Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 12 - Melon Mambo

Happy Friday everyone. It's time for Week 12 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are showcasing Melon Mambo, from the Brights Collection. This bold, beautiful pink was a fun color to work with and I chose to combine stamps, papers and ink to create a pretty birthday card to help celebrate a special day.

For this card design, I chose to create an ombre background to help make the stamped images pop. I chose to use the Beautiful Balloons Bundle from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and combined it with the sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I used a combination of 1st, 2nd and even 3rd generation stamping to create the different shades of Melon Mambo for the sentiment, streamers and detail on the balloons. I love how this card design showcases how versatile this color is. 

Products Used:

Beautiful Balloons Bundle (item #161457)

Biggest Wish stamp set (item #155052)

Brights 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161643)

Melon Mambo Cardstock (item #115320)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Melon Mambo Classic Ink Pad (item #147051)

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (item #155475)

Glossy Dots Assortment (item #158827)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Melon Mambo Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

1 Medium Balloon die cut with the Beautiful Balloons Dies

1 Small Balloon die cut with the Beautiful Balloons Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

2 Small Balloons die cut with the Beautiful Balloons Dies

Melon Mambo Designer Series Paper

2 Small Balloons die cut with the Beautiful Balloons Dies

To create this card design, I started with a Melon Mambo card base and added a piece of Basic White cardstock for the card front that I colored using a Blending Brush and Melon Mambo Classic ink. I wanted to create a soft, blended ombre background with the darkest color at the bottom and then fading out to the lightest color towards the top. I stamped the sentiment towards the center of the card front using a combination of the fonts available in the Biggest Wish stamp set to create a fun contrast. For the streamers, I stamped off once and then added them across the top and bottom of the card front to create a partial frame. I wanted to add some texture and dimension using the balloons and I die cut two each from Basic White cardstock, Melon Mambo cardstock and the heart patterned designer series paper. For the Basic White Balloons, I stamped off the small detailed image twice before stamping each of the balloons and then blended soft color onto the balloons using the remaining ink left in the Blending Brush. To create the strings, I stamped the image onto the card front in the area where I wanted to add the balloons. I attached the balloons to the card front in the top right and bottom left corners, popping up the top balloon with Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the design, I added two White Baker's Twine bows to the balloons using Mini Glue Dots and several Glossy Dots for a touch of bling. I love how bold and beautiful this card design looks and how well it showcases the versatility of Melon Mambo. Let me know what you think about this fun card design in the comments.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Melon Mambo to create your own beautiful projects. It's amazing what you can achieve by combining stamps, paper and ink to create your projects.

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Welcome to the Colour Combo August Blog Hop and this month we have been challenged to create a project using Gray Granite, Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape. I hope you will take a trip along our blog hop this month and see the amazing projects created by these wonderful Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world.

For today's card, I decided to add some fun texture and dimension to the design. For the background layer, I embossed the Gray Granite layer with the Macramé 3D Embossing Folder to create a wonderful geometric design. For the tags, I used two different sizes from the Tailor Made Tags Dies and used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop them up. I love the big bold sentiments in the Biggest Wish stamp set and decided to use the two different font styles for this card design. 

Products Used:

Biggest Wish stamp set (item #155052)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

Macramé 3D Embossing Folder (item #155435)

Bermuda Bay Cardstock (item #131197)

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (item #146987)

Gray Granite Cardstock (item #146983)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Bermuda Bay Classic Stamp Pad (item #147096)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Gorgeous Grape 3/8" Sheer Ribbon (item #154572)

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (item #155475)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430) 

Measurements:

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Hole Ring Reinforcers die cut with Tailor Made Tags Dies

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Small tag die cut with Tailor Made Tags Dies

Gray Granite Cardstock

Background Layer - 5" x 3 3/4" Embossed with the Macramé 3D Embossing Folder

Basic White Cardstock

Large tag die cut with Tailor Made Tags Dies

This clean and simple card is easy to create and is all about layers and texture. I love the geometric detail created by the Macramé embossing folder as well as the wonderful texture. It makes a wonderful contrast for the tags for the sentiments. I stamped the large Birthday sentiment onto the large Basic White tag with Bermuda Bay Classic ink and I heat embossed the scripted Happy sentiment onto the smaller Gorgeous Grape tag with White embossing powder. I added the Bermuda Bay hole reinforcers to both tags to add contrast and then tied a piece of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon through the hole of the large Basic White tag and a piece of the Gray Granite Baker's Twine (from the Essentials Pack) through the hole of the smaller Gorgeous Grape Tag. To assemble the card, I attached the embossed Gray Granite cardstock layer to the Gorgeous Grape layer and then added it to the Bermuda Bay card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added the tags to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals so that the Gorgeous Grape tag slightly overlaps the top of the Basic White tag. To complete the card design, I added Basic Rhinestones for a touch of bling.  

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design helps inspire you to explore creating with these wonderful colors. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore with the amazing products in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. 

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 Welcome to the Stamping With Friends Card Challenge July Blog Hop and this month we have been challenged to create a Slimline card design. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators as they share their ideas and projects to help inspire you.

For my Slimline card, I chose to create a fun birthday card with some of the new stamp sets from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. I wanted it to be a clean and simple stamping design with a bit of a twist and I love how it turned out. The colors I chose are Pale Papaya, Coastal Cabana and Misty Moonlight and I add Silver embossing for the sentiment to step it up. The stamp sets I chose to use are Watercolor Shapes for the background design, Biggest Wish for the sentiments and Count On Me for the cute little penguin. It is so much fun to play with different stamp sets and create fun new designs. The wonderful thing about a Slimline card is that you have a larger area to create your design without it feeling overcrowded. 

Products Used:

Biggest Wish stamp set (item #155052) New

Count On Me stamp set (item #155647) New 

Watercolor Shapes stamp set (item #156968) New

Basic White Thick Cardstock (item #159229)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Misty Moonlight Cardstock (item #153081)

Coastal Cabana Classic Ink Pad (item #147097)

Misty Moonlight Classic Ink Pad (item #153118)

Pale Papaya Classic Ink Pad (item #155670) New

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555) New

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154843)

Pale Papaya Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #155519) New

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154897)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Basic White Thick Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 7" (Scored at 3 1/2" along the 7" side)

Basic White Cardstock

Focal Layer - 8" x 3"

Stamped and fussy cut penguins from the Count On Me stamp set

Misty Moonlight Cardstock

Layer 1 - 8 1/4" x 3 1/4"

This card design is a great SIP card - stamps, inks and paper. The layers of cardstock help create dimension with the Misty Moonlight adding a frame around the focal layer that helps the stamped images pop. For the background design, I stamped the large circles with Coastal Cabana and the small circles with Pale Papaya Classic inks using the Watercolor Shapes stamp set. I love the texture that these images create. The small crosses image is from the Biggest Wish stamp set and I stamped them randomly on the background with Misty Moonlight Classic ink to complete the background design. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Silver embossing powder using the cursive "happy" sentiment and the more bold block style "Birthday" towards the center of the card design. I love how the embossing steps up the design with a bit of shimmer that works well with this color combination. The cute little penguins from the Count On Me stamp set, were creating by stamping the image twice onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I colored them with the Stampin' Blends Markers. Using Paper Snips, I fussy cut out the penguins and balloons and added Mini Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of each piece. For placement, I stamped the penguin image twice onto the card design with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then lined up the fussy cut images and adhered them on top of each of the penguins and the balloons to add some dimension to the design. This card design works well for people of all ages and is a wonderful way to celebrate a special day. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to try creating your own Slimline cards. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore using stamps, ink and paper to create your designs.Now it's time to visit Michelle's blog and see what wonderful projects she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects. I hope you will enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

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