AWHT Colour Creations #28 Melon Mambo

Melon Mambo with Fond of Autumn

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 pink called Melon Mambo. Melon Mambo is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong, bright and happy pink colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers or berries, tea cups and so much more. 

Melon Mambo is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo, Watercolor Pencils, Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Hues of Happiness DSP, Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit, Solid Faceted Gems and Glossy Dots Assortment.

Here is the card I created using Melon Mambo card-stock, Classic Stampin' Ink, Stampin' Blends Combo & Stampin' Write Marker plus other bits and pieces: 

If you visited my blog last week, you may remember that I created a wet on wet water-colour panel with Mango Melody and Melon Mambo. I didn't use it last week so thought I would use it for my Melon Mambo project. I do love these colours together. It was created by wetting a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and then adding Melon Mambo & Mango Melody inks. Once dry, the watercolored panel was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die and mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Melon Mambo card-stock. In turn this was adhered directly to a Thick Basic White card-base.

A piece of Melon Mambo card-stock was cut with the curved die in the Basic Borders dies and popped up with Dimensionals. Some White Craft ink was splattered over the card background. The Fond of Autumn flower/leaf/berry arrangement was stamped multiple times onto Shimmery White card-stock with Versamark ink and then gold heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. 

The berry sections of the arrangements were water-coloured using the fine Water Painter with Melon Mambo ink for the berries and Parakeet Party & Garden Green inks for the leaves. The berries were die cut away from the other sections of the arrangement. They were arranged over the curved edge with the stems tucked under the precious berries and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The banner from the Fond of Autumn stamps was white heat embossed onto Melon Mambo card-stock and the sentiment was shaped on a block so it would fit within the banner. The banner was fussy cut and then added with Dimensionals. A piece of Polished Pink Open Weave ribbon was coloured with a dark Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend, cut in half length-wise and tied in a bow with some Gold Simply Elegant trim. The bow was tucked under the sentiment. Some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were scattered as the finishing touch.

The decoration of the card inner is a simple strip of Melon Mambo card-stock to the left, with a sentiment and flower from the Fond of Autumn stamp set stamped in Melon Mambo ink. A C6 Basic White envelope was decorated with a gold embossed set of flowers left over from the embossed Fond of Autumn arrangement after removing the berries. Just simple decorations this time.

Thank you for spending time with me on my blog. I so appreciate your interest.

There is more Melon Mambo creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of a fellow South Australian, the lovely and talented Tina Gillespie. I always look forward to checking out Tina's creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Merry Merlot as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  Also, don't forget that many of us are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings to share delightful Christmas projects with you. There are only a few Heart of Christmas Blog Hops remaining for this year.

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  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an 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!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations #27 Mango Melody

Mango Melody with Fond of Autumn

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, featuring one of the colours each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a bright orange yellow called Mango Melody. Mango Melody is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a happy colour similar to ripe mangos. This colour is lovely when used for flowers, tea cups, Autumn and so much more. 

Mango Melody is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Soft Pastels, Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Hues of Happiness & Textured Chic DSP, Textured Chic Memories & More Cards & Envelopes, Light The Candles kit and Love This Memory Notebook kit.

Here is the card I created using Mango Melody card-stock and Classic Stampin' Ink plus other bits and pieces: 

This wasn’t my initial design but the first didn’t work so this happy card was created. I love Mango Melody with a bright pink and so for this project combined it with Melon Mambo plus Granny Apple Green and a touch of Garden Green for the leaves. For me, part of getting to know a colour is finding other colours that work well with it.

A card base of Mango Melody card-stock has a little White Craft ink daubered over some of the front. A piece of Basic White card-stock was die cut using the detailed die from the Autumn Bouquet dies. It was used twice to die cut most of the background. It is a beautiful die. As I was die cutting I was reminded how good Stampin’ Up!s new Cut ‘n Emboss Machine is as it cut through this large detailed die with only a few passes through the machine. An earlier NON-Stampin Up! Machine had dead spots in the centre that couldn’t cut large detailed dies like this - it was so frustrating. That isn’t the case with Stampin’ Up!s current machine. 

The large floral, leaf & berries stamp was stamped a number of times in Versamark ink on Shimmery White card-stock and heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. The flowers and leaves were water-coloured using a fine Water Painter. The flowers were water-coloured with a mix of Mango Melody and Melon Mambo Classic inks using varying amounts of the different colours, ie some flowers being more mango and others more mambo. The berries were mainly Melon Mambo ink and the leaves were coloured with Granny Apple Green and touches of Garden Green Classic inks. After the coloured sections had dried they were die cut with the coordinating die. This die  cuts the stamped image into a number of pieces and there are some gold embossed pieces remaining together with a water coloured panel that wasn’t used. Keep an eye out - they may turn up on next weeks project???

All of the water coloured pieces were arranged over the die cut card front and adhered with a mix of Dimensionals and Multi-purpose Liquid Glue. A sentiment from the Fond of Autumn stamp set was gold heat embossed onto Basic White card-stock. I used the curvy banner from the coordinating dies and then cut it down a little so it wasn’t as long. It was added with Dimensionals.

A bow of Pale Papaya Open Weave In Colour ribbon (that had been cut in half length wise) together with White Bakers twine (from the Basics Bakers Twine packet) was tucked under the sentiment banner and adhered with Glue Dots. A number of Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were scattered around. These gems were perfect as they have both yellow and pink tinges.

A Basic White card inner was decorated with a water coloured spray of berries. One of the left over gold embossed leaves/acorns pieces was adhered to the back flap of a Basic White C6 Envelope. I hadn’t water coloured it but quite like the gold and white design on the flap.

Thank you for spending time with me on my blog. I hope these bright and happy colours bring some joy.

There is more Mango Melody creativity. Continue along the blog hop with me and click the  "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the amazing Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Melon Mambo as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  Also, don't forget that many of us are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings to share delightful Christmas projects to give you some ideas to help with your Christmas preparations. 

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  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an 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   #Autumnbouquet #fondofautumn