AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #29 Highland Heather

Highland Heather with Joy of NOEL

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 clear purple called Highland Heather. Highland Heather is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a mid purple that for me is leaning into the Brights category. This colour is lovely for flowers, and is wonderful to combine with blues when creating with snowflakes. As I am still building my Christmas card stash, I have gone a bit non-traditional and created 2 Christmas cards with Highland Heather blended backgrounds.

Highland Heather 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 Meandering Meadows DSP & Three Colour Glimmer Paper. 

Highland Heather card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Blends, Stampin’ Write Marker and the Three Colour Glimmer Paper have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-HIghland Heather bits and pieces.

CARD 1

The first card was designed around 4 colours stipulated by the current Colour Inkspiration Challenge no155.

Here is what I created to submit to the Challenge.  As it includes Highland Heather it is also brilliant to share here as well.

The layout is one I saw Emma Goddard demonstrate at her Friday Card & a Cuppa. As it was fresh in my mind I decided to combine it with the Colour Inkspiration Challenge and the Joy of NOEL bundle. I started by creating a blended background on Basic White card-stock using a Blending Brush and Highland Heather with Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Inks. The addition of Cherry Cobbler gave the blended background a special touch. A number of the smaller stamps from the Joy of Noel stamp set were white heat embossed using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder, the Emboss Additions Tool Kit and a Heat Tool. Some water was splattered over the blending. I so love the effect of water splattering.

The background panel was cut with the largest Deckled Rectangle die and then mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Highland Heather card-stock; and then onto a Basic White Thick card base. The curved arrangement from the stamp set was stamped in 2nd generation Highland Heather ink on a seperate piece of Basic White card-stock. It was coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia and Cherry Cobbler combos, plus the Colour Lifter. it was fussy cut and divided into 3 sections.

A piece of Iridescent White Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and a section was frayed and laid onto the card background. A thin strip of Highland Heather Three Colour Glimmer Paper was added slightly over the edge of the ribbon. NOEL was die cut from White Textured Shimmer Paper with some Adhesive Foam Sheet underneath, using the coordinating Joy of NOEL dies. A touch of Highland Heather ink was lightly blended over the top edges of the 4 letters.

The Blends coloured leaves/berries were tucked under “N” and “L”; with a bow of the cut Iridescent White ribbon tucked under the lower leaves/berries. Wink of Stella was splattered over the card to give extra Christmas shimmer. The final touch of special shine comes from some Tinsel Gems Three Pack (the Fresh Freesia ones).

The card inner was simply stamped with small holly in 2nd generation Highland Heather ink on Basic White card-stock. It was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Highland Heather card-stock before being added to a Basic White Thick Card base. A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped in the same way as the inside of the card.

CARD 2

The second card also has a blended background and was white heat embossed. While I started with just HIghland Heather ink, I decided to give greater depth with Gorgeous Grape ink and then couldn’t resist adding some Cherry Cobbler ink - I now so love this combo.

The background panel was also splattered with water, before being mounted onto Highland Heather card-stock. I started by splattering the panel with Highland Heather Stampin’ Write Marker, but the marker must be drying out so then added some Dark Highland Heather Blend. The latter gives a bigger & more uneven sized splatter.

Letters that spell “Peace” were cut out of Highland Heather Three Colour Glimmer Paper, that had been backed with Adhesive-backed Foam Sheet, using the Alphabet A La Mode dies. The leathers were laid onto a rectangle of White Textured Shimmer Paper. The decorative Holly/Berry Label and extra pine needles were also cut from the Textured Shimmer Paper. The pine needles were coloured with a touch of Lost Lagoon ink.

Wink of Stella was splattered over the background. The sentiment was added with Dimensionals and the other die cut pieces were arranged around it. A double bow of trimmed in half and frayed Iridescent White Ribbon was held together with a bow of Silver Simply Elegant Trim. A few Fresh Freesia Tinsel Gems Three Pack were added as the final touch of shimmer.

The card inner was simply stamped with the larger Christmas arrangement stamp in Highland Heather ink on Basic White card-stock. Two trimmed off strips from the card front were adhered down the sides before it was added to a Basic White Thick card base. A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped in the same way as the inside of the card.

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

To continue with the Highland Heather blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a special person, Rachel Palmieri. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’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 Lemon Lime Twist 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 until the end of November. 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 them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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