AWHT Colour Creations #29 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Watercolour and For Unto Us

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This is the final Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2021 - wow, where has the year gone???

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep muted blue called Misty Moonlight. Misty Moonlight is part of the 2020 - 2022 In Colour Family and is a delightful blue. I so love this blue which works beautifully with various colours including Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape. 

Misty Moonlight is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends and the 2020-2022 In Colour Designer Series Papers as well as Tidings of Christmas, Hand-Penned, Beauty of the Earth and Pattern Party Host Designer Series Papers. It is also part of the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems and the Dandy Garden and Hand-Penned Memories & More Packs; as well as the Christmas Whimsy Card Kit. The cards below simply have used Misty Moonlight Card-stock, Classic Stampin' ink and a Stampin' Write Marker plus a range of other non-MM bits and pieces.

Here are my cards showcasing Misty Moonlight:

Both cards have used the wet-on-wet water-colour technique with the same Classic Stampin' inks and the same Christmas sentiment stamp set For Unto Us. And yet they are different card designs. Similar but different.

CARD 1:

Half a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was water-coloured with Misty Moonlight, Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' inks. The wide brush Water Painter first applied water to the watercolor paper, starting with water in the centre section. Misty Moonlight ink was added and spread around and partially dried with a Heat Gun. Water was applied to the LHS with added Bermuda Bay ink. The same process occurred on the other side with some Gorgeous Grape ink applied. Again it was partially dried with a Heat Gun and then put aside to dry fully.

The water-coloured panel was embossed with Evergreen Forrest 3D Embossing Folder. Some White Craft ink was spattered over the embossed water-coloured panel. Die cut trees, using the Majestic Mountain dies, were cut from Basic White card-stock and adhered at the centre trunks to the water-colour background.

This panel was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock and then to a Misty Moonlight card base. A sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto Misty Moonlight card-stock and then heat embossed with White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. I wanted the sentiment to be long and thin and thought the greeting still worked without the 3rd line, so fussy cut it out.

A piece of Glittery White Organdy Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and looped in place and attached with Glue Dots in a position that would be covered with the sentiment. The sentiment was adhered in place with Dimensionals. A number of stars from the Cute Stars Adhesive-backed Sequins were added as the final touch.

Some left over water-coloured paper (from the second card) was cut into strips and adhered to the Basic White card inner at each end. The card inner was also stamped with a different sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink.  The C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink with the sentiment used on the card front.

CARD 2:

While I could have also used the emboss resist technique, I decided to water-colour first and then, when the panel was dry, to heat emboss the sentiment to the water-coloured panel. The panel of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was water-coloured with Misty Moonlight ink and then Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape inks were added to either side - BB to the left and GG to the right.

Once the water-coloured panel was dry the sentiment was heat embossed with Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. The panel was cut down with a Stitched Rectangle die and mounted to a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock and then to a piece of Misty Moonlight card-stock. This panel was splattered with both White Craft Ink and a Misty Moonlight Stampin Write Marker.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder and then adhered to a Misty Moonlight card-base. It was splattered using a Misty Moonlight Stampin' Write Marker. A piece of Glittered White Organdy Ribbon was folded in half and wrapped around the mounted water-coloured panel. The panel was then popped up on Dimensionals and centred on the dry embossed background.

The second part of the sentiment "Glory to the newborn King" was heat embossed onto an off cut from the die cut water-coloured panel. The off cut was trimmed down with the Trimmer and partially fussy cut. The remaining half piece of Glittered Organdy Ribbon (the other half was used on the previous card) was also swished & looped, and held in place with Glue Dots. The extra sentiment was popped up on Dimensionals over the swish of Glittered Organdy Ribbon. A number of the Fresh Freesia 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels were scattered around to add an extra touch of shimmer. 

Another piece of left over water-coloured paper was cut into strips and adhered to the Basic White card inner at the top and bottom. The card inner was stamped with a different sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink.  The C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink with the same sentiment as used on the card inner.

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

If you live 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 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!. 

There is more Misty Maoonlight creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Theresa Gerrard. As always, I am looking forward to checking out Theresa's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.

Hope to see you next year on Wednesday 5th January when we will be featuring another versatile colour Mossy Meadows when we recommence the weekly Colour Creations blog hops for 2022.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. Sending blessings for a wonderful Christmas season and New Year.

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, our amazing AWHT Colour Creations Coordinator.  I so appreciate all Cathy has done and continues to do to coordinate this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there.

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AWHT Colour Creations #13 Crumb Cake

Crumb Cake with Angels of Peace & For Unto Us

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 neutral light brown called Crumb Cake.  It is similar but still a different brown from Kraft card-stock - slightly lighter and Kraft has a little more of an orange tinge. Crumb Cake is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and coordinates so well with many colours (as neutrals tend to do). One of my favourite colour combinations is Petal Pink with Crumb Cake, so in the end I decided to go with this combo. My initial thought was to use White on Crumb Cake which is always delightful, but my designing process took me in another direction. 

Crumb Cake is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends, the Neutrals Designer Series Paper and some Bakers Twine (as part of the Essentials Pack of twine). The Slim-line Christmas cards below have used Crumb Cake card-stock, Classic ink, Stampin' Blends Combo, and Bakers Twine, plus other bits and pieces.

I was planning to make a fancy fold that I had recently seen and started with water-colouring some panels to use as background pieces. However, when layering them as they would look in the fancy fold I wasn't convinced that it worked well so ended up in a completely different direction, creating 2 more simple cards. 

I was delighted with the water-colour effect achieved with the panel used on this first card. In my water-colour experimentation I have been trying to gain more variation of colour but usually my watercolour backgrounds tend to end up as a subtle blending of colours. This panel also uses the emboss resist technique, with a sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set stamped in Versamark ink onto Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss powder and a Heat Gun. I used Crumb Cake and Petal Pink Classic Re-inkers with the mid-sized Water Painter and some extra water.

When dry, the water-coloured panel was mounted on a larger piece of Petal Pink card-stock. Some Basic White Bakers Twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack was wrapped around twice and tied in a bow; and then the panel was mounted onto the Crumb Cake card-stock base. The base had been cut to create a small slimline card. The card was then finished with a few delightful Elegant Faceted Gems. I am sooo glad these carried over into the current Annual Catalogue for 2021-2022. This is a fairly simple card for me as I usually have layer upon layer and lots of texture, but I am still pleased with it, especially the water-colour effect. 

The card inner is simple too, with the angel from the Angels of Peace stamps partially stamped on a piece of Basic White card-stock in Petal Pink ink and the words that continue from the front sentiment, (ie a Christmas carol "Hark the Herald Angels sing, Glory to the new born King") were stamped in Crumb Cake ink. I made a custom sized envelope to suit the small slimline card using some retired Designer Series Paper. Creating your own envelopes with retired DSP is a great way to use your stash of DSP and the envelopes always look great.

Card 2:  The second card used another water-coloured panel, that was created with the same products as previously mentioned. It too was mounted onto a panel of Petal Pink card-stock and White Crinkled Seam Binding was wrapped around and tied into a bow. Some Crumb Cake Bakers Twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack was tied around the ribbon bow's knot and then tied into a bow. The whole panel was mounted onto the small slimline card Crumb Cake base.

The larger angel from the Angels of Peace stamp set was stamped on a seperate piece of Basic White card-stock in stamped off Crumb Cake ink. The angel was coloured with Stampin' Blends, ie Crumb Cake & Petal Pink combos and Ivory & the Colour Lifter. She was fussy cut. A label was die cut from Basic White card-stock using one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

The white label was positioned with Dimensionals and the Angel was added with another layer of Dimensionals. I do so love the effect of the added depth provided by Dimensionals and given my restraint in not added them to the background layers, I felt I could go a little wild with the focal elements. A sentiment from the same stamp set was white heat embossed on Crumb Cake card-stock and trimmed to only use the first line of the sentiment. The sentiment was layered on the label with Dimensionals as well. Some beautiful Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added as the finishing touch. They added that little shimmer and the colour seemed to match perfectly.

The card inner and envelope was similar to the first card apart from the sentiment. The same sentiment as was used on the front was stamped in Crumb Cake and the piece of the sentiment that wasn't used on the front of the card was layered over the stamped words.

I had fun playing with water-colour and creating these cards to share. I will need to make the fancy fold with something different so I can try it out. If it works, it may even turn up in a week or two featuring another of Stampin' Up!'s beautiful colours.

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 Crumb Cake 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, Sharon Davern. I am looking forward to checking out Sharon'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 Crushed Curry; 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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Heart of Christmas - November 2020

Art With Heart Team Heart of Christmas 2020 with In the Pines

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the final Heart of Christmas Showcase for 2020. It's hard to believe that Christmas will be here next month.

While I have needed to take a break from blogging for a few weeks due to health and other  demands, I couldn't resist participating in this last 2020 Heart of Christmas Showcase. 

The two cards that I am sharing had their genesis in the Highland Heather Colour Creations Showcase. I needed to pull out of that Showcase but had already started some creating, including the water-coloured background used in Project 1 and the water-coloured trees used on Project 2.

PROJECT 1:

To create the background, Fluid 100 Water-color paper was heat embossed with a sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set, using a Versamark ink pad, White Stampin' Emboss powder and a Heat Gun. The background used the wet on wet water-colouring technique with Balmy Blue, Highland Heather and Pool Party Classic Stampin' ink. 

The water-colour emboss resist technique gives an amazing effect. After being left to dry naturally, the water-coloured paper was trimmed to size and then dry embossed with the oh so gorgeous Evergreen Forrest 3D Embossing folder. This background was mounted on a piece of Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper (DSP) and then to the Highland Heather card  base.

The white trees were die cut from Shimmery White card-stock with the Pine Woods dies and a number of trees were also cut from Vellum card-stock. The Vellum trees were adhered directly to the water-coloured backgrounded the Shimmery White trees were popped up on a thin strip of Dimensionals positioned at the centre of the tree.

A sentiment from the In the Pines stamp set was heat embossed using Versamark ink and White Stampin' Emboss powder on Highland Heather card-stock. This was fussy cut and then partially adhered to the top tree with Multi-purpose Liquid glue and Mini Dimensionals under the word 'You'.

Finishing touches were made with the addition of some Snowflake Adhesive-Backed embellishments. A piece of the Misty Moonlight/Silver twine from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo pack was coloured with a Dark Highland Heather Blend and tied around the spine of the card and tied in a bow near the top of the card.

A piece of Whisper White card-stock was stamped a couple of times with a group of little trees from the In the Pines stamp set using Balmy Blue and Highland Heather Classic Stampin' inks. Part of the stamp was inked in Balmy Blue and then the other section of the stamp was inked with Highland Heather and then stamped. A thin strip of the water-coloured paper was also adhered to the card inner. A C6 Whisper White envelope was similarly stamped across the bottom front of the envelope.

PROJECT 2:

The second card has a similar colour scheme and uses many of the same products, though the areas coloured and areas in white are reversed.

The background of the card front was created from a piece of Whisper White card-stock that was dry embossed with the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing folder. This was adhered to a Purple Posy card base with Multi-purpose Liquid Glue. A star from the Curvy Christmas Stamp set was stamped above the trees in Balmy Blue Classic Stampin ink and stamped off twice.

To add some texture and dimension, a piece of Whisper White card-stock the same width of the card front was die cut with the simpler curvy die from the Pine Wood dies and some White Embossing Paste was smeared over to represent uneven snow texture. Once dry, this piece was popped in place at the bottom of the card front with Dimensionals.

The trees were cut from Shimmery White card-stock and water-coloured with Balmy Blue, Pool Party and Highland Heather Classic Stampin' ink. This effect was achieved by tapping the ink onto a block and lightly spritzing with some water. The wet inks were finger painted directly onto the die cut trees with a gloved hand. Finger painting the trees was such fun and let my inner child play. The trees were left to dry naturally.

Once dry the trees were lightly painted with some Frost White Shimmer Paint to add a little sparkle and a sense of snow. The coloured trees were positioned with some Vellum trees underneath. The Vellum trees were adhered to the background with Multi-purpose Liquid Glue and the water-coloured trees were popped in place with thin strips of Dimensionals.

A sentiment from the Wrapped In Christmas stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' ink on Whisper White card-stock and then cut with a small die from the Ornate Frames dies. The label was positioned with Dimensionals. Some Snowflake Adhesive-backed Embellishments added the finishing touch.

The card inner was created from a piece of Whisper White card-stock that was stamped with a sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set in Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' ink. This darker shade of purple was chosen to more clearly define the sentiment. 

As with the first project, above, trees were stamped across the base of the card inner using Balmy Blue and Purple Posy Classic Stampin' ink. (As a Demonstrator, I was able to order the 2019-2021 In Colours prior to the Purple Posy ink being discontinued. This lighter shade of purple could also be achieved by stamping off Highland Heather Classic ink.) The envelope was similarly stamped with the same stamp and ink across the bottom front of a C6 Whisper White envelope.

Thank you for sharing the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase for November. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop and finding inspiration. We are always excited to see each others creations and always inspired by one another.

Judy May, our amazing coordinator (who does a wonderful job of keeping us in line), has all the links to the other participant's blogs for this November's Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase. Click here to visit/revisit to Judy's blog at Just Judy Designs to find more Christmas inspiration. 

It is such a blessing to share with my talented colleagues and so I am sure there will be wonderful projects to inspire in each blog, so do drop by.  

I hope you have enjoyed the Heart of Christmas Showcase for 2020 and found inspiration over the past months. I really appreciate you dropping by and visiting Valley Inspirations.

Also, 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 August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. If you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products, I would privileged to help you. A new mini catalogue is arriving soon for January to June 2021. I have had a sneak peak and there will be gorgeous products available.

I hope you are coping in these difficult times. There are so many challenges being faced. Look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay sane.

Andrea 😘

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