Clean & Simple Cards by Kasia Leach

Hello lovelies... Kasia here again with a set of cards this time. I was lucky enough to attend Paperific in Melbourne in August and had a little power shop for new background stamps which I bought with this specific project in mind. With so many amazing colours available in the Colour Embossing Powders the colour combos are endless.

I first cut down a few pieces of watercolour cardstock to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and used my stamp platform to stamp the background stamp with versa fine ink. 

Shake your shake your little pot of embossing powder first so that the glitter and embossing powder mix well, then cover the stamped area with Bling Colour Embossing Powder & heat set it with my heat tool. Although this is a mixed media embossing powder I find that if I give the pot a good shake I can still get quite detailed results. 

Gather your background stamps and have a play with different colours as your base. Here I used Bling, Snow White, Steel, Dusty Charcoal & Stormy Weather Colour Embossing Powders. Leather & Sienna also look great as a neutral base colour. 

I then got out my.... wait for it... Colour Shimmer Cubes and Colour Mica Powder and painted the embossed backgrounds. Above I used Apple of My Eye, Envy, Deep Water, Singing the Blues & Just Blue Colour Shimmer Cubes and Polar, Cool Mint & Olive Grove Colour Mica Powders.

I then gathered some cardstock in complementing colours and cut it down to 4 1/4" x 11" to create a top folding 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base. Using a cross-stitched rectangle die I cut the embossed and coloured panels and then die cut a heart from the centre. You can use these cute hearts as embellishments on your layouts or other cards. Each of the following cards are based on the same basic design which is super versatile for many different occasions. 

I was also super excited to use the sentiment stamps I designed for Uniquely Creative on these cards. 

This card was coloured with a mix of Tangereen Dream, Fire Engine, Blush, Punch, Rose Petal & Lipstick Colour Shimmer Cubes and embossed with Dusty Charcoal Colour Embossing Powder. The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock and backed with vellum. I also tucked some silver thread behind the sentiment and added some grey rhinestones to finish the card off. 

The Bling Colour Shimmer Cube was used to paint the background of this card and the Bling Colour Embossing Powder for the stamping. I heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock and embellished the card with gold sequins, gold thread and black rhinestones. 

Apple of My Eye, Envy, Deep Water, Singing the Blues & Just Blue Colour Shimmer Cubes and Polar, Cool Mint & Olive Grove Colour Mica Powders were used to colour this card. I then added a plain stitched heart to front, stamped the sentiments and added some black enamel dots.  

I left the this background with just the Steel Embossing Powder, backed the heart opening with vellum and heat embossed the sentiment with Fire Engine Colour Embossing Powder, added some pink thread and pink rhinestones.

So thats it from me this week. I hope I have inspired you to get your background stamps and Colour Embossing Powders out and have a go at making these cards and also joining in with the September Colour Blast Challenge - Stamping Gone Crazy. 

Have Fun!  xx Kasia

December Story with Mica Powders by Amy L

Hello Colour Blast friends,

Today Amy L  here would like to show you how to add a little Mica and Shimmer dust effects to your layouts.

Step 1- Gather together 3 powders of choice. For this layout I have used  Watermelon &  Polar Colour Mica Powder as well as Candy Colour Shimmer Dust.

Step 2 - Mix 2 lots of each colour. One set with a larger amount of water creating a duller colour and one set with a smaller amount of water created a stronger colour

 

 Step 2 - Using a water colour brush spread your duller dust mixture abstractly over the page. Drip in clusters with the stronger colour making sure to spread it outside of your embellishment clusters

 Step 3 - Once dry stick down your desired embellishments and photos. I hope you have a try at this technique.

Stay Scrappy

Amz

You're Fabulous by Amy Prior

Hi everyone! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing a couple of recent scrapbook pages created using some of my favourite Colour Blast products. 

The first layout that I have to share with you all today is this super fun Monochrome layout featuring a photo of myself and my gorgeous friend Fliss at her recent 40th birthday party. 

For this layout I have used Peacock Colour Shimmer Dust on the background using one of my favourite techniques for working with Colour Shimmer Dusts. This technique is so simple yet so much fun to watch the magic happen. Simply spray some mixed media quality cardstock with a huge puddle of water in your desired shape, then sprinkle some of the Colour Shimmer Dust over the top lightly and watch it move around organically in the water. This results in gorgeous multi-tone colours as the pigments are left to naturally mix with the water. So much fun! This type of background is best to let dry naturally too as the force of hot air from a heat tool can destroy the gorgeous explosions of colours that you see here. 

The next page that I have to share with you all today is titled 'You're Fabulous' and features a selfie of myself. Not one of my favourite photos of all time but I just wanted to create a layout reminding myself to ignore the haters in this world etc. 

For this layout I have used Bubblegum Colour Spray and Sapphire Colour Spray. To create this background, simply grab a sandwich bag from your kitchen or any old piece of plastic packaging from your latest scrapbooking purchases and pick your favourite Colour Sprays to use for the background. Spray one spritz of Colour Spray onto the sandwich bag/plastic and then, using a water spray bottle, spray one spritz of water over the top of the sandwich bag also. Quickly lift the sandwich bag and smoosh the colour down onto the page in a few different sections to get the desired overall effect. Keep adding colour and water to the plastic and smooshing more colour down onto the cardstock until you are happy with the page.

 To do 2 colours like I have here, simply do the lightest colour first and then go over the top with the darker colour. Such a simple background but it creates a fun watercolour look without much effort at all. Also make sure to clean your plastic thoroughly before using a different colour to avoid creating mud. 

Well that is it from me today, and until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xx