AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #31 Lost Lagoon

Lost Lagoon 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 beautiful soft green called Lost Lagoon. Lost Lagoon is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a pale teal green. This colour is lovely for leaves, and anything with soft greens. It is also a delightful colour for Christmas.

Lost Lagoon is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Hello, Irresistible, Bright & Beautiful, Winter Meadow, Masterfully Made, One Horse Open Sleigh DSP; Snowflake Magic Speciality, Soft Shimmer Speciality, Tartan Foil Speciality; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes; Boho Beach Kit, Christmas Everywhere Kit, Festive Tags Kit as well as Bordered Ribbon, Tinsel Gems Three Pack and Faceted Gems Trio Pack. Wow, that is quite a list and demonstrates the versatility of this beautiful colour.

Lost Lagoon card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP  have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Lost Lagoon bits and pieces.

I love a wreath and so couldn’t go past the Wishes All Around bundle. Lost Lagoon is a gorgeous colour and I love it as a softer colour for Christmas so have combined them for this blog hop. My colour combo for this first card is Lost Lagoon with Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party and touches of silver and Bubble Bath.

The tree wreath stamp was coloured with Stampin’ Write Markers, using Lost Lagoon on every other tree and Pretty Peacock and Pool Party every 4th tree. I used a positioning tool so I could double stamp each individual tree to give good ink coverage. The image was cut with the coordinating die from Wishes All Around dies. Another 3 Basic White wreaths were die cut and then layered together to give some dimension.

The Basic White background panel was embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. A piece of the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP was torn and adhered to the left-hand side. The layered Tree Wreath was adhered directly to the background. 

The little sprig dies from the Wishes All Around dies were cut from Basic White card-stock and then lightly coloured with Lost Lagoon ink and a Blending Brush. A pine-type sprig from the Winter Meadow dies was used to cut the white & silver foil from the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was silver heat embossed and then fussy cut. The Silver & White Sheer Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and tied into a double bow. The different sprigs were arranged with the bow. The final touch was the addition of silver pearls from the Festive Pearls and Bubble Bath pearls from the Blooming Pearls.

The card inner was simply stamped in Lost Lagoon ink on Basic White card-stock with a sentiment from the same stamp set and strip of the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP was added to the side. A Basic White C6 envelope was partially stamped with the tree wreath in Lost Lagoon ink.

CARD 2

The second card also features the Wishes All Around bundle together with the Tiny Christmas Trees background die.

The colour combo for this 2nd card is Lost Lagoon with Basic White, Soft Sea Foam and touches of Berry Burst.

A Basic White card-stock panel was cut with the Tiny Christmas Trees die. I love this background die with the stylised tiny trees. Initially I had thought of having a subtle background of white on white but as I was featuring Lost Lagoon, a panel of Basic White was blended with Lost Lagoon ink and then splattered with water. I wanted a mottled background rather than a single  tone background. The coloured panel was cut slightly bigger than the die cut panel and then the latter was popped up on Mini Dimensionals, to give further light and shade.

The leafy wreath from the Wishes All Around dies cut a wreath from both Soft Sea Foam and Basic White card-stocks. Mottled Lost Lagoon ink was blended here and there over the Soft Sea Foam card-stock wreath and then Soft Sea Foam ink was partially blended over the Basic White leafy wreath. They were layered one over the other but slightly twisted to give a fuller wreath.

Little berry sprigs were die cut from Basic White card-stock and then lightly coloured with Berry Burst ink and a Blending Brush. Three little trees were stamped in Lost Lagoon ink and cut with the coordinating die. 

Another sentiment from the Wishes All Around stamp set was white heat embossed onto Lost Lagoon card-stock. The other half of the Silver & White Sheer ribbon was also tied into a double bow.  Rhinestone Basic Jewels were coloured with Dark and Light Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends and then added to some of the berries on the sprigs and a few extra rhinestones to the wreath.

The card inner was simply stamped in Lost Lagoon ink on Basic White card-stock with a sentiment from the same stamp set. A couple of lightly Berry Burst coloured sprigs and a little stamped tree were added. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped numerous times in Lost Lagoon ink with the sprig stamp.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. 

I do so appreciate you spending time with me. And now continue around the Blog Hop where there will be so much Lost Lagoon inspiration.

To continue with the Lost Lagoon blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a delightful lady and fellow South Australian, Di Furniss. 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 Melon Mambo 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 Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, the September-December Mini Catalogue or the coming January-April 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 these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas #17

Christmas with Joy of Christmas & Tiny Christmas Trees

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the final Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2023.  Christmas is just around the corner. 

This week I am showcasing a range of products including elements of the Joy of Christmas suite on one Christmas card and the Tiny Christmas Tree die on another card. Here are my two cards.

CARD 1:

If you joined me last Wednesday evening for the Colour Creations Blog Hop, I mentioned I had been inspired by the Global Design Project colour challenge. For that project I coloured Basic White card-stock with Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ inks. I had enough of the coloured paper remaining to create this card.

The colour combo is Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party and Poppy Parade inks on Basic White card-stock and touches of Silver (embossing and foil). This selection of colours would not be my go to but it is always good to challenge oneself. I found, I do love the combination. Poppy Parade Blends were used to colour Basic Rhinestone Jewels and “Joyous” was stamped in Poppy Parade ink.

The Basic White background was embossed with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder.

The Lemon Lime Twist coloured paper was die cut with the Holly Leaf from the Christmas Classics dies, while the Pool Party coloured paper was cut with the pine needles twigs. They were alternated and positioned in a wreath. I used the Deckled Circles dies to cut a ring from silver foil to help me form a wreath. Some little sprigs were cut from Silver Foil with a die from the Joy of Noel dies.

NOEL was stamped using the Joy of NOEL stamps in Versamark ink and silver heat embossed. A die from the coordinating Joy of NOEL dies perfectly cut out the letters. I had added some Foam Adhesive Sheet under the heat embossed letters before die cutting the letters. As mentioned, the word “Joyous” was stamped on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut. “NOEL” was adhered in the centre of the wreath and “Joyous” was adhered on top.

A couple of split lengthwise sections of the Silver & White Sheer ribbon were tied into a double bow and tucked under the pine and holly leaves with Glue Dots.  The Basic Rhinestone Jewels that had been coloured with the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends were sprinkled over the wreath, and NOEL.

The card inner was simply decorated with a strip of Silver Foil, a left over Lemon Lime Twist holly leaf and a little foil twig.

CARD 2:

The Tiny Christmas Trees die was used to cut a mask to colour the little trees through the mask. I used Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Soft Sea Foam Classic inks and randomly blended the little trees through the mask. 

As has been my story of late, I ran out of time to make two cards, so decided to use the blended mask that had been splattered with water to blend the colours a little and give gorgeous texture. A card with the tiny trees background will need to be finished later.

The background panel was trimmed and mounted onto a piece of Basic White card-stock. Some  Silver & White Sheer ribbon was wrapped around the mounted background before being adhered to a Basic White Thick card base. A double bow of the same lengthwise cut ribbon was positioned later with Glue Dots.

The newly released On-Line Only Mini Alphabet dies were used to die cut PEACE & JOY and the “to you” came from the Joy to You stamp set - silver embossed onto Basic White card-stock. Some little silver foil twigs left over from Card 1 were added to embellish the sentiment. Some Basic Rhinestone Jewels were added for the final touch of shimmer.

The card inner was simply decorated with a silver embossed sentiment also from the Joy to You stamp set and a couple of left over little foil twigs.

Thank you for joining us for our last Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2023

I so appreciate you spending time with me on my blog. I hope you found something of interest and to inspire.

There is more Christmas creativity so continue 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(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

Thank you so much for joining us over the last 4 months for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I hope you have enjoyed the blog hops and been inspired for your papercrafting.

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Blog Hop that goes live every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. This Blog Hop is continuing to the second Wednesday in December. It would be fantastic if you couple join us.

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 Sharon Davern’s blog @ Rhapsody in Craft. Sharon is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Heart of Christmas Coordinator.  She is a special 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, the September-December 2023 Mini Catalogue and or the coming January - April 2024 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 these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#heartofchristmasbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #joyofnoel   #chritmasclassics  #joyofchristmas  #tinychristmastrees   #joytoyou

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #30 Lemon Lime Twist

Lemon Lime Twist with Forever Forrest

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 yellow green called Lemon Lime Twist. Lemon Lime Twist is one of the Brights Colour Family. I used to think this green was extremely bright, but the introduction of Parakeet Party has toned it down in my mind. This colour is lovely for leaves / trees, and anything needing bright greens.

Lemon Lime Twist is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew, and Glorious Gingham DSP; White Centre Speciality Paper; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Cards, and Cards & Envelopes; Confetti Birthday Kit, Ribbon Duo Combo Pack, & Tinsel Gems Four Pack. 

Lemon Lime Twist ink and Stampin’ Write Marker have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Lemon Lime Twist bits and pieces.

My chosen colour combo are the colours of the current Global Design Project Challenge - #GDP421. I’m not sure whether I will enter this card or whether I will have an opportunity to create something new. As always, members of their Design Team have created wonderful projects.  Our own Vicki Boucher is the Guest Designer and she has created a gorgeous card.

When I was thinking about a design for this colour, I thought of trees and then I saw Tammy Wilson, one of Stampin’ Up!s current Artisans, who was Guest Designer this month with the Crafty Carrot Co, demonstrate a technique she uses to colour Basic White card-stock and then punch or die cut elements. I love the effect so decided to use her technique with the Forever Forrest dies. As you can see from the photo below that includes some left over coloured card-stock, Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ ink was applied to Basic White card-stock with a Blending Brush and Pool Party was similarly applied with some overlap. Water droplets were liberally splattered all over. The coloured panel was left to dry and before both White Craft ink and a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker were splattered all over the panel.

Different sizes of detailed die trees from the Forever Forrest dies were cut from this panel, with some from the Lemon Lime Twist section and a couple from the two-colour section. I so love the colour variation on the die cuts.  Some mountains (from the same set) were die cut from Basic White card-stock. Clouds were cut from White Textured Shimmer Paper and stars (Stars at Night dies) from the Holographic Trio Speciality Paper.

A Basic White panel was lightly blended with Pool Party. A little water was splattered and a Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker added a little splatter. Mountains were added with Dimensionals and some extra mountains were tucked in behind. The latter had a little light Lemon Lime Twist blending applied.  The Lemon Lime Twist trees were either adhered directly with Multipurpose Liquid Glue or popped up on Mini Dimensionals. The clouds and stars were also added either with Mini Dimensionals or with Glue.

The largest tree was decorated with a number of Poppy Parade Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs. A sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set was white heat embossed (using Versamark Ink, White Emboss Powder, the Embossing Accessories Tool Kit and a Heat Tool) onto Poppy Parade card-stock and then fussy cut out. It was popped up on Mini Dimensionals, with a double bow tied from a strip of trimmed White & Silver Sheer Ribbon tucked underneath.

The card inner was simply stamped with trees in 2nd generation Lemon Lime Twist ink on Basic White card-stock. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped in a similar way. The card inner was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade card-stock, in the same way as the card front.

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 be so much Lemon Lime Twist inspiration.

To continue with the Lemon Lime Twist blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a very special lady and our Blog Hop Coordinator, Cathy Proctor. I am looking forward to checking out Cathy’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 Lost Lagoon 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. As mentioned, Cathy is our brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  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 them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #foreverforrest      #nightdivine  #starsatnight  #GDP421