AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #22 Daffodil Delight

Daffodil Delight with Delicate Forest +

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024-2025. 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 bright yellow called Daffodil Delight.  Daffodil Delight is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a rich yellow. It can coordinate with many colours, including blues (I love blue and yellows together) or grey, harmoniously with greens and oranges, etc and it works beautifully as flowers, fruit - eg lemons, birds, a light source …  and anything needing a bright yellow.

Daffodil Delight is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, ink spots & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends Combo; Watercolor Pencils; Soft Pastels; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Snowy Scenes, Nests of Winter, Mediterranean Blooms, Full of Life and Hello Irresistible DSPs; Opal Rounds Assortment, Loose Frosted Dots & Glossy Dots and a number of other products including kits and Clearance Items. 

This project has incorporated Daffodil Delight as Classic Stampin' ink, Stampin' Write Marker, Stampin’ Blends Combo and Opal Rounds Assortment

Not long ago I saw a picture of a stag in a forest clearing with light breaking into the clearing while the surrounding forest was devoid of light and quite dark. It led me to think of Christmas  representing the sense of “a light shining in the darkness”. I could have used either the Grove dies or Delicate Forrest dies. I ended up using both and then felt I needed to build the scene further to lighten the impact.

The Delicate Forrest die was used to cut a leafy frame from both Misty Moonlight and Basic White card-stocks. The Misty Moonlight card-stock frame was coloured with both Night of Navy and Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ inks and Blending Brushes with the Shaded Spruce more over the leaves. The 2nd die cut frame and some ground with foliage was more lightly coloured with Shaded Spruce ink. The two frames were adhered together with a slight off-set to give a little extra dimension. Two deers from the Grove dies were cut from Basic Beige card-stock and Early Expresso ink blending gave shading to the deers. 

A Basic White background panel was blended using Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy inks plus a little White Craft ink. Some water was splattered over this panel and when dry more splattering was added with White Craft ink. The forest frame was added to the background with Dimensionals. It needed something and I had a couple of trees on my work desk that I had created previously using the Frosted Forrest stamp set and masks. They had been created with Lost Lagoon, Garden Green and Shaded Spruce, plus some White Embossing Paste. The Shaded Spruce colouring tied them into this cards colour scheme so the large tree ended up to the left of the forest opening. Something else was still needed so Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends coloured White Glimmer Paper before it was die cut with garland dies, a star and baubles from the Decorative Tree dies to bring Daffodil Delight light further into the design.

The initial scene was one of peace so I needed to use a sentiment incorporating peace. The Peaceful Season stamp set included a simple sentiment saying “Peace & Joy” so this sentiment was white heat embossed onto Night of Navy card-stock. Pretty Peacock & Gold Metallic Ribbon was added behind the sentiment and a number of gorgeous Opal Rounds Assortment gems were scattered around. The final touch - a splattering of Wink of Stella.

The Basic White card inner had a little Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight ink blending under the smaller masked tree. A few baubles were added to the tree and a different sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set was stamped in Night of Navy ink. Another tree was added to a C6 Basic White envelope to bring some coordination with the card.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Daffodil Delight Delicate Forest card. This card certainly morphed into a different design than initially imagined and there is no doubt it is a non-traditional Christmas card.

To continue with the Daffodil Delight 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 Early Expresso 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 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 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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