AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #21 Crushed Curry

Crushed Curry with Country Birdhouse  

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 deep yellow colour called Crushed Curry.  Crushed Curry is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a rich slightly muted yellow. Yellows are wonderful with grey, or blue and coordinate with many other colours, including oranges, greens etc. Crushed Curry is beautiful for flowers. 

Crushed Curry is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Watercolor Pencils (Assortment 2); Regals Designer Series Paper as well as a number of other products. 

This project has incorporated Crushed Curry as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker and Watercolor Pencil.

When thinking about a project to create using Crushed Curry I Googled yellow birds and found a beautiful bird with strong yellow belly and purple grey feathers. I then started to ponder what card design I could use to highlight the bird. The Country Birdhouse bundle came to mind and I started to think about a 3D project. A number of days later I saw an amazing 3D Christmas birdhouse by Mikaela Titheridge, one of Stampin’ Up!s Artisans. Then she posted a link to a U-tube video showing how she created it. I so admire Mikaela and her talent and am so appreciative of her video of the box birdhouse. Thank you so so much Mikaela.

Apart from decorating the box birdhouse differently to Mikaela I wanted to see if I could create a box with a base so that it could be used either as a box to hold a gift or as a card that folds flat to fit into an ordinary C6 Basic White envelope.

I challenged my grey matter to create a base for the box to keep the box stable and, as mentioned, so that the box could be used to hold a small gift. As I wasn’t sure how i would use this project, the base also needed to open and lie flat. I got there. There are two flaps that fold across the base and a third flap that folds over from the front and tucks in with a flap.

Three birds were stamped in Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ ink onto Basic White card-stock, one of them was initially stamped onto a Stampin’ Up! Silicon Mat and cardstock was rubbed over the stamped image so the bird would be in reverse. They were coloured with Crushed Curry, Basic Gray, Gorgeous Grape and white Watercolor Pencils. The birdhouse was covered with Country Woods Designer Series Paper - with two designs that were both sides of one sheet. The die cut trims were cut from Basic White and Crushed Curry card-stock using the coordinating Country Birdhouse dies.

Flowers and leaves were die cut from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper using dies from the same set. Other flowers were also die cut using the Thoughtful Wishes dies. All of the die cuts were wet on wet water-coloured using Crushed Curry and Old Olive inks.

A sentiment from the Country Birdhouse stamp set was white heat embossed on Crushed Curry card-stock and then fussy cut. A Linen Twine double bow was tucked under the sentiment and a number of Iridescent Foil Gems were scattered around.

A Basic White card-stock panel was cut to size and stamped with another sentiment in Smoky Slate ink. One of the Thoughtful Wishes coloured die cuts was adhered to this panel. The Basic White C6 envelope flap was stamped with the cute little bird in Smoky Slate ink.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Crushed Curry Country Woods box card. I loved creating it and have decided to give it to a friend to help her celebrate her birthday.

To continue with the Crushed Curry 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 Daffodil Delight as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself.

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.

Living in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue or and the 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 these projects or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #countrybirdhouse  #countrywoods  #thoughtfulwishes

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!. 

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

AWHT Colour Creations #16 Crushed Curry

Crushed Curry with Honeybee Home

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 yellow called Crushed Curry. Crushed Curry is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a muted colour. This colour is lovely for flowers, honey bees, sunsets plus so much more. It is delightful with greys, greens  and can complement purples (being on the opposite side of the colour wheel). It can harmonise with Gold. 

Crushed Curry 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; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as He's the Man, Tea Boutique, Butterfly Kisses, Rustic Harvest, Rings of Love and Celebrate Everything DSPs; plus The Best Remedy Kit, Fun Flowers Resin Shapes; and Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes. 

Here is my card to hero Crushed Curry:

Crushed Curry led me to think of sunshine, sunflowers, daisies, bees and honey etc, etc. I had a number of ideas but eventually settled on honey bees and a background watercolour wash with Hive 3D embossing and hexagon die cuts.

I started by water-colouring a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with Crushed Curry Classic ink using a wide-brushed Water Painter. The water-coloured panel was embossed with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. It is a beautiful EF and can be used showing either side of the embossed panel. The coloured embossed panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Crushed Curry Card-stock before being affixed to a Basic White card base.

Hexagon's were cut from Basic White card-stock using the Beautiful Shapes dies. Images from the Honeybee Home stamp set were partially stamped onto the white hexagons, using the marker to stamp technique. Gorgeous Grape & Old Olive Stampin' Write markers were used. Momento Tuxedo Black ink was used to stamp the bees. The images were all coloured using pencils from both Watercolor Pencil sets, ie Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Gorgeous Grape, Rich Razzelberry, Basic Black and White. They are lovely pencils to use either just by themselves (as done here) or together with a Blender Pen or Water Painter.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped onto Crushed Curry card-stock using Versamark ink and heat embossed with White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. A bow of White Crinkled Seam Binding and some gold Simply Elegant Trim was tucked under the fussy cut sentiment and some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were sprinkled around to add a little sparkle.

A Basic White card inner was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Crushed Curry card-stock with a thin left over strip of the embossed water-coloured paper added to the right side. An extra bee also was added. A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped with the little floral stamp in Crushed Curry ink. (Please excuse the different background for the photo above. It was starting to rain so I dashed inside forgetting that I had missed taking a photo of the card inner.)

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

There is more Crushed Curry creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of my lovey friend Sharon Davern. I always look forward to checking out Sharon's creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Daffodil Delight as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations blog hops.  Also, don't forget that we are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings to share many delightful Christmas projects. 

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 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the 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!. 

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

AWHT Colour Creations #14 Crushed Curry

Crushed Curry with Shaded Summer & Summer Shadows

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 deep yellow called Crushed Curry. Crushed Curry is part of the Regals Colour Family. It isn't a colour I automatically reach for but is wonderful when colouring sunflowers, roses and autumnal themes. This project was inspired by a gorgeous yellow rose with strong pink petal edges that I saw a few days ago. 

Crushed Curry is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers and Regals Designer Series Papers. The simple Fancy Fancy fold card below has used Crushed Curry card-stock, Classic ink and Stampin' Write Marker, plus other Stampin' Up! bits and pieces.

I recently saw Kim Fee, a UK Demonstrator, use a card fold that I hadn't seen before, so I thought I would give it a go. I worked out my own dimensions and converted one hinge into 2 smaller hinges. It was really quite simple and something different.

Using Thick Basic White card-stock, half an A4 sheet of card-stock was cut in 2 so the card is the same dimension as a "normal" one - that is for us in Australia. A strip of the thick card-stock was cut off one piece to set the width of the card front. The piece that was trimmed off was used as the hinge(s). I cut it in half length-wise to create two hinges as it seemed a bit wobbly when I saw Kim open her card.

To create the background pieces for decorating both sides of the front panel and one side of the back panel, I used Crushed Curry card-stock, cutting it a little smaller than the card base pieces. The larger floral stamp from the Shaded Summer stamp set was stamped in Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' ink all over the 3 pieces. Using a Blending Brush, some White Craft ink was blended over the edges of each piece leaving some of the original coloured card-stock in the centre.

Before adhering the stamped panels onto the card bases, the hinges were adhered in place. They were partially adhered to the front of the back panel, with the Crushed Curry stamped panel adhered over to hide and further secure the hinge ends. The other ends of the hinges were adhered to the back of the card front, with one of the Crushed Curry panels adhered over to hide the hinge ends and the other Crushed Curry panel adhered to the front of the panel. A small section of the hinges show on the side, which gives character to the card.

Two labels were cut from Basic White card-stock using the Scalloped Contours dies, with the bigger label centred on the back panel of the card for writing a personal message. A smaller label was layered with Dimensionals in the centre of the card front.

Using the same floral stamp with my Stamparatus, the stamp was coloured using Stampin' Write Markers, ie Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green, and stamped onto Basic White card-stock. I love using the Stamparatus with the Marker-to-Stamp technique as I partially add colour - stamp - add different colour - stamp - add more colour - stamp - and so on until I am satisfied with the colouring. The coloured floral sprays were cut using the gorgeous Summer Shadows dies that you can obtain for FREE when you purchase $180 worth of Stampin' Up! product during Sale-a-bration. Don't leave it too long if you are interested, as this offer will finish at the end of September. Lovely detailed and smaller leaves were also die cut from Basic White card-stock.

The flowers and leaves were arranged and adhered with a mix of Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Dimensionals. A white Bakers Twine bow as added with a Glue Dot and rhinestones from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels packet brought a little bling.

As mentioned, the back inside panel used a white label for writing a personal message. With the stamped floral background framing the label nothing else was needed. The floral stamp was also coloured with markers and stamped on a C6 Basic White Envelope so it coordinates with the card it will hold.

While Crushed Curry has not been a frequently used colour for me, I really enjoyed creating this card; experimenting with this fancy fold and playing with the Marker-to-Stamp technique. I hope your interest is piqued by some aspect of this card.

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 Crushed Curry creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a very special person and friend, Rachel Palmieri. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones projects - so many ideas and great creations

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Daffodil Delight; and don't forget the AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop is launched every Monday evening at 8pm AEST until 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.

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