AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #20 Crushed Curry

Crushed Curry with Abundant Beauty Fancy Fold

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 deep yellow called Crushed Curry. Crushed Curry is one of the Regals Colour Family and is a warm yellow. This colour would be lovely when used for flowers, sunshine or chickens, and is wonderful for autumn.

Crushed Curry is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Watercolor Pencils; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as a range of DSPs including Beary Christmas, Merry Bold & Bright, Stargazing, Delightfully Eclectic, Masterfully Made, Inked Botanicals, Fresh as a Daisy DSPs plus All About Autumn Speciality DSP and Beary Christmas Memories & More cards; as well as The Best Remedy and Confetti Birthday card kits. 

Crushed Curry card-stock, ink and Stampin’ Write Marker have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Crushed Curry bits and pieces.

I have a wonderful daisy bush in my front yard and it has inspired today’s card. It is a deep Crushed Curry style yellow. The photo above shows one of the daisies. Also, I hadn’t previously used my Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks so created blended Crushed Curry daisies. As I was designing the card I decided to use one of the Deckled Circle dies. This led me to creating a simple fancy fold.

The Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks were used with Blending Brushes and a number of inks, including Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and a touch of Garden Green Classic Stampin’ inks. I had so much fun blending with these masks. There is one mask each for the petals, the flower centres, flower centre details and the leaves. They are easy to position as each the mask has a notch that is to be placed in the same spot. As you can see, each flower and leaf were fussy cut. 

The inner layer was also coloured with Blending Brushes and Crushed Curry & Pumpkin Pie inks. Both the inner piece and the card front background were splattered with Crushed Curry & Pumpkin Pie Stampin Write Markers.

Extra leaves were cut from Basic White card-stock using a couple of Textured Floral dies. They were lightly coloured with Crumb Cake ink and a Blending Brush. The card front and the Crushed Curry card base were positioned and die cut with one of the larger Deckled Circle dies. The Basic White card front was then dry embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder. It only arrived today and I love it.

The flowers, leaves and die cut leaves were arranged and adhered in place with Multi-purpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and Glue Dots. A bow was tied with delightful Silver & White Sheer ribbon from the new Mini Catalogue and was tucked under the large daisy. Flowers and leaves were also positioned on the underneath layer, ensuring only little details could be seen from the front.

A sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set was white heat embossed onto Crushed Curry card-stock and fussy cut into 4 pieces. It was positioned with Mini Dimensionals so it could be seen from the front and when the first flap was opened. Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were scattered. I love these embellishments so much - subtle, versatile and shimmery.

The Basic White card-stock inside panel for writing one’s personal message was decorated with a couple of die cut leaves and a little Crushed Curry flag. A Basic White C6 envelope was dry embossed on the flap with the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder.

Thank you so so much for dropping by to check out my Crushed Curry card. I so appreciate it.

There is more Crushed Curry creativity so continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely 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 do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring another yellow - Daffodil Delight 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 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 this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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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 Blain. I 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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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #12 Berry Burst

Berry Burst with Quiet Meadow & 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 bright happy purple called Berry Burst. Berry Burst is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a pinky purple. This colour would be lovely when used for florals, berries and balloons, plus so much more.  Berry Burst was first introduced by Stampin’ Up! as an In Colour and was brought back with this years colour refresh.

Berry Burst 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; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Bright & Beautiful, Stargazing, Masterfully Made & Glorious Gingham DSPs; plus Soft Shimmer, White Centre & Holographic Trio Speciality Papers; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes; as well as Tinsel Gems Four Pack & Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio.

Berry Burst card-stock, ink and Tinsel Gems Four Pack have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Berry Burst bits and pieces.

Last weekend I was privileged to demonstrate a Watercolouring technique at a combined event that had been selected as one of Stampin’ Up!s 35 for 35 events (#35for35) in celebration of Stampin’ Up!s 35 year anniversary. These 2 cards were linked to my water-colour demonstrations.

CARD 1

One of the water-colour techniques demonstrated was a wet-on-wet water-colouring of stamped images. I had gold heat embossed on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper the flower from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and then water-coloured within the images. The images above were water-coloured with Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly (and a touch of Daffodil Delight), Gorgeous Grape, Azure Afternoon. Once dry, the flowers were fussy cut, however, they could have been die cut using the Meadow dies. I took the flowers to cut out when I was wanting to sit & relax, hence the fussy cutting.

The top row of flowers are water-coloured with Berry Burst. The bottom row has been coloured with Lemon Lolly/Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, & Azure Afternoon. The middle row was water-coloured with a combination of inks from the top row above and the bottom row below.

Two smaller stitched square dies from the Stylish Shapes dies were cut from Basic White card-stock, ie 9 of the two sizes for each of the 9 flowers to sit on. Some leaves from the Meadows dies were also cut from Basic White card-stock.

All the pieces were arranged, layering the smaller square over the slightly larger square, which was adhered with Dimensionals to the Thick Basic White card base. The flowers were adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue in the centre. Parts of the leaves were tucked under the flowers with Glue Dots.

A sentiment from the Something Fancy Stamp set was gold heat embossed on Basic White card-stock and a thin strip of Berry Burst card-stock was adhered under the sentiment strip. A piece of Gold Elegant Trim was tied into a double bow and slipped under the sentiment. Some oh so gorgeous Berry Burst Tinsel Gems from the Four Pack were scattered around the sentiment strip.

The inside of the card was decorated with a thin strip of Berry Burst card-stock, a water-coloured flower and a couple of left over pieces of die cut leaves. I ran out of time to create a square 6” envelope, so will do that in the next couple of days.

CARD 2

This card was created as one of the display samples to show created projects using samples of the techniques being demonstrated. This card incorporates a wet-on-wet water-coloured background and also features the Cheerful Daisies bundle.

A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was wet on wet water coloured using Berry Burst, Gorgeous Grape, and a touch of Azure Afternoon Classic inks. The wide brushed Water Painter was used to apply water & inks. The panel was left to dry and then die cut with a mid-sized Deckled Rectangle set of dies. Some of the colours blended in some areas to give a look similar to Fresh Freesia, so the watercolour panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Fresh Freesia card-stock. I so love seeing the effect of water-colouring - you will never get the same effect twice.

Pieces of die cut daisies were cut from Basic White card-stock using the Cheerful Daisies dies, ie both layers of the daisy dies, the leaves and the twig die. Two of the Nested Essential dies cut elongated shapes from Basic White card-stock and the larger shape from a piece of leafy Vellum Basics.

A sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set was stamped on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut out - I think I used Misty Moonlight ink. Iridescent Rhinestone Basics were sprinkled around.

A Basic White card-stock inner has a very thin strip of Fresh Freesia card-stock adhered to the right and die cut side-view daisy adhered at the top right.

Thank you so much for dropping by to check out my Berry Burst creations. I so appreciate it.

There is more Berry Burst creativity, so continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Amie McIllroy. I am looking forward to checking out Amie’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 Blackberry Bliss, newly added to the Neutrals Colour family, 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual 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   #cheerfuldaisies   #quietmeadows  #somethingfancy  #layeringleaves

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #1 Boho Blue

Boho Blue with Cheerful Daisies

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 2023-2024 Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. The new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue was launched yesterday along with a colour refresh. This is the first blog hop in the our 2023-2024 series where we will be working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order (well sort of), focussing on one colour each week. Initially, we are showcasing the new 2023-2025 In Colours and then the newly introduced core colours before we work through all the other core colours & the 2022-2024 In Colours in alpha order.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a beautiful somewhat muted blue called Boho Blue. As mentioned, Boho Blue is part of the new 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a delightful colour. There will be much experimentation in how the colour can best be used, but it is lovely when used with daisies, and would be delightful for sky, sea or water. 

Boho Blue 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; In Color Designer Series Paper as well as Fresh As A Daisy, Countryside Inn, Let’s Go Fishing DSPs; plus In Color Luster Speciality Paper & Treat Bags, In Color Textured Ribbon & Jute Trim;  In Color Dots and Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems.

Boho Blue card-stock, ink, Fresh As A Daisy DSP, In Color Textured Ribbon and In Color Dots have been used in the creation of these projects plus a range of non-Boho Blue bits and pieces.

CARD 1:

It was so much fun to play with Boho Blue. I love this colour. When working with a new colour it is fun to use a water-colour technique to explore the colour, so I started by creating a water-colour background on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper using the large flat tipped Water Painter. Using the wet on wet water-colour technique Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ ink was added with a touch of the newly returned Misty Moonlight ink at the bottom. It was interesting that diluted, the two blues were very similar.

The water-coloured panel was trimmed with a mid-sized Deckled Rectangle die and mounted on a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock. This panel was added with Dimensionals to a Boho Blue card-stock base that had been stamped (and second generation stamped) in Boho Blue ink using the small flowers stamp from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set. 

Flowers, leaves and twigs were cut from Basic White card-stock using the Cheerful Daisies dies. The daisy centres were stamped with Lemon Lolly ink (another new colour). The leaves and twigs had some Lost Lagoon ink blended over them with a Blending Brush before they were partially silver heat embossed with Silver Emboss Powder, Versamark ink and a Heat Tool.

A sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamps was white heat embossed on a piece of Boho Blue card-stock using White Emboss powder (from the Basics Emboss Powder set). It was fussy cut. A half-wide strip of Boho Blue Textured ribbon was laid across the centre panel and the sentiment and die cut pieces were arranged.

A piece of Boho Blue Textured ribbon that had been cut in half length-wise was pulled apart into a number of long single lengths that were tied together into a bow. A piece of Simply Elegant Silver Trim was also tied into a bow. The bows were tucked between the sentiment and the daisies and adhered in place with Glue Dots. Some gorgeous In Color Dots added some sparkle - one of each size. They are beautiful.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was stamped along one edge with the small flowers stamped in Boho Blue ink and stamped off Boho Blue. Similarly a C6 Basic White envelope was also stamped along the left edge.

CARD 2:

I couldn’t resist creating a simpler card featuring one of the delightful designs from the Fresh as a Daisy DSP.

A piece of the Boho Blue Fresh as a Daisy DSP was mounted on a Boho Blue slim-line card base. A 2-layered daisy, leaves and a twig were cut using the Cheerful Daisies dies from Basic White card-stock together with a label from the same set.

The label was stamped with a sentiment from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink. This stamp set has a gorgeous font. The other half of the Boho Blue Textured ribbon was partially stripped into thin threads and these threads together with the thicker edge piece were tied into a small bow. The label was positioned with Dimensionals and the bow with Glue Dots. The daisy was stamped in the centre with Copper Clay ink to match the DSP. The die cut pieces were arranged over the bow and around the label.

2023-2025 In Color Dots were added to the sentiment & arrangement, with a Copper Clay Dot in the centre of the daisy and other Boho Blue and Copper Clay Dots sprinkled around. I love the sparkle they add.

A Basic White card inner was stamped with daisies from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and a little Boho Blue ink was blended over the stamped corner and another sentiment from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set was stamped nearby. I must create a coordinating envelope for this slim-line daisy card but, at the moment, I don’t want to use this DSP as I am preparing for a class this coming Friday and am planning to feature the Fresh as a Daisy Suite.

Thank you for dropping in. I so appreciate you checking out my Boho Blue creations. I am falling in love with this beautiful colour and am sure it will be one of my go to colours.

There is more Boho Blue creativity so continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Christine Blain. Welcome back Christine - it is so good you are hopping with us. I 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 Copper Clay, another of the new In Colour family, 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual 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   #cheerfuldaisies  #wonderfulthoughts #freshasadaisy