Color Fusers Blog Hop — April 2020

Happy Monday and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for April 2020! This month, we have a beautiful color combination of blues and greens, my personal fav!

I designed a card using several new products from the Ornate Garden Suite! This suite is part of the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog coming out in June, but Stampin’ Up! has made these products available to order right now, so you can get a jump on your Spring crafting!!! Wahoo!

In particular, I used the new Ornate Thanks Bundle, including the Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamps and coordinating Ornate Borders Dies. The stamp fonts and intricate dies are gorgeous!!!

In addition, I used the coordinating Ornate Layers Dies. These dies are perfect for creating exquisite layers and sure to be well used favorites.

Finally, I used the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. I love the tiny, sweet flowers in this design!

For my card, I focused on showing off those beautiful dies by layering with Shimmery White, Soft Sea Foam, and Balmy Blue Cardstock.

Tip: These intricate dies cut beautifully, but here are some tips for 100% success. Use a Standard Platform and Thin Die Adapter (versus a Magnetic Platform) and run your sandwich back and forth through a die cutting machine 3 – 4 times. You can also carefully remove the die and cardstock, flip it over and run them through a die cutting machine again upside down. That really does the trick! Then, use a Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and Foam Mat to remove all the tiny pieces. (A hand vacuum is nice to have handy too! Haha!!!)

To achieve the two-tone look, I cut two top layers, one from Soft Sea Foam and one from Balmy Blue Cardstock. Then, I dry embossed them with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder and cut both diagonally so I could piece them together.

For the diagonal layer on top, I cut multiple dies from Shimmery White Cardstock. That included the long intricate die, several single flowers, and leaves that fell out from one of the borders. I also used scissors to separate some of the flowers and leaves from one of the borders. Then, I watercolored the pieces with Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, and Blueberry Bushel ink. After layering the dies, I added a few Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins for decoration.

Finally, I embossed the sentiment in white, trimmed it close, and notched the ends.

Be sure to check out my online store to see the entire Ornate Garden Suite of coordinating products. I know you’re going to love it!!! (See direct links to all the products I used on my card at the bottom of this post.)

Next up in the Color Fusers Blog Hop is the talented Melissa Kerman. (Click on the navigation buttons below.) Be sure to continue on to see her inspiring project using this month’s color combination.

Color Fusers Design Team:

Melanie Hockin

Sarah Wills

Nicolle Belesimo

Tami Hewlett – You Are Here

Melissa Kerman

Jo Anne Hewins

Barb Mullikin

Bonnie O’Neill

Thanks so much for visiting and have a great day!

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