AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #2 Copper Clay

Copper Clay with Nested Friends & Some Water-colour

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. We have started with new colours, including the 2023-2025 In Colours.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a rich rusty terracotta called Copper Clay. Copper Clay is part of the new 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a great colour. This colour would be lovely when used for earthen ware pots, autumn leaves and some animals. I’m still exploring coordinating colours but it is delightful with Petal Pink and Old Olive (as used in the card below).

Copper Clay is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin' Blends Combo; In Color Designer Series Paper as well as Fresh As A Daisy, Earthen Elegance Designer Series Papers; plus In Color Luster Speciality Paper, Treat Bags and Grid Paper; In Color Textured Ribbon & Jute Trim;  In Color Dots and Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems.

Copper Clay card-stock, ink, Blends Combo and In Color Dots have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Copper Clay bits and pieces.

While I liked Copper Clay as a colour I needed to really think about how I would use the colour and which colours I would coordinate with it. As I love to do when trying out a new colour, I decided to create a water-coloured panel. As we are in Autumn and I see many Autumn leaves on my walks with Gemma, my choice of colours had Autumn leaves in the back of my mind. Here is the water-colour panel I created using Copper Clay, Petal Pink and Old Olive Classic Stampin’ inks, a broad brush Water Painter and Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.

While I loved the water-colour panel, it was rather dominant so I decided to layer a panel of … Vellum over it. Both panels were cut with Deckled Rectangles dies. I was also inspired by Cindy Schuster, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, current Stampin’ Up! concept artist and past Artisan who recently posted a delightful card featuring the Nested Friends bundle. 

Using the Nested Friends dies, I cut the 2 layers of a bird’s nest and some eggs from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. The bird nest pieces were water-coloured using Copper Clay ink ensuring there was colour variation. The eggs were water-coloured with Petal Pink ink. I intended to add some speckling to the eggs with stamped off Copper Clay ink but became so engrossed with card creation it slipped my mind till now - oops! Die cut leaves using dies from the coordinating Nested Friends dies were coloured with Old Olive ink and some Petal Pink and diluted Copper Clay inks - reminiscent of Autumn leaves. A couple of twigs were die cut from Copper Clay card-stock using dies from the new Seasonal Branches dies.

Flowers were stamped on Very Vanilla card-stock - thick and a panel of Very Vanilla card-stock was dry embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (I so love this embossing folder). Flowers from the Seasonal Branches stamp set were stamped in Petal Pink ink onto Very Vanilla card-stock. A bird from the Nested Friends stamp set was stamped in second generation Copper Clay ink and another was stamped in reverse using a Silicone Craft Sheet. The flowers and birds were coloured with Stampin’ Blends, incl Copper Clay, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral combos plus the Colour Lifter. There are coordinating dies for the flowers and birds.

All the pieces were layered and arranged using a mix of Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Glue Dots. 

A sentiment from the Nested Friends stamp set was heat embossed onto Copper Clay card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. This sentiment was fussy cut including cutting off one of the words. I only wanted “thinking of you” not “Always thinking of you”. This was added with Mini Dimensionals. A double Linen Thread bow had been tucked underneath the sentiment. Some Copper Clay In Colour Dots were added to give a touch of sparkle. 

A Very Vanilla piece of card-stock was topped and bottomed with a left over bit of the water-coloured panel. The bird’s nest was stamped in 3rd generation Copper Clay ink. A C6 Basic White envelope (my Very Vanilla envelopes had disappeared) also was stamped with the bird’s nest. 

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

There is more Copper Clay creativity so do continue through the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the very special Kate Morgan. I am looking forward to checking out Kate’s creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Moody Mauve, another of the new 2023-2025 In Colour family, as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  There are so many gorgeous products available in this catalogue. Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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