AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #12 Blueberry Bushel

Blueberry Bushel with Layers of Beauty + Seaside Wishes

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 mid-blue colour called Blueberry Bushel.  Blueberry Bushel is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a rich blue that can coordinate with many colours, including yellows (I love blue and yellows together), other blues, neutrals, etc and it would be wonderful for berries, sea scenes, flowers …  and anything needing a mid- blue.

Blueberry Bushel is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin’ Blends Combos; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Full of Life, Meandering Meadows, Winter Meadows and Bright & Beautiful DSPs; plus Hooray for Honeycomb and Confetti Birthday Kits. 

These projects have incorporated Blueberry Bushel as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker and Tinsel Gems Four Pack.

CARD 1

The current Colour Inkspirations Challenge incorporates Blueberry Bushel together with Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy and Basic Beige. My project for this Challenge used the Layers of Beauty masks (well the whole bundle). Two floral arrangements were prepared and then I only needed one for the CIC card as I separated the various flowers and only used a number of the sections. The second coloured floral arrangement was crying out to be used and as it included Blueberry Bushel, a quite different card was created with it for this Colour Creations blog hop.

The rose arrangement had been first stamped with Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ ink. The first and second layers coloured the roses with Blueberry Bushel and then Night of Navy ink was laid down to complete the roses. The leaves/stems used two layers of Basic Beige ink. Adding the woodgrain background from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper gives a different feel to the card.

The Pocket Thoughts bundle was used to cut the larger pocket from Basic Beige card-stock. As we use A4 card-stock in Australia, I decided to re-fold the pocket to make it narrower, so that there was an even surrounding border. The Take Your Pick Tool's scoring tip was used to re-score the pocket's side tabs. The diagonal edge at the bottom corners were trimmed with Snips.  While die cutting, some leaves were cut using detailed dies from the Layers of Beauty dies in Basic White and Basic Beige card-stocks.

To finish the card front a sentiment from the Layers of Beauty stamps was white heat embossed on Blueberry Bushel card-stock. Some Night of Navy Linen thread from a new Online Exclusive Natural Tones Linen Thread pack was tied into a double bow and tucked under the sentiment. Some of the gorgeous Blueberry Bushel Gems from the Tinsel Gems Four Pack were scattered around the sentiment.

The pocket on the front of the card isn’t just for show but is to hold a gift card. Some Basic Beige card-stock was cut to fit in the pocket and it was covered with the same DSP. Before adhering the DSP just around the edges, diagonal slits were cut in the DSP to hold a gift card.

A left over flower was adhered to the little gift card panel. A couple of Tinsel Gems were added, as well as some Basic Beige Bordered Ribbon and Night of Navy Linen Thread as a pull tab.

The card opens as usual showing a Basic White card inner that was partially stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink with the large floral image and a thin DSP strip was added down the edge.

A Basic White C6 envelope was also stamped with the large image.

If you didn't want to use the card with a gift card, you could also add a special extra message or attach a seperate note and slip it into the pocket.

CARD 2

As mentioned, Blueberry Bushel is a wonderful colour for sea themes. I started the second card by using a separate panel of card-stock that was the same size as the card front, and a circular hole was cut with a Deckled Circle die. This panel was layered over the card front. About 5 drops of Blueberry Bushel Re-inker were added into a mug, together with a little water and some dish-washing detergent. A straw was used to blow bubbles - ie enough bubbles to fill the mug and bubble up over the top. The bubbles were scooped up and added over the circular hole. This process was repeated until the hole was covered with bubbles. As the bubbles dissipated the card-stock was coloured with a gorgeous bubbly effect. I love it. As the Blueberry Bushel ink is quite intense the 5 drops was sufficient to give beautiful colouring. When dry, the larger sea plant from the Beauty of the Deep stamp set was white heat embossed over some of the bubbly coloured area - only a little is seen but it does add extra texture and interest.

The sand dollars were lightly water-coloured with diluted Basic Beige ink misted into the Seaside Wishes Embossing Folder. It is hard to see the subtle water-colour effect in the photos. The embossing folder together with the coordinating die can emboss and cut the sea dollars at the same time - so clever. The detailed coral dies were used to die cut Basic White card-stock. To give a different effect, the edges of the die cuts were trimmed off with Snips. 

The star fish from the Seaside Wishes stamp set were stamped in Calypso Coral ink. A long thin sea plant from the Beauty of the Deep stamps was white heat embossed onto a sheet from the On-line Exclusive pack of Graceful Greenery Vellum, ie the sheet with white speckles. Coordinating dies from both bundles can be used to die cut the stamped images.

This close up shows the bubbly coloured effect. A sentiment from a different stamp set - ie the Happy Little Things set (it's another Online Exclusive), was white heat embossed onto Blueberry Bushel card-stock, and then fussy cut. Linen Thread was wrapped around the card front that had been mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Blueberry Bushel card-stock. The final touch - some gorgeous Flat Adhesive-backed Pearls.

A Basic White card inner was stamped with a few Blueberry Bushel star fish. A C6 Basic White envelope was similarly stamped.

The self made mask that had been used to create a circular bubbly area had been covered with bubbles as well. This panel was used to cover the Thick Basic White card-base - as they say, waste not want not and this panel brings a more subtle edge with some coordinating colour.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Blueberry Bushel projects. I hope you found something to spark your interest.

To continue with the Blackberry Bushel blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a special lady, Kate Morgan. I am looking forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Boho Blue as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself.

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.

Living in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 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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