It doesn't feel much like Christmas

Today has not gone as planned, I think my house needs a revolving door and a secretary to take calls & prioritise them. I have spent the whole day on a mission to make swaps for Sundays training event in Peterborough. I eventually got into my Craft room just after 9pm tonight.
I had in my mind the set I wanted to use, the swap theme is Christmas so I knew I wanted to utilise a non-Christmassy set, so I just had to decide on a colour scheme.

Colour Coach  © Stampin' Up

I reached for my colour coach, this is such a handy tool to help you with colour selection, I love so saffron so chose this combination of 

So Saffron 108611

Rose Red 108613

Wild Wasabi 111850

Confetti White 106557

The non-Christmassy stamp set that I chose was 

Itty Bitty Bits Wood 117056 ~ Clear 120060

This is a set of 9 small stamps that are really versatile, the set also has 3 companion punches to match the shapes, so I thought that it would make the cards quicker to prepare. 

The design was already in my head so i just had to prepare all of the components, what a task that ended up being. I made 32 cards to swap each card had 15 small round heart baubles which were embossed with Silver embossing powder + a silver heart bauble on the top of the tree. So I needed 480 heart baubles & 32 star baubles. Nearly three hours later with the distraction of Facebook and phone calls, I had my 512 baubles embossed, cut & ready to assemble.

I managed to finish my swaps just before 2am, I knew I couldn't leave them until Saturday as I was working all day & I had a Spanish student arriving in the evening, so boy am I going to be tired tomorrow.

The Greeting is from the Contempo Christmas stamp set also stamped in Rose Red.

The next training event in Peterborough is on 21st October, I hope to be more organised. If you fancy finding out more about Stampin' Up & would like to attend the event please let me know.

One more colour combination

Here are the cards using some of the fabulous in Colours

Ink

Baja Breeze

Daffodil delight

Pear pizzazz

Blushing Bride

Peach Parfait

Poppy parade

Concord Crush

Basic Grey

Cardstock

Whisper white

Baja Breeze

Daffodil delight

Poppy parade

Old Olive

Stamps

Season of Joy

Itty Bitty Bits

Afterthoughts { Hostess set }

Flower Accent

Simply Said

Tools

Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Stamp a ma jig

Itty Bitty Buttons

Basic pearls

1/2" circle punch

In Colours paper Stack

Technique 

Kissing Technique

You can now place orders from the new mini catalogue

Working With Colour

Having been a Stampin' Up demonstrator for just over 2 years I constantly hear about customers having problems with colour. We are all guilty of using safe colours, I know when I was making my Christmas samples last year were nearly all Chocolate Chip, Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler, beautiful combination but very safe.

122228 £13.50

In October last year Stampin' Up produced the Colour coach, a very simple concept but an amazing tool that will make you look at colours with fresh eyes.

Ink

Pumpkin pie

Rich Razzleberry

Old Olive

Basic Grey

Cardstock

Whisper white

Rich Razzleberry

Old Olive

Pumpkin Pie

Stamps

Season of Joy

Itty Bitty Bits

Afterthoughts { Hostess set }

Flower Accent

Simply Said

Tools

Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Stamp a ma jig

Itty Bitty Buttons

Technique 

Kissing Technique

You can now place orders from the new mini catalogue

Colour Challenge

Spring is approaching fast now and with it come the lovely colours that brighten our days. Today i decided to open my colour coach at a random page & then work with those colours.

Card 1

Ink
Pumpkin pie
Melon mambo
pacific point
Basic Grey


Cardstock
Whisper white
Pacific point
Melon mambo


Stamps
Season of Joy
Itty Bitty Bits
Afterthoughts { Hostess set }
Flower Accent
Simply Said


Tools
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Stamp a ma jig


Technique 
Kissing Technique


Card 2

Ink

Melon mambo

Pacific point

Basic Grey

Cardstock

Whisper white

Pacific point

Daffodil Delight

Stamps

Season of Joy

Itty Bitty Bits

Flower Accent

Simply Said

Tools

Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Stamp a ma jig

Technique 

Kissing Technique

Over the next couple of days I will show you how colour can change the look of this card design with the help of the colour coach.


You can now place orders from the new mini catalogue

What's that for? Colour coach

Regular Price: £13.50

Catalogue number 122228

Let this coach help you put together custom color schemes to express your unique creativity. Whether you want a quick reference of all colors in a collection, a card for every color, or blank cards to record your own color combinations, this swatch book Is for you! ■ Includes 55 double-sided cards with removable metal post fastener ■ Includes color theory cards and individual color swatch cards ■ On individual color cards, one side shows color, the other side lists coordinating colors ■ Card size: 2-3/4" x 4-1/2"

Have you tried the new Colour coach yet?

When you start to make a card or a page layout do you flick through your cardstock & then return to your favourite colours ? or do you repeat colour schemes that you know work well together?

Have you seen the colour coach from Stampin' Up?

I have been playing with mine this morning to make a couple of cards with the Bliss Sale~A~Bration set. I knew that I wanted the base of the card to be Crumb cake as that goes with all of the Stampin' Up colours & I had some pieces of Rose Red card on the desk from a project I made yesterday so I used those as my starting point. With Rose Red the colour coach suggested Elegant eggplant & Baja Breeze or Rose Red, Not Quite Navy & River Rock.

So here are the two cards that I made this morning aided by the Colour coach.

Cardstock

Crumb cake 

Rose Red

Ink

Whisper White

Stamp set

Bliss ~ SAB

Accessories 

Basic Pearls

Button from Old SU stock

Linen thread

Ribbon Certainly Celery taffeta

Stampin' Up Colour coach

Tools

Scallop trim border

Cardstock

Crumb Cake

Rose Red

Elegant Eggplant

Ink

Whisper White

Elegant Eggplant

Tools

Scallop Trim Border punch

Stampin' Up Colour Coach

Accessories

Basic Pearls

All of the above product is available to purchase from Stampin'Up through me as a creative coach. The Bliss Stamp set is only available until 28th February 2011.