AWHT Colour Creations #11 Cinnamon Cider

Cinnamon Cider with Inspiring Thoughts & Inspiring Canopy

Hello. Welcome to  Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on another rusty tan called Cinnamon Cider.  It is a somewhat muted though strong colour and is one of the 2020-2022 In Colour Family. Cinnamon Cider is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin’ Blends Combos and a number of Designer Series Papers including Hand Penned, Beauty of the Earth, Blackberry Beauty, Gingerbread & Peppermint, and Sweet Stockings DSP; plus embellishments such as the Black Beauty Ephemera pack & the 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems.

Cinnamon Cider is a versatile colour, as can be seen by the range of Designer Series Papers that include this neutral colour (some of which are listed above). I used as inspiration for my project's colour scheme, the delightful Hand Penned DSP. My card was designed for a fella for Father's Day. Those who know me know that I am a dog tragic. I have friends whose daughters are overseas, but they have a very precious and much loved fur family, so this card will be signed from their black poodle, Carabella. The fella does so much for his family and so it is a great opportunity for his fur daughter to show appreciation.

This card features the Inspiring Canopy dies and the coordinating Inspiring Thoughts stamp set for the sentiments. I love the fonts used in these sentiments. To compliment this bundle, the Mountain Air stamp set was used to add extra scenery details. There isn't a poodle in SU's current products but there is a very cute dog in the Pampered Pets stamp set, so she was used on the back panel which has been prepared for writing a personal message from Carabella. (I know, just humour me.) 

The deciduous trees were die cut out of Basic White card-stock and another curvy piece was die cut to layer beneath the trees to give some depth to the scene. Most of the card front was trimmed off, leaving a couple of centimetres at the top of the Thick Basic White card-stock base. A piece of Window Sheet was cut to the original card front dimensions.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was cut a little thinner than the card dimensions. This was coloured with Blending Brushes and Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, Pale Papaya and Pool Party Classic Stampin' inks. The long tree stamp from the Mountain Air stamp set was stamped in Mint Macaron ink. 

A mask for the rising sun was cut from a piece of Post It Note after the trees were in place and before the sky sunrise colours were added. Once the sky had been colour blended the mask of the sun was removed and a little Daffodil Delight ink was used to soften the edges. Some of the Daffodil Delight ink was also added over part of the trees and ground to give a sense of sun rays streaming over it. Clouds and birds (from the Mountain Air stamp set) were stamped in Smoky Slate ink. A Chalk Marker was used to colour the clouds and add highlights to the horizon line of trees.

This panel of background scenery was mounted onto a piece of Cinnamon Cider card-stock, which in turn was added to the Thick Basic White card base. Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' ink was applied to the die cut trees with a Blending Brush. I love the way the Blending Brush was so gentle on the intricately cut branches. 

The ground under the trees was coloured with Garden Green and Mint Macaron ink, plus a little of the Cinnamon Cider. The curvy ground layer was coloured more lightly with Mint Macaron and a little Garden Green. Pool Party was blended over the top section of the front flap. Some clouds and birds were also added with some Smoky Slate ink.

The Window panel was adhered under the top flap and the curvy ground adhered at the bottom of the window panel. The trees and ground were layered over the window panel and top and bottom pieces. A sentiment from the Inspiring Thoughts stamp set was stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink on Basic White card-stock. This was lightly coloured with Mint Macaron ink and trimmed down, cutting the sentiment in half. Thinking of You was layered with Mini Dimensionals plus 2 strands of a length of Crumb Cake twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack that had been coloured with a Light Cinnamon Cider Blend. The second row of the sentiment was adhered on the background scene beneath the first part of the sentiment. Even though this is a card for a fella, I couldn't resist a little bling. I coloured Champagne Rhinestones Basic Jewels with a Dark Cinnamon Cider Blend. I did try the coordinating 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems, but they were a little big for the effect I wanted. Pity, because I do love the coordination of embellishments.

To have a place to write a personal message, another sentiment from the Inspiring Thoughts stamp set was stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink on Basic White card-stock and the cute dog from the Pampered Pets stamp set was stamped in Momento Black ink to align with Carabella's colouring. A little Cinnamon Cider was added to the collar and some of the nose to link her to the colour scheme. This white panel was mounted to a piece of Cinnamon Cider card-stock. The envelope was also stamped with the dog. Cinnamon Cider colouring was also added (but after the photograph was taken).

I did enjoyed playing with Cinnamon Cider and colour ink blending with Stampin' Up!s delightful Blending Brushes. Loving the colours in the Hand Penned DSP, this paper was brilliant inspiration for my colour combo. Happy Fathers' Day to all the dads out there. I hope you have a special day on the first Sunday in September.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the new July - December 2021 Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

There is more Cinnamon Cider creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the delightful Kate Morgan's blog. I am looking forward to checking out Kate's creation and everyone else's.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Coastal Cabana; and don't forget the AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop is launched every Monday evening until mid-December.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea 💕🐾

  

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.  Check out her amazing creation while you are there.

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