Ombre & Dip-Dye

Ombre. It's stylish. It's pretty. It's extremely versatile. And whilst it's very, very trendy at the moment, it is also a classic colouring technique too. So I've added some to The Colour Collection : )




'Ombre' Paper Design

This set includes ...
- a single paper design
- in both portrait and landscape design options. (although both print as portrait)
- They are both A4 designs, printing as individual A4 sheets.
- They are in 34 colours of the new Colour Palette,
- with White.
- RRP will be £1.99

(Due to colour separation issues, Pure Crimson, Just Walnut, Jet Black & Nearly Midnight are not included.)

This is the design ...


And this is how the portrait version prints ...





I also added a different version too : ) Dip-Dye.




'Dip Dye' Paper Design

This set includes ...
- a single paper design
- in both portrait and landscape design options. (although both print as portrait)
- They are both A4 designs, printing as individual A4 sheets.
- They are in 34 colours of the new Colour Palette,
- with White.
- RRP will be £1.99

(Due to colour separation issues, Pure Crimson, Just Walnut, Jet Black & Nearly Midnight are not included.)

This is the design ...


And this is how the landscape version prints ...






If you'd like to take a closer look, you can find 'Ombre' & 'Dip-Dye' *here* in the Boutique.

At the Special Introductory Price of both for just £2.00! For this weekend only!

And I hope you like them!

• Card Bases: A6 cut from A4 White Card and printed with 'Ombre' & "Dip-Dye' Paper Designs in Cherry Blossom, Pretty Pink, Cinder Rose, Irish Linen, Dainty Daffodil & Sweet Apricot. From The Colour Collection.
• C6 Kraft Envelopes: The Range

Take Two Card Blanks ...

- cut, or punch, a star shape from the front of one and add it to the front of the other, along with a little button, using 3D foam pads for dimension.
- cut out and add a sentiment to each ...

... and in less than 5 minutes, you have two super-stylish cards : )

• Card Bases & Matching Envelopes: 135mm Chalk Square Recycled Card Set & 135mm Grey Linear Laid Card Set. Both from Paperchase,
• Sentiments: 'Tiny {Celebration} Sentiments'
• Star Die: Papertrey Ink
• Small Blue Button

Tiny Celebration Sentiments

Hi everyone! I have a couple of things I want to do today.

The first, is to apologise for my lack of posts over the past few weeks. I'd like to be able to say it was just because the sun came out and I went out in it. And didn't it come out in fine style? Hasn't it been g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s? So hot! And although I did ... that wasn't the reason I haven't been here. Nope. I'm afraid I have a rather temperamental internet connection at the moment. And no-one seems to be able to find the cause of the problem and fix it. We've had men in cupboards, down a hole in the road, up trees and telegraph poles - you name it, we've had it. And is it fixed? I'm afraid not. Well, not entirely. I do now seem to be at a stage where I have a suitable connection for working sometimes. Which, I suppose, is better than nothing. Although to get there, the wires that should be inside my walls, are now outside of them, trailing all over. And a mess. But, it's better than nothing at the moment. As I write, we are waiting for yet another team of engineers to come and tweak everything again. Keep your fingers crossed for me please. The whole thing is very frustrating!

Anyway ...

Second, I want to show you something new I did finally manage to add to the Boutique this weekend. I actually have loads of new things to show you. I may not have been here ... but I have been busy creating & designing. I'm just hoping I manage to stay connected to the internet long enough for me to show them to you soon lol!

So, picking up from where we left off, with star papers, I'm going to start with these ... my new addition to the 'Tiny Sentiments' series - 'Tiny {Celebration} Sentiments'.

I'll tell you a little bit about them : )



'Tiny {Celebration} Sentiments'

The set includes
- 24 sentiments,
- in mixed-typeface style,
- printing as a single sheet of A4 with a white background. Ready for you to cut or punch out.
- It will retail for £1.49.

These are the sentiments ...



Some more pics of my cards ...











And another card ...





If you'd like to take a closer look, you can find Tiny {Celebration} Sentiments *here* in the Boutique. They're £1.49.

And I hope you like them!

• Card Bases: White A6 by Papermania
• Corner Rounding Tool: WRMK Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
• Sentiments: 'Tiny {Celebration} Sentiments'
• Glitter Card: Papermania
• Star Dies: Papertrey Ink
• Corrugated Card

Offer Ends Today!

Just to remind you that The Colour Collection Stars Selection offer ends today!

You can find them *here* in the Boutique.

• Card Bases: 125mm Square Kraft Blanks, From The Range.
• Patterned Papers: 'Simple Stars' in Silver Cloud, 'Tiny Vintage Stars' in Jet Black and'Tiny Twinkles' in Boutique Blue. All with White. From The Colour Collection.
• Sentiments: 'Simplest {Happyness} Sentiments
• Star Dies: Papertrey Ink
• Hexagon Dies: MFT
• Baker's Twine & a selection of small Buttons & Pearls: The Ribbon Girl

The Colour Collection ~ New Stars Selection

Hi everyone! I've added some new paper designs to The Colour Collection today : )

They are all very versatile star-based designs ~ 'Simple Stars', 'Tiny Twinkles' (which matches the 'Sprinkled with Tweinkles design' and 'Tiny Vintage Stars' (which is a smaller printed version of the original 'Vintage Stars' design from the'Vintage Rose' Collection', perfect if resizing papers is difficult for you.)

Each one is a much-needed addition to The Colour Collection. And I have them at an Introductory Treat Price too : ) Let me tell you about them ...




'Star Selection' Paper Designs

Each of these designs
- is a single paper design
- in both positive & negative design options.
- They are all A4 designs, printing as individual A4 sheets.
- They are in all 38 colours of the new Colour Palette,
- with both White and Cream.,
- RRP will be £1.99 each


'Simple Stars'


'Tiny Twinkles'


'Tiny Vintage Stars'







If you'd like to take a closer look, you can find them *here* in the Boutique.

At the Special Introductiry Price of all 3 for £3.00! Just 'til Friday.

And I hope you like them!

• Card Bases: 125mm Square Kraft Blanks, From The Range.
• Patterned Papers: 'Simple Stars' in Silver Cloud, 'Tiny Vintage Stars' in Jet Black and'Tiny Twinkles' in Boutique Blue. All with White. From The Colour Collection.
• Sentiments: 'Simplest {Happyness} Sentiments
• Star Dies: Papertrey Ink
• Hexagon Dies: MFT
• Baker's Twine & a selection of small Buttons & Pearls: The Ribbon Girl

Star Dad Card ... in 3 Simple Steps

I have a card to share with you today. I used one of the sentiments from the new 'Star Dad' set.

The design is very simple. But I've used different textures - a recycled card base & glitter textured stars - to add interest. I think combining different textures works well for men's cards.

And it was ever so simple to make too. And quick. This is how I did it, in 3 simple steps.

1. I took a 135mm Square Card base from Paperchase, and trimmed 45mm from the front edge.
2. I cut a 130mm square piece of patterned paper and fastened it, centrally, to the inside.
3. I added my sentiment and some die-cut stars to the front ...




... taking them around the back of the card too for extra interest.

And my card was done!





The patterned paper is a newer version of the 'Vintage Stars' design from The Colour Collection.
I'll tell you about that, and a couple of other new designs, next : )

• Card Base: Chalk Square Recycled Card base. From Paperchase,
• Patterned Papers: Coming Soon!
• Sentiment: 'Star Dad'
• Star Dies: Papertrey Ink
• Glitter Card & Paper: Papermania