Retiring In Colors Blog Hop

Yesterday I should have taken part in the Crafty Collaborations Retiring In Colors Blog Hop. Sadly it wasn’t to be thanks to some technical difficulties outside of my control. Things have now been resolved, but it’s too late to take part. However, here is the project that I planned to share with you.

I’ve chose  Terracotta Tile as the inspiration for my Retiring In Colors card and made use of a kit that I had created for yesterday’s Zoom Craft & Chat.

 

The card is one of three that I shared on my Virtual Card & A Cuppa event. The kit used for the cards looks like this

Each kit contained the following

1. Terracotta Tile card stock –
   1. 1. Base card of 14.9 x 29.7 cm scored and folded in half at 10.5 cm
      2. A die-cut piece using the Ornate Border Dies (retiring and no longer available)
      3.  4 small flowers. Punch these from scraps of card stock using the Small Bloom Punch (retiring)
2. Basic White card stock – 2 lots of 10.0 x 14.4 cm (one for inside the card)
3. Bumblebee card stock – 3.5 x 14.4 cm
4. Ornate Garden paper – 6 different strips each measuring 2.5 x 15.0 cm
5. An envelope

I took the liberty of adding an extra piece of Basic White for stamping the sentiment in Terracotta Tile ink. What’s more I also used a couple of cheeky techniques to add some dimension and also to make the supplies go a little further. Both of these were shared on the facebook live event.

The first involved simply cutting one of the strips of paper in half right down the length. This made it easy to use as added interest either side of the strip of Bumblebee card stock.

For the second, I shared how to create a fuller layered flower out of one punched flower. This technique is an oldie but goody, but not everyone likes to do it because it involves having to scrunch the card stock!  You will find a link to the video at the bottom of this post.

You will find the YouTube video here

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my Retiring In Colors project.

Retiring List Update

Some of the items used for the project are or should I say were on the retiring list. The list changes minute by minute as things go out of stock. However, the supplies still available are as follows

Click on the products to purchase via my Online Store. If your order is less that £150, don’t forget to use this month’s host code – GRDN2GPG and receive a special thank you from me.

Spending more than £150? Don’t use the code because you will have your own rewards to spend. This means you can order extra products for free from the current catalogues or clearance rack.

Alternatively, if spending more than £99 why not join the Crafting Acorns and receive a discount on your future orders. Contact me by emailing to fiona@oakfieldcrafts.com for more information.

Happy stamping

Fiona xx

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