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Wednesday, 9 August 2023

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #15 Cajun Craze

Cajun Craze with Cheerful Daisies

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 rich burnt orange called Cajun Craze. Cajun Craze is one of the Regals Colour Family and is rusty colour. This colour is lovely when used for terracotta pots, flowers/flower centres and is a great colour when creating with a fella in mind.


Cajun Craze 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 One Horse Open Sleigh, Les Shoppes, Delightfully Eclectic & Fresh as a Daisy DSPs; Dry Brushed Metallic Speciality Designer Series Paper; Timeless Greetings Kit; Cosy & Bright Kit; and the Wreath of Blooms Kit.  That is quite a list.


Cajun Craze
 card-stock and ink have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Cajun Craze bits and pieces.


When thinking about the project I would create to hero Stampin’ Up!s Cajun Craze, I attended a Zoom Session with Emma Goddard, a UK Demonstrator and past Artisan. One of the projects she created was an upright flower pot. This sparked my imagination and I have been pondering how I could CASE the project, yet make it my own. Thank you Emma for sharing yourself and being so inspirational.


Changing dimensions, I created a wide-ish low pot from Thick Very Vanilla card-stock. The curved sides were shaped using the curved Basic Border die. An extra strip was cut to give the pot’s top extra depth. Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ ink was applied to the front of the card with a Blending Brush. Colour was also applied to the extra strip. The patchy text stamp from Gorgeously Made stamps was partially stamped near edges of the “pot” and the strip with 2nd generation Cajun Craze ink. The strip was added with Dimensionals. Some water was misted over the pot to add a little extra texture. A Stampin’ Mister was used so water droplets were fine.


Using the Stampin’ Trimmer, a slit was cut in the top fold leaving 1.5cm un-cut on each end. A piece of Cajun Craze card-stock was cut wide enough to fit through the slit and was taller than the “pot” so it poked out at the top. I needed to shape the lower edges so the inner panel would not stick out from the shaped pot. A piece of Very Vanilla card-stock was cut slightly smaller.


I initially planned to create a pot of pansies but as I was about to die cut many pansy pieces to water-colour and form numerous pansies; but then … I remembered I still had a number of die cut daisy pieces that had been prepared for a demonstration of ‘water-colouring die cut pieces’. I only needed to die cut a few more pieces using the Cheerful Daisies dies. The daisies were wet on wet water-coloured with either Lemon Lolly and a little Daffodil Delight inks or Petal Pink ink. The leaves and twigs were water-coloured with Mossy Meadow ink. They were left to air dry.


All of the die cut and water-coloured pieces were formed into layered daisies and arranged using either Dimensionals, Glue Dots or Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Some of the arrangement was adhered to the pot and other pieces were adhered to the inner section so that flowers would decorate the card inner as well as the pot.


The other consideration was to ensure the finished card would fit into a normal C6 envelope.


A sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set was white embossed onto Cajun Craze card-stock, using Versamark ink, White Emboss powder (from the Basics Embossing Powder set), the Embossing Accessory kit (this is brilliant) and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was fussy cut into 2 pieces. A triple Linen Twine bow was adhered between the daisies with Glue Dots and numerous Iridescent Basic Rhinestones were scattered for touches of sparkle.


The inner section is to be used for writing one’s personal message. The only problem is - as it is so pretty with the water-coloured daisies I’m not sure if I could add my handwritten scrawl. A Very Vanilla C6 Envelope was stamped in Cajun Craze ink with the small daisies stamp from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set.


Thank you so much for calling ink to check out my Cajun Craze pot of daisies. I so appreciate your visit to the Valley Inspirations with Andrea blog.


There is more Cajun Craze creativity so continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Christine BlainI am looking forward to checking out Christine’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 Calypso Coral 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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the new Sept-December 2023 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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Wednesday, 13 July 2022

AWHT Colour Creations #11 Cajun Craze

Cajun Craze with Ranunculus Romance and some Water-Colouring

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. 



This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep rusty orange called Cajun Craze. Cajun Craze is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a deep muted colour. This colour is lovely when used with other natural earthy colours. It is delightful with Autumnal colours such as Old Olive and Daffodil Delight or also works really well with harmonious colours like Calypso Coral and Petal Pink. 


Cajun Craze is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Water-colour Pencils; Stampin' Blends; Regal Designer Series Paper, He's the Man and Metallic & Shimmer SDSP & Santa Express & Rustic Harvest DSPs as well as Santa Express Memories & More Card Packs and Santa Express Memories & More Cards & More. 

The card and tag below have used Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' ink and Card-stock plus a range of other non-BB bits and pieces.

Nothing can compare with a personally created card & tag to show how much you appreciate someone.

When I think of Cajun Craze I first think of Autumn leaves and as I am trying to use a water-colouring technique in my projects this month (as its World Water-colour Month) I have water-coloured a gorgeous die cut leaf from the Ranunculus Romance bundle. A number of die cut leaves were cut from Shimmery White card-stock and then wet on wet water-coloured with Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' ink using the mid-sized Water Painter. I so love playing with this technique and adore the effect gained.

Nothing can compare with a personally created card to show how much you appreciate someone.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was dry embossed with the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder. This is a delightful embossing folder in the new July - December Mini Catalogue and am sure I will often use it. Water-colour Cajun Craze splattering was added using the medium Water Painter. Once the splattering had dried, some Soft Sea Foam ink was very lightly blended over the embossed leaves with a Blending Brush before the panel was adhered to a Thick Basic White card base.

Nothing can compare with a personally created card to show how much you appreciate someone.

A small piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was wet on wet watercolored using Soft Sea Foam ink and touches of Cajun Craze ink. When dry, it was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Cajun Craze card-stock. One of the water-coloured leaves was adhered to a piece of Layering Designs Vellum with MIni Dimensionals and then the vellum was adhered to the water-coloured panel placing the adhesive underneath the leaf.

Nothing can compare with a personally created card to show how much you appreciate someone.

A sentiment from the Ranunculus Romance stamp set was white heat embossed on Cajun Craze card-stock with White Emboss Powder, Versamark and a Heat Gun. Some Linen Twine was wrapped around this centre panel 3 times and tied in a bow. This panel was centred on the background with Dimensionals and then some Iridescent Basic Rhinestones added a touch of shimmer.

Nothing can compare with a personally created card to show how much you appreciate someone.

Some Soft Sea Foam ink blending was applied to a Basic White card inner and one of the water-coloured leaves was adhered over the blending. A C6 Basic White envelope had a little blending added to a front corner with stamping in Cajun Craze ink using one of the flower stems from the same stamp set. 

Nothing can compare with a personally created card to show how much you appreciate someone.


GIFT TAG:
As I still had a couple of water-coloured leaves left over I decided to create a coordinating tag. One of the largest Taylor Made Tags dies was used to cut Cajun Craze and Basic White card-stocks. A sprig from the Ranunculus Romance stamp set was randomly stamped in Cajun Craze ink for a tone on tone effect. The Basic White tag was embossed with the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder then splattered with some Cajun Craze ink. The White tag also had some Soft Sea Foam ink blended over the embossed leaves. A second white tag was adhered to the back of the Cajun Craze tag to enable a message to be written.

Nothing can compare with a personally created tag to show how much you appreciate someone.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was white heat embossed on a piece of Cajun Craze card-stock and then fussy cut, including removing one of the words from the sentiment. Some Layering Designs Vellum was cut with the next smaller tag die and a water-coloured leaf was adhered directly with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The tag dies cut holes for twine or ribbon in each tag and the Taylor Made Tags dies can also cut hole reinforcers. It's a brilliant set of dies. The three tags were layered together and a piece of Soft Sea Foam Seam Binding Ribbon was threaded through the holes with a double Linen Twine bow tied around the ribbon at the top of the tags.

Nothing can compare with a personally created tag to show how much you appreciate someone.

This tag would go beautifully with an Envelope Treat Box that can be found in the July-December Mini Catalogue. This little stamp able & food safe box is so simple to fold and put together.

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

Nothing can compare with a personally created card & tag to show how much you appreciate someone.

There is more Cajun Craze creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Theresa Gerrard. I always look forward to checking out Theresa's creation (I wonder what she has in store this week). I also love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Calypso Coral as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations blog hops.

Also, many of us are joining a Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings and continuing until the end of November. Don't forget to check out these blog hops featuring a range of Christmas projects. Starting Christmas creativity early should lessen pressure in December. 

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

Andrea 💕🐾


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.  She is such an amazing 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the January - June 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 these projects or Stampin' Up!. 


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Wednesday, 21 July 2021

AWHT Colour Creations #8 Cajun Craze

Cajun Craze with Plentiful Plants

Hello. Welcome to  Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop.


This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a a rusty brown-orange called Cajun Craze.  It is a somewhat muted strong colour and is one of the Regals Colour Family. Cajun Craze is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin’ Blends Combos, Watercolor Pencils and a number of Designer Series Papers including Beauty of the Earth, Bloom Where You’re Planted, In The Wild and Regals DSPs.


Cajun Craze is certainly not one of my usual "go to" colours. When I first started thinking what I would create for this blog hop, my thoughts immediately went to something for fellas; autumn leaves; a sunset; or a 3D project (box, case, etc), but then I remembered I had created a "suitcase" style box last year. Hmm ... what to do? A few days later I wrapped something in a red-brown tissue paper that was a pinky colour and then added a pink satan ribbon. I really liked the colour combination so thought I would try Cajun Craze with say, Petal Pink. That's were I started consideration of colours for my card.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

I also wanted to explore how Cajun Craze would react with water-colour, so decided to try a wet-on-wet water-colour technique using Cajun Craze and Petal Pink. Recently I had fun playing with alcohol colouring on Vellum with Stampin' Blends so I thought I would try this technique using the same colours. The background used on this card is the alcohol on Vellum. I have run out of time to create a second card so thought I'd show you the water-colour background. The lower section is of colour where Cajun Craze was mainly used - isn't it a lovely colour when watered down?

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

To create the alcohol coloured panel, I initially scribbled Light & Dark Cajun Craze and Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blends on to a card front sized piece of Vellum. Then Isopropyl alcohol was sprayed generously over the coloured areas using a Stampin' Mister and the liquid colour was moved around on the Vellum. The Dark Petal Pink hardly showed up at all, so after the panel had dried some Light Calypso Coral was added and more alcohol misted over. Once dry, some gold heat embossing was also added along some of the colour lines using Versamark and a Blender Pen with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

Once the coloured Vellum had dried it was adhered directly to a piece of Basic White card-stock. I used a sponge and Multipurpose Liquid Glue, although would have preferred to try Stampin' Up!s Adhesive Sheet (couldn't find it when I needed it).

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

The pots from the Plentiful Plants stamp set were stamped - one in Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' ink and one in Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink. Leaves were stamped in either Pear Pizzaz or Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' inks. The Pear Pizzaz ink seem to divide into a spotty look. I quite liked the look for the leaves, but as I was using an old style ink-pad I think it may be time to get a new ink pad. The little leaves that were stamped in the lighter green needed something else so I used a Pear Pizzaz Stampin' Write Marker and added tiny strokes/dots of this darker colour to add some life.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

The leaves, pots and macramé plant holder & pot stand were all die cut with the coordinating set of dies - Perfect Plants dies, the latter being cut from Cajun Craze card-stock. To add some dimension to the pot holders, some Cajun Craze Classic and White Craft inks were applied with a Sponger Dauber. The effect of the added sponging is not easily seen but in real life it does add something. The pot holders, pots and leaves were all layered in place with a mix of either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

Gold leaves from the Expressions of Ink Ephemera Pack were also added to coordinate with the gold embossing. A sentiment from the Plentiful Plants stamp set was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder. Some of the sequins from the Ephemera Pack were also added as a final touch. This Ephemera Pack is just gorgeous.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

The card front was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Cajun Craze card-stock. A piece of ... Gold Simply Elegant Trim was tied to the ring on the hanging pot plant and adhered over on the back of the mounted card front. This card front was adhered to a Petal Pink card-stock base with Dimensionals.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

A Basic White card inner was decorated with leaves stamped in Pear Pizzaz ink. A C6 Basic White Envelope was also stamped with the Pear Pizzaz leaves, stamping on the envelope flap and so coordinate the envelope with the card it will hold.

Cajun Craze planters provide a great base for stamped Plentiful Plants. Who doesn't link an arrangement of potted plants with a touch of gold.

I really enjoyed playing with Cajun Craze using a mix of alcohol colouring on Vellum, water-colour, stamping and sponging card-stock die cuts. I love the colour combo of Petal Pink, Cajun Craze, with a touch of gold and it certainly gives a different feel than autumn colours. I also had fun with the Plentiful Plants bundle and will be keeping it nearby for more creative play. Check in next Monday night for the AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop as I may use it for a Christmas project.


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 and or the new July - December 2021 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!. 

There is more Cajun Craze creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the delightful Christine Blain's blog. I am looking forward to checking out Christine's creation and everyone else's. If you started part way through or if you missed someone click on the link below to go to Catherine Proctor's blog where she has a list of all the participants in tonight's Colour Creation Blog Hop and their links.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Calypso Coraland don't forget the AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop occurs every Monday evening up to mid-December.

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

Andrea 💕🐾


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.  Check out her amazing creation while you are there.

#colourcreationsbloghop

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Art With Heart Creative Showcase - July 2020

Colouring Techniques with Bloom & Grow and Rooted in Nature

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Creative Showcase for July 2020.
The Art with Heart Team are back with another Creative Showcase, this time featuring different colouring techniques. The Stampin' Up! range contains a bevy of functional and effective colouring tools that include: Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Write Markers, Classic Ink Pads, Classic Ink Refills and Classic Ink Spots, Watercolour Pencils, Water Painters, Blender Pens, Sponges, Sponge Daubers, Sponge Rollers, Stamp Blocks, Stampin' Spritzers - hmm have I missed something - probably as there are so many Stampin' Up! tools available.

I hope you enjoy the amazing projects our team members have to share with you as they demonstrate the results of these tools.

To create my projects (pictured below) I have used Stampin' (Alcohol) Blends with Heat Embossing for Project 1 and Stampin' Write Markers, a Stamp Block and Stampin' Spritzer for Project 2.

Bloom & Grow and Rooted In Nature Stampin Up cards with Blends/Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia


I love using colouring techniques on my projects and have fun exploring a range of techniques, especially learning new ones. Colouring often requires a good eye, skill and creative enthusiasm to try it out. I am still learning and practicing so I can improve - and I am loving the journey. It is good to know that if one technique doesn't gel with you, there are many others with a range of variations that may tickle your fancy. If something doesn't work, just keep trying.


Bloom and Grow Stampin Up card with Blends, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

Card 1: My first card uses Stampin' Blends to colour the gorgeous Bloom & Grow stamp set which had been stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Powder. As the Stampin' Blends are alcohol markers, the ink used to stamp the design needs to be either a water based ink or heat embossed. One of the larger stamps and some of the smaller sprays were stamped on Whisper White card-stock and then coloured with a range of Blends, ie Light and Dark in Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Seaside spray and Purple Posy Combo Packs, plus Light Rococo Rose. Folk colour with Stampin' Blends in various ways. What works for me is to colour in small areas, starting with the darker colour and then using the lighter colour to blend the colours in small circular motions. I also like to use the Colour Lifter to blend out the lightest colour and to add highlights. Once coloured, I then started to fussy cut the intricate images until I realised that this stamp set came in a bundle with the matching  Budding Blooms dies. Oh, so much easier. I don't mind fussy cutting but with intricate buds, etc it was fiddly and I didn't want to accidentally cut off any of the arrangement. 

Bloom and Grow Stampin Up card with Blends, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

With the coloured design feature ready, the card pieces were prepared. A standard card base in Petal Pink card-stock was cut. The card front in Whisper White card-stock was embossed with the Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing folder. The coloured flowers were positioned to gauge how much of the card front should be trimmed off to enable the Petal Pink card base to show. A piece of Gold Metallic Edged ribbon was coloured with the Dark Petal Pink Blends. This is another colouring technique to ensure embellishments colour match the design features. Similarly, I also used the same Blends to colour Pearl Basic Jewels. The coloured ribbon was wrapped around the card front and adhered on the back. I also tied a seperate knot with the ribbon to adhere with a glue dot once the flowers were positioned and I could work out where the knot would look best.

Bloom and Grow Stampin Up card with Blends, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The flowers were positioned and popped up on Mini Dimensionals. Two extra flowers were fussy cut and popped up over a couple of flowers to add extra dimension. The card front was adhered to the card base with Dimensionals. A sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped on an extra piece of Whisper White card-stock with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Emboss powder to match the flowers. The sentiment was die cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies and added with Dimensionals. The card was finished with the scattering of a number of coloured Pearl Basic Jewels.

Bloom and Grow Stampin Up card with Blends, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

A Whisper White card inner was adhered inside the card and the remaining thin strip of the Dainty Diamonds embossed card front was added with a metallic edged of the ribbon showing on the outside (the photo doesn't pick it up well - you need to squint really hard 😉). A little spray of coloured leaves and buds was also added. The envelope flap was stamped in Petal Pink ink with the large floral spray, while the envelope front was partially stamped on the edge.

Bloom and Grow Stampin Up card with Blends, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia


Card 2:  My second card could have appeared either in this blog or my previous blog (from last night). My last blog was part of the Art with Heart Team's Colour Creations Showcase where we heroed Cajun Craze, one of Stampin' Up!s Regal colours. My first idea to use this rich rusty orange was to design a card with Autumn leaves, but I wanted to think more broadly for the Colour Creations Showcase. However, I love Autumn leaves and creating the blend of Autumn colours can use a different colouring technique than the one applied on my first card.


Rooted In Nature Stampin Up card with Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

I started with Whisper White card-stock (for the card front), a C Block, a Stampin' Spritzer and Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers. Then each of the Markers were scribbled onto the block in a number of places. When covered with ink, the block was spritzed with water. Carefully, and quickly the wet coloured block was turned over and placed on the card-stock and held in place until the ink was absorbed into the paper. This was set aside to dry or I could have dried it with a heat gun. Isn't the soft blending of colours beautiful?

Rooted In Nature Stampin Up card with Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The small leaf from the Rooted In Nature (double) stamp set was coloured with Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry Stampin Write Markers directly to the stamp and then stamped on the card front. A sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Cajun Craze onto a small piece of Whisper White card-stock. This was trimmed down and added to the card front with Dimensionals. A piece of Linen Braided Trim was tied around the card front in a knot with the ends frayed a little. The card front was adhered to a Crushed Curry card-stock mount and then popped up with Dimensionals on the Cajun Craze card base. It was at this point that I realised that I had intended to emboss the card front with the Subtle 3D embossing folder - oops! Disappointing, but not disastrous  - so why did I kick myself???

Rooted In Nature Stampin Up card with Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

Looking at the card design, the leaves were a similar strength of colour to the water-coloured rectangle and so the leaves didn't stand out as much as they deserved. To give a little distinction to the darker leaf edge, Versamark ink (from a Refill bottle) was added with a Blender Pen and then heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder. The camera hasn't picked up the life added with the gold edge that glitters in the light. I will need to experiment with this technique to refine it's application.

Rooted In Nature Stampin Up card with Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

A Whisper White card inner with two fussy cut coloured extra leaves was added inside the card. The envelope had some Marker coloured leaves stamped directly to the front.

Rooted In Nature Stampin Up card with Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia


I dearly wanted to share a third card with you featuring further colouring techniques, but ran out of time to finish the card. Hopefully, it will link with a coming blog hop so I can share it with you then.


The two cards have used either colouring with Stampin' Blends on the stamped floral arrangement and the ribbon and pearl embellishments; or water colouring using Stampin' Write Markers, a block and a Stampin' Spritzer as well as using the Markers directly on the stamp. I hope you have enjoyed these techniques.

Bloom & Grow and Rooted In Nature Stampin Up cards with Blends/Stampin Write Markers, Andrea Sargent, Independent, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

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

The next Art With Heart Team member to share her colour technique project is Amie McIlroy at Eager to Stamp. Click on Aimie's name or the Graphic below to see her project featuring gorgeous a lovely colouring technique.

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:

Vicki Boucher

Rebecca Jacovou

Kate Morgan

Andrea Sargent   << You are here>>

Amie McIlroy

Rachel Woollard

Tina Gillespie

Sharon Davern

Kimberly Hern

Caroline Manwaring

Catherine Proctor


Thank you for viewing our Showcase. Do come back next month for August's Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase. I'm not sure what we will be showcasing but I know it will be fun and inspiring given my colleagues and the Stampin' Up products we love. 


Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the  Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue or the newly released August - December Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. If you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products I would delighted to serve you.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones,

Andrea 😘


List of Products used to create these projects: 

Stamps, Dies & Punches
  • Rooted In Nature stamp set - #148217
  • Nature's Roots dies - #151786
  • Bloom & Grow Stamp set - #149229
  • Budding Blooms dies - #149548
Inks & Applicators
  • Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' ink pad - #153116
  • Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink pad - #147108
  • Blender Pen - #102845
  • Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers as part of the Regals Stampin' Write Markers -  #147155
  • Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Park - #154893
  • Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack- #154902
  • Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack- #154901
  • Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack- #154896
  • Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack- #154900
  • Colour Lifter Stampin' Blends - #144608
  • Versamark ink pad - #102283
  • Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109129
Paper
  • Whisper White card-stock - #106549
  • Thick Whisper White card-stock - #140490
  • Cajun Craze card-stock - #121681
  • Crushed Curry card-stock - #131288
  • Petal Pink card-stock - #147009
  • C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106589
Embellishments
  • Gold Metallic Edged Ribbon - #144146
  • Braided Linen Trim - #147808
  • Pearl Basic Jewels - #144219
Adhesives
  • Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
  • Mini Glue Dots - #103683
  • Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
  • Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
  • Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
Tools
  • Dainty Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder - #152702
  • Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
  • Bone Folder - #102300
  • Paper Snips - #103579
  • Paper Trimmer - #152392
  • Stamparatus - #148187
  • Block C - #118486
  • Block D - #118485
  • Block E - #118484
  • Block H - #118490
  • Grid Paper - #130148
  • Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
  • Stamping Sponge - #141337
  • Simple Shammy - #147042
  • Heat Tool - #129056
  • Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
  • Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656

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