Totally Techniques Blog Hop - Colour Blocking

Welcome to our Totally Techniques Hop. You can view all the inspiration via the images at the bottom of this post.

It was my turn to pick the technique for this month and I found a super tutorial for this very simple, but effective technique on SplitCoastStampers here . It's a great technique for using up those odd bits of card that we all have and promise to use, you know the ones I mean right.

I've used some outgoing in colours of Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide, Berry Burst and Powder Pink. Which one of those will you miss the most?  For me it has to be Lemon Lime Twist or maybe Berry Burst, but then I just love this in colour selection.  Wait until you see the new ones coming in June. You're in for a treat.

Now back to the cards.  I stuck strips of card across a piece of whisper white. You don't need to measure them because you just line them up and then can cut your block to suit your project. You can then die cut an aperture if you wish or just add an image by embossing it on the top or cutting one out and adding it. I chose to die cut my gorgeous Tea Together tea pot out using the soon to return Tea Time dies.  Yes they too will be in our new annual Stampin' Up! catalogue.  I then stamped the outline of the teapot in the aperture and added a flower.  I've also stamped and die cut some flower decoration to carry the theme across the card. Now once you've cut a tea pot out of bold stripes it would be wasteful to discard it, so you can make a second card like this.

If you're on facebook you can check out another example using this technique on my page at www.facebook.com/zoetant  .

Now to carry on the hop please click on the images to go to the next blog. Enjoy our hop which is full of inspiration for you. 

Thanks for stopping by here with me Zoe Tant in the UK.

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I went BIG for a floating frame card

The Floating Frame technique is very popular right now not least with Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  I wanted to try and the perfect opportunity presented itself this past weekend when hubby and I went to support Olivia with one of her RAG (raising and giving) events took place at her university. Olivia and her team liaised with the local RSPCA (Royal Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals) to organise a dog show and so we took our puppy, Little Miss Naughty, along to join in and support.  We were very excited when she won the award for The dog the judge most wanted to take home! No before you ask Olivia wasn't the judge.  

At the event a lovely lady called Gina took some fantastic pictures of the dogs taking part. She specialises in pet photography.  We couldn't resist this shot and I decided to have my first attempt at one of these frames but decided to go BIG!   

To start I stamped in black Staz On ink all the lovely flowers from the Stampin' Up! Tea Together stamp set featured in the Spring catalogue.  I coloured them simply with marker pens using Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green and then die cut them out. The dies will hopefully be available again possibly in the new Stampin' Up! annual catalogue in June, but there is no reason why you couldn't use another floral set or indeed sit and fussy cut these out.  

 I'm offering a class to make a frame for folk local to me so watch my next newsletter for the details. 

To make the frame I of course had to cut out an aperture for my photograph and that left me a piece to create a lovely card which initially looked like this.  

I've since finished it by adding a sentiment and some rhinestones for the inevitable bling regular readers will know I love.  The 'happy birthday' is from the fabulous Well Said Stampin' Up! bundle and is simply stamped  and heat embossed in white on black card stock.  Downside is white cards are not always easy to photograph, but I think it is clear enough to see the effect you create with this technique.

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Don't wear man made fleeces or fibres when doing this technique as the static can be challenging!!! That's all I'll say.


Thanks for popping by and do come back soon for more inspiration.

Hugs Zoe x