AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #32 Lemon Lolly

Lemon Lolly with Sentimental Christmas

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 pale yellow called Lemon Lolly.  Lemon Lolly is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a soft light yellow that can coordinate with a number of  colours, including other yellows, blues, greens, other subtles, etc and it would be wonderful for flowers, fruit (eg citrus), baby things …  and anything needing a pale yellow.

Lemon Lolly 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; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Mediterranean Blooms, Flowering Zinnias, A Little Latte, Bright & Beautiful, and Fresh as a Daisy DSPs, plus Rainbow Adhesive-backed Dots, Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins embellishments; Bakers Twine Three Color Pack, and the Hooray for Honeycomb Kit & the Blossom Wishes Kit. 

This project has incorporated Lemon Lolly as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker and Stampin’ Blends combo.

This is a card I have been thinking of creating since I first saw the Sentimental Wishes stamp set and Lemon Lolly is perfect for the Christmas candles. The first task was to stamp the candles and holly from the Sentimental Wishes stamps on Basic White card-stock and gold emboss using Versamark ink, gold emboss powder, a Heat Gun and the Embossing Accessory kit.

The images were coloured with Stampin’ Blends combos, ie Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Bubble Bath combos, with touches of Light Granny Apple Green and the Color Lifter. There is a cute little set of coordinating dies, however, I wanted to have a finer cut around the holly so did some fussy cutting with snips as well.

You may be looking at the hexagonal die cut frame and wonder which dies were used. This die comes from a new bundle in the coming 2025 January-April Mini Catalogue - the Memorable Blooms dies. Check out the beautiful stitching, both inside and out of the die cut edge. Some Lemon Lolly Classic ink was blended over the lower section of the die cut for some background glow. Some splattering was added with a Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Write Marker. 

After arranging the candles and holly, a sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set was gold heat embossed on Basic White card-stock. A bow of Gold Twisted Thread and half of some Iridescent Striped Trim was tucked under the sentiment. Some subtle Iridescent Foil Gems were scattered around. I later thought it still needed something, so added some Gold Foil die cut stems cut using the Changing Leaves dies.

Inside the card is a Basic White panel mounted onto a Lemon Lolly card-stock. A sentiment from the Sentimental Wishes stamp set was gold heat embossed and an extra candles image and a bow were adhered in place. An envelope was gold embossed with the ivy image.

Thank you for dropping in on your way around the Colour Creations Blog Hop. I so appreciate you spending time here.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Sharon Davern. I am looking forward to checking out Sharon’s creation(s). I wonder if it will be one of her amazing fancy folds. I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring the beautiful Lost Lagoon 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 blog hop participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her wonderful 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, the September-December Mini Catalogue or the coming January-April 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 Colour Creations Blog Hop #8 Lemon Lolly

Lemon Lolly with Lighting the Way 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. We have started with the new In Colours and are currently focussing on the newly introduced Core Colours.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale yellow called Lemon Lolly. Lemon Lolly is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a delightful light clean yellow. This colour would be lovely for a baby card, flowers and providing a sense of light. As with the other new colours, I am exploring coordinating colours but I think it work’s well with other Subtles like Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon as well as a gorgeous deep blue, Misty Moonlight (as used in the card below).

Lemon Lolly 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; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Fresh As A Daisy, Bright & Beautiful, Masterfully Made DSPs; plus Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack; and Adhesive-backed Solid Gems and Opaque Ovals.

Lemon Lolly card-stock, ink, Bright & Beautiful DSP, Lemon Lolly Sheer Ribbon and Adhesive-backed Solid Gems have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Lemon Lolly bits and pieces.

I really enjoyed playing with this colour and getting to know Lemon Lolly. I decided to interpret this beautiful colour with the concept of light so Lighting the Way seemed the perfect bundle. I had wondered about incorporating an easel fold with a tea light but changed my ideas. Yesterday, when I saw Lisa Curio’s recent u-Tube, I decided to use her fancy fold as the basis for my card.

The Swinging Easel-like fold was cut and scored in a Lemon Lolly cardstock card-base. The background features a Lemon Lolly striped design from the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This beautiful DSP is on sale, together with other DSPs, for the month of June. Don’t miss out benefitting from Stampin’ Up!s DSP Sale. It’s a great opportunity to purchase some DSP that has been on your Wish List.

Once the card has been taken from the envelope it will stand upright, with a centre fold in the front of the card. Here is a top view of the fancy fold:

Now to key points of how it was created:  A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was wet on wet water-coloured using Lemon Lolly and Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ inks, the wide tip Water Painter and a Heat Tool to move ink around and to dry the panel. Using the Lighting the Way dies, the lantern was die cut in Misty Moonlight card-stock. Fireflies were die cut from Basic White card-stock and a little Vellum cardstock for the larger firefly’s wings. The Sentimental Park dies were used to cut different sized flowers and leaves from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. Once the water-coloured panel had fully dried, it was stamped with some grasses using Soft Sea Foam Classic ink. Extra Lemon Lolly ink was stamped using the largest round stamp so that it would sit under the lantern. The fireflies had a little Lemon Lolly ink blended over their tails.

The Misty Moonlight die cut lantern was partially gilded with Gilded Leafing and touches of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. To thinly apply glue, I used the ‘other’ end of the glue that has a slanted applicator. I rarely use this end but it is brilliant to thinly apply flat areas of glue. The glue was left to get a bit more tacky before adding flakes of the Gilded Leafing and then brushing off the excess gold. I love this effect. The flowers were water-coloured with Bubble Bath ink; the ‘holy’ flowers were coloured with Fresh Freesia ink and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam and touches of Lost Lagoon inks. 

All the pieces were arranged, and either Dimensionals, Glue Dots or Liquid Glue were used to adhere them in place. Some Lemon Lolly Sheer ribbon was looped through the lantern’s top ring and it was tied in place with some White Bakers Twine.

While this photo shows the card inner, it includes the stopper to hold the card front in its folded position. As you can see, some of the Lemon Lolly striped DSP was added to the right. (This card used one 6x6” Lemon Lolly striped DSP sheet.) A sentiment from the Lighting the Way stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White card-stock, before being die cut with one of the Nested Essentials dies. The label needed to be cut down so it aligns within the strip of DSP. To achieve this the label die was moved to trim down one side and then the other side. Also, an extra firefly, some flowers and leaves were scattered around with a few Opaque Gems. A Basic White C6 Envelope was decorated with the last piece of DSP and was stamped with grasses in Soft Sea Foam ink across the bottom of the envelope.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate you.

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

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Pecan Pie, another of the new core Colours, 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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 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!

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