just snipped off the excess. Easy Peasy!

This piece was then added flat the the card base with the top layer added with Dimensionals.

I stamped some of the mini hearts from the Hooray for Surprises stamp set in Sweet Sorbet from the top right corner down to the bottom left corner

I thought it a fun opportunity to add some of the In Color Twine in Sweet Sorbet was to tie it around the right side of die cut section.

I mixed and matched 3 of the sentiments from the stamp set on the outside. Stamping them in the colors of the month and hand trimming them out to make a custom phrase “Hooray you are simply the BEST”. I love to add sentiments together to make a whole new saying.

Lastly I added some white embellishments to help make the background pop with the contrast against the Sweet Sorbet.

Now to the inside! Because I had die cut a heart to create a peek a boo panel, I needed to use it!

So I used the polka dot heart die from the Hooray for Surprises set and added it over top of the original heart for this really fun look. I stamped some more hearts similar to the design on the front but this time going left to right.

I decided to keep the sentiments going by adding ‘Sending you lots of love’ in Lost Lagoon with an extra ‘Love’ stamped in Sweet Sorbet.

It is a really nice surprise to have the inside of your card decorated along with the outside, don’t you think?

I hope you are inspired to use this fun and bright color combo in some of your own projects. However, you will have lots more to see by following along our blog hop! Next up on the hop is Melissa! I can’t wait to see what she has designed for us to see!

You can also go backwards and see what my fellow Canadian friend Kim has designed. Either direction you choose, make sure you go all the way around to see the team’s amazing creations!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Be Inspired Blog Hop--Let's Get Crafty with the Subtles Family!

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Welcome back friends for another edition of the Be Inspired Blog Hop! We are so happy you are here and would love all of your comments on our projects, or to share our hop with a friend or two. If you like my stamping style you can also follow me on Instagram @stampwithbrenda!

This month we are designing with the Subtles family—now I didn’t see a rule about it being NEW colors to the Subtle family so I decided to go that route!

I created a card, yes a CARD, not a scrapbook page this month, although I think my card will be inspiring a future scrapbook layout. My card features the new Lemon Lolly and Bubble Bath Core Colors and the returning color Lost Lagoon.

I started with a base and first layer of Lemon Lolly. I ran my layer partially through the new Twisted Rope 3D folder and a added a fun strip of stripped DSP from the Delightfully Eclectic 12x12 DSP in Bubble Bath and Basic White. I love a good stripe pattern no matter the color scheme!

 

The stamping on my card features the new Cheerful Daisies Bundle which I am really enjoying creating with.

I like that you can design with 2 Step Stamping or single images that you can stamp and cut out, like I did with larger daisy behind the sentiment or stamp the line image and color in. This set has a lot of creative possibilities!

Isn’t this new lemon lolly color lucious? it reminds me of lemonade!

The ribbon behind the sentiment is Bubble Bath and its one of three colors in the 3/8 Sheer Ribbon Combo pack that is coming out in the new Annual catalogue in May 2023. I love the silver edge on the ribbon.

The daisies are all stamped in Lemon Lolly with the center on the front flower being stamped in Pecan Pie. I did stamp it off on my scratch paper so it was a little lighter. The leaves are stamped in Lost Lagoon which I felt worked because it become more ‘green’ on this project.

And of course I had to add some embellishments in Lemon Lolly. I really love tone on tone embellishments and the variety in our new catalogue is AWESOME! These are from the new Adhesive Backed Solid Gems.

I know you are going to be so excited to start stamping with all of the new Core Colors, especially when you see the members of the updated Subtles family. I hope this color combo of Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon inspires you to create you own fun project in the future. Happy Stamping!

Up next on the Be Inspired Blog Hop is a former Artisan Design Teammate of mine, Janneke! I love her stamping style and can’t wait to see what she creates! Click on the image below to head to blog.

Thank you for visiting this month! We can’t wait to see you back in May!