Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Coast to Coast Creators Hop - Colour Challenge

    Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we have a fantastic colour challenge - Golden Glow, Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso - I had so much fun with the challenge of putting them all together!


Shout out to Jana Edwards, Stamped in Ink, for inspiring my design with this 3 step fun fold combined with the Relaxing Waterside Bundle.

I love a nice fall day, crisp and sunny with a strong coffee and so that was the imagery I went after with this design.  I also think it will double nicely as a masculine card for a variety of occasions. 


I started by building the "scene" and then went from there. I stamped the chair in Early Espresso and then used Pecan Pie Blends to colour it in with a few touches of Early Espresso as well.  For the coffee cup, I stamped in Early Espresso and then used a blender pen to drag the colour into the rest of the image.  I used all 3 of the other colours to stamp the grasses which makes for a very warm autumn feel.




For the patterned paper layers, I used two different shades from the Wood Grain Wonders DSP.

This image also shows you how the card folds up small enough to pop in a standard envelope for giving or mailing.







To add a bit more richness, I chose to emboss on Blackberry Bliss for part of the sentiment and stamp in Crushed Curry for the other half. I wouldn't have put these colours together instinctually I don't think so it was fun to use them and see how nice they are together.




And here's quick look at the back if you're wondering where you would write your message!



I can't wait to see what everyone else created with these colours!  

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Monday, September 14, 2026

Coast to Coast Creators Hop - Sept to Dec Catty

   Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we are featuring our favourites from the newest catalogue that launched on September 1st!

I chose the Holly Jolly Branches Bundle!  I have been working with this one a lot as we are featuring it in our Seasonal Stamp Camp and so I have been creating a lot of different samples with it.



SO.....In addition to our hop theme, I also worked with a team colour challenge for September!  

I love this bundle and have so many ideas to use it for projects other than the holidays!




To get started, I grabbed my blending brushes and my Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze ink pads to create the stunning Autumn skyline.  

I then added a Gray Granite landscape background with some paper tearing.  The whole thing was then die cut with the Everyday Arches dies to create the background for the trees. 


Next was the trees. With only Garden Green to work with from the challenge, I had to think of a way to get some contrast.  To do this, I did two things in addition to using Garden Green cardstock.  I blended ink on Basic White for a lighter shade of Garden Green AND I also blended in directly onto Garden Green cardstock to get a darker version of the shade. I really love how the three compliment each other.

   
After that it was just tying it all together with a non-holiday sentiment from the stamp set, a background DSP (good old Country Woods) and a few of the NEW Gold Adhesive Backed Dots.



I CASE'd myself for this card, lol! 

Taking inspiration from this version that I made in a winter/holiday theme. 







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Friday, August 14, 2026

Coast to Coast Creators Hop - Fun Folds

  Fourteen of the month so you know what that means! It's team blog and Insta hop day! This month we are playing with Fun Folds!

I actually had forgotten this was the theme and by happy accident was working on a two card class and one of the cards was a fun fold!



This card started with the need to use these fabulous specialty papers before they "retire" at the end of the month. I started with a 2" strip of the Luxe White Specialty DSP

I added Lemon Lime Twist and Coastal Cabana with my blending brushed to highlight the lovely pattern. I then used a second pattern of the same DSP for the Stylish Shapes Circle - I love the vibe it gives (I'll be doing this lots more until it's gone)

I stamped the small image an coloured with Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party (no Cabana blends) and then stamped the sentiment on a Coastal Cabana Banner. 


And then a smattering of Lemon Lime Twist embellishments of course!



Because of the nature of the fold, there needs to be more DSP, so I went with a subtle pattern in a neutral from the Valley in Bloom DSP. Thankfully I still had some of a past roll of Basic Beige ribbon to use to bring this all together.





It's a bit of a modified fun fold since it doesn't open fully with the way I have anchored the ribbon but it's equally fun (I think) in the fact that you have to use the ribbon to get into the card!



I can't wait to see everyone else's interpretation!  

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