Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #12 Crumb Cake

Crumb Cake with Ornamental Envelopes and Tasteful Touches

Hello. Welcome back to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 12th 2020/21 Art with Heart Team Colour Creations Showcase. So glad you have called in.

This week we are focusing on a very versatile colour, Crumb Cake.  This colour is a neutral deep faun colour that sits within Stampin' Up!s "Neutrals" collection. As is Stampin' Up!'s way Crumb Cake is found across Stampin' Up!s product range, including: Card-stock, Classic Stampin' Ink Pad and Ink Refill; Stampin' Write Markers; a number of the Designer Series Papers (including the Neutrals 6x6 Designer Series Paper and World of Good Speciality Designer Series Paper). Linen Thread and trims are brilliant with this colour and so many of the embellishments would look amazing with it.

I created two cards for this week's Colour Creations Showcase. Both of them changed from my initial ideas as they developed. Has that every happened to you? As 'life happened' along the way and things delayed the creation process, I ended up photographing later in the day than usual and so the outdoor light had changed. I needed to climb over my moss rocks and get into strange positions so no shadow was cast on the cards. Also, the wind was blowing, so I needed to chase the card or envelope around the garden many times. I hope I was able to brush off all the dirt. At least I was able to laugh at myself as I clamoured over rocks!!!

With my first card, I was initially going to have a colour scheme of Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Red and was planning to use Stampin' Up!'s Cherry Cobbler. Using the delightful hanging baubles from the Ornamental Envelopes stamp set, I thought I would water-colour the cherry red on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper so the baubles weren't all a flat colour ... but the water-colour process lightened the Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink, bringing out a bright pink. I am fascinated with colour - how it is blended and the interplays, so was intrigued with this bright pink. I tossed up starting again and just use Cherry Cobbler card-stock (according to my initial plan), but then decided to go with the flow and use the water-coloured panel.

Using the Stamparatus (Stampin' Up!'s positioning tool), I stamped the baubles onto the water-coloured piece in Versamark ink and heat embossed it using White Stampin' Emboss powder. The baubles were fussy cut out, as I wanted them trimmed close to the embossed edge. 

The twig stamp (from the same stamp set) was stamped twice in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink at the top of the Crumb Cake card front, with a little masking used prior to the second stamping so there was no over stamping where the twigs crossed. The blossom was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed using the White Stampin' Emboss Powder. 

The baubles were also stamped twice on the card front using Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink. The card front was dry embossed using one of the new Wrapped in Texture embossing folders. Then the card front was adhered to a piece of the Cherry Cobbler water-coloured paper and then to a piece of Cherry Cobbler card-stock, leaving very fine mounts on both.

The fussy cut water-coloured baubles had touches of Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink added strategically with a Blender Pen. The baubles were added to the card front over the stamped design, 3 with Mini Dimensionals and 2 directly adhered in place. 

The "Peace.Joy.Love" sentiment from the Dove of Hope stamp set was stamped on Whisper White card-stock in Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink. The ends of the sentiment strip were punched with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and it was then mounted on a water-coloured strip that had been edged with the other part of the punch. This punch enables you to punch 3 different sized strips and has 2 different edge designs. It's a remarkable punch.

The baubles were stamped in Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink on the Whisper White card inner, which was then mounted on a piece of Cherry Cobbler card-stock, before being adhered in side the Crumb Cake card base. Also, the baubles were stamped on the Whisper White C6 envelope in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink to coordinate the theme throughout the project. 

I had intended to use the Ornamental Envelope bundle more but just ran out of time. This bundle (stamp set and coordinating dies) enables you to add coordinating envelope liners, a die cut design on the envelope flap and further envelope stamping. I am looking forward to playing with this bundle - so stay tuned. I'm sure it will turn up in a subsequent blog.

To finish the card, a number of white Elegant Faceted Gems were scattered around. These gems come in 3 colours - clear, pearlescent white and petal pink and are sooo gorgeous.

My second card features the delightful Tasteful Touches stamp set and combines other elements. The flowers from the stamp set were stamped in Versamark ink on Crumb Cake card-stock. They were then heat embossed using White Emboss Powder. Some extra white shading was added with a Stampin' Chalk Marker and a little Petal Pink was added at the flowers tips with Light and Dark Petal Pink Blends. It's hard to see in the photo but in real life it does add a touch of pink to tie the flowers in with the background.

The background is a water-colour wash on Fluid 100 Water-colour paper using Petal Pink and Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' inks and the medium Water Painter. Prior to laying the water-colour wash the stamp set's leaf spray was stamped twice (diagonally) in Versamark ink and heat embossed with White Emboss Powder to add a subtle emboss resist effect. Once dry, the water-coloured panel was adhered to Petal Pink card-stock. This card front was popped up on a Crumb Cake panel that was adhered directly to a Crumb Cake card-stock base.

A Vellum card-stock spray of leaves, a Gold Hoop Embellishment, White ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack and Linen Thread were arranged with 2 flowers, with the flowers being popped up on Dimensionals. I still think it needs something else - what do you think?

The sentiment from the same Tasteful Touches stamp set was stamped in Versamark Ink and heat embossed with White Emboss Powder. Fussy cut out, the sentiment was popped in place with Mini Dimensionals. Three Petal Pink Elegant Faceted Gems were added as a finishing touch. I do love adding a touch of sparkle.

The Whisper White card-stock inner was stamped in Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink, as was the Whisper White C6 envelope. It doesn't take much to add a little coordination across the whole project. Its also nice to add a coordinating sentiment inside as well. I usually wait until I am about to give the card away so I can add the most appropriate sentiment.

Crumb Cake is such a versatile colour. It can coordinate with many other colours or is just gorgeous with white alone. It can be used for a non-traditional Christmas card, as I have, or  combined with traditional Christmas colours. I think Crumb Cake is delightful with Petal Pink, but the same could be said for many other colours. It is a colour that can be dressed up or dressed down; used with bright and bold designs or in soft and subtle projects. Its a great colour to have in your crafting stash, whether in card-stock, ink or Designer Series Paper.

I hope you are enjoying this week's Colour Creations Showcase, which is focussing on Stampin' Up!s Crumb Cake. 

Catherine Proctor is our amazing host of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase. If you haven't finished visiting all of the team's colour creations, you can visit/revisit Catherine's page at What Cathy Made, where she hosts all the links to the other Showcase participants. I'm certainly looking forward to checking out everyone's Crumb Cake creations. No doubt they will be amazing. I am always inspired by my colleagues.

I hope to see you again next week when members of the team will share projects that hero the colour, Crushed Curry. I think I hear a sunflower calling. 😉

Do look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 😘

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(The list of products used in creating the cards will be added over the next couple of days.)