Miss Pinks Craft Spot

Welcome to this month's Color Fusers Monthly Blog Hop! This month, we have pretty pastels Bubble Bath and Soft Sea Foam with a pop of colour being Costal Cabana.. I went back to one of my Annual Catalogue favourites for this card - Layers of Beauty.  This is a versatile bundle as it includes the Decorative Masks, which make for a simply gorgeous water colour effect. Being the middle of summer and over 40 ° C degrees (104 ° F) most of my flowers are looking a little "crispy", so wanting to see some fresh flowers. I stamped my outline in Soft Sea Foam and added a touch of Coastal Cabana on the end of the flowers for newly blossomed blooms, to my surprise this gave my card a hint of a vintage colouring. After die cutting the arrangement, I cut in half and trimmed a segment of mini blooms so that I could extend the images top to bottom, using dimensions to adhere to the card front. To finish I added a Gold Embossed sentiment and some Gold Twisted Thread. Continue on through t...

Hello, crafty friends, can you believe that January is almost past us by? Where does time go? Inspiration for my card today was from a much cooler day during my 8-4 working week where I realised I was listening to the birds outside my study window and glance out and saw a beautiful butterfly in the garden. I've used the Beautiful Butterflies bundle, which includes stamp set, dies and 3D embossing folder. You can use the embossing folder as a background and selected die cuts also fit into the images in the folder - like my large colourful butterfly, I love these multi purpose folders, so many options to make gorgeous cards! I've used both embossed (background) and de-bossed (feature butterfly in this design..... it may have been a slight oversight/accident, but never the less I'm more than happy with the result. Before cutting the feature I used blending brushes to apply Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight, and then flick water over the colouring, then I die cut a...

Hello crafters, a new month, means a new bundle from the All Star Design Team. This month we are showcasing the Regal Winter suite. The All Star Design Team not only design a Tutorial Project that’s exclusive but we also each design an additional project to share here for further inspiration. I decided to create a pastel slimline card share that this suite is not limited to the darker bolder colours in the DSP. I've used Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath for the flowers and Soft Sea Foam for the foliage. For the background I lightly blended Pool Party before adhering the intricate die cuts to the top and bottom, then built the floral arrangement on top. I sentiment is Soft Sea Foam on Soft Sea Foam, and for that touch of bling Iridescent Pearls were perfect for my colour combination. Regal Winter Inspiration Below is a sneak peek of what’s in store with this month’s Bundle. You’ll see my teaser in the bottom left of the image.  There is more inspiration from the Team within this Blog H...

Welcome to this month's Color Fusers Monthly Blog Hop! This month, we are featuring Misty Moonlight, Shaded Spruce and oldy but a goody Melon Mambo - I've so neglected this colour of late. I decided to create a different take on last months design - firstly by changing up to a horizontal slimline layout, and secondly to contain the colouring to within the trees. I can't get enough of the Decorative Trees bundle, I adore all the variations of "inner" tree! Did you know that you can use the "solid tree" die cut to underlay the patterned trees, whist there are big and small tree designs, if you lay the solid tree at the top the tree lines up perfectly and all you need to do is trim off the bottom section. I blended our colours onto basic white, the cut the solid trees then overlaid with 3 different designs. On the card front I blended a light layer Misty Moonlight to the top and bottom before hand cutting the "snow fields" and adhering. Next I hea...

Welcome to this month's Color Fusers Monthly Blog Hop! This month, we are featuring the some old favorites of mine - Berry Burst, Azure Afternoon and Fresh Freesia. My creation was inspired by the fact that we had our Christmas Pageant this weekend, and that I love making Christmas cards in non traditional colours. I started by blending our featured colours in the bottom right of the card front, then I "flicked" with some water and let dry before heat embossing the sentiment from the Decorative Trees bundle. This bundle has a variety of tree dies, I chose the one with snowflakes and adhered over the blended colours, to finish I added some rhinestones for that special sparkle that Christmas brings. Continue on through the rest of the Color Fusers Blog Hop by clicking the button below for lots more inspiration using this month’s colors. Next up is the amazing Janneke Dijkstra de Jong ! Click below to return to Melissa's blog: Color Fusers Blog Hop Designers: Tami Hewlet...

Hello crafters, a new month, means a new bundle from the All Star Design Team. This month we are showcasing the Mediterranean Blooms suite. The All Star Design Team not only design a Tutorial Project that’s exclusive but we also each design an additional project to share here for further inspiration. I used the masking technique to stamp down the edge of the card front, one of my favourite techniques as it can give a totally different look to a stamped design when it is overlaid multiple times to cover a larger space on your card than just simply stamping. I decided to do a "wash of colour" using watercolour pencils for todays design as my previous projects have had quite vivid colouring, I like to think of it as "less is more". To fill the fruit I lightly applied ink to a blending brush and lightly applied. After stamping the sentiment I added a little bling with rhinestones, and I was done - I was surprised how quickly this card came together. Mediterranean Blooms...