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!. 

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