AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #12 Berry Burst

Berry Burst with Quiet Meadow & Cheerful Daisies

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 happy purple called Berry Burst. Berry Burst is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a pinky purple. This colour would be lovely when used for florals, berries and balloons, plus so much more.  Berry Burst was first introduced by Stampin’ Up! as an In Colour and was brought back with this years colour refresh.

Berry Burst 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; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Bright & Beautiful, Stargazing, Masterfully Made & Glorious Gingham DSPs; plus Soft Shimmer, White Centre & Holographic Trio Speciality Papers; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes; as well as Tinsel Gems Four Pack & Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio.

Berry Burst card-stock, ink and Tinsel Gems Four Pack have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Berry Burst bits and pieces.

Last weekend I was privileged to demonstrate a Watercolouring technique at a combined event that had been selected as one of Stampin’ Up!s 35 for 35 events (#35for35) in celebration of Stampin’ Up!s 35 year anniversary. These 2 cards were linked to my water-colour demonstrations.

CARD 1

One of the water-colour techniques demonstrated was a wet-on-wet water-colouring of stamped images. I had gold heat embossed on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper the flower from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and then water-coloured within the images. The images above were water-coloured with Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly (and a touch of Daffodil Delight), Gorgeous Grape, Azure Afternoon. Once dry, the flowers were fussy cut, however, they could have been die cut using the Meadow dies. I took the flowers to cut out when I was wanting to sit & relax, hence the fussy cutting.

The top row of flowers are water-coloured with Berry Burst. The bottom row has been coloured with Lemon Lolly/Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, & Azure Afternoon. The middle row was water-coloured with a combination of inks from the top row above and the bottom row below.

Two smaller stitched square dies from the Stylish Shapes dies were cut from Basic White card-stock, ie 9 of the two sizes for each of the 9 flowers to sit on. Some leaves from the Meadows dies were also cut from Basic White card-stock.

All the pieces were arranged, layering the smaller square over the slightly larger square, which was adhered with Dimensionals to the Thick Basic White card base. The flowers were adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue in the centre. Parts of the leaves were tucked under the flowers with Glue Dots.

A sentiment from the Something Fancy Stamp set was gold heat embossed on Basic White card-stock and a thin strip of Berry Burst card-stock was adhered under the sentiment strip. A piece of Gold Elegant Trim was tied into a double bow and slipped under the sentiment. Some oh so gorgeous Berry Burst Tinsel Gems from the Four Pack were scattered around the sentiment strip.

The inside of the card was decorated with a thin strip of Berry Burst card-stock, a water-coloured flower and a couple of left over pieces of die cut leaves. I ran out of time to create a square 6” envelope, so will do that in the next couple of days.

CARD 2

This card was created as one of the display samples to show created projects using samples of the techniques being demonstrated. This card incorporates a wet-on-wet water-coloured background and also features the Cheerful Daisies bundle.

A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was wet on wet water coloured using Berry Burst, Gorgeous Grape, and a touch of Azure Afternoon Classic inks. The wide brushed Water Painter was used to apply water & inks. The panel was left to dry and then die cut with a mid-sized Deckled Rectangle set of dies. Some of the colours blended in some areas to give a look similar to Fresh Freesia, so the watercolour panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Fresh Freesia card-stock. I so love seeing the effect of water-colouring - you will never get the same effect twice.

Pieces of die cut daisies were cut from Basic White card-stock using the Cheerful Daisies dies, ie both layers of the daisy dies, the leaves and the twig die. Two of the Nested Essential dies cut elongated shapes from Basic White card-stock and the larger shape from a piece of leafy Vellum Basics.

A sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set was stamped on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut out - I think I used Misty Moonlight ink. Iridescent Rhinestone Basics were sprinkled around.

A Basic White card-stock inner has a very thin strip of Fresh Freesia card-stock adhered to the right and die cut side-view daisy adhered at the top right.

Thank you so much for dropping by to check out my Berry Burst creations. I so appreciate it.

There is more Berry Burst creativity, so continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Amie McIllroy. I am looking forward to checking out Amie’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Blackberry Bliss, newly added to the Neutrals 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.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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