AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #17 Cherry Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler with Nests of Winter

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 rose red called Cherry Cobbler.  Cherry Cobbler is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a rich deep cherry red. It can coordinate with a range of colours, including complementing greens, pinks, neutrals, etc and it would be wonderful for berries, flowers and is a staple for Christmas crafting.

Cherry Cobbler 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; Watercolor Pencils; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as a number of other products, including Iconic Celebrations, Meandering Meadows, Traditions of St Nick and the coming Nests of Winter DSP; Shining Christmas Speciality DSP; and the Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit. 

This project has incorporated Cherry Cobbler as Card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker, Watercolor Pencil (Assortment 2) and Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper.

The Nests of Winter Suite is one of the suites in the soon to be launched September-December 2024 Mini Catalogue. I love it. It can be used for Christmas as well as for everyday use. I have used 3 different designs of a Nests of Winter DSP packet. Two of the designs incorporate a range of beautiful birds. I have fussy cut 2 different birds (plus a 3rd for the message panel) from these sheets. The third DSP design is used inside the card to be seen when the card is open - more of that later. For a little extra shading, a Cherry Cobbler water-colour pencil from Stampin’ Up!s Assortment 2 pack was used to give more depth to the Cherry Cobbler birds.

The front labels were cut using 2 mid sized Countryside Corners dies - one from Basic White card-stock and one from Cherry Cobbler card-stock.  When I looked at the labels together, the Cherry Cobbler mount seemed too dominant and needed to be reduced. The 2 labels were adhered together and then the mount width was trimmed down with a Stampin’ Trimmer. I had initially planned a wider Cherry Cobbler border but in wanting an even mount all around I needed to keep trimming to attain an even straight mount. I must admit, when I scooped up the off cuts for the bin there was an abundance of extra thin Cherry Cobbler strips!

Basic White card-stock panels for the card front were embossed with the suites Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder.  You may have guessed that this card is a fun fold. When designing the card I remembered seeing Sue Campfield, a USA SU Demonstrator, create this fold months ago. She called it a Majestic fold as when the card opens it forms a “M” shape. I have converted the dimensions to suit our A4 dimensions so 2 cards can be created from 1 sheet of card-stock. Below is a down-ward shot of the open card.

As you can see, panels of the 3rd DSP design have been adhered on the outer sections of the inside of the card. I had wondered about placing the DSP in the central panels, but it distracted the eye from the focal section. More embossed Basic White panels were adhered in the central sections and the DSP panels frame the focal area as you can see below.

The white & red mounted label had a little Pool Party Classic ink blended in the centre using a Blending Brush. A piece of the luscious Striped Iridescent Ribbon was tied around the label ending in a bow. Two fussy cut birds were arranged and adhered in place with Dimensionals.

A sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was white heat embossed onto Cherry Cobbler card-stock and then fussy cut. It was popped upon Dimensionals. A little splattering was added with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker. The final touch - a scattering of a few Iridescent Faceted Gems. 

Basic White card-stock panels for writing a personal message were adhered to the back of the card. Before adhering in place another sentiment from the Greetings of the Season set was stamped on one of the panels in Momento ink. A third little fussy cut bird was added onto the other panel and a berry & pine fussy cut image was added to the bottom of the sentiment panel. The same sentiment also was stamped onto a Basic White C6 Envelope. 

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Cherry Cobbler Christmas card. I hope you like it. I plan to create a second similar card over the weekend with left over bits and pieces. It was really quite simple to make. I will probably use different fussy cut birds so the 2nd card is similar but different.

To continue with the Cherry Cobbler 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 as there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Coastal Cabana as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. Also, many of us are hopping Monday evenings till the end of November for the 2024 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We share a range of Christmas projects to provide inspiration for your Christmas preparations. We would love you to call by.

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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special 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 or the coming 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! 

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