AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #26 Gorgeous Grape

Gorgeous Grape with Handcrafted Elements & Joy to You

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 purple called Gorgeous Grape. Gorgeous Grape is one of the Regals Colour Family and is a warm deep purple. This colour is lovely for flowers, and anything with strong purples.

Gorgeous Grape is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, ink spots & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2, Soft Pastels; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Saying Thanks Kit & Glossy Dots Assortment. 

Gorgeous Grape card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and Glossy Dots have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Gorgeous Grape bits and pieces.

It is easy to miss the Handcrafted Elements dies in the current September-December Mini Catalogue. A couple of the dies can be used to create a gorgeous Christmas bauble. This card uses one of the dies and cuts it in half to fit around a gorgeous sentiment from the Joy to You stamp set. This idea was CASEd from the Mini Catalogue although the rest of the card is quite different. Also, please accept my apologies as my photos do not capture Gorgeous Grape well - the photo process has turned this beautiful colour quite blue.

The background panel was lightly wet-on-wet water-coloured with Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin’ ink on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper before being trimmed with a Deckled Rectangle die. The sentiment from the Joy to You stamp sets was stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink. The background panel was stamped with pine from the Christmas Classics stamps and gold embossed. A little blending with some Blackberry Bliss ink was added over the edges before being adhered directly to a Blackberry Bliss card base.

A Basic White card inner was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink down two edges using the same pine stamp that was used on the card background. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped similarly around all edges.

CARD 2

The second card also has a water-colour background using both Gorgeous Grape and Blackberry Bliss Classic inks. This is a darker background to the first card. It was also trimmed with a Deckled Rectangle die and mounted onto a panel of Gorgeous Grape card-stock. 

The two coordinating Handcrafted Elements bauble dies were used to cut Basic White card-stock. The 2 pieces were adhered together with Dimensionals and the bauble was added to the Fern 3D Embossed water-coloured background with another layer of Dimensionals. The card front was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Gorgeous Grape card-stock.

I won’t take you through the numerous failed attempts to finish the card, enough to say a Basic White panel was embossed with Shimmer Embossing Paste and lightly blended with Gorgeous Grape ink. As it didn’t look right a slightly smaller panel of Basic White card-stock was adhered over the top, leaving a small boarder. A bow of the White & Silver Sheer Ribbon was added at the top of the bauble - I’m not sure this is right??? A few Gorgeous Grape Glossy Dots were scattered. I tried some different sentiments but wasn’t happy, so left the card front without a sentiment. I’m still not 100 percent happy, but have ran out of time to play further.

The card inner was simply stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink on Basic White card-stock. It is really hard to see, but the flap of the Basic White C6 envelope was embossed with the same Fern 3D Embossing Folder. I left a strip of the flap un-embossed so the sender details could be written more easily on the back flap.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. I know we are a smaller group this week but I am sure there will still be so much Gorgeous Grape inspiration.

To continue with the Gorgeous Grape blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of my special friend and fellow South Australian, Tina Gillespie. I am looking forward to checking out Tina’s creation(s). 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 Granny Apple Green as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. We are also sharing Christmas inspiration through the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop every week, going live Monday nights. We would love you to drop in then.

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 September-December Mini 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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