AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #14 Bubble Bath

Bubble Bath with Spotlight on Nature

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 showcasing a pale pink colour called Bubble Bath. Bubble Bath is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a soft colour that will coordinate with many other colours, such as other Subtles, Berry Burst, Moody Mauve or Blackberry Bliss. It would be wonderful for baby cards, flowers, …  and anything needing a pretty pale pink.

Bubble Bath 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; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as a number of other products. 

This card has incorporated Bubble Bath as card-stock, Classic ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and Stampin’ Blends.

I love the Spotlight on Nature stamps and chose them for this week’s project. A couple of the large flowers stamp were stamped in Versamark ink on Basic White card-stock and gold heat embossed with gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. They were lightly water-coloured using Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon Classic inks and the fine Water Painter. The butterfly was also gold embossed and coloured with Bubble Bath and Moody Mauve inks.

The background panel was fully water-coloured with Bubble Bath, Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss inks on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. The effect of watercolouring never ceases to amaze me. Looking at the top right-hand corner, it looks a different pink than the Bubble Bath card-stock. The off-white colour of the water-colour paper certainly gives Bubble Bath a different tinge - though still very beautiful. When partially dry some Moody Mauve & Blackberry Bliss inks were splattered over the lighter sections. When fully dry, the panel was stamped and clear embossed using the leaf stamp from the Spotlight on Nature set.

A die from the Countryside Corners dies cut a couple of labels from Thick Basic White card-stock. Where popping a label up on Dimensionals, I love to use Thick card-stock to ensure it doesn’t sag. The card base is Bubble Bath card-stock. After the water-colour panel was cut into pieces and each piece was mounted on to a slightly larger piece of Bubble bath card-stock. This is a version of a Puzzle fun fold - not because of the difficulty of the fold, but because of trying to put all the card front pieces back in order! It is sort of like a jig saw puzzle. A little background stamping was added to the front label (using a stamp from the Spotlight on Nature set) before the arrangement of the floral/butterfly pieces. Here is a photo of the standing card taken from above:

To complete the card, a sentiment from the same stamp set was gold heat embossed on Bubble Bath card-stock and fussy cut. Gold Trim from the pack of Silver & Gold Trim - an Online Exclusive, was tied into a bow and tucked under the sentiment. A number of Iridescent Foil Gems were lightly coloured with a Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blend - Dark and then scattered around. 

To decorate the card inner a few remaining leaves, bud & butterfly were added to a Basic White panel. I missed photographing the envelope, but it was stamped with the floral stamp in Bubble Bath ink. 

Below is a photo of the card, fully open. As mentioned, two labels were used - one on the front (popped up on Dimensionals) with the floral arrangement and the second one behind the front label on the back side of the stepped panels so the stepped panel on the other side can slip in-between the labels to help hold the card almost closed.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Bubble Bath project. I hope you found something of interest.

To continue with the Bubble Bath 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 hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Cajun Craze 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.

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, and the coming September — December 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 this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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