Welcome to another ESAD Blog Hop, this time we are taking a quick sneak peek at the new Annual Catalogue which goes live on 1 June.
These are not my usual style of cards, but I really like them and they are such a cute way of showing off the beautiful new In-Colours. I am using the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Bundle which has an amazing 32 stamps including sentiments, flowers, banner, and of course cute little balloons which I have used in both cards. Having made one card with these great colours and bundle, I couldn't help myself making a second! Which is your favourite?
Here is my first card, if you look closely you can see that I have used Shimmery White cardstock and sponged the new colours to make a rainbow background. I love how easy the Shimmery White makes sponging a background with it's slightly coated finish. It also gives such a lovely shimmer which still shows through the sponged colours. I was just going to use Lemon Lime Twist for the sentiment but it needed something to make it pop, easy fix ... adding a second sentiment in black to give it a shadow. The cute little balloons are from Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, which coordinates with the Balloon Bouquet Punch.
For my second card I added a banner stamped with one of the happy birthday sentiments from the stamp set. One of the things I love about photopolymer stamps is how easy they are to cut up! That's right I cut the stamps up as I find this gives me more versatility, in this case I carefully cut between the Happy and the Birthday and can now use the stamps together as intended or separately as I have on this card. In much the same way I have cut the framelit cut out to just have the "birthday" on the card, but this time cut it from Dazzling Diamond Glimmer paper which I then coloured with Lemon Lime Twist ink.
I hope you like my projects, it is now time to hop on over and see what my good friend Cathy has created to inspire you.
Blog Hop Participants:
3. Kelly
Kent
4. Libby Dyson
6. Josie
Dean
7. Megan
Lenske
8. Cheryl
Algie
10. Kristel
Rimmer
11. Jenny Hayward
12. Carly
Middleton
13. Rosalie
Desmond
14. Tanya
Bell
15. Renee
Lynch
17. Sharon
Dalton
18. Kim
Oliver
19. Peta
Stephen
20. Sandra
Mastello
22. Monique
Fielder --- You are here
23. Cathy Pinchbeck
25. Maree
McIntosh
26. Rebecca
Jacovou
Happy Stamping
Monique
Ooh! Loving the rainbow effect!
ReplyDeleteBright and bold, very cute Monique.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Mon. Thanks for joining us on the ESAD Blog Hop
ReplyDeleteAw so pretty Moni ! My favourite is the balloon one but both are so pretty and I hadn't thought to use these colours like that , they blend together perfectly ! Thanks for the inspiration .
ReplyDeleteWOW what a gorgeous way to use the new incolours!! Love how you have used this bundle too. TFS
ReplyDeleteWow! These are such fun and happy cards Monique! Reminds me of the Aurora Borealis colour tones x
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning colouring Monique! Love how you've blended them together. What a showcase! Kelly x
ReplyDeleteFrom the looks of your beautiful card, I'm going to have my fingers inky!
ReplyDeleteThe more I see these colours used the more I love them! Beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteMonique, these cards are so STUNNING...I love the variety of effects just using In Colors
ReplyDeleteCheers Shaz
Wow! These cards just POP! Awesome job thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat rainbow is AWESOME ... I would never have even tried that but sooooo glad your shared it, now I am going to have to make one ...love it Mon!
ReplyDeleteVery bright and bold Monique. Such a great idea to colour the Glimmer paper.
ReplyDeleteSuch a clever idea to show off the new colours. Love it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing vibrant cards Mon!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun cards, the colours look great together - you are braver than me I don't event trim the excess rubber from mine let alone cut them in half!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful vibrant cards.
ReplyDeleteI really like the vibrancy of these cards Moni. My favourite is your second card
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