CASEing the Catty #558 CASE Colours of Easter Joy

 CASE Stampin’ Up!s Colours of the Easter Joy DSP meets Simply Beautiful  

Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #558 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Peta Stephen as you take this week’s Blog Hop or perhaps arrived directly here; either way I am delighted you are here. At the end of my blog, I have linked to Rebecca Scurr so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues and On-Line Exclusives as inspiration and each week we have a different theme to guide our CASEing. To CASE is to "Copy And Selectively Edit" or some say "Copy And Share Everything". This week we are CASE-ing the the colours of Easter Joy Designer Series Paper (ie Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock & Crumb Cake) found on page 34 of the 2026 Stampin' Up! January-April Mini Catalogue.

The colours of the Designer Series Paper are pretty and fresh. I decided to create a card using the colours and not incorporate the DSP. Initial thoughts were to use Pretty in Pink & Peach Pie ink together on some flowers. I have a light pink rose that has different colours on the petal edges so decided to follow that idea. The stamens were coloured with Lemon Lolly. Shy Shamrock was delicately added to the leaves and Crumb Cake for the Gypsophila. A touch of Balmy Blue blending was added to the front label. I used two of the second largest label die from the Beautifully Celebrated dies to create a label that both sits on the back panel and opens to have a place to write a personal message.

Four of the larger flower dies were cut in Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper together with 2 of the smaller petal dies. Pretty in Pink was added to the 4 larger petals with a mid sized Water Painter and Peach Pie then was added to the edges. Lemon Lolly coloured the stamen pieces and Shy Shamrock was lightly added to 3 leaves. While the water-coloured pieces were left to dry, the remainder of the card was prepared.

I love the Simply Beautiful bundle - both the stamped images and die cut shapes. Most of the design was die cut apart from the little leaf spray being stamped in White Craft Ink on the plain Crumb Cake front panel. The label dies come from the coordinating Beautifully Celebrated dies. They are part of the same Lovely & Beautiful Suite.

The card base is Crumb Cake card-stock and the background DSP is from the Lovely Blossoms DSP. One of the white labels was centred on the inner DSP panel and the water-coloured pieces are adhered together and arranged on the top panel. A score line was added across the top curve and burnished. The tiny top section was adhered to the bottom label, creating a fold that allowed the top label to lift up to reveal the writing panel.

A triple Linen Twine bow was tucked under the larger flowers petals. A sentiment was white heat embossed onto Crumb Cake, fussy cut out and popped up on Dimensionals on the top label. The final touch some Pearls of Beauty were sprinkled around. Something else was needed so White Craft ink was splattered over the card.

As referenced, the card inner is revealed but lifting the top label and opening the half card front. The inner panel had a little Crumb Cake stamping. This Joy Fold card is a simple fun fold that had a great effect. A C6 Basic White envelope was similarly stamped.

I adore water-colouring and so had fun creating this Joy Fold card to share with you. I quite like combining different colouring techniques as seen here with a little Balmy Blue blending. Thank you so much for spending time here with me. I am delighted you called by.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is our coordinator, the wonderful Rebecca Scurr. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder how she has used the Easter Joy colours - I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project that you have created for this Challenge which has been inspired by the Easter Joy DSP colours. To share, all you need to do is go to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group on Facebook. If you aren't a member, it’s easy to request to join and once anpproved 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 group on Facebook. We would so love to see your creation.

 

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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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