2020-2022 In Colors

We've got a new Annual Catalogue and with that come the new In Colors that are only available for two years. The colours are very mellow this year but, as always, are lovely. I decided to make some monochrome cards using 2020-2022 In Color 6" x 6" DSP (pictured below) and 2020-2022 In Color A4 Cardstock. The colours (from the top) are Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Magenta Madness and Misty Moonlight. Just click on any of the product names to see them in my online store. We also have Bonus Days running right now (1 July to 3 August 2020) - more on that later.

I often save photos of cards I've seen on Facebook so I decided to use some of them to inspire me today. These are what I came up with...

This is Misty Moonlight. I simply cut the DSP to size, sliced them up and adhered them to the card bases, added sentiments from the Share Sunshine PDF Download (it was a charity thing that Stampin' Up did earlier in the year) and added some bling. The labels were made using the Story Label Punch.

Magenta Madness might just be my favourite new colour this year. It's so bright and cheery. For the card on the left, I cut a mat using the DSP, then used the retired Starburst Punch on it. Then I cut the piece 1.5" from each side. I used the retired 1.75" Circle Punch using plain cardstock with a sentiment from the Many Mates Cling Stamp Set. Sorry about using retired products, but I only have a few products in my house, most of them are in a different building where I do my craft classes. You could use some of the dies in the Layering Circles Dies for the same effect. For the second card (on the right) I just cut a full size mat from the DSP, used the Starburst circle from the other card and a plain Whisper White circle for the sentiment.

Just Jade is another really nice colour. For the card on the left, I cut a full size mat, then positioned it diagonally on my Paper Trimmer so the top left corner was on the 1.5" line and the opposite corner was on the 1.75" line. A quick cut, put the triangle aside, then turned the remaining DSP around and did the same again. Adhere the two triangles onto the card and add the sentiment. I used the Heart Punch Pack for the labels. This is a great pack, you get one scalloped heart punch and a plain slightly smaller heart punch. Great for nesting labels. The sentiments were from the Many Mates Cling Stamp Set again. The card on the right was pretty much the same as the similar Magenta Madness one, but I used the Heart Punches instead of circle punches. The heart has to be positioned at the bottom because of the orientation of the punch, but it looks great there anyway. The piece punched out with the Scalloped Heart Punch was used as a label mat on the left-hand card.

As I said earlier, I was going for monochrome cards, but when I went to score the A4 Cinnamon Cider cardstock to make the card base, I cut instead of scored. So I decided to use the last two colours together. The one on the left is similar to the Misty Moonlight one, but the two 'columns' are the same width on this one. The card on the right is simply a piece cut to size then a couple of smaller pieces were lopped off and adhered to the card, leaving the centre bit empty, perfect for the label, obviously! Both labels are punched using the Label Me Fancy Punch and stamped with stamps from the Many Mates Cling Stamp Set (again!).

This shows the various sentiments in the Many Mates Cling Stamp Set. So many great sentiments!

So, that's how I spent my Sunday afternoon. I hope you had a great Sunday as well.

Oops, I almost forgot to tell you about Bonus Days. For every $90 you spend 1 July to 3 August 2020 (before shipping) you will receive a $9 Bonus Days coupon that you can redeem 4-31 August 2020. There is no limit to how many coupons you can get, so you can shop all month!

Happy crafting!