AWHT Colour Creations #12 Calypso Coral

Calypso Coral with Count on Me, Perched in a Tree & Country Wreaths

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pinky orange called Calypso Coral. Calypso Coral is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a beautiful soft orange with a bit of oomph. This colour is lovely when used with Petal Pink or yellows, oranges or pinks. 

Calypso Coral is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Water-colour Pencils; Stampin' Blends; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Gingham Cottage, Storybook Gnomes, Butterfly Kisses, Awash in Beauty, Happy Forest Friends, Pretty Prints and Painted Christmas DSPs; plus Splendid Day SDSP and Fine Sparkle Adhesive Backed Gems & Fun Floral Resin Shapes; and Today is the Day Memories & More Card Pack. 

My card uses Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' ink and card-stock as well as other non CC bits and pieces. To create this project I have used 2 different bundles and a 3rd stamp set.

I want to acknowledge Cindy Schuster from The Crafty Carrot Collective for the inspiration for my card. Cindy created a card in a Crafty Carrot's tutorial this past week featuring the Aspen Trees dies. I have CASEd her design but used water-colouring rather than Stampin' Blends for most of the colouring, as well as different stamps and other dies. As I watched Cindy create, the seeds were sewn for this card to come into being. Thank you Cindy.

A piece of Shimmery White card-stock was cut using the oval tree die from the Aspen Tree dies. It is amazing - I love it. The trees were water-coloured with Gray Granite Classic ink and a medium Water Painter. As I walked this morning I was checking out nearby gum trees and noticed they were a really light browny grey with some darker patches.  This has influenced my water-colouring of the trees. Fluid 100 Watercolor paper was used for the water-coloured background with Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo Classic inks and a wide-brush Water Painter. I had a summer sunset in mind. Once dry, the die cut panel was added to the background panel with Dimensionals. I love the depth this creates.

The koalas stamp from the Count on Me stamp set was stamped in Black Momento ink and coloured with Blends, ie Smoky Slate combo, SU700 and my trusty Colour Lifter. The koalas were fussy cut. An off-cut of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper was coloured with Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz Classic inks. Once dry, tiny leaf dies from the Country Wreaths die set cut a series of leaves.

Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla twine from the Basic Twine Pack were wrapped around the front panel and then tied in a bow. A sentiment from Perched in a Tree stamp set was white heat embossed on Calypso Coral card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. The sentiment was cut out and added with Mini Dimensionals and Tombow Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. Some gorgeous Iridescent Basic Rhinestone Jewels added that touch of glimmer and I couldn't resist adding more shimmer with a splatter of Wink of Stella.

The little koalas were stamped off and stamped in the centre of a Basic White card-stock inner and left over die cut leaves were scattered around. A C6 Basic White envelope was stamped with a branch from the Perched in a Tree set and a koala. A little leaf was added as well. 

Thank you so much for dropping by. I do value the time you spent here.

There is more Calypso Coral creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a special lady, Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate's creation (I wonder what she has in store this week). I do love seeing everyones' projects - always so much inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Cherry Cobbler as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations blog hops.

Also, many of us are joining a Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings which will continuing until the end of November. Don't forget to check out these blog hops featuring a range of Christmas projects. I'm hoping starting Christmas creativity early will lessen pressure in 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 @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is such an amazing lady. Check out her wonderful creation while you are there.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December 2022 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!. 

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