AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #34 Melon Mambo

Melon Mambo with Memorable Blooms

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 strong pink colour called Melon Mambo.  Melon Mambo is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a rich pink that can coordinate with other brights, pinks & purples (eg Bubble Bath, Berry Burst) and greens (eg Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon & Pretty Peacock) to names a few.  It would be wonderful for flowers, berries …  and anything needing a bright strong pink.

Melon Mambo 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; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as a number of other products, including the Blooms Impressions DSP (coming Saleabration) and the retiring Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins. 

This project has incorporated Melon Mambo as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker, Blooms Impressions Designer Series Paper and the retiring Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins.

One of the ladies that attends a Craft Group where I am a Guest Demonstrator is having a birthday in January so I created this card with her in mind, knowing she loves pinks.

I started by gold heat embossing images from the Memorable Blooms stamp set onto Basic White card-stock, ie the larger floral stem, a leafy stem and a smaller image of a couple of beautiful blooms. They were water-coloured with Melon Mambo, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ inks. You may look at the flowers and wonder how the light pink petals could be coloured with Melon Mambo ink. A very diluted amount of colour was initially painted on the flower images and then some darker Melon Mambo ink was dabbed into the centre of the flowers. The leaves were coloured with Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock inks, the darker ink being added to the shaded area of the smaller leaves.

Using the Memorable Blooms Dies, the hexagon die cut a hole in the front of a Basic White panel that was then embossed with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. The card front was fully covered with a piece of Bloom Impressions DSP and another hexagon shaped hole was cut through the DSP and card front to coordinate with the hole in the white panel. The gorgeous detailed die was cut from Gold Foil. After a piece of Window Sheet was adhered over the hole in the card front, the gold die cut was slotted over the space. The white card front panel was popped up on Dimensionals. The larger coloured spray of flowers was positioned to one side.

To continue the theme to the inside of the card another detailed die cut was cut from the Melon Mambo Blooms Impressions DSP and then adhered to the inside of the Window Sheet. The leaves and double flower image were adhered over the die cut image inside the card, partially covering the white back of the outer floral spray. Another piece of Basic White folded card-stock was adhered inside the card so that the flap will open to the right to discover the panel for writing a personal message. The top of the closed section was also covered with the same Melon Mambo DSP and the hexagonal white label that had been cut from the card front was added over the DSP. Also, some of the coloured gold embossed images were adhered over the hexagonal inner panel.

To finish off the card front and first inner layer - a birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies bundle (another new product from the coming Mini Catalogue) was white heat embossed onto Melon Mambo card-stock using White Wow Embossed Powder and a Heat Tool. A double bow was tied using the White Iridescent Striped Trim and this was tucked under the sentiment strip. A few Melon Mambo Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins were added around the sentiment and also inside the design elements. Some splattering was added here and there using a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker.

Here is a photo of the card fully open. The opened panel on the right was covered with the same DSP. The detailed leafy die from the Memorable Blooms dies was cut from Gold Foil. As the card is going to be signed by ladies from the Craft Group, a sentiment from the Bright Borders stamp set (another new product) saying “From all of us” was stamped in Melon Mambo ink.

A C6 Basic White envelope was gold embossed with the larger floral image.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the Melon Mambo Colour Creations Blog Hop. Melon Mambo is a gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colour so I have had fun creating for this Blog Hop knowing it will also help to celebrate a lovely lady’s birthday.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Di Furniss. I am looking forward to checking out Di’s creation(s) - I wonder if it will be a fun fold? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

This is the last Blog Hop for 2024 so I do hope to see you next year when we will be featuring Misty Moonlight as we re-commence the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series on Wednesday 8th January 2025. 

I hope your Christmas and New Year brings many blessings to you and your loved ones. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself during this festive season.

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 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 or the coming January-April Mini Catalogue & Saleabration Brochure 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  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #memorableblooms  #brightborders  #beautifulbutterflies 

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! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #sentimentalwishes  #changingleaves #peacefulseason  #memorableblooms