AWHT Colour Creations #50 Soft Suede

Soft Suede with Greatest Journey 

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We have been working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week. This week’s Blog Hop is the last in the 2022-2023 series.

This Blog Hop is focussing on a retiring deep warm brown called Soft Suede. Soft Suede is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and is a rich and versatile colour. This colour is lovely when used for masculine projects, for trees, earthy themes and so much more. It works well with so many colours. 

Soft Suede 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; Neutrals Designer Series Paper as well as Happy Forest Friends, Ready to Ride, Like an Animal Speciality, Fancy Flora and Texture Chic Speciality DSPs; as well as Texture Chic Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes; the Christmas Whimsy Card Kit and the Timeless Greetings Kit. That’s a solid list demonstrating the colour's versatility.

Soft Suede card-stock and ink have been used in this project plus a range of non-Soft Suede bits and pieces.

I created this card for a male friend’s birthday. He is a jogger and cyclist, so I couldn’t go past the Greatest Journey bundle with the Enjoy the Journey Designer Series Paper. All of these products are retiring on 1 May 2023 so if you are inspired by this project don’t wait. NB: I have just realised that the dies have already sold out but the Greatest Journey stamps and Enjoy the Journey DSP are available for a limited time. The card was created prior to knowing retiring colours and products so my apologies that the dies are no longer available.

Retiring Pale Papaya card-stock was cut and scored for this Double Z-fold card and pieces of a design from the Enjoy the Journey DSP were cut to size and adhered directly to each panel in order so the DSP design flowed across the card. The back and left side panels were stamped with trees using Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ ink prior to the DSP being adhered in place. Strips of Vellum card-stock were cut for the top layer and pieces of Soft Suede card-stock were cut using the mountain top die from the Greatest Journey dies to create the hilly rocky ground. 

The previous photo shows the card from above so you can see the way the top and bottom sections fold. The Vellum was embossed with the retiring In the Clouds Embossing Folder. It was then scored to support the folding of the Vellum. Some clouds and a crescent moon were also die cut from Vellum. The die cut panels of Soft Suede were embossed with the Splatters EF of the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders set, before being scored. A little Soft Suede strip was also cut to enable an extra layer with some tree tops. Three figures were also die cut from Soft Suede card-stock, eg the runner, the bike rider and the hiker, plus a walking stick and some plants.

Shading was added to the Soft Suede die cuts with Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ ink and a Sponge Dauber. The Vellum top section was lightly adhered in place. Multipurpose Liquid Glue was added to the back of the Vellum with another Sponge Dauber. The Soft Suede section was adhered in place at the base and the extra strip was positioned and die cut stamped tree tops were added to build dimension within the scene. The die cut plants were tucked behind the rocks on the back panel. The 3 figures were added with Dimensionals apart from feet and base of wheels that were adhered directly with a small dot of Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

A birthday sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set was white heat embossed on Soft Suede card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss powder and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was fussy cut and added with Mini Dimensionals. Some Enamel Dot Essentials added the finishing touch for the card design.

A Pale Papaya card-stock panel had a strip of the DSP added to the right and a small die cut piece of mountain top/rock was adhered at the base. A sentiment from the Greatest Journey stamp set was stamped in Soft Suede ink on a scrap of Pale Papaya card-stock. The sentiment was fussy cut as I wanted to omit a few of the words at the end of the first line. The card could be folded to fit into a standard Basic White C6 envelope. A thin strip of the DSP was added to the left edge of the envelope and a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped in Soft Suede ink. I wasn’t well so wasn’t able to attend the recipient’s birthday celebration and the card was given later, so this sentiment was perfect.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate it.

There is more Soft Suede creativity. 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 commencing the new series of AWHT Colour Creations Blog Hops for 2023-2024. We will be featuring the new colours first, starting with Boho Blue, one of the new 2023-2025 In Colour family.

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 the new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations #49 Soft Succulent

Soft Succulent with Two-Tone Flora

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 blog hop is the penultimate blog hop for this 2021-2023 series.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a muted green called Soft Succulent. Soft Succulent is part of the retiring 2021-2023 In Colour Family and is a delightful colour. This colour is lovely when used for leaves, plants, at Christmas time and works with so many colours. 

Soft Succulent 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 Fancy Flora, Delicate Desert, Lovely Linen, Pretty Prints, He’s the Man, Flowering Fields and Harvest Meadows DSPs; plus Texture Chic Speciality; Dry Brushed Metallic Speciality; Fine Shimmer; Brushstroke Speciality papers; Birthday Card Organiser Kit; Love Treats Kit; Christmas Whimsy Card Kit; Slimline Envelopes; Texture Chic Memories & More Cards; Texture Chic Memories & More Cards & Envelopes; Satin Shimmer Ribbon and Festive Pearls. That’s a solid list demonstrating the colour's versatility.

Soft Succulent card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker, Fancy Flora DSP and Festive Pearls have been used in creating this project plus a range of non-Soft Succulent bits and pieces.

I so so love the Fancy Flora DSP with its painterly designs and so I thought I would feature both sides of one of the sheets that uses Soft Succulent. This card design was featured by Rachel Tessman, a US Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, recently. It uses a full 6”x6” sheet of DSP and enables both sides to shine. I have used the DSP with the coordinating stamps and dies from the Fancy Flora Suite. There was no wastage of the DSP as the thin off-cut strip from trimming the sheet down to a standard card height of 14.9cm, was used on the inside of the card to partially decorate the panel for writing the personal message.

As mentioned above, a sheet of DSP was trimmed on one side to cut it to the height of a standard portrait card. The DSP was scored to enable it to fold behind a 1/4sheet of Soft Succulent card-stock. It was scored a second time to support the sheet being folded back to show the other side of the DSP on the front. I struggled a bit initially, as I wanted to show the more pattered design on the card front, but then thought the two-tone flowers would better contrast with the Soft Succulent/Evening Evergreen design. Thin strips of Brushed Gold Metallic paper and Soft Succulent card-stock were tucked under the folded back edge.

A mid-sized deckled rectangle was cut from Basic White card-stock using the Deckled Rectangles dies. The large detailed die from the Two-Tone Flora dies was cut out and used as a mask to very lightly blend some Soft Succulent Classic Stampin’ ink onto the deckled label. Taking the colour combo from the DSP, the flowers from the Two-Tone stamped flowers were stamped in Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Orchard Oasis, Petal Pink and Calypso Coral Classic inks. Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen inks were used for the leaves.

The flowers and leaves were die cut with coordinating dies from the Two-Tone Flora dies. They were arranged and adhered with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals or Glue Dots. The Gold Satin Edged ribbon was a swish layered under the floral arrangement. A sentiment from the Something Fancy stamps was white heat embossed using Soft Succulent card-stock, Versamark ink, White Emboss powder and a Heat Tool. It was added with Mini Dimensionals. Some Soft Succulent Festive Pearls were the finishing touch.

I love the inside of the card as it showcases the “A” side of the DSP. Another sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped directly onto the DSP with Evening Evergreen ink. A Two-Tone flower was stamped onto Basic White card-stock and the thin DSP off-cut was adhered down the side. A Basic White C6 Envelope was decorated with a left over flower and leaf.

Thank you so much for calling in and spending time with me. 

I looove Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen and am sad to see them leave the Stampin’ Up! palette. The Fancy Flora DSP, Gold Satin Edged ribbon, Soft Succulent card-stock and ink, plus the Brushed Metallic Paper are all retiring and 1 May will be the last day to purchase them unless they are sold out earlier. Thankfully, the Two-Tone Flora and Something Fancy stamps and dies are carrying over into the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.

There is more Soft Succulent creativity. 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 creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Soft Suede, one of the retiring colours from the Neutrals Colour family, as we finalise the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hop series.  Don’t worry - we will be continuing to Blog Hop the following week and will initially focus on the new 2023-2025 In Colours.

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 new Stampin' Up's 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it 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   #twotoneflora #somethingfancy    #deckledrectangles

AWHT Colour Creations #48 Soft Sea Foam

Soft Sea Foam with Sentimental Park Fancy Fold

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. You may a come to me from my Blog Hop colleague, the talented Rachel Woollard.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale green called Soft Sea Foam. Soft Sea Foam is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous colour. I love the subtles. This colour is lovely when used for leaves, sea themes and so much more. It works with many colours. 

Soft Sea Foam 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 Hello, Irresistible, Pretty Prints and Fancy Flora DSPs; plus Kindness Card Kits and Sequins for Everything. 

Soft Sea Foam card-stock, ink and a design from the Hello, Irresistible DSP have been used in this project plus a range of non-Soft Sea Foam bits and pieces. I so so love the Hello, Irresistible DSP, that can only be found on-line.

Given the beautiful DSPs that include Soft Sea Foam I decided to create a fancy fold with one of the SSF designs. I was going to create another simple fancy fold with the Fancy Flora DSP but time just disappeared. Thick Basic White card-stock was scored, cut and burnished. Soft Sea Foam card-stock was cut as mounting pieces. Hello, Irresistible DSP and Basic White card-stocks were cut to size. Pieces were layered and adhered in place.

The Basic White pieces had been stamped with the cross-hatch stamp from the Sentimental Park stamp set using Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ ink. Flowers and leaves were die cut from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. The leaves were water-coloured with Soft Sea Foam ink and the flowers with Flirty Flamingo ink, ensuring variation of depth. I chose Flirty Flamingo as it was one of the colours featured in the Hello, Irresistible DSP.

One of the largest single flower shapes was layered with 2 smaller flowers. A number of other flower shapes had another flower added on top and the rest remained single. The leaves and flowers were positioned and adhered in place using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Loose Frosted Dots (Daffodil Delight) were adhered to the centre of most of the flowers plus some Flirty Flamingo dots were centred on some others, to add some interest. 

A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto Soft Sea Foam card-stock and then heat embossed using White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was fussy cut out. I was planning to have “let’s celebrate YOU” but the full sentiment didn’t seem to work, so the “YOU” was left off and later added to the back panel that was designed for a personal message. The sentiment was added with Dimensionals plus 3 extra Flirty Flamingo Loose Frosted Dots.

The panel for the personal message was prepared as one of the long panels on the back. Basic White card-stock was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Soft Sea Foam card-stock. Two off-cuts of the DSP were adhered to the top and bottom of the panel. The word “YOU” from the card front was adhered above the “Happy Birthday” sentiment.  Three Flirty Flamingo Loose Frosted Dots were added as the final touch.

Looking at the open card, one may wonder whether the card would fit within a normal envelope. As you can see above, it will fold to fit within a C6 Basic White Envelope.

The envelope itself was stamped with “let’s celebrate” across the bottom in Soft Sea Foam ink. A few flowers were stamped on a side. It was similarly stamped on the back flap as well. I love the look of the card when it is folded up and it looks quite different when opened. It would be a lovely card to give to a special friend for her birthday.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I do value your time with me.

There is more Soft Sea Foam creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely Di Furniss. I look forward to checking out Di’s creations. I wonder if she has created one of her amazing fancy folds? I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week, for the second to last Blog Hop in this series, when we will be featuring Soft Succulent, one of the retiring 2021-2023 In Colour family, as we draw close to the end of 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 amazing 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 the new Stampin' Up's 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send one to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations #47 So Saffron

So Saffron with Sweet Citrus and Daffodil Daydream

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 light yellow called So Saffron. So Saffron is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is soft colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers, butterflies or bees, fruit (eg lemons) and could be indicative of light or sun rays.

So Saffron 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 Awash in Beauty and Happy Forrest Friends DSPs; plus the Wreath of Blooms kit and Loose Daisy embellishments. There are also a couple of products on the Clearance Rack.

So Saffron card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker and Stampin’ Blends have been used in these projects plus a range of non-So Saffron bits and pieces. 

CARD 1:

I had in mind a completely different card for this Blog Hop, but seeing Cindy Schuster talk about the Sweet Citrus bundle a day or so ago, I determined to use this delightful and continuing stamp and dies.

A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was white embossed using the citrus rind stamp and some small flower stamps with Versamark, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. The panel was water-coloured with So Saffron Classic Stampin’ ink using a Water Painter. It was water-coloured darker on the edges and lighter in the middle. If I was to create a similar card again I would ensure the background was lighter. When dry, the panel was die cut using one of the Deckled Rectangles dies and mounted on a slightly larger piece of So Saffron card-stock.

A white circular label was die cut using the retiring Layering Circles dies from Basic White card-stock, annd added to the water-coloured panel. Some Fluid 100 Paper was embossed and cut using the Sweet Citrus Hybrid Embossing folder and dies. The 4 pieces of citrus were coloured using a form of smooshing technique with So Saffron ink. When dry, 3 pieces were added over the label using either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals.

Flowers were stamped in Petal Pink and Calypso Coral inks and leaves in the retiring Pear Pizazz ink on Basic White card-stock. The flowers were lightly coloured with the same inks using the fine Water Painter. The flowers and leaves were cut with the coordinating dies. They were then scattered and tucked under and around the lemons. A little splattering was added with a So Saffron Stampin’ Write Marker so the exposed bit of the white label did not seem as stark.

A double White Crinkled Seam Binding bow has been tucked under the top piece of lemon. A sentiment from the Sweet Citrus stamps was white heat embossed onto So Saffron card-stock and fussy cut out. It was positioned with Mini Dimensionals. Adhesive-backed Milky Dots were added to flower centres and around the sentiment.

A Basic White card-inner was stamped with citrus flesh and the remaining water-coloured slice of citrus with a couple of leaves were adhered over the stamping. It was mounted on a slightly larger piece of So Saffron card-stock. A Basic White C6 Envelope was also stamped with citrus flesh and some remaining flowers and leaves were adhered over the stamping.

CARD 2:

I had recently seen Emma Goddard, during one of her Card & Cuppa sessions, create a card where she randomly stamped over the card front and then fully coloured the images & background with Stampin’ Blends. I thought I would give it a go using So Saffron Stampin’ Blends.

The larger daffodil stamp from the Daffodil Daydream set, was stamped randomly on a piece of Basic White card-stock in So Saffron Classic Stampin’ ink. A few butterflies from the same stamp set were added to fill in a few gaps.

The images were coloured with a number of Stampin’ Blends, ie So Saffron, Pale Papaya, Soft Succulent combos together with the light Evening Evergreen Blend and the Colour Lifter. The whole background was coloured with the Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend.

The coloured panel was mounted directly to a Pool Party card base. A sentiment from the same stamp set was also stamped in So Saffron ink. It was trimmed down and the ends were finished using the Happy Labels Pick a Punch. A small piece of the White Frayed Ribbon was cut & frayed before being tucked under the label. Some Pale Papaya 2021-2023 In Colour Opal Rounds were added to give a little shimmer.

A Basic White card inner was stamped with the daffodils in So Saffron ink and a thin off-cut from the card front was added to the side. A C6 Basic White envelope also was stamped with the daffodils.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate you.

There is more So Saffron 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 wonder what Kate has created for this blog hop. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Soft Sea Foam, one of the Subtles Colour Family as we are quickly drawing to a close of the current 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 the coming Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #sweetcitrus #daffodildaydream  #deckledrectangles