AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #34 Mossy Meadow

Mossy Meadow with Nature’s Sweetness and Global Design Project Entry

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea with 2 similar projects, one for the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop, where we are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week. The second project was created as part of the Global Design Project #426 Challenge.

This is our first week back after the Christmas / New Years break. This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep muted green called Mossy Meadow. Mossy Meadow is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and is a wonderful green that can coordinate with so many colours. This colour is lovely for leaves, trees, and anything with a deep muted green.

Mossy Meadow is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Soft Pastels; Neutrals Designer Series Paper as well as a number of other products. 

Mossy Meadow ink has been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Mossy Meadow bits and pieces. I have not used a number of Mossy Meadow products but the design features luscious Mossy Meadow leaves as part of the focal image and I played with coordinating colours.

I created a simple fancy fold that has a pop out central panel to show the oh so gorgeous stamped image from the Lovely and Sweet bundle, which is part of the Nature’s Sweetness suite in the new January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue that is launching tomorrow. There are so many wonderful products in this catalogue. Do check it out. (I would be delighted to help you if you don’t have a demonstrator already). 

Here is a different angle of the fancy fold, with the photo taken from the top. On a personal note, I need to apologise for the lack of details in this blog. I have been suffering with the dreaded COVID for much of the past week. While a bit better, I am still not doing well so have struggled with creating the last couple of days. I didn’t want to miss sharing with you so have limited time to provide lots of details. I will try to fill it out over the next few days.

I have used both stamp sets and coordinating dies from the Nature’s Sweetness Suite. The sentiment came from the Notes of Nature stamp set. Both the central image and sentiment were gold heat embossed on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.

The leaf & flower image was water-coloured with the fine Water Painter and Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ inks. Some extra water colour paper was blended with both Petal Pink and Calypso Coral inks then liberally splattered with water and die cut with tiny flowers from the Lovely & Sweet dies.

Some of the Nature’s Sweetness Speciality Designer Series Paper was used as background, with the back pieces coloured with Petal Pink & Calypso Coral inks and Blending Brushes. I think I should have sat the focal image & sentiment on a larger label as I think the card front is a tad busy - what do you think???

The final touch was a triple Linen Twine bow and some of the new Petal Pink Foiled Gems (from the Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems in the new Mini Catalogue).

A panel for writing a personal message was adhered to one back flap. It was simply Basic White card-stock decorated with a thin strip of the gold Speciality DSP and a few left over die cut water coloured flowers. 

I didn’t have time to decorate a Basic White C6 envelope. Over the next day or 2, I will try to add an extra photo including an envelope decorated with a gold embossed image and perhaps some blending.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the first Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2024. I know we are a smaller group but I am sure there will still be so much Mossy Meadow inspiration. Don’t miss it.

To continue with the Mossy Meadow 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 Night of Navy as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the new January-April 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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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #33 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Magical Meadow & Stars at Night

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. Following this blog hop we are having a few weeks break from now into the New Year, commencing Blog Hops again on 3rd January 2024.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep blue called Misty Moonlight. Misty Moonlight is now part of the Neutrals Colour Family. It is a strong muted blue with grey undertones. This colour was introduced a few years ago as an In Colour and returned earlier this year through the colour refresh as part of the Neutrals Family.  This colour is lovely for flowers, sky, water, with other blues for starry skies or snowflakes or anything requiring a beautiful deep blue.

Misty Moonlight is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Neutrals Designer Series Paper as well as Countryside Inn, Earthen Elegance and Beary Christmas DSP, Flight & Airy Sale-a-bration DSP; Beary Christmas Memories & More Cards & Envelopes; Misty Moonlight Inner Braid Ribbon & Tinsel Gems Three Pack. 

Misty Moonlight card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker, Winter Meadow DSP and Tinsel Gems have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Misty Moonlight bits and pieces.

This card was inspired by a couple of international Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators, that is the wonderful Emma Goddard from the United Kingdom and the fancy fold from Sue Campfield in the United States. I altered Sue’s dimensions to work for Aussie card-stock dimensions and changed the card front. I saw Emma create a card with a diagonal cut across the card front with some stamping on the lower panel and thought it would work using the Winter Meadow DSP.

The card front was created using 3 different designs of the Winter Meadows DSP. The berries and leaves were fussy cut from one of the designs. The Misty Moonlight & Blueberry Bushel watercolour design was stamped with a sentiment from the Magical Meadow stamp set using Misty Moonlight Classic Ink. Some White Craft Ink was splattered over using a Water Painter.

Some die cut plant twigs were cut using a few different dies from the Magical Meadow die set in Basic White card-stock. A couple of die cuts had a little Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ ink blended lightly over with a Blending Brush. The same sentiment from the Magical Meadow stamp set was white Heat Embossed onto a fourth colour/design of the Winter Meadow DSP. The fussy cut berries were interspersed with the die cut sprays, tucking some of the ends under the sentiment label.

A double bow of a thin edge of the White Iridescent Ribbon was tucked under the sentiment label with a Glue Dot. Some Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems were sprinkled around. Now to the surprise card inner …

One of the designs of the Winter Meadow DSP is so gorgeous. The panel across the centre inside the card is the full 12” width of the DSP. It was cut a tad less than the height of the card and then scored, folded and burnished so that it would concertina fold in the centre. The 2 end panels were adhered directly to the card base.

Sentiments from the Hope & Peace Stamp set were stamped in Misty Moonlight ink and then die cut with Stylish Shapes dies.

Here is a photo looking down from above to show the fold with the card open.

The back of the card has been designed for writing a personal message. A couple of thin DSP strips were adhered to a panel of Basic White card-stock which was then mounted to a slightly larger panel of Misty Moonlight card-stock. A left over coloured die cut twig plus fussy-cut berries were added to give a special finish.  A C6 Basic White Envelope was decorated with another spray of fussy cut berries.

CARD 2

As mentioned above, I love Misty Moonlight and think it’s wonderful for skies, so I thought I try to create a water-colour sky - but with smooshing. Then pair it with the Stars at Night dies. The end result is a bit “different”.

Misty Moonlight ink was dabbed onto a large stamp block and water was misted over it with a Spritzer. I used a cellophane bag that wrapped a new set of dies to smoosh into the diluted ink and then touched it onto a panel of Basic White card-stock. This was repeated. It needed something else so I smooshed some Bubble Bath ink as well. After the panel dried, it needed some darker sections so some darker smooshing was added, but this time the cellophane was crumpled.

The card inner was simply Basic White card-stock with the left over starburst, a holographic star and a thin left over strip of the smooshed card background. I had intended to stamp a sentiment inside the card but forgot until the card inner was already adhered in place - and I wasn’t going to take the risk then! That being the case, a sentiment from the same stamp set was added to the Basic White C6 envelope with Misty Moonlight ink.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. I know  there will be so much Misty Moonlight inspiration as you continue around the blog hop.

To continue with the Misty Moonlight blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a fellow South Australian, Di Furniss. I am looking forward to checking out Di’s creation(s). I wonder if it will be a fancy fold? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - it is always worth checking in on everyone. 

I do hope to see you the first Wednesday in January when we will be featuring Mossy Meadows  as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the September-December Mini 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #      #

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #32 Melon Mambo

Melon Mambo with Joy of NOEL

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 a bright pink called Melon Mambo. Melon Mambo is one of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong mid pink. This colour is lovely for flowers, and anything with bright pinks.

Melon Mambo is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Watercolor Pencils - Assortment 1; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Merry, Bright & Bold, Masterfully Made, Meandering Meadows DSP; Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit as well as Glossy Dots Assortment & Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs. 

Melon Mambo card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker, Stampin’ Blends and Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Foil Sheets have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Melon Mambo bits and pieces.

The Joy of NOEL bundle has been combined with Melon Mambo to create a non-traditional Christmas card. (Sorry Christine, I know you aren’t into pink for Christmas cards - but I am still short from my target number of Christmas cards to send out to friends.) The card base and card front were cut from Bubble Bath card-stock, with the front being dry embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. A splattering of Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker, Wink of Stella and White Craft ink were flicked over the embossed card front.

I watched Krista Frattin, a Canadian SU Demonstrator, member of the Crafty Carrot Co and past SU Artisan demonstrate embossing onto Foil Sheets as she created a card for November’s Crafty Carrot Co’s series. It was my first time heat embossing on Foil paper - I had wanted to try it and watching Krista gave me the courage and enthusiasm to give it a go. After wiping over the Melon Mambo Foil with an Embossing Buddy, it was stamped in White Craft Ink and then sprinkled with White Emboss Powder. It was melted with the Heat Tool from underneath so the foil wouldn’t be damaged. This was cut with a larger tag die from the Tailor Made Tags set.

The slightly curved spray of holly, berries and leaves were stamped in Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ ink on Basic White card-stock and then coloured with Stampin’ Blends Combos, ie Melon Mambo for the berries; Old Olive over the pine needles; Soft Sea Foam for the leaves and Granny Apple Green for the holly. They were fussy cut out as I wanted to trim closer to the stamped image than if using the coordinating die.

NOEL was white heat embossed, as referenced above, onto some of the Melon Mambo foil. The coordinating die was used to cut out the letters, together with Adhesive Foam Sheet that had been adhered beneath. It makes it so easy to add dimension to the letters. The letters were adhered to a Basic White tag, that had been dry embossed with the Melody 3D Embossing Folder.

A piece of White Iridescent Ribbon was cut lengthwise in half and then tied into a double bow. This was adhered to the top of the tag with Glue Dots. A number of gorgeous Iridescent Pearls were scattered around.

The card inner was simply stamped with the holly arrangement from the Joy of NOEL stamp set on Basic White card-stock in Gray Granite ink.  A strip of Melon Mambo foil was adhered to the card inner edge. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with the same image and ink. 

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. I am heading off to check out everyone’s Melon Mambo creations.

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

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Misty Moonlight as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. Next week’s blog hop will be the last for  this year, but it is only a short break - we start again the first Wednesday in January.

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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the new January-April 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #joyofnoel  

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #31 Lost Lagoon

Lost Lagoon with Wishes All Around

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 soft green called Lost Lagoon. Lost Lagoon is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a pale teal green. This colour is lovely for leaves, and anything with soft greens. It is also a delightful colour for Christmas.

Lost Lagoon is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Hello, Irresistible, Bright & Beautiful, Winter Meadow, Masterfully Made, One Horse Open Sleigh DSP; Snowflake Magic Speciality, Soft Shimmer Speciality, Tartan Foil Speciality; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes; Boho Beach Kit, Christmas Everywhere Kit, Festive Tags Kit as well as Bordered Ribbon, Tinsel Gems Three Pack and Faceted Gems Trio Pack. Wow, that is quite a list and demonstrates the versatility of this beautiful colour.

Lost Lagoon card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker and the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP  have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Lost Lagoon bits and pieces.

I love a wreath and so couldn’t go past the Wishes All Around bundle. Lost Lagoon is a gorgeous colour and I love it as a softer colour for Christmas so have combined them for this blog hop. My colour combo for this first card is Lost Lagoon with Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party and touches of silver and Bubble Bath.

The tree wreath stamp was coloured with Stampin’ Write Markers, using Lost Lagoon on every other tree and Pretty Peacock and Pool Party every 4th tree. I used a positioning tool so I could double stamp each individual tree to give good ink coverage. The image was cut with the coordinating die from Wishes All Around dies. Another 3 Basic White wreaths were die cut and then layered together to give some dimension.

The Basic White background panel was embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. A piece of the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP was torn and adhered to the left-hand side. The layered Tree Wreath was adhered directly to the background. 

The little sprig dies from the Wishes All Around dies were cut from Basic White card-stock and then lightly coloured with Lost Lagoon ink and a Blending Brush. A pine-type sprig from the Winter Meadow dies was used to cut the white & silver foil from the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was silver heat embossed and then fussy cut. The Silver & White Sheer Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and tied into a double bow. The different sprigs were arranged with the bow. The final touch was the addition of silver pearls from the Festive Pearls and Bubble Bath pearls from the Blooming Pearls.

The card inner was simply stamped in Lost Lagoon ink on Basic White card-stock with a sentiment from the same stamp set and strip of the Snowflake Magic Speciality DSP was added to the side. A Basic White C6 envelope was partially stamped with the tree wreath in Lost Lagoon ink.

CARD 2

The second card also features the Wishes All Around bundle together with the Tiny Christmas Trees background die.

The colour combo for this 2nd card is Lost Lagoon with Basic White, Soft Sea Foam and touches of Berry Burst.

A Basic White card-stock panel was cut with the Tiny Christmas Trees die. I love this background die with the stylised tiny trees. Initially I had thought of having a subtle background of white on white but as I was featuring Lost Lagoon, a panel of Basic White was blended with Lost Lagoon ink and then splattered with water. I wanted a mottled background rather than a single  tone background. The coloured panel was cut slightly bigger than the die cut panel and then the latter was popped up on Mini Dimensionals, to give further light and shade.

The leafy wreath from the Wishes All Around dies cut a wreath from both Soft Sea Foam and Basic White card-stocks. Mottled Lost Lagoon ink was blended here and there over the Soft Sea Foam card-stock wreath and then Soft Sea Foam ink was partially blended over the Basic White leafy wreath. They were layered one over the other but slightly twisted to give a fuller wreath.

Little berry sprigs were die cut from Basic White card-stock and then lightly coloured with Berry Burst ink and a Blending Brush. Three little trees were stamped in Lost Lagoon ink and cut with the coordinating die. 

Another sentiment from the Wishes All Around stamp set was white heat embossed onto Lost Lagoon card-stock. The other half of the Silver & White Sheer ribbon was also tied into a double bow.  Rhinestone Basic Jewels were coloured with Dark and Light Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends and then added to some of the berries on the sprigs and a few extra rhinestones to the wreath.

The card inner was simply stamped in Lost Lagoon ink on Basic White card-stock with a sentiment from the same stamp set. A couple of lightly Berry Burst coloured sprigs and a little stamped tree were added. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped numerous times in Lost Lagoon ink with the sprig stamp.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. 

I do so appreciate you spending time with me. And now continue around the Blog Hop where there will be so much Lost Lagoon inspiration.

To continue with the Lost Lagoon blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a delightful lady and fellow South Australian, Di Furniss. I am looking forward to checking out Tina’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Melon Mambo as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, the September-December Mini Catalogue or the coming January-April 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!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #wishesallaround  #tinychristmastrees