Handmade by Carrianne: Just One Color Instagram Hop July

Monday, July 21, 2025

Just One Color Instagram Hop July

Welcome to the Just One Color Hop!

This fun and creative hop is all about the challenge of using just one color in our cardmaking! Each month, we explore a new hue and push ourselves to get creative within that single color family. While a touch of neutral may sneak in here and there, the main focus stays on one bold, beautiful color.

If you’d like to join the fun, feel free to message @craftyengineer or @sharonjamesorama to hop in on a future round! And don’t forget to check out all the amazing creations by exploring #justonecolorIGhop2025 on Instagram.

For July, our featured color is PURPLE 💜 — and we’ve added an extra credit twist: incorporate food or drinks into your design!

My card is all about birthday fun, featuring the Birthday Words Stencil from Pretty Pink Posh and the Sweet Birthday Girl stamp set from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence line. It’s a party in purple — and I’m excited to share it with you!

I started by stamping the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Sweet Birthday Girl and coloring her in a beautiful blend of purples using Copic markers.

For the background, I reached for the Birthday Words Stencil by Pretty Pink Posh and placed it over a panel of lavender cardstock, then softly ink blended several shades of purple over the stencil to create a dreamy, tone-on-tone effect. The subtle texture adds just the right amount of interest without overwhelming the focal image.

Once dry, I ran the panel through my die-cutting machine with a scalloped frame die, then layered it onto a piece of deep eggplant cardstock for contrast and dimension. That full panel was then adhered to a lavender card base to bring everything together in one cohesive purple palette.

To finish it off, I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a coordinating piece of eggplant cardstock, trimmed it down, and popped both the sentiment and the stamped image up with foam tape for added dimension and visual focus.