AWHT Colour Creations #41 Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie with Pick a Bunch & Enjoy the Rhythm

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, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a strong orange called Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie is part of the Regals Colour Family and is good basic orange. This colour is lovely when used for autumn leaves, bright sunsets, pumpkins, carrots or oranges - really, anything orange. It also is a good colour for fellas’ cards.

Pumpkin Pie is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Watercolor Pencils; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Enjoy the Journey, Ready to Ride Speciality DSPs; plus Love This Memory Book Kit, Cosy & Bright Kit, Robot Buddies Kids Card Kit and Three Twine Combo Pack. In the Clearance Rack - Regals, Flowering Fields, Abstract Beauty Speciality DSPs with Abstract Beauty Ephemera Pack, Cute Stars Adhesive-backed Sequins and Sequins for Everything.

Pumpkin Pie ink, Stampin' Blends and Three Twine Combo Pack have been used in this project plus a range of non-Pumpkin Pie bits and pieces. Here is my card (closed):

Pumpkin Pie is a great colour, yet it is not one of my go to colours unless I am wanting to create Autumn leaves. It is a brilliant colour to use with one of the current Sale-abration stamp sets, “Thanks A Bunch”.  By the way, the current 2023 Sale-abration is finishing in less than a week. If there is something you are still wanting - don’t delay in placing your order.

I created this card for a male friend. He grows many things in the garden that they pick and eat, so carrots growing in the ground were relevant for him. I also discovered that he used to play the guitar. As soon as I heard that, my mind went to a very clever card a UK Demonstrator friend, Karen Mackley, had created with carrots playing a guitar and the drums. My mind started whirring of how I would incorporate the different ideas. This is what I ended up with.

I started by creating the Theatre card base in Pale Papaya card-stock. Big thanks to Emma Goddard, a UK Demonstrator and past Artisan, for the dimensions of a Theatre card. The next step was to water-colour the sky background on a few pieces of Shimmery White card-stock using Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ ink and the wide Water Painter. Once dry, I added a little White Craft ink to give a sense of clouds.

The mid-sized carrot from the Pick a Bunch stamp set was stamped near the bottom of 2 of the water-coloured panels using Pumpkin Pie Classic ink. The full carrot stamp was stamped off then stamped on the panel; then the extra carrot shading stamp was stamped over the carrots in full strength Pumpkin Pie ink. One “heritage” carrot was stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink as I wanted to use the sentiment “There’s no one quite like you”. The recipient is a special fella. Each of the carrots had some little leaves added using Pear Pizzazz ink. The carrots were masked so the greenery just showed from the top of the carrots. The Pick a Bunch stamp set included a little stamp with tiny dots or hearts. I thought this could indicate numerous little butterflies flying in the garden - it was stamped in Pale Papaya ink. It was also used to distract from a couple of unwanted marks. The earth was created by crumpling a strip of Soft Suede card-stock and continuing to crumple until I was able to seperate the card-stock into 2. Each piece was adhered in place ensuring there were crumples showing. There panels were adhered directly to the “curtain panels” of the theatre card base.

Working on the larger water-coloured panel, the carrot shading stamp was used with Pear Pizzazz ink to create some grass. Three Pumpkin Pie large carrots and two Blackberry Bliss heritage large carrots were stamped on a seperate piece of Basic White card-stock; together with 2 guitars and the set of drums from the Enjoy the Rhythm stamp set in Momento ink. The guitars and drums were coloured with Stampin’ Up! Blends Combos, ie Pumpkin Pie, Pale Papaya, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate and the Colour Lifter. The carrots and musical instruments were all fussy cut. Some music notes were directly stamped on the background in Momento ink.

The 3 carrots had simple faces drawn using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker. Three carrots and the musical instruments were positioned with either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Mini Dimensionals. Part of the drum set was trimmed away to help it fit in place. Some Pear Pizzazz ‘hair’ was stamped on the background before the carrots were added. The recipient of the card is bald, so the Blackberry Bliss carrot didn’t receive any hair. I had a chuckle at this point.  The panel was adhered directly to the “back section of the theatre”.

The two remaining carrots were added to the “Theatre” front with some extra fussy cut foliage. Some deconstructed Pumpkin Pie twine (from the Three Twine Combo Pack) was tied around the foliage at the top of the carrots. A sentiment from the Pick a Bunch stamp set was white heat embossed on Soft Suede card-stock and added near the front carrots. Two other sentiments were stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink on Basic White card-stock and then “Birthday” and “Rock” were cut away and added with Mini Dimensionals. A few Vanilla Basic Matte Dots were added as the final touch.

The back of the card was prepared for writing a personal message with an extra fussy cut carrot and foliage added to a Basic White panel. As usual, I also decorated the envelope but forgot to take a photo before the card was given. The photo below shows a top view of this theatre card.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I hope this fun card gave you a smile. I certainly enjoyed creating it.

There is more Pumpkin Pie creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely Fiona Ryan. I am looking forward to checking out Fiona’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Real Red, another of the Regals Colour family as we continue our weekly 2022-2023 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 @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an wonderful 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 January - April 2023 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #naturesprints #pickabunch #enjoytherhythm

AWHT Colour Creations #40 Poppy Parade

Poppy Parade with Pretty Birds & Something Fancy

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, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on an orangey red called Poppy Parade. Poppy Parade is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong, happy colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers, letter boxes, at Christmastime and for a range of other reddish things.

Poppy Parade is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Soft Pastels Assortment; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Ombré Speciality Paper (Clearance) & some other DSPs in the Clearance Rack; plus the Saying Thanks Kit, Cozy & Bright Kit, and the Love Santa Kit.

Poppy Parade card-stock, ink, Stampin' Blends and some Ombré Speciality Paper have been used in this project plus a range of non-Poppy Parade bits and pieces. Here is my card:

When I was musing what I would create for this blog hop I was reminded of Rosellas that fly in my area. I love catching glimpses of them as they fly by. This thought took me to the Pretty Birds bundle. One idea I had thought of for this bundle was flowers cascading from the bird cage. These concepts were integrated to create this week’s project. 

I started with a very light watercolour wash on a piece of Shimmery White card-stock using Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ ink and the wide Water Painter. It was dried with the Heat Tool. This panel was embossed with the 3D Timeworn Type embossing folder. A second piece of Shimmery White card-stock also was water-coloured with Poppy Parade ink, ensuring varying depth of colour.

Two different birds from the Pretty Birds stamp set were stamped in Momento Black ink on to Basic White card-stock. I searched the web and found some photos of Rosellas to give me an idea of colours & placement. The birds were coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Orchard Oasis, Highland Heather and Smoky Slate combos plus the Colour Lifter. While I fussy cut the birds, the coordinating dies include dies to cut these birds.

The large birdcage was die cut using the Pretty Birds dies from Gold Foil as well as another 4 birdcages from Thick Basic White card-stock. All die cuts were layered together with the gold birdcage on top to give the birdcage some dimension. It was then positioned with Mini Dimensionals.  Small flower dies from the Sentimental Park dies cut out many, many flowers in 2 sizes from the extra water-coloured panel. Varying shades of flowers were adhered together - 1 large + 1 small.  The flowers were positioned to look as if they are cascading from the birdcage.

The card front was adhered to a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade Ombré Speciality Paper, before being added to a Thick Basic White card base. The Ombré Speciality Paper is currently in the Clearance Rack and a reduced rate - such a great buy.

The Rosellas were added with Dimensionals. A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was stamped in Poppy Parade ink onto Basic White card-stock. This was cut down with the Trimmer and added with Dimensionals. A piece of de-constructed Gold Elegant Trim was swirled around under the sentiment. Some delightful Iridescent Pearls were scattered around to provide a little shimmer. They are beautiful. 

The card inner was created from a piece of Basic White card-stock that had been stamped with the same 2 birds in Momento Black ink. This was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade card-stock. A C6 Basic White Envelope was similarly stamped with the 2 birds.

Thank you for calling in to check out my Poppy Parade project. I so appreciate you.

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

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Pumpkin Pie of the Regals Colour family as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 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 @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a 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 new January - April 2023 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #prettybirds #somethingfancy #sentimentalpark

AWHT Colour Creations #39 Pool Party

Pool Party with Rain or Shine

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, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a soft blue with a touch of green called Pool Party. Pool Party is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a delightful versatile colour. This colour is lovely when used for water, sky, sea backgrounds, glass and so much more. It coordinates with so many colours. 

Pool Party is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Fancy Flora, By the Bay, Texture Chic, Design a Daydream and Hues of Happiness DSPs; plus Kindness Kits, Texture Chic Memories & More cards; Grosgrain Ribbon & Sheer Ribbon; Solid Faceted Gems & Glossy Dots Assortment. That’s a great list demonstrating the colour's versatility.

Pool Party card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker, Sheer Ribbon, Grosgrain Ribbon and Glossy Dots Assortment have been used in these projects plus a range of non-Pool Party bits and pieces. Here are my cards:

Numerous Pool Party ideas have been tumbling through my mind and I have started creating - also turning a couple of ideas into reality, however, time and energy have gone and some projects are not finished, so there are only 2 cards this week.

As health has continued to be problematic and I haven’t been able to do much, I nudged myself to do some fussy cutting, including cutting out these oh so cute critters from the Rain or Shine Speciality Designer Series Paper.

CARD 1:

Pool Party is such a versatile colour and one of its brilliant uses is as a blended background. A blended Pool Party background works so well with the “rain or shine” concept - and has been used in varying strengths on both cards.

Some Pool Party Classic Stampin' ink was blended over part of the right side of a Basic White card-stock panel that had been embossed with the Raindrops Embossing Folder. The blending is delicate and not well picked up by the camera - it blends out a little larger that the Vellum circle cut by the largest circular Stylish Shapes dies. The blended panel was adhered to a slightly larger Pool Party card-stock panel.

A fussy cut little fox was added with Dimensionals to the Vellum circle, which in turn was adhered to the blended panel using Multipurpose Liquid glue underneath the fox. A little fussy cut puddle and some flowers were also added. A sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Momento ink and then fussy cut out, cutting away 3 of the words and reforming a sentiment which was added with Dimensionals. A thin strip of Pool Party Grosgrain ribbon was cut and tied into a bow before being tucked under the fox’s tail. Some Pool Party Glossy Dots were added to give a little shimmer.

The card inner was simply created with a Basic White card-stock panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Pool Party card-stock with a little fussy cut edge image adhered to an edge. I don’t like to unnecessarily waste anything including partial images from DSP edges - they are great to use on the edges of card inners and on envelopes. The photo below shows the C6 Basic White Envelope that has also been decorated with partial images.

CARD 2:

The second card uses a darker blended background, in my mind, indicating a heavier rain than the card above.

The focal panel stretches the width of the landscape card. It is a piece of Basic White card-stock mounted onto a larger piece from the Rain or Shine SDSP. They were adhered together near the edge of the panels so the second smallest Stylish Shape circular die that cuts out the 3 aperture’s leaving 3 white circles & 3 seperate SDSP circles. A seperate Basic White panel was cut to the same size of the card. This piece was also embossed with the Raindrops EF before having Pool Party blended in areas that would lie beneath the 3 die cut holes. The card front was mounted over the embossed blended panel using Dimensionals. Some splattering was added using a Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker.

Two fussy cut critters and a little patch of flowers were added with Dimensionals. A sentiment from the Happy Labels stamp set was stamped in Momento ink on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut out before being added with Dimensionals. A Pool Party Sheer ribbon, cut in half lengthwise, was tied in a bow and slipped under the sentiment. Pool Party Glossy Dots add a little shimmer.

A Basic White card inner was decorated with a couple of strips of coordinating SDSP and a partial fussy cut critter. As with the first card, the C6 Basic White was decorated with a couple of partial fussy cut images from the edges of the SDSP.

Thank you so much for calling in. I so appreciate you and the time you have spent here.

There is more Pool Party creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely Theresa Gerrard. It’s great to check out Theresa’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Poppy Parade, one of the Brights Colour family, as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 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 @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an wonderful 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 new January - April 2023 Mini Catalogue and Saleabration Brochure 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #happylabels #rainorshine  #somethingfancy  #raindrops   #stylishshapes

AWHT Colour Creations #38 Polished Pink

Polished Pink with Love for You & Around the Bend Dies

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, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a bright pink called Polished Pink. Polished Pink is part of the retiring 2021-23 In Colour Family and is a strong colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers and were ever you need a strong bright pink. 

Polished 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 Combo; In Colour Designer Series Paper as well as Enjoy the Journey, Awash in Beauty, Flowers & More (Host) DSPs; plus the Best Remedy Kit, Open Weave Ribbon as well as In Colour Opal Rounds, Loose Flower Flourishes & Shaker Shapes (Clearance Rack). 

Polished Pink card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker have been used in this project plus a range of non-Polished Pink bits and pieces. Here is my card:

As I was preparing to photograph this card, I realised that there was no stamping - which is sooo unusual for me. However, a number of techniques have been applied, incl Ink Blending, Water Splattering, Splattering using 2 inks, Dry Embossing and Dye Cutting.

I haven't been well all week and wasn't sure if I could participate this week. I have been trying to create but feeling devoid of inspiration. The card's design morphed along the way, partly because of a couple of key errors as well as energy levels. I was planning a Central Panel Spanner card but after gluing the side decorative panels down before adhering the piece to span across the central panel the fold was altered. I decided to glue the top side panels to the inner back panel of the card so that the central panel was the only section to move revealing the panel for writing one's personal message.

A Basic White card front was blended with Polished Pink (alone). It is always interesting seeing a colour in various tints. The blended panel was cut into 4 pieces, ie for the central panel, 2 side panels and a left over piece that was used for die cutting little hearts with the heart die from the Around the Bend dies. These panels were splattered using a Polished Pink Stampin' Write Marker and White Craft ink and a Water Painter. Once dry, 3 panels were embossed with the Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder.

The blended embossed panels were mounted onto Basic White card-stock before being adhered to the Polished Pink card base. As mentioned, the side front panels were adhered to the inner back card base. The tiny die cut hearts were sprinkled down the card in the opposite colouring to the blending of the front panel. Iridescent Heart Pearls were scattered among the blended die cut hearts.

Die cut words from the Love for You dies were cut multiple times from Basic White card-stock that had been backed with Adhesive Sheet. This made it so much easier to layer the die cut words and give depth to the words. A piece of Crinkled White Seam Binding was wrapped around the top of the central panel and tied in a bow.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was prepared for the inner central panel. Some Polished Pink ink blending was added near the top of the panel. Some splattering was added with a Polished Pink Marker and a couple of left over hearts were adhered near the bottom. A C6 Basic White envelope had some blending added to the left side and bottom and the envelope's back flap was also embossed with the same Pretty Flowers Embossing folder.

I created this card to send to a demonstrator in the USA as part of a Demonstrator Planning Place Valentines Card Swap so I didn't want it to be too gushy as I don't know the lady. As such, I just used "for you"  and let the tiny hearts speak of Valentines Day. I hope she likes it.

Thank you for calling by. Do check out everyone else's projects for the Polished Pink Colour Creations Blog Hop. I am keen to see everyone's projects.

There is more Polished Pink creativity. I am curious to see how my colleagues have used this bright colour. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the very special Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Pool Party, one of the Subtles Colour family as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 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 with links on Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an wonderful 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 new January - April 2023 Mini Catalogue / Sale-abration Brochure 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #aroundthebend #loveforyou #prettyflowers