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Granny Apple Green: Country Birdhouse Pop Up Standing Card

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Week 28 – Granny Apple Green

Today I feature a fun fold card using very earthy tones this week. I find Granny Apple Green a very bright tone, so I used it by adding ink blending around the outer edges of the Country Woods designer paper layer. The Country Birdhouse stamps and coordinating dies were used to stamp the birdhouse, and two birds in Black Memento ink and I die cut the elements to embellish the card.  The base was dry embossed with my favourite Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder.

Country Birdhouse Pop Up Standing card for Granny Apple Green Colour Creations Blog Hop by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024

The sentiment and die cut piece is from the Unbounded Love bundle.

The birdhouse is coloured with Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers; Pecan Pie and the Natural Tones Collection of Deep Combo (SU100), Medium Combo (SU500), Medium Light (SU700) & Light Combo (SU900).

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The birds and leaves are also coloured with Blends Markers; Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green & Soft Sea Foam. The perch and the bow are cut from Early Espresso cardstock. The perch is glued into the centre of the base and the bird attached with a glue dot.

You may be wondering “how do I mail it”? Well, the bottom section folds up so it fits into a C6 envelope!

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Write your message on the back!

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Do you love making fun fold cards too? Thanks to Jennifer at Evasions Creatives for the inspiration.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Gray Granite.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Di Furniss.

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Product List
Stamps: 
Country Birdhouse* Unbounded Love*
Dies: Country Birdhouse* Unbounded Love*
Card/DSP/Specialty Paper: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Early Espresso, Country Lace DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Inks: Granny Apple Green, Black Memento
Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers: Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam, Pecan Pie, Natural Tones Collection (SU100, SU500, SU600, SU900)
Embellishments: Brushed Brass Butterflies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Accesories/Adhesives/Tools: Blending Brushes, Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy
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Quick Merry, Bold & Bright Cards

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Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining  the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

Week 27 – Granny Apple Green

Today’s cards are a simple design to showcase both sides of these beautiful Merry Bold & Bright DSP patterns. I just love how quick these are to make!

Merry Bold & Bright cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Colour Creations blog hop Granny Apple Green card 3.

Starting with a Granny Apple Green card base measuring 14.5cm x 13.5cm, scored @ 10.5cm. A 14.5cm x 3.5cm Granny Apple Green Foil was placed behind the front strip, then a piece of DSP 14.5cm x 10.5cm.

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The Deckled Circles dies were used to cut the circles and I sponged the edges. The sentiment from Joy To You stamp set, was stamped onto Basic White card and cut using the new Heartfelt Hexagon punch. again I sponged the edges.

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Some Gold Simply Elegant Trim was placed between them and the sentiment is added on dimensionals.

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To decoate the inside, I added a piece of white card with a 2.5cm strip of coordinating DSP and a different sentiment from the same stamp set. Lastly I added some Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs on the card fronts.

Merry Bold & Bright cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Colour Creations blog hop Granny Apple Green inside

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Gray  Granite.

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Rachel Palmieri.

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Product List
Stamps: 
Joy to You
Dies: Deckled Circles
Card/Paper: Basic White, Merry & Bold DSP, Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets
Inks: Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce
Other:  Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, Gold Simply Elegant Trim, Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Sponge Daubers
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Masculine Soccer card

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Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining  the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 24 – Granny Apple Green

When it was time to create with Granny Apple Green, the colour reminds me of freshly cut grass.
I recently purchased the Beautiful Shapes dies which includes this tiny hexagon, and it reminded me of a soccer ball, perfect for my masculine card!!

Birthday Soccer Card with Beautiful Shapes Granny Apple Green CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

The hardest part in creating this card, was cranking the cardstock/die through the machine multiple times until I had enough hexagons to create my soccer ball pattern. These were added with Stampin’ Seal to a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock. Once they were all adhered with a small gap between them, I cut it down to size to fit onto the Basic Black layer which was glued to the card base.

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Although the twine is Parakeet Party, it works well on this card. The sentiment from Charming Sentiments stamp set is stamped and cut out with the coordinating dies and adhered with Mini Dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for inspiration using Gray Granite.

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Tina Gillespie.

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