AWHT Colour Creations #21 Fresh Freesia

Fresh Freesia with Wisteria Wonder

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 across a 12 month period.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a light purple called Fresh Freesia. Fresh Freesia is part of the 2021-2023 In Colour Family and is a beautiful soft mauve colour. I will miss it when it disappears next June. This colour is lovely when used for flowers; when mixed with pool party, Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather & Balmy Blue it is delightful for snowflakes and it can be used in so many other ways - just check out the range of Designer Series Papers referenced below. 

Fresh Freesia is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends; In Colours Designer Series Paper as well as Butterfly Kisses, Tea Boutique & Hues of Happiness DSPs plus the Splendid Day Speciality Designer Series Paper; In Colour Open Weave Ribbon, In Colour Opal Rounds, Adhesive-backed Sequins, Loose Flower Flourishes, Fun Flowers Resin Shapes; and Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes. 

My card uses Fresh Freesia Classic ink, card-stock, Splendid Day SDSP and 2021-2023 In Colour Opal Rounds. Here it is:

But there is more … as the card front panel looks through a circular hole to a seperate middle panel underneath. You just need to open the front flap to see the second panel in full. The scene was created on Basic White card-stock and then mounted on Fresh Freesia card-stock.

The middle panel opens to the right to reveal the inner panel for writing a personal message. The inner panel of Basic White card-stock had 2 con-joined snowy trees adhered and a little Fresh Freesia shading at the base of the trees.

So lets briefly talk about the process. The front panel of Basic White card-stock was adhered to a slightly larger piece of Fresh Freesia Splendid Day Speciality Designer Series Paper. The largest stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes die cut a hole in the centre of the card front and then also in the front flap of the card base.

Some Masking Paper was die cut with the second largest Deckled Rectangles dies and added to a Basic White panel. When using Masking Paper, it is important to reduce the stickiness a little either with an Embossing Buddy or by laying it on your clothes. Fresh Freesia and Rich Razzleberry inks were blended across the masked rectangular hole with one of Stampin’ Up!s delightful Blending Brushes. Before lifting the Masking Paper 2 trees were stamped to the left. The trees were stamped in second generation Soft Succulent and a third generation of Evening Evergreen. Other trees were stamped on a seperate sheet of Basic White card-stock with first generation Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen inks. All the trees were heat embossed with Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool to give a sense of snow. The extra trees were die cut with the coordinating Wisteria dies.

A sentiment from the Brightest Glow stamp set was stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink. As I was adding the sentiment to a panel that had a fair bit of work on it,  I used a Stamparatus to first ensure that the sentiment was straight and then to ink and stamp a couple of times to ensure a clear & well inked sentiment. In stamping the above trees I accidentally smudged the white panel near the sentiment - hence the addition of the little tree.

To finish off the card, the trees were positioned and adhered on the middle panel and the card front. They were initially positioned by looking from the front and then checking the arrangement from the inside. A touch of Fresh Freesia ink was added with a Blender Pen to give the trees some shadowing to ground them. Wink of Stella was flicked over the front and middle panels - although the camera doesn’t pick up the subtle sparkle. I tried a number of ribbons & twine but decided they didn’t add to the overall design. It felt strange, as I do like adding either ribbon or twine. Some In Colour Opal Rounds (in Fresh Freesia) were added for some extra glimmer.

A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped with the 3 joined “Wisteria” trees in Soft Succulent ink and topped with Evening Evergreen ink. I must add a little shadowing to them as well.

Thank you for spending time with me on my blog. I am off to finish the other Fresh Freesia card that I started to create. It was the project that first came to mind in my planning for this Blog Hop. I then decided to also make a Christmas card so I could add to my card stash. Somehow it was finished first. The other card is finished but rather than adding a photo of it here, after the event, check back on my blog on 1 October for Kathryn’s World Card-making Day’s Blog Hop.

There is more Fresh Freesia creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creations. I do love seeing all blog hoppers' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Garden Green as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  Also, don't forget that many of us are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings to share delightful Christmas projects to provide some ideas to help with your Christmas preparations. 

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  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an special lady. Check out her delightful 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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