Petal Pink with Blessings of Home
Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are continuing to work though all the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. Having started mid 2021 we are currently continuing to work through "P".
This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale orangey pink called Petal Pink. Petal Pink is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous pink. It is one of my favourite SU colours. This colour is delightful with Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake; great with Polished Pink or Very Vanilla and Gold, to name a few colour combos.
Petal Pink is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends and the Subtles Designer Series Papers as well as Pansy Petals, In Good Taste, You're A Peach, Sweet Talk, Flowering Fields, Sunshine & Rainbows & Party Pattern Designer Series Papers and No Matter the Weather & Kerchief All-inclusive Kits. Petal Pink embellishments include 1/8" Cotton Ribbon (as part of the Combo Pack), Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon, and Elegant Faceted Gems. The card below has used Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink, Cardstock, Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Write Marker, Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon and Elegant Faceted Gems plus a range of other non-PP bits and pieces.
Here is the card created to showcase Petal Pink:
The design was inspired by my recollection of a Christmas card that had been created by Stesha Bloodhart - it was a cut away gate-fold. Of course it uses different dies, colours, stamps, etc, etc.
CARD 1:
Thick Basic White card-stock was scored and folded into a gate-fold card base. The two front sections were die cut on the middle edges using one of the Basic Borders dies. Both card fronts were stamped with the larger floral stamp from the Blessings of Home stamp set using Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink. The floral stamp was also stamped on an extra piece of Basic White card-stock.
The extra floral image was coloured with a selection of Stampin' Blends, including Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake combos plus the Color Lifter, a touch of Light Soft Sea Foam with Crumb Cake on the leaves and Light Pale Papaya with Crumb Cake on the flower centres. The coordinating Flowers of Home dies includes a die that cuts out this arrangement of flowers.
As part of the card inner is seen due to the shaping of the gate-fold, I decided to create a flap that could be lifted to reveal the personal message inside. This way my handwritten scrawled message wouldn't be accidentally seen from the front. The flap was cut from Petal Pink card-stock and folded in half with the bottom half adhered to the card inner section and the top half folded forward. A piece of Basic White card-stock that had been embossed with the Stitched Greenery die (love this die) was adhered to the top flap. Petal Pink and Crumb Cake Stampin' Write markers were used to add some splatters.
The actual card inner had a piece of Basic White card-stock added that had been partially stamped with the large floral stamp in Crumb Cake. An extra thin strip of Petal Pink card-stock was added near the bottom.
A belly band was created using Petal Pink card-stock to hold the gate-fold closed. A mid-sized scalloped rectangle was cut using the Scalloped Contours dies from Basic White card-stock. This was used to visually ground the floral arrangement. A piece of Petal Pink Organdy Striped ribbon was tied around the belly band and the coloured floral arrangement was added with Dimensionals. The scalloped rectangle was also splattered with Petal Pink and Crumb Cake.
To create a finer bow, the ends of the Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon were each cut into 3 strips. These ends were tied into a bow and a piece of White Bakers twine from the Bakers Twine Essential Pack was tied around the knot of the ribbon bow into a twine bow. I fiddled with the addition of a sentiment and wasn't happy with my attempts. Then I found a sentiment sitting on my table that was already stamped in Crumb Cake. I fussy cut it out - this one worked with the design. (The sentiment is from the Sale-a-bration Special Moments stamp set - thank you Cathy.) The final touch was the addition of 3 Petal Pink Elegant Faceted Gems. They are so pretty.
A C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Crumb Cake ink with the same floral image as stamped on the card front. One can't have a naked envelope.
Thank you so much for dropping by. I so appreciate it.
If you live 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 January - June 2022 Mini Catalogue & Saleabration 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 Petal Pink creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Kate Morgan. As always, I am looking forward to checking out Kate's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.
Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring another versatile colour Pool Party as we continue the weekly 2021-2022 Colour Creations blog hops.
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, our amazing Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator. I so appreciate all Cathy has done and she continues to do an amazing job in coordinating this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there.
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Love your cut away gate-foldcard Andrea and in particular the way you stamped in Crumb Cake and that stunning bow. What a spectacular card! BTW the sentiment is from the SALE-a-bration set, Special moments x card
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shabby chic card Andrea, the outline images in the background look terrific
ReplyDeleteWow what a stunning card Andrea and all those lovely layers. Your colouring is beautiful as usual and I love the coloured florals together with the uncoloured stamped image.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful card, Andrea! I love the colour combination you've used, and you have made me look at this pink in a different light (it really is one of my least favourite SU! colours!). The Crumb Cake stamped background is a great backdrop to the gorgeous focal image. So nicely done. x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! That fold away flap is genius, and I really like how you have used the stitched die on it. Love that Crumb Cake on white stamping on the two card front pieces too.
ReplyDeleteI love this card. It's just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most glorious cards I’ve seen in a long time. You have every t crossed and i dotted here Andrea. I really love your attention to every last detail.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card Andrea. So many lovely little details.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what an amazing card, Andrea. I love the gatefold with the angles of the border dies and all the stunning details and colouring on the front. Then you open it up and I love the stitched greenery, then you open it again and I am picking my jaw up from the floor!!! Adore this so much.
ReplyDeleteA very elegant card Andrea, It's just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAndrea your card is beautiful. You certainly are the queen of layering. Your cards always have so much texture and are so interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning! Your construction as well as your Stamping and Colors are stunning!
ReplyDeleteA beautifully constructed card Andrea. Stunningly beautiful in every detail, including the second inside fold to conceal the personal message. This would make a gorgeous wedding card too.
ReplyDeleteAbsolute beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a tutorial for this card please
Hello, I haven’t written a formal tutorial for this card - only the summary description provided in the blog.
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