Color Fusers Blog Hop: August 2016 - Part 1
August 01, 2016
Welcome to part 1 of the August Color Fusers Design Team Blog Hop, featuring 3 wonderful Stampin' Up! Colors: Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate and Watermelon Wonder! We are so glad you have joined us on this blog hop and hope you enjoy all of the cards and projects we have to share with you! Please be sure to click on all of the links at the bottom of this post to visit all of the wonderful Stampin' UP! blogs!
Today I have 2 projects for you, both featuring the new Thoughtful Branches bundle which will be available tomorrow, Aug. 2 for customer purchase, and our August Color Fuse color combo. See below in this post for the ordering info for the stamp set, the dies or the bundle.
My first card with our Cherry Cobbler, Watermelon Wonder and Smoky Slate color combo features the "flower" or "tree top" portion of the die from this bundle. I stamped the image in Watermelon Wonder ink onto Watermelon Wonder cardstock and die cut it, then added it to a scrap of Whisper White, per my instructions below.
This is a little 3x3 gift card, to be added to a gift bag or wrapped box.
I added a mat of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and layered it onto a folded 3x3 Watermelon Wonder card. The striped paper and "for you" in the Smoky Slate color completes the color combo challenge. The silver ribbon just finishes it off perfectly! The sweet scalloped Smoky Slate piece of cardstock was die cut using the new Layering Circles framelits from Stampin' Up!
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More info on Thoughtful Branches Bundle available Aug. 2nd:
The bundle features a 20+ piece stamp set and 9 dies in the framelit set! This will be a limited time offer set in August, starting Aug. 2nd while supplies last.. so be sure to add this to your August shopping list! :) Click to download a .pdf showing this great bundle!
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Card #2, also featuring our August Color Fuse combo, features the stamps from the Thoughtful Branches set and subtle background colors applied with the Sponge Brayer on Whisper White cardstock.
I was aiming for a soft sunset feeling with this background so I applied color with my Sponge Brayer to the Whisper White cardstock with Cherry Cobbler at the top, then some Watermelon Wonder, and then the Smoky Slate for the "ground". I stamped the trees and grass from the Thoughtful Branches set in Smoky Slate ink, and the bird and greeting in Cherry Cobbler ink. I love the greetings and font in this stamp set, don't you!?
Watermelon Wonder striped ribbon finishes off the card. Layers of Watermelon Wonder and Smoky Slate patterned paper on the folded Cherry Cobbler card complete the Color Fuse trio for this months challenge.
Thank you for stopping by my PattyStamps blog today! I hope you enjoyed this fun color combo! Please visit the other Color Fuse Blog Hop team members listed below for more color inspiration!
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Posted by Patty Bennett on August 01, 2016 at 07:00 AM in 2016/2017 Stampin' Up! Catalog, Big Shot - Framelits, Blog Tour, Color Combos, Stampin' Up! cards & projects, Techniques, Tips & Tutorials | Permalink
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Comments (7)
Beautiful cards! The brayer effect is great!
Posted by: Paola | August 01, 2016 at 07:44 AM
Love your samples. The idea for the 3 x 3 card is so smart! Thoughtful Branches needs more than a month!
Posted by: Jo Anne Hewins | August 01, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Your projects are gorgeous and creative - as usual! Love everything you do, and these are no exception!
Posted by: Robin Messenheimer | August 01, 2016 at 12:42 PM
Really nice samples. Love the one done with the brayer and the sunset..
Posted by: Barbara Green | August 01, 2016 at 05:46 PM
What a creative use for the "treetop" framelit from this set--I love it! Both cards are so unique and I am pinning them both.
Posted by: Terri B | August 01, 2016 at 06:05 PM
good morning Patty,,,, I love your cards especially the second one. I LOVE how you used the cherry cobbler to make it look like the sunset. Beautiful card.I will be caseing this one. Thanks for sharing the blog and your cards. Have a great day.
Posted by: Mary Ann Ely | August 02, 2016 at 07:41 AM
Patti, Your August color fuse Thoughtful Branches card is a show stopper!! Love it!
Posted by: Dena | August 05, 2016 at 10:55 AM