Shaded Spruce with Sentimental Park and Natural Prints
Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 45th 2022-23 Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.
This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a strong green called Shaded Spruce. Shaded Spruce is part of the Regals Colour Family and is another beautiful colour. This colour is lovely when used for leaves, trees, at Christmastime plus so much more.
Shaded Spruce is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, spots & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Regency Park, Flowers & More (Host), Pretty Prints DSPs; plus Textured Shimmer Paper, Christmas Gifting Kit and a couple of things on the Clearance Rack.
I initially thought I would try to use Shaded Spruce in a different way, but I saw a climbing plant on a recent walk with delightful mauve flowers which led me to create a leafy card with flowers. Also, as can often happen, the card design morphed along the way.
A panel of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Fern 3D embossing folder before some light blending of Fresh Freesia ink was laid under the wreath with one of Stampin’ Up!s Blending Brush. A splattering of Shaded Spruce was added to both the wreath and the background panel. Torn strips of the Pretty Prints Shaded Spruce DSP and Shaded Spruce card-stock were layered on one side of the embossed background panel.
A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was white heat embossed using White Emboss powder (from the Basics Emboss Powder set), Versamark ink and a Heat Tool on Shaded Spruce card-stock. The sentiment was fussy cut and positioned with Dimensionals near the floral arrangement. Some gorgeous Adhesive-backed Milky Dots were added to the centre of the larger flowers and around the sentiment. I love to add a little bling.
A Basic White card inner had left over water-coloured leaves and flowers added as very simple decoration. A C6 Basic White Envelope was also decorated with left over leaves and flowers. I intended to add some torn DSP, but forgot. Ah well, my memory is not what it used to be. I will probably add some later.
Thank you so much for calling by. I so appreciate you. Do continue around the Blog Hop as there is more Shaded Spruce creativity to see.
Shaded Spruce card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker and Pretty Prints DSP have been used in this project plus a range of non-Shaded Spruce bits and pieces. Here is my card:
I initially thought I would try to use Shaded Spruce in a different way, but I saw a climbing plant on a recent walk with delightful mauve flowers which led me to create a leafy card with flowers. Also, as can often happen, the card design morphed along the way.
The wreath from the Natural Prints dies and flowers from the Sentimental Park dies were cut from Shimmery White card-stock. The wreath was water-coloured with Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ ink using the large Water Painter. The die cut flowers were water-coloured with either Blackberry Bliss or Fresh Freesia Classic inks with the former colouring the larger flowers and the later colouring the tiny flowers.
A panel of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Fern 3D embossing folder before some light blending of Fresh Freesia ink was laid under the wreath with one of Stampin’ Up!s Blending Brush. A splattering of Shaded Spruce was added to both the wreath and the background panel. Torn strips of the Pretty Prints Shaded Spruce DSP and Shaded Spruce card-stock were layered on one side of the embossed background panel.
Three extra wreaths were cut from Basic White card-stock and then layered directly over on-another and topped with the water-coloured wreath. The 2 largest die-cut flowers were adhered together and then, together with single layered flowers, were arranged on the wreath together with a Fresh Freesia Open Weave ribbon bow. (The ribbon had been cut in half lengthwise.) As I was working with the photos on this blog I noticed that the camera and lighting has shown the colour of the bow as quite different to the Fresh Freesia ink and certainly different to the way it looks in real life. Interesting.
A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was white heat embossed using White Emboss powder (from the Basics Emboss Powder set), Versamark ink and a Heat Tool on Shaded Spruce card-stock. The sentiment was fussy cut and positioned with Dimensionals near the floral arrangement. Some gorgeous Adhesive-backed Milky Dots were added to the centre of the larger flowers and around the sentiment. I love to add a little bling.
Thank you so much for calling by. I so appreciate you. Do continue around the Blog Hop as there is more Shaded Spruce creativity to see.
To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely and talented Rachel Woollard. I look forward to checking out Rachel’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.
I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Smoky Slate, one of the Neutrals Colour family as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops. There is only a handful of colours left to complete this round of Colour Creations Blog Hops. The past 11 months have sped by.
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!.
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What a wonderful, water coloured wreath, Andrea. I love the way you've showed so many different shades of Shaded Spruce with your watercolouring. That "Hello friend" sentiment is so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYour floral wreath is so delicate and beautiful. The soft flowers look amazing against the green foliage of the wreath, and I love the ribbon bow.
ReplyDeleteShaded Spruce is a very pigmented colour and your watercolouring is a great example of how to soften it. Teams beautifully with Fresh Freesia.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card and colour combo, Andrea. I love the little added detail inside the card too. I'm also loving the texture, the water colouring and your attention to every detail.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Andrea. I admire your water colouring capabilities, you just nail it every time. Those flowers are stunning, the ribbon bow and the sentiment are all perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful card, Andrea. I am a sucker for a wreath, and yours is just gorgeous. The softness of the pinks and purples is so pretty against the bold Shaded Spruce paper and card, and I love your choice of embossing folder for the background.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and love your water colouring, the different shades of Shaded Spruce come up in this technique.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous wreath Andrea, and your water colouring is superb.The colours look really good together, and the fern EF is a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteAndrea I was wondering how you would manage to make such a strong colour serene. Wonder no more. Your card is simply divine!!! Love the texture that the inclusion of the fern EF adds too.
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