Valley Inspirations with Andrea: Butterfly Wishes

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Thursday, 18 June 2020

Art With Heart Creative Showcase - June 2020

Wow. Gorgeous New Stampin’ Up! Products

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team's Monthly Creative Showcase for June.

This week we are featuring projects using some of our favourite products from the new Stampin’ Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. The new catalogue is full of amazing new stamp sets, some bundled with dies or punches. The range of kits, papers and accessories complete a new catalogue of great products and you will see some of the loveliness featured in this month's Showcase.

I have been stalking the delivery vans for my order of new products from the new Annual Catalogue and at last it arrived ... this afternoon. No time to open it before this blog goes live, however, as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, we have a special opportunity to purchase select new products the month prior to the Catalogue 'go live' date. It is one of the great privileges of being a Demo.

Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

I bought the gorgeous In Good Taste Suite during pre-order. I so love this suite; the images, the labels, the coordinating Designer Series Paper and the embellishments. Another love from the new catalogue is the Forever Greenery Suite - so gorgeous. I've used products from both the Good Taste and the Forever Greenery Suites in my card.

This card uses one of the stunning designs from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper as the background. There are so many wood, tile, marble and woven neutral designs. A piece of the tile DSP was mounted on Whisper White card-stock. (I won't describe the problems I had with this simple step - enough to say that in the end 2 pieces of the white card-stock were adhered and then trimmed down, with the front panel finally mounted on a 3rd piece of Whisper White card-stock.) I chose this DSP design as it coordinated well with the Rococo Rose stamped roses from the Tasteful Touches stamp set. The roses were stamped on a seperate piece of Whisper White card-stock, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut. The leaf spray from the same stamp set was stamped diagonally on the card front in Gray Granite ink. A piece of Rococo Rose Scalloped Linen Ribbon was adhered across the middle (some Tear & Tape adhesive worked brilliantly). There is a luscious Gold Metallic Trim in the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. I divided out a couple of threads from a piece of this trim and circled them over the DSP.

One of the leaf dies from the Forever Flourishing dies was used to cut a couple of leaf sprays in Vellum and 4 small dies cut little leaf sprays in Champagne Foil. (It's great the way Stampin' Up! provide multiple dies of certain pieces that you are likely to cut multiple elements for a card as it reduces the number of passes through the Die Cutting Machine.) A few wooden leaf accents from the In Good Taste Elements were selected as well. All these pieces were arranged, with some adhered directly to the card front and the flowers popped up with Dimensionals.

The sentiment came from the continuing Butterfly Wishes stamp set and it was stamped in Versamark ink on Rococo Rose card-stock and heat embossed using White Stampin' Emboss powder. The sentiment was cut out using the Paper Trimmer and the ends flagged with Paper Snips. To finish the card front, a few Gilded Gems were added. The card front was adhered to a Gray Granite card-stock card base.

As usual I have added a coordinating piece of Whisper White card-stock inside the card that had the rose also stamped in Rococo Rose ink and a strip of the same DSP at the bottom.

I only have one card to share for this Showcase. I had a couple of other cards also designed in my mind - but time has run out. I hope my card has spiked some ideas for you to try.

Thanks for visiting Valley Inspirations. I do really appreciate you spending time with me.

The next Art With Heart Team member to share their new catalogue project is Amie McIlroy at Eager to Stamp. Click on Aimie's name or the Graphic below to see her project featuring gorgeous new products.

I am so blessed to be apart of such a talented team. Knowing each of my colleagues in this Creative Showcase, I am sure that they have some amazing projects to share with you. Don't miss checking out each of their blogs. If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants' blogs listed below. Click on their names to be taken to their respective blogs:

Andrea Sargent <You are here>

Do come back next month for July's Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase. We are going to be showcasing various colouring techniques. It will be so much fun - as you can tell, I love colouring and are continuing to learn new techniques and improve my skill level.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the newly released Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue, or if you have any queries that I could help with.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones,

Andrea 😘

List of Products used to create these cards:

Stamps, Dies & Punches

Tasteful Touches stamp set - #152562
Butterfly Wishes stamp set - #149346
Forever Flourishing dies - #152714

Inks

Rococo Rose ink pad - #150080
Versamark ink pad - #102283
Gray Granite ink pad - #147118
Colour Lifter Stampin Blends - #144608
Rococo Rose Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154900
Petal Pink Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154893
White Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109132

Paper

Whisper White card-stock - #106549
Whisper White Thick card-stock - #140490
Gray Granite card-stock - #147008
Rococo Rose card-stock - #150888
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper - #152494
Vellum Card-stock - #106584
Champagne Foil - #144748
C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106588

Embellishments

Gilded Gems - #152478
Rococo Rose Scalloped Linen Ribbon - #149704
Gold Trim in the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152479
In Good Taste Elements - #152476

Adhesives

Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
Mini Glue Dots - #103683
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430

Tools

Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
Bone Folder - #102300
Paper Snips - #103579
Paper Trimmer - #152392
Stamparatus - #148187
Block D - #118485
Block E - #118484
Block H - #118490
Grid Paper - #130148
Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
Simple Shammy - #147042
Heat Tool - #129056
Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656

Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop - #3 Bermuda Bay

Bermuda Bay with Wildly Happy & Butterfly Wishes

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and to the 3rd Colour Creations Showcase with members of the Art with Heart Team. Each week we are heroing one of Stampin' Up!s colours and over the coming year we will work through all current colours, that is all the colours in the colour families, ie Subtles, Brights, Regals and Neutrals; plus the In Colours, for 2019-2021 & 2020-2022. I hope you have been enjoying all the projects that have been inspired by this week's colour - 'Bermuda Bay'.

I have created two cards to share with you this week. They both are based on the same layout, but images and colours used with Bermuda Bay are different. There were plans for a couple of other card designs but time has disappeared. So many ideas - so little time.😉 Here are my cards focussing on Bermuda Bay:

Stampin Up, 2020, blog hop, Art With Heart, Andrea Sargent, Butterfly Wishes, Wildly Happy, 2020,

Both cards have a background piece of Bermuda Bay card-stock 9cm wide that spans from top to bottom of the landscape card base. The sentiment for both cards were stamped onto Bermuda Bay card-stock and fussy-cut. I love Bermuda Bay as a colour. It's one of Stampin' Up!s "Brights" family. I often use it with Pool Party and Coastal Cabana as they all have a similar hue, though varying intensity of colour. As their names suggest, they are great for watery images. While one of the designs planned (but not completed) would have used Bermuda Bay as part of a sea theme, initially I wanted to use it in a different way.

Stampin Up, 2020, blog hop, Art With Heart, Andrea Sargent, Wildly Happy, 2020,

My order from the new Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue has not arrived as yet, and I don't have the new set of Brights Designer Series Paper so I created my own version of Bermuda Bay DSP by drawing lines (with a ruler) with the Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker onto the centre piece of background Bermuda Bay card-stock. I varied widths between lines and didn't aim for exactness. A piece of Basic Black card-stock was cut wider than the width of the Bermuda Bay card-stock but narrower than the depth of the card front. Three labels were punched out of Whisper White card-stock using the Everyday Label punch. The labels were positioned over the Basic Black card-stock and popped up on dimensionals.

I stamped 3 of the very cute mother and baby images from the Wildly Happy stamp set onto Whisper White card-stock using a Momento ink pad. I adore the sketched images and the love they communicate. Each of the images were coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut. These coloured images were positioned on the labels. The sentiment came from the new Lovely You stamp set and the fussy cut sentiment was positioned with Mini Dimensionals. A few sequins from the Woven Threads Sequin Assortment were adhered in place.

To align the card inner with the card design, I stamped part of the elephant image on the card inner and adhered a thin strip of hand-striped Bermuda Bay card-stock at the bottom.

I wanted to use a different colour scheme for the second card and decided to keep the layout the same. This time I used one of the butterflies from Butterfly Wishes, a distINKtive stamp set. The butterflies were coloured with sponge daubers using Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy inks plus a touch of Granny Apple Green; with each butterfly having its own colour way. The central strip of Bermuda Bay card-stock was stamped in Whisper White Craft ink with the textured stamp from the Seaside Notions stamp set. The dark centre piece was cut from Night of Navy card-stock and this time was embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.

Stampin Up, 2020, blog hop, Art With Heart, Andrea Sargent, Butterfly Wishes, 2020,

Watching the weather, I accidentally missed capturing the front-on close-up of the card, though there is a side angle to give a sense of the lift of the butterfly wings. As you can see, each butterfly was created with 2 images; the top coloured image was lifted on Dimensionals while adhered down at the body. The wings were slightly curved to give a sense of movement. This sentiment also came from the Butterfly Wishes stamp set. To finish the card a few sequins from the Woven Threads Sequin Assortment were scattered.

The butterfly was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink on the card inner and a couple of fine strips of card-stock were adhered.

You may have noticed that I usually coordinate the envelopes with the card design by stamping one of the key images onto the envelope front.

In alphabetical order, Bermuda Bay is the 3rd of Stampin' Up!s 50 colours, so there is so much more inspiration in the weeks to come. Please continue to join us over the coming weeks. The Creative Showcase goes live at 8.00pm EST each Wednesday.

The lovely Catherine Proctor is hosting the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase each week. If you haven't finished checking out all of the team's colour creations, you can visit/revisit Catherine's page, at What Cathy Made, where she hosts all the links to the other Showcase participants. I'm certainly looking forward to being inspired by everyone's creations.

Take care and look after yourself and your loved ones.

Looking forward to seeing you next week.

Andrea 😘