Greenery | 2017 Colour Of The Year

Hello there, today I'm sharing a card that is inspired by the Pantone colour of the year, when Pantone released the colour for 2017 I was delighted as it's such a calming colour and I don't use the greens as much as I should do. This definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone and really found the process refreshing. Decided that the best colour to show Greenery at it's best was black and this how I got on.

Created A2 US size card blank using a piece of crelando card, using the big score board to create a fold at the top. Using the Silhouette Software I created rectangle panel and added internal offset to add the stitched effect, placed a piece of green crelando card on cricut mat and cut using the Silhouette Cameo. Whilst I was in the Silhouette software, typed Happy using Corey Font by Rhonna Farrer purchased at the Silhouette design store, cut this three times and cut a simple circle from Paperchase transfusion space dust vellum (sadly unavailable to purchase now)  

Shacked the three Happy's on top of each other using zig fine glue pen. Cut a piece of black down to narrow strip and using my diy stamping tool, rub over the card with a little cornflour (anti static) and stamped Birthday from the Winnie and Walter stamp set using Versafine watercolour stamp pad and pour over WOW embossing opaque bright white embossing powder and heat set with heat tool. Stamped the smaller images from Waffle Flower Willy and Friends stamp set using Versafine watercolour pad and acrylic block all over the green rectangle panel. 

Applied double sided foam tape to the back of the green panel and adhere it to the A2 US card blank. Using zig fine glue pen I adhered the happy to the vellum and added a little strong double sided tape to the back of vellum near the wording and adhered it to the front of the card just near the bottom right of the card. Cut a fishtail into the strip of black card that I've all ready stamped and embossed and added a little double sided foam tape to the back and adhere to the card just underneath the Happy sentiment. Finally added a few Nuvo drops in green and black.

I have thoroughly enjoyed creating this from a colour I don't usually use and it's definitely told that I need to try a lot more colours in the future. Do you like using the colour Green?

This will be entered into the follow challenges 

 

Seven Hills Crafts January Sketch Challenge

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Tsukineko Versamark Watermark Ink Pad	Waffleflower Willy and Friends Clear Stamps	Winnie and Walter The big, The Bold and the Happy	Corey Font by Rhonna Farrer at the Silhouette Design Store	WOW Bright White Embossing Powder	Silhouette Cameo
Cricut Mats	Lidl Crelando Coloured Card	Lidl Crelando Coloured Paper	Zig Fine Glue Pen	Reverse Tweezers	Crafters Companion Big Score Board
Crafters Companion The Envelobox Board	Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony Black	Tonic Nuvo Drops	Apple Pie Memories 1.25 x 1.25-inch/ 2 x 2-inch/ 2.5 x 3.5-inch Acrylic Stamp Block Set, Pack of 3,	DIY Stamping Tool	Amazon Papermania Heat Tool
Westcott 4 inch Detail Cut Scissor - Pink	Super Strong Double Sided Tape	Poundland Double Sided Foam Tape

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January 2017 | Combine Craft Haul

Hello there, well it's the 12th January already and this is my first post of 2017, this is because I've had quite a few things on and it's got in the way of my valuable crafting time. Better later than never, I'm here now and is there no better way of starting a new year with craft haul!. Many of my regulars to my blog will know that since spring last year I've been on "Craft No Spend" and manage to do this for nearly ten months now and decided that there were a few things I needed and thought why not treat myself..  

First off I'm a little late to the party (Usually I am lol) with my first purchase, these Loew Cornell Simply Art 36 Watercolor cakes. I've been after these for quite some time but been holding off each time. Heard so many great reviews regarding these watercolor cakes and how pigmented they are and they allow you to try so many techniques too and are also not too expensive either. Really can't wait to get my hands on them and start playing with these fabulous paints. 

Many of you may know I love my colouring pencils and have used the WHSmith brand for some many years now and simply adore them as there artist quality and blended perfectly but unfortunately in the past they have only been available in 36 pack until I was searching the web one night and notice that WHSmith had just started bringing out pack of 48, So they went straight into my basket that was must has the extra colours will be so helpful to extend my colour range. Just couldn't believe my luck that evening as I have always wanted a larger pack.     

The next purchases are ink pads, before I hadn't got many dye inks in my collection and the ones I did have by Memento were London Fog and Tuxedo Black, So I felt that more colours were definitely a must to improve by collection. My favourite stamps are the layering ones and you tend to need three colours to create that three dimensional technique, so when purchasing I particular made sure that there were as least three colours from each colour family. In my favourites craft items 2016, one of my favourite ink pads was perfect medium but have been a little disappointed as my most recent one didn't seem to last as long before it seem to make down in the fibres of the ink pad so decided to give Versamark watercolor ink pad a try. Never tried Versamark watercolour before, so hoping this suits me better from now on.         

Must admitted its been nice to treat myself after such a long time from not purchasing but I've thoroughly enjoyed my no spend and its teach me a few things that you don't need everything and to make sure the items you do buy, you actually need and are going to be used. I hope you have enjoyed my first post of 2017 and will be back soon with another post. Enjoy the rest of your day.

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Loew Cornell Simply Art Watercolor Paint Cakes 36/Pkg-Assorted Colors	WHSmith Colouring Pencils (Pack of 48)	Tsukineko Versamark Watermark Ink Pad	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Cantaloupe	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Angel Pink
Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Lilac Posies	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Bahama Blue	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Desert Sand	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - New Sprout	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Lulu Lavender	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Rhubarb Stalk
Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Pear Tart	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Sweet Plum	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Lady Bug	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Rose Bud	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Danube Blue	Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop - Summer Sky
Tsukineko Cottage Ivy Memento Dew Drop - Cottage Ivy

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