AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #24 Fresh Freesia

Fresh Freesia with Wishes All Around

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 pale purple colour called Fresh Freesia. Fresh Freesia is now one of the Subtles Colour Family and is a lovely light mauve. This colour is a delightful  colour when used for flowers, babies and combines beautifully with Balmy Blue for snowflakes.

Fresh Freesia 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; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Delightful Floral, Masterfully Made, Stargazing Delightfully Eclectic, Bright and Beautiful DSPs; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelope pack; White Centre Speciality Paper, plus Tinsel Gems Three-pack. 

Fresh Freesia card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and the Tinsel Gems Three Pack have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Fresh Freesia bits and pieces.

I love a wreath, especially for Christmas, so the Wishes All Around bundle was a must have for me. The photos look much darker that the real thing, which is a pity as it looks more subtle than pictured and the sparkles don’t show. Having said that, when I finished the card I felt it needed something so I added different splatters, etc - I think I over did it. 

I started with a piece of Fresh Freesia card-stock and added blended colour, using Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather & Boho Blue Classic Stampin inks and Blending Brushes. A section was left unblended near the centre and then colours were added blending darker towards the edges. A little Highland Heather ink blending was also added to the centre later after the snowflake wreath had been positioned. White Craft ink with some drops of Wink of Stella was splattered over the card front.

The Snowflake wreath from the Wishes All Around die set was die cut from Silver Glimmer paper (Gold & Silver Adhesive-backed Glimmer Paper is an online only product and is so beautiful). A wreath was also cut from the White & Silver paper from the Snowflake Magic Speciality Designer Series Paper and Basic White card-stock, plus some single little snowflakes from both papers. The silver glimmer paper has an adhesive backing so it was laid directly onto the background. The white card-stock wreath had a little Shimmer Paste added. The 2 snowflake wreaths were laid over, moving them a little one way and then the other to enable the sparkle to shine through. Some single snowflakes were popped up on Mini Dimensionals to give some dimension variation.

Some Silver & White Sheer ribbon was cut in half lengthwise, tied into a bow and added to the wreath with Glue Dots. A sentiment from the Wishes All Around stamp set was white heat embossed onto Fresh Freesia card-stock and fussy cut, then positioned with Mini Dimensionals. Some of the Fresh Freesia Tinsel Gems were added to the centre of some of the snowflakes and around the wreath and sentiment.

As mentioned, the card needed something else so a few tiny snowflakes were stamped randomly. Some extra blending was added with Highland Heather ink, including a touch within the wreath. Some water splatters and Fresh Freesia splatters were added, the latter with a Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Write Marker.

A Basic White card inner was stamped in Fresh Freesia ink with a different sentiment and some tiny snowflakes from the same stamp set. A C6 Basic White envelope was also stamped with some tiny snowflakes in Fresh Freesia ink.

Thanks so much for dropping in to check out my Fresh Freesia project. I so appreciate it. xxx

There is more Fresh Freesia creativity so continue on with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of 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 Garden Green 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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