AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #4 Shy Shamrock

Shy Shamrock with Playing in the Rain

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are focusing on another 2024-2026 In Color before we address the other Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is showcasing a bright clear green called Shy Shamrock. Shy Shamrock is one of the new 2024-2026 In Color Family and is a wonderful bluish green that can coordinate with many colours. This colour would be lovely for leaves, and bright colour schemes.

Shy Shamrock 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 Unbounded Beauty and Full of Life DSPs, In Color Glimmer Paper, In Color Shimmer Gems, In Color Resin Dots, Bordered Ribbon and a range of other products. 

I started thinking about this colour’s name and thought of a Shamrock. This led to rainbows and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Of course, I needed a little critter with a Shy Shamrock jacket. So the story is … our rabbit friend finds a 3 leaf shamrock as he walks through a field of daisies. Excited he dances around with joy. In the background is a beautiful rainbow. More of the story later.

The rabbit from the Playing in the Rain stamp set was stamped in Smoky Slate Classic ink on Basic White card-stock, as was some clouds, daisies, and the sentiment. The rabbit was coloured with Shy Shamrock, Smoky Slate, and a touch of Bubble Bath Blends Combos. The daisies also had some Daffodil Delight in the centres. Touches of Pool Party Blends were added to the clouds.

The rainbow was created with thin strips of Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Daffodil Delight, Shy Shamrock, Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather, Petunia Pop and Smoky Slate. There is a little surprise when you open the card - but more of that later.  Shy Shamrock splattering was added to the card front with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A circle was cut through both the front of the card and the extra card front using the Everyday Detail dies. The card front was dry embossed using the new Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder. The smallest circle in the Everday Details dies cut out the sentiment.

The shamrock was made with 3 tiny hearts cut using the little hearts die from the Adorning Hearts dies. Some of the Shy Shamrock Bordered ribbon was frayed and the threads were adhered behind the label. The final touch was the addition of some Shy Shamrock In Color Shimmer Gems provided a touch of bling. These embellishments are wonderful - so pretty.

Now to the inside. When the card opens the rainbow slides up and reveals a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The sentiment wishes for a year filled with incredible possibilities - maybe finding gold and or love/friendship or something else special. It is hard to see in the photograph, that the rainbow is pulled up as the card opens. Inside the card there is also a second layer with a hole cut in exactly the same position as the holes in the card front. The rainbow will be tucked in through the hole and behind the panel to enable it to slide. The sentiment from the Encircled In Nature bundle was stamped under the hole. A pot from the Cottage Flowers bundle was stamped in Smoky Slate ink and then coloured with Shy Shamrock & Smoky Slate Blends. Gold foil hearts were cut with the same die from Textured (Foil) Speciality Paper. Many gold hearts were added to the pot and a few others were sprinkled around.

To allow the inside of the card to be part of the story, the back of the card was decorated with a turtle and extra daisies for writing one’s personal message. A C6 Basic White envelope was also stamped in Smoky Slate ink with the cute little turtle. Some splattering was added with a Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Write Marker.

Thank you so much for dropping by on your way around this week’s Colour Creations Blog Hop.

To continue with the Shy Shamrock blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a talented lady, Rachel Woollard. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’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 Summer Splash as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 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 special Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  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 2024-2025 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 this project or Stampin' Up!. There is a brilliant joining offer this month - I would be happy to help you with it.

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CASEing the Catty #470 Frames & Flowers Colours

Frames & Flowers meets Encircled with Nature

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #470 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

You may have come to me via the wonderful Monique Fielder - I'm looking forward to checking out her lovely project too.

I so love the Frames and Flowers Designer Series Paper and am waiting for my order to arrive. This Challenge is focussing on the colours of this DSP, which I love. My project has used 5 of the 7 colours, although the Early Expresso is probably hard to see unless you really squint. I also took inspiration from the style of DSP and chose Encircled in Nature as the feature bundle. This is an on-line only bundle by Stampin’ Up! It is gorgeous and I can also see it useful for Christmas creating.

There is mix of stamping and die cutting on my card.  Stamping included the twiggy wreath as the base that was stamped in Early Expresso Classic ink. This base helped me layer the die cut pieces but is now almost covered. It can be seen a tad in real life. I also stamped the flowers, the inside of the card and the envelope - but more of that later.

The wreath and individual pieces were all die cut from Basic White card-stock using the Encircled in Nature dies. The wreath was coloured with Lost Lagoon & Pretty Peacock inks and a Mini Blending brush. The oak leaf twigs were coloured with Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green inks with different Blending Brushes. The pine sprigs were left white. The stamped twiggy wreath was cut out with the circular dies, positioned in place and some blending was added with another Blending Brush to the background inside the wreath area using Soft Sea Foam ink. To give this blending a little more character a little water was misted over and the water lifted with a paper towel. The flowers are from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set and were stamped in Petal Pink and Pumpkin Pie inks.

The unstamped area was trimmed away from the twiggy wreath and the other die cut wreath was similarly trimmed. All the pieces were layered. Some light splattering was added with Pretty Peacock and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Write Markers.  A piece of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon was sliced lengthwise a couple of times and together tied into a bow that was added at the base with Glue Dots (they make attaching bits and pieces so easy).

The final touches included a white heat embossed sentiment than had been stamped onto Lost Lagoon card-stock using a stamp from the Country Flowers Stamp Set. It was fussy cut and added with Mini Dimensionals. Some Petal Pink and Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems were scattered amongst the wreath and near the sentiment for a touch of shimmer.

The card inner was simply stamped in the corner with the forest stamp using Lost Lagoon ink. A little Soft Sea Foam ink was blended over and a splattering Pretty Peacock added. As with the card front the stamped panel was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Pretty Peacock card-stock. 

A C6 Basic White envelope was stamped in the same way.

Thank you so much for spending time with me. I so appreciate you. 

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this talented Crew. The next blog in the hop is the wonderful Rachel Palmieri. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created that has been inspired by the new 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. To share, all you need to do for to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group. If you aren't a member, it’s easy to request to join and then all you need to do is upload a photo of your project to the main section. You can click on the graphic below to be taken to the CTC group on Facebook. We would love to see your creation using these wonderful colours.

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