AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #30 Lemon Lime Twist

Lemon Lime Twist with Forever Forrest

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 yellow green called Lemon Lime Twist. Lemon Lime Twist is one of the Brights Colour Family. I used to think this green was extremely bright, but the introduction of Parakeet Party has toned it down in my mind. This colour is lovely for leaves / trees, and anything needing bright greens.

Lemon Lime Twist is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Blends; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Bright & Beautiful, Zoo Crew, and Glorious Gingham DSP; White Centre Speciality Paper; Bright & Beautiful Memories & More Cards, and Cards & Envelopes; Confetti Birthday Kit, Ribbon Duo Combo Pack, & Tinsel Gems Four Pack. 

Lemon Lime Twist ink and Stampin’ Write Marker have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Lemon Lime Twist bits and pieces.

My chosen colour combo are the colours of the current Global Design Project Challenge - #GDP421. I’m not sure whether I will enter this card or whether I will have an opportunity to create something new. As always, members of their Design Team have created wonderful projects.  Our own Vicki Boucher is the Guest Designer and she has created a gorgeous card.

When I was thinking about a design for this colour, I thought of trees and then I saw Tammy Wilson, one of Stampin’ Up!s current Artisans, who was Guest Designer this month with the Crafty Carrot Co, demonstrate a technique she uses to colour Basic White card-stock and then punch or die cut elements. I love the effect so decided to use her technique with the Forever Forrest dies. As you can see from the photo below that includes some left over coloured card-stock, Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ ink was applied to Basic White card-stock with a Blending Brush and Pool Party was similarly applied with some overlap. Water droplets were liberally splattered all over. The coloured panel was left to dry and before both White Craft ink and a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker were splattered all over the panel.

Different sizes of detailed die trees from the Forever Forrest dies were cut from this panel, with some from the Lemon Lime Twist section and a couple from the two-colour section. I so love the colour variation on the die cuts.  Some mountains (from the same set) were die cut from Basic White card-stock. Clouds were cut from White Textured Shimmer Paper and stars (Stars at Night dies) from the Holographic Trio Speciality Paper.

A Basic White panel was lightly blended with Pool Party. A little water was splattered and a Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker added a little splatter. Mountains were added with Dimensionals and some extra mountains were tucked in behind. The latter had a little light Lemon Lime Twist blending applied.  The Lemon Lime Twist trees were either adhered directly with Multipurpose Liquid Glue or popped up on Mini Dimensionals. The clouds and stars were also added either with Mini Dimensionals or with Glue.

The largest tree was decorated with a number of Poppy Parade Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs. A sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set was white heat embossed (using Versamark Ink, White Emboss Powder, the Embossing Accessories Tool Kit and a Heat Tool) onto Poppy Parade card-stock and then fussy cut out. It was popped up on Mini Dimensionals, with a double bow tied from a strip of trimmed White & Silver Sheer Ribbon tucked underneath.

The card inner was simply stamped with trees in 2nd generation Lemon Lime Twist ink on Basic White card-stock. A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped in a similar way. The card inner was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade card-stock, in the same way as the card front.

Thank you so much for dropping by on you way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. I know we are a smaller group this week but I am sure there will be so much Lemon Lime Twist inspiration.

To continue with the Lemon Lime Twist blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a very special lady and our Blog Hop Coordinator, Cathy Proctor. I am looking forward to checking out Cathy’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 Lost Lagoon 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. As mentioned, Cathy is our brilliant 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 Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or 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 this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas #8

Christmas with Forever Forrest

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

This week I am showcasing the Forever Forrest bundle for a few Christmas cards. I started with the emboss resist technique and some water-colouring. Afterwards I was looking at the Mini Catalogue and really liked one of the decorated presents using the Forever Forrest dies. The following day, I saw Sue Campfield, a US demonstrator, create a fun fold card. My mind started whirring and ended up combining the 2 concepts.

CARDS 1/2: Emboss Resist with Water-colouring

A group of trees from the Forever Forrest stamps was stamped in Versamark ink onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and then heat embossed using White Emboss Powder, the Embossing Accessory Kit and a Heat Tool. This was repeated a number of times to enable me to play with colours. The two cards shown are coloured to create part rainbows - one using yellow/greens/blue and the other blues and purples. Both cards were wet on wet water-coloured using the flat brushed tip from the Water Painters set of brushes. The Classic Stampin’ inks used were Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Blueberry Bushel & Boho Blue on one panel and Starry Sky, Blueberry Bushel, Boho Blue, Fresh Freesia & Highland Heather on the other panel.

Both water-coloured panels were cut to span a landscape card layout, with the yellow/green/blue combo fully spanning across the card base, where as the other panel showed the mount on all four sides. The card above was mounted onto to thin strips of Silver Adhesive-backed Glimmer paper (an online only special) and then onto Pretty Peacock card-stock. The card below was only mounted onto Boho Blue card-stock. Both mounted panels were popped up on Dimensionals when adhered to Thick Basic White card bases.

As the Forever Forrest bundle doesn’t include sentiments, I chose the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment from the Beary Christmas stamp set. The sentiment was white heat embossed onto card-stock that coordinated with the mount. 

Both cards had bows using the Silver & White Sheer Ribbon. It is a beautiful ribbon and copes very well with being sliced in half or into 3s. The blue water-coloured card was finished with the Facetted Gems Trio pack, where as the yellow/green combo was given some extra shimmer with the Silver Festive Pearls. Basic White tree die cuts were added to the sentiment panels.

Trees were stamped along the base of a Basic White card inner. A strip of coordinating card-stock was layered at the bottom of the card inner. A C6 Basic White envelopes were also stamped with the trees.

Two other Fluid 100 paper panels were also water-coloured in rainbow like colours. These panels are yet to be created into alternative colour Christmas cards. They are brighter than my usual style, but I love the rainbow effect.

CARD 3/4: Swinging Forrest Fun Fold and Gift Tag

As mentioned, I saw Sue Campfield demonstrate a fun fold yesterday. I converted her US measurements into our centimetres and A4 size card-stock. As I heard a friend’s voice in my head about the extravagance of having a card using more than half an A4 piece of card-stock, I scaled the card down a little to enable 2 cards to be made from one piece of card-stock. It easily fits within a C6 envelope.

A piece of Thick Basic White card-stock was cut, scored and burnished. The small tree design from the gorgeous Winter Meadow DSP was cut 2mm smaller than the panels of the folded card. DSP was adhered to all the forward facing panels.

The largest Tailored Made Tag dies was cut from a piece of Lost Lagoon card-stock. A little White Craft ink was added to the tag’s edges. The hole was die cut larger using the circular hole reinforcement die. Trees, clouds and rocks were cut from Basic White card-stock, together with the smallest Stylish Shapes circle.

One sentiment from the Hope and Peace stamp set was stamped on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut, while the other was stamped on the panel that will carry the personal message. The rocks were lightly coloured with a little Lost Lagoon ink. The were all arranged on the tag and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Mini Dimensionals. Wink of Stella was spattered over and little die cut silver stars were added.

A swinging mechanism was based on a Mini Dimensional, with the tag laid over and the stitched circle adhered on top. A bow was created from Silver & White Sheer ribbon (cut in half lengthwise) and Silver Elegant Trim. The bow was attached with Glue Dots. and a little cloud was adhered on top. The tag can swing from side to side - see the pictures above and below.

Here is a photo of the panel for writing one’s personal message.

A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with the multiple tree stamp in Lost Lagoon ink.

The card easily stands upright for display.

Thank you so much for dropping by to check out this week’s Christmas projects using the Forever Forrest bundle - both stamps and dies. It is a wonderful bundle. I have many other ideas for Christmas projects so please call by again over coming weeks to see if some of my ideas come to fruition.

There is more Christmas creativity so do continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Rachel Woollard. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’s creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week as we continue the weekly Heart of Christmas 2023 Blog Hop series. We are also blogging for the Colour Creations Blog Hop on Wednesday evening where we are featuring Early Expresso. I think I may be creating a different fancy fold.

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 Sharon Davern’s blog @ Rhapsody in Craft. Sharon is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Heart of Christmas Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there. It may be another fun fold.

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 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!. 

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