AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #13 Boho Blue

Boho Blue with Frosted Forest

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 strong light blue called Boho Blue. Boho Blue is one of the 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a beautiful rich light blue. It is wonderful for sky, water, flowers, … or anything requiring a rich light blue.

Boho Blue 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; In Colour Designer Series Paper as well as Countryside Inn, Thoughtful Journey and Take to the Sky DSPs; In Colour Opaque Sparkle Dots, in Color Jute Trim and a number of other products. 

I love Boho Blue and will be sad when it retires next year. I adore the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper and so in designing Boho Blue projects for this blog I decided to select a design from this pack of DSP that featured Boho Blue. I also used Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ ink, card-stock, Stampin’ Write Marker and In Color Opaque Sparkle Dots.

Only wanting to use a strip of DSP together with a smooshed background. I used Boho Blue ink, dabbing touches of ink from the Boho Blue ink pad onto my glass mat, then misting water over the ink with a Stampin’ Mister. I could have used a piece of Window Sheet, but I had a cellophane bag sitting on my workstation that had come from a new set of dies so I used what was at hand, dabbing it into the diluted ink and then onto a Basic White card-front. After adding colour, the card-stock was left to dry and the process was repeated with touches of Fresh Freesia ink. When the panel was almost dry it was embossed with the Painted Textures 3D Embossing Folder. A little splatter of Boho Blue was added with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A new On-Line Exclusive - the Frosted Forest bundle, incorporates a set of masks with the stamps and dies - this bundle is amazing. The 2 different sized trees were stamped in Lost Lagoon ink and then the masks were used to add colour. Using Mask A, Lost Lagoon and Boho Blue were added with Blending Brushes. You may be surprised at Boho Blue being added in patches but it gave a beautiful depth and shade. Using Mask B, Pretty Peacock and Misty Moonlight were added to give shading. Mask C was to give highlights so I added Sparkling Embossing Paste. It gives a beautiful effect in real life.

There are dies to cut out the trees, however, I didn’t want to put the trees with the dried Embossing Paste through the Cut ‘n Emboss Machine so I fussy cut the trees.There are also detailed dies in tree shapes that were used to cut out smaller trees from … Vellum. Another larger detailed die was cut from Basic White card-stock and it was coloured with Lost Lagoon ink and a Blending Brush. A little deer from the Grove dies was cut from Basic Beige card-stock.

The card front was edged with White Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon down the long sides. A sentiment was white heat embossed onto Boho Blue card-stock using words from the Greetings of the Season stamp set and they were fussy cut out. The final touches were a few Boho Blue Opaque Sparkle Dots and loops of some fine silver thread (that was from my sewing threads).

Both the Basic White card inner and a C6 Basic White envelope were stamped with the large tree stamp in Boho Blue ink. A larger sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was also stamped inside the card in Boho Blue ink. My apologies, but I missed taking a photo of inside the card, however, I hope you can imagine this simple card inner.

CARD 2

I wasn’t sure about my first card, so decided to try something different for a second card, while generally using similar products.

The same design from the Thoughtful Journey DSP was used behind the large die from the Grove die set that creates the foreground part of a scene.

The large fur tree was coloured in exactly the same way and with the same colours as described in the first card.

As mentioned above, the largest die in the Grove dies was used to cut the card front - one in Basic White card-stock and a second in Boho Blue card-stock. The white panel was embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. Then the 2 die cuts were adhered together with the Boho Blue one slightly off-set to give a sense of shadow. The double layer also strengthens this panel as it is lifted up on Dimensionals. A tiny deer was cut from Basic Beige card-stock, and then lightly blended with a little Crumb Cake ink to add a a touch of shading.

A little splattering was added with a Boho Blue Stampin’ Write Marker. A sentiment from the Hope and Piece Stamp Set was white heat embossed onto Boho Blue card-stock. “Hope and Peace” was only part of the sentiment so it was fussy cut away from the other words and then laid over some White Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon. A few Boho Blue Opaque Sparkle Dots were the final touch.

As with the first card, the Basic White card inner and a Basic White C6 envelope were stamped with the large tree stamp in Boho Blue ink. A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set was stamped inside the card in Boho Blue ink.  I also missed taking a photo of inside this card. Sorry.

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

To continue with the Boho Blue blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the talented Vicki Boucher. I am looking forward to checking out Vicki’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 Bubble Bath as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 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 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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