AWHT Colour Creations #8 Bermuda Bay

Bermuda Bay with Butterfly Brilliance

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We continue to work though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep turquoise called Bermuda Bay. Bermuda Bay is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong green-blue (or is that blue-green) colour. Some people classify it as a green while others view it as a blue. Bermuda Bay is gorgeous when used monochromatically with other green-blues such as Pool Party and Coastal Cabana. As the name suggests it is a great colour for water. Surprisingly it looks lovely with Gorgeous Grape or is delightful with Parakeet Party.  

Bermuda Gay is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Watercolour Pencils, Brights Designer Series Paper, Pretty Prints DSP, Robot Buddies Card Kit and Kindness Card Kit. The card below has used Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' ink, Card-stock and Stampin' Blends plus a range of other non-BB bits and pieces.

I recently saw a U-tube where alcohol inks were used with blending solution on acetate. As I watch I wondered if it would also work using Stampin' Up!s Alcohol Blends and high proof Isopropyl Alcohol on Window Sheet. I decided to give it a go and had 2 different designs in mind using two different colour combos. I started with one idea but this design morphed as I played. I have another piece of coloured window sheet but ran out of time to create a 2nd project - It has been one of those weeks!

I started by scribbling some Light & Dark Bermuda Bay Blends and Light and Dark Parakeet Party on a piece of Window Sheet (acetate). I spray/dribbled some Isopropyl Alcohol over sections of the colour and then moved the colour around with a hand-squeeze blower tool. You could also blow through a straw. I needed to apply ink in a few layers to build up a stronger colour - following the same process of adding alcohol and blowing the colour around.

A stitched frame was die cut using the two largest Stitched Rectangles dies. This was adhered directly to the acetate. Some Mini Dimensionals were added underneath the frame to enable the colour to sit above the background panel. A Basic White piece of card-stock was dry embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. A piece of Basic White card-stock that had been stamped in 2nd generation Bermuda Bay ink with text from the Artfully Layered stamp set was added to a Bermuda Bay card-stock base. 

Vellum card-stock was white heat embossed after being stamped in Versamark ink using the Butterfly Brilliance stamp and my trusty Stamparatus. It is interesting that the camera shows the embossing as a more creamy colour than the eye picks up in real life. The butterflies could have been cut with the coordinating Butterfly die but as I was talking with someone, I relaxed and fussy cut them out. The Bermuda Bay "Thank you" sentiment also came from the Artfully Layered stamp set - it was on my desk as the other design I had in mind would have used it. A triple White Bakers Twine bow was tucked under the sentiment and the design was finished off with some delightful Sparkle & Shine Sequins.

As the rain started to fall while I was photographing the card, I wasn't able to photograph the card inner or a peak at the decorated envelope. I added the largest embossed butterfly inside the card and will add some stamped butterflies to the envelope. Initially I had coloured a couple of the smaller butterflies with Bermuda Bay and Parakeet Party Blends but decided not to add them to the card.

Thank you so much for dropping by. I do value the time you spent with me.

There is more Bermuda Bay creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Sharon Davern. I always look forward to checking out Sharon's creation (I wonder what she has in store this week - will it be a fancy fold???). I do love seeing everyones' projects - always so much inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring a beautiful deep colour, Blackberry Bliss, as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations blog hops.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 💕🐾

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the new July - December 2022 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!. 

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  I so appreciate all she does in coordinating this blog hop each week. She is such an amazing lady. Check out her wonderful creation while you are there.

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AWH Colour Creations #4 Bermuda Bay

Bermuda Bay with Sailing Home

Hi. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are currently progressing through colours starting with "B" as we work our way through all the Stampin' Up! colours, focussing on one of the colours each week.

This week we are focusing on Bermuda Bay, a bright green/blue. Bermuda Bay is one of the Bright's Colour Family and is a strong 'colour, as you can see in the floral graphic below. 

Bermuda Bay has been produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends, Watercolour Pencils, & Rainbow Glimmer Paper, Brights Designer Series Papers (DSP) as well as the soon to be retiring Ice cream Corner and Snail Mail DSPs, and You Are Amazing project kit.

Last week I watched Paula Dobson, a New Zealand Stampin Up Demonstrator and previous Artisan, demonstrate a technique with Velum, Stampin' Up!'s Alcohol Blends and Isopropyl Alcohol in a spray bottle. I wanted to give it a go so thought I would use the technique with the Bermuda Bay Blends Combo and some other colours. Must admit it wasn't as easy as it looked to get the results I was after. The first one I tried didn't look that great. My second go came out well but then I thought I would add some gold to attain a similar look to Stampin' Up's gorgeous DSP - it was a disaster! The panel you see on this week's project was my third go - it didn't turn out as I had hoped so I added extra layers of colour. I still need more practice  to improve my outcomes. However, I need to add that I still enjoyed trying the technique and look forward to playing further with it. It is worth giving a go!

I started with a piece of Vellum and coloured (well scribbled) it with my blends in 3 different sections. One section used Light & Dark Crumb Cake Blends and touches of Light Soft Suede Blend - to be reminiscent of sand/ground. Another section used Light and Dark Bermuda Bay Blends and Dark Pool Party - for the sea; and the third used Light and Dark Balmy Blue and some Light Misty Moonlight to give a sense of sky. The Isopropyl Alcohol, in one of Stampin' Up!'s Misters, was sprayed over one section at a time, with enough alcohol to run over the Vellum. Each section was allowed to dry before working on the next section. At the end, I misted a little alcohol from a height to get the bubbles effect. (Don't do what I did - as when misting from a height my aim seemed quite off ...)

The coloured vellum was attached at the edges to a piece of Basic White card-stock with Seal +. It was then trimmed to size and mounted onto a piece of Bermuda Bay card-stock. Some Linen Thread was wrapped around this panel twice and tied in a bow. 

A Basic White card-stock frame was cut using dies from the Rectangle Stitched dies. A second frame was die cut and adhered to the first to give it more stability. Strips cut from the edges of sheets of Dimensionals were used to adhere the frame in place.

In terms of a sentiment, I wanted something long and thin but the Sailing Home stamp set didn't have sentiments formatted that way. I wanted to use "Set Sail in the Direction of your Dreams" but its shape didn't suit what I had in mind so I decided to add it to the card inner. I stamped the Many Messages stamp on Bermuda Bay card-stock with Versamark and heat embossed it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. The many messages were cut out with the coordinating Messages die. I so love this bundle - it is a great 'go to' when you are stuck for a sentiment, especially when you can fossick through a bowl of already prepared sentiments to find just the right one. I'm looking forward to playing with the new stamp set of sentiments from the new Annual Catalogue that also coordinated with the Messages die. The sentiment was popped up on Dimensionals, alongside the twine

A small sail boat from the Sailing Home stamp set was stamped in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink and coloured with Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party Blends Combos. It could have been die cut with the coordinating dies, but as I had Gemma (my fur family) on my lap, I fussy cut the little sail boat. The sail boat was added with Dimensionals.

The decorated card front was adhered directly to the Basic White Thick card-stock base and 3 gorgeous In Colour Jewels provided the finishing touch. I am in love with these embellishments - they have a beautiful sparkle and can be used alongside other colours and still look right.

Apart from stamping the sentiment from the Sailing Home stamp set in Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' ink on the Basic White card inner, the compass from the same stamp set was also added. A strip of coloured Vellum (cut from my first attempt) was adhered to the base of the inner. This was then mounted on a slightly larger piece of Bermuda Bay card-stock and adhered directly inside the card. The compass was also stamped in Bermuda Bay ink on a C6 Basic White Envelope.

Thank you for visiting Valley Inspirations with Andrea. I enjoyed trying a new technique and  creating this project to share. I need to practice more to perfect the technique - but that is half the fun, isn't it?

 

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send one to you.

There is more Bermuda Bay creativity. I am the last on the list of participants for tonight so to go back to the beginning, click on the "next" graphic to be taken to the lovely Michele Taylor's blog. I am looking forward to checking out Michele's creation and everyone else's. If you started part way through or if you missed someone there is a list below with all the names of those who took part in tonight's Colour Creation Blog Hop.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Blackberry Bliss.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea 💕🐾

  

Catherine Proctor is our dedicated host of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop and is an amazing lady. Thanks for your coordination Cathy.

I always love seeing everyone's creations and their interpretation of the amazing Stampin' Up! colours. I am sure there will be inspiring Bermuda Bay projects on show. 

Here are all the participants for the Colour Creations Blog Hop launching 23 June 2021:

Michele Taylor

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern

Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Kristine D'Auria

Rachel Palmieri

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard

Diane Furniss

Theresa Gerrard

Caroline Manwaring

Rosa Leyden

Tina Gillespie

Vicki Boucher

Andrea Sargent < You are here

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