AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #17 Cherry Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler with Paper Florist Dies

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 rich deep red called Cherry Cobbler. Cherry Cobbler is one of the Regals Colour Family and is a warm red with a touch of purple. This colour would be lovely when used for flowers, cherries and is a brilliant colour for Christmas.

Cherry Cobbler 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; Watercolor Pencils; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Joy of Christmas DSP and Festive Pearls. 

Cherry Cobbler card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and Festive Pearls have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Cherry Cobbler bits and pieces.

As I am trying to spur myself on into creating for Christmas I decided to use Cherry Cobbler for a Christmas card. I also thought I would think laterally and use non-Christmas products for Christmas while using a christmas-y colour scheme.

I think one of the dies within the Paper Florist dies could be interpreted as poinsettia like (just squint your eyes and use your imagination). Three sets of this flower were cut from Basic White card-stock as well as leaves and flower buds. I also cut out the pieces for a different flower but decided not to use it when arranging the various elements. 

The background panel was ombre coloured with Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ ink and a Blending Brush. Isn’t Cherry Cobbler a delightful pink when its only applied lightly. I love exploring the different tints, tones and shades that can be created with a colour. To add a tad of extra interest one of the Brilliant Background dies was used to pierce a design in 2 opposite corners.

The flowers were coloured with Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ ink and a Mini Blending Brush. The leaves were coloured with Old Olive ink and the flower centres with touches of Wild Wheat ink. A Basic White card-stock card front was also stamped in second generation Crumb Cake ink using tiny hearts from the Country Bouquet stamp set. A little splattering with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker was added and the splattering embossing folder from the Stripes & Splatters 3D embossing folder set was used to emboss the front panel.

The smaller card front panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Cherry Cobbler card-stock. Some gold trim from the On-Line Only Gold & Silver Trim Combo Pack was tied around the centre and then into a bow near one edge. This centre panel was mounted to the background using Dimensionals. All of the floral pieces were arranged and adhered in place using either Mini Dimensionals or Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

A piece of Gold Simply Elegant Trim was tied around the bow’s knot and then tied into a bow. The ends of the trim’s bow were quite curly so I just let them do their thing - I quite liked the effect. A sentiment from the Hope and Peace stamp set (currently an On-line Only product) was white heat embossed onto Cherry Cobbler card-stock, fussy cut and added to the card with Mini Dimensionals. Some Cherry Cobbler Festive Pearls were scattered around the sentiment and some gold pearls adhered to the flower centres.

A different sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink onto a Basic White card inner; and a few second generation Crumb Cake hearts were stamped around the sentiment. A couple of individual left over leaves were added near the hearts.  A C6 Basic White envelope was similarly stamped with the Crumb Cake hearts along the left edge of the envelope front.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Cherry Cobbler Christmas card. I so appreciate it. 

There is more Cherry Cobbler creativity to come so do continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of my friend, the lovely Christine Blain. I am looking forward to checking out Christine’s creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Coastal Cabana as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. We will also be sharing Christmas inspiration this coming Monday evening when we go live with the weekly Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

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 Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the new September - December 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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