AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #31 Lemon Lime Twist

Lemon Lime Twist with Merriest Trees

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, highlighting one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a bright yellow-green colour called Lemon Lime Twist.  Lemon Lime Twist is part of the Brights Colour Family and is almost an iridescent bright yellow-green that can coordinate with many colours, including other greens, yellows, some blues, and compliments some pinky purples, etc. It is a colour that can be used for colouring or stamping citrus, some other fruit like kiwi fruit, leaves, leafy trees, some birds like our Rainbow Lorikeets, flowers …  and anything needing a bright green.

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 Combo; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Otterly Adorable, Full of Life, Flowering Zinnias, Meandering Meadows, and Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Papers;  plus Tinsel Gems Four-pack, Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins, and Transparent Adhesive-backed Dots Embellishments; a range of Kits and numerous products on the Clearance Rack.

This project has incorporated Lemon Lime Twist as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock and Stampin' Write Marker.

As I walk around my local area I see trees with leaves that are a green similar to Lemon Lime Twist so I thought I would create a card featuring the tree from the Merriest Trees bundle. This bundle carried over into the current 2024-2025 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. It is a great bundle and can enable someone the created a layered tree with dimension, as I have done or 5 different sized trees. It is so much fun. I love the detailed die that can cut out a filigree star and there is another die to create a string of “garlands”.

A Basic White card-stock panel was cut with the second largest tree die before being dry embossed with the delightful Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder. A little Pool Party Classic Stampin’ ink was added with a Blending Brush to give a touch of sky. To create the focal  Christmas Tree, a panel of Basic White card-stock was blended all over in a mottled way with Lemon Lime Twist Classic ink and a Blending Brush. Then some Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce inks were blended in patches. Water droplets were sprinkled all over the panel. After the panel dried splatterings of both Lemon Lime Twist and Shaded Spruce were added with Stampin Write Markers and then White Craft ink was splattered on top. I love this effect.

The 5 different sized tree dies were cut from the blended & splattered panel and then the pieces were layered with the top sections glued down with Multi-purpose Liquid Glue and the bottom edges flicked up with Dimensionals. The detailed star and garlands were die cut from Berry Burst Glimmer Paper from the Berry Burst, Old Olive and White Speciality Glimmer Paper pack. The cut out section was turned into a shaker section with some White Loose Snowflakes and a few yellow Loose Frosted Dots, combined with Dimensional Strips and Window Sheet.

A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set was stamped in Lemon Lime Twist ink on Basic White card-stock and then fussy cut with Snips. A few extra White Snowflakes were adhered around the trees.

A panel of Basic White card-stock was stamped in Lemon Lime Twist ink with another sentiment from the stamp set and 2 extra tree pieces were adhered together on the panel to create a small tree. A little splattering was also added. A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped with another sentiment in Lemon Lime Twist ink.

Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the Lemon Lime Twist AWHT Colour Creations Blog Hop. I so appreciate you spending time with me.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog the lovely & talented Rachel Woollard. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’s creation(s). 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 Lemon Lolly 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 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 amazing 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 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 regarding any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #merriesttrees #paintedtrees3D

AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #15

Christmas with Yuletide Village

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the fifteenth Art with Heart Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. This year we have been blog hopping since August and only have another 2 Blog Hops before we finish for this year. I hope you can check us out each week as there will be a many of ideas and different projects on display.

I love creating and sharing Christmas creativity with you. This week sees the culmination of 2 ideas I wanted to try out. I have wanted to use the Yuletide Village stamps for a more “Aussie feel” Christmas card, ie no snow but rather blue skies and colour. I also wanted to  follow-up on a different version of a fun fold shown by Sue Campfield, a USA Demonstrator. A few weeks ago I created a fancy fold that Sue had shown for her Crafternoon. At that time she also showed a number of variations of that fold, including a fold with 3 decorated diamond panels. She didn’t provide any dimensions so I needed to work out dimensions based on our A4 sizing. Here is my Aussie Christmas card:

A side view of the card gives a better view of the overall township created by the 3 diamond panels, but firstly, here are photos of each of the individual panels. The photo below is of the back panel.

Here is the middle panel:

And here is the front panel:

Two pieces of Soft Sea Foam card-stock was cut and scored with the 2 pieces being adhered together. Three hills and 2 valleys were created for the base. Three square panels also were cut from Soft Sea Foam card-stock, with the 2nd panel a little smaller that the back diamond and the front square diamond a little smaller again. Three Basic White card-stock panels were cut 2mm smaller than the Soft Sea Foam squares. Here is a side view to show the 3 “hills”.

Some Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper was used to decorate the 3 downward sections of the card base.

All of the buildings from the Yuletide Village stamp set were Gold heat embossed onto Basic White card-stock. The images were coloured with Stampin’ Blends Combos. Colours were selected to coordinate with the DSP, including Wild Wheat for the roofs. Each building was coloured differently, including Fresh Freesia, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue and Bubble Bath combos. Light Lemon Lolly was used to colour some windows and Light Pool Party to other windows to give a sense of a light shining inside or just indicating a glass window. Soft Sea Foam coloured the grass near the buildings. Each tree was coloured to coordinate with the building(s) and the specific DSP, eg Mossy Meadows and Old Olive; Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon; and Shaded Spruce and Soft Sea Foam. The Colour Lifter was used to add highlights throughout. As you can see there were many Blends colours used. As this is a stand alone stamp set, the coloured images were fussy cut with my Stampin’ Snips.

Each panel had some Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ ink blended at the top for blue sky. There was some splattering added with a Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Write Marker and white splatters with White Craft ink. The small stand of trees from the Peaceful Evergreens stamps was used to stamp some trees in the background of each diamond panel. Again, each panel had the trees stamped in a different colour as the DSP and building colours were different. The trees were either stamped in Mossy Meadows, Pretty Peacock or Shaded Spruce inks.

A sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set was gold heat embossed onto Soft Sea Foam card-stock, before being trimmed and cut into two. A double bow was tied in Gold Twisted Thread and it was ticked under the sentiment. Some gorgeous Iridescent Foil Gems added some shimmer on each panel.

Inside the back fold of the card, a Basic White panel was added that had been Gold heat embossed using a sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set. A extra house was fussy cut and adhered on the panel at the bottom.  

This fancy fold card was designed to fit into a standard C6 Basic White envelope. The envelope was gold heat embossed with one of the buildings from the Yuletide Village stamps.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around this week’s Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I appreciate you dropping by.

There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a gorgeous person and my up-line, Kathryn Mangelsdorf. I love it when Kathryn is able to join us and look forward to checking out her creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is so much inspiration.

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Blog Hop that goes live every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would love you to also check in on us for more creative inspiration.

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 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.

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 2024 Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact re any queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#heartofchristmas  #heartofchristmas2024 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #yuletidevillage  #peacefulevergreens  #peacefulseason  #merriesttrees  

AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #13

Christmas with Sentimental Christmas

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the thirteenth Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. We are hopping every week until the end of November. I hope you can continue to check us out each week as there will be so many ideas and different projects on display to inspire your Christmas preparations.

Thank you for dropping in - I so appreciate it.  I love sharing Christmas creativity with you. This week I am sharing an idea I had for this week’s CASEing the Catty Challenge, but I missed signing up for their Challenge Launch Blog Hop so thought I would use that idea for tonight’s Blog Hop. My inspiration came from the top central wrapped present.

I love the off-centre ribbon and bow with the hand made tag, so decided to turn this idea into a card with the ribbon and bow off-set and the tag added at an angle. A specially designed and hand created card is indeed a present. Instead of the background being Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper, the background has been dry embossed card-stock and the tag features the Sentimental Christmas DSP.

As you can see, I created 3 similar cards to build my card stash as it hasn’t been growing quickly enough to satisfy my Christmas Card list. I was pleased with my first card so thought it was fairly simple to replicate another one or two.

This was my first card. I love the simplicity with the contrast between card base and ribbon. This design of the Sentimental Christmas DSP is so gorgeous. Each of the cards has a background panel of card-stock that was embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. The card base is the same colour as the background piece.

Either Shaded Spruce Satin & Sheer Ribbon or Cherry Cobbler & Gold Satin Ribbon was added to one side or the other and a second piece near the top. The ends of the pieces of ribbon was adhered to the back with some Tear ‘N Tape. Some Linen twine (either the green twine from the Natural Tones Linen Thread pack or Linen Twine) was tied around the cross over of ribbon and a ribbon bow was added with a Glue Dot and the Linen Twine was tied around the centre of the bow.

Using the tag die from the Merriest Trees dies, tags were cut from 3 of the Sentimental Christmas DSP designs. Some of the larger key images were fussy cut from the DSP. The fussy cut images were added onto the tags using Mini Dimensionals to add a little dimension and interest. One end of the linen twine was poked through the tag hole and then tied into a bow to sit over the ribbon bow.

The same sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set was used on each of the cards. It was white heat embossed onto either Shaded Spruce or Cherry Cobbler card-stocks to coordinate with the ribbons. The sentiment was fussy cut and added with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Mini Dimensionals. A different sentiment was added inside the card.

Either loose White Snowflakes or a number of the Iridescent Faceted Gems were added to the tags to provide a little fun and sparkle.

The inside of the card, a thin strip of the DSP that was used for the tag was adhered to an edge and a different sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamps was stamped in either Shaded Spruce or Cherry Cobbler Classic inks. An extra fussy cut image was adhered inside as well.  Either a Shaded Spruce or Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker added some splattering both inside and out.

A Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with some holly from the Sentimental Wishes stamp set in Shaded Spruce ink. The berries were coloured with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker. 

Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Sharon Davern. I always look forward to checking out Sharon’s creation(s). I wonder what she is sharing with us this week - she is a wiz with fun folds. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is so much inspiration.

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Blog Hop that goes live every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would also love you to check in on us on Wednesday evening for more creative inspiration.

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 participants then also 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(s) 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 new September-December 2024 Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact re any queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#heartofchristmas  #heartofchristmas2024 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #merriesttrees  #sentimentalwishes  #sentimentalchristmas  

AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #13 Boho Blue

Boho Blue with Frosted Forest

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 strong light blue called Boho Blue. Boho Blue is one of the 2023-2025 In Colour Family and is a beautiful rich light blue. It is wonderful for sky, water, flowers, … or anything requiring a rich light blue.

Boho Blue 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; In Colour Designer Series Paper as well as Countryside Inn, Thoughtful Journey and Take to the Sky DSPs; In Colour Opaque Sparkle Dots, in Color Jute Trim and a number of other products. 

I love Boho Blue and will be sad when it retires next year. I adore the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper and so in designing Boho Blue projects for this blog I decided to select a design from this pack of DSP that featured Boho Blue. I also used Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ ink, card-stock, Stampin’ Write Marker and In Color Opaque Sparkle Dots.

Only wanting to use a strip of DSP together with a smooshed background. I used Boho Blue ink, dabbing touches of ink from the Boho Blue ink pad onto my glass mat, then misting water over the ink with a Stampin’ Mister. I could have used a piece of Window Sheet, but I had a cellophane bag sitting on my workstation that had come from a new set of dies so I used what was at hand, dabbing it into the diluted ink and then onto a Basic White card-front. After adding colour, the card-stock was left to dry and the process was repeated with touches of Fresh Freesia ink. When the panel was almost dry it was embossed with the Painted Textures 3D Embossing Folder. A little splatter of Boho Blue was added with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A new On-Line Exclusive - the Frosted Forest bundle, incorporates a set of masks with the stamps and dies - this bundle is amazing. The 2 different sized trees were stamped in Lost Lagoon ink and then the masks were used to add colour. Using Mask A, Lost Lagoon and Boho Blue were added with Blending Brushes. You may be surprised at Boho Blue being added in patches but it gave a beautiful depth and shade. Using Mask B, Pretty Peacock and Misty Moonlight were added to give shading. Mask C was to give highlights so I added Sparkling Embossing Paste. It gives a beautiful effect in real life.

There are dies to cut out the trees, however, I didn’t want to put the trees with the dried Embossing Paste through the Cut ‘n Emboss Machine so I fussy cut the trees.There are also detailed dies in tree shapes that were used to cut out smaller trees from … Vellum. Another larger detailed die was cut from Basic White card-stock and it was coloured with Lost Lagoon ink and a Blending Brush. A little deer from the Grove dies was cut from Basic Beige card-stock.

The card front was edged with White Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon down the long sides. A sentiment was white heat embossed onto Boho Blue card-stock using words from the Greetings of the Season stamp set and they were fussy cut out. The final touches were a few Boho Blue Opaque Sparkle Dots and loops of some fine silver thread (that was from my sewing threads).

Both the Basic White card inner and a C6 Basic White envelope were stamped with the large tree stamp in Boho Blue ink. A larger sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was also stamped inside the card in Boho Blue ink. My apologies, but I missed taking a photo of inside the card, however, I hope you can imagine this simple card inner.

CARD 2

I wasn’t sure about my first card, so decided to try something different for a second card, while generally using similar products.

The same design from the Thoughtful Journey DSP was used behind the large die from the Grove die set that creates the foreground part of a scene.

The large fur tree was coloured in exactly the same way and with the same colours as described in the first card.

As mentioned above, the largest die in the Grove dies was used to cut the card front - one in Basic White card-stock and a second in Boho Blue card-stock. The white panel was embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. Then the 2 die cuts were adhered together with the Boho Blue one slightly off-set to give a sense of shadow. The double layer also strengthens this panel as it is lifted up on Dimensionals. A tiny deer was cut from Basic Beige card-stock, and then lightly blended with a little Crumb Cake ink to add a a touch of shading.

A little splattering was added with a Boho Blue Stampin’ Write Marker. A sentiment from the Hope and Piece Stamp Set was white heat embossed onto Boho Blue card-stock. “Hope and Peace” was only part of the sentiment so it was fussy cut away from the other words and then laid over some White Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon. A few Boho Blue Opaque Sparkle Dots were the final touch.

As with the first card, the Basic White card inner and a Basic White C6 envelope were stamped with the large tree stamp in Boho Blue ink. A sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set was stamped inside the card in Boho Blue ink.  I also missed taking a photo of inside this card. Sorry.

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Boho Blue projects. I hope you found something to spark your interest.

To continue with the Boho Blue blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the talented Vicki Boucher. I am looking forward to checking out Vicki’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Bubble Bath as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 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 brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a wonderful 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 Stampin' Up 2024-2025 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 these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #frostedforest #greetingsoftheseason #hope&peace  #merriesttrees