AWHT Colour Creations #36 Pear Pizzazz

Pear Pizzazz with Fancy Flora

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 somewhat muted green called Pear Pizzazz. Pear Pizzazz is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a colour that is lovely when used for leaves, trees, fruit (pears & apples) etc and coordinates with so many colours. It makes me think of certain gum leaves.

Pear Pizzazz is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Day at the Farm, Flowering Fields (Clearance Rack), Subtles (Clearance Rack) DSPs; plus For Everything Fancy Sequins.

Pear Pizzazz card-stock, ink and For Everything Fancy Sequins have been used in this project plus a range of non-Pear Pizzazz bits and pieces. Here is my card:

I love Pear Pizzazz. While muted, there is also a clarity about this colour. I initially thought of using So Saffron & Flirty Flamingo flowers but when I tried it I decided to stretch myself and try something different. I really love this combination of Pear Pizzazz with Fresh Freesia and Blackberry Bliss. What do you think?

I started by creating a background water-colour panel using Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' ink, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and the large flat Water Painter. I used the wet on wet water-colour technique creating a panel with stronger colour near the top and fading out further down the panel. I didn't want a perfectly blended ombre effect but rather some watercolour patchiness. The Two-Tone Flora panel die was used to cut a Basic White card-stock panel to layer over the water-coloured panel. I also cut a Pear Pizzazz card-stock base that would be a tad larger than the die cut panel.

When adhering the panels together with the card base, I thought I would run it through my Cut 'n Emboss Machine to ensure the watercolour panel was adhered flat. However, the die cut panel was really squished flat as well which took away some of the subtle dimension/ texture/shading. I was sooo disappointed and will need to re-think my process in the future.

A range of flowers were stamped onto Basic White card-stock using the Two-Tone Flora stamp set. This is two step stamping with a background stamp and a detailed stamp adding deeper floral details. The stamp set contains 5 different flowers although I have only used 3 different flowers on this card. I needed to practice a little to discover the best stamping formula for me. For me it seemed easier to stamp the background stamp first in a lighter colour and then aligned the central stamens and certain edges to ensure the detailed darker colour stamped correctly. There are 2 different types of leaves - while I stamped out both, I ended up only using the multi-leaf twigs.

The flowers & leaves were arranged. I tried adding a bow in all sorts of ways (see one of the rejected bows in a photo above) but eventually ended up not using a bow at all. I do like adding some ribbon or twine to my projects but there are times when it really doesn't add to the project. Hmm, it did take me a while to come to that conclusion. 😜

The card was finished with a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set that was white heat embossed on Pear Pizzazz card-stock. Some of the green For Everything Fancy Sequins were added for a subtle touch of sparkle. There is a gorgeous range of sequin shapes & colours with little pearls. They are so beautiful.

The card inner is very simple here. Pear Pizzazz leaves were added at the bottom of a Basic White card-stock panel. Two left over two-tone flowers were adhered to the right side of a C6 Basic White Envelope. Very simple additions have brought coordination.

Thank you so much for calling by.

There is more Pear Pizzazz creativity. Don't miss out - to continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely and talented Tina Gillespie. I always look forward to checking out Tina’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week, when we will be featuring Petal Pink, one of the Subtles Colour family, as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our  Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is an amazing 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - April 2023 Mini Catalogue and Sale-abration 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!. 

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AWHT Colour Creations #34 Pear Pizazz

Pear Pizazz with Dahlia Days

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are continuing to work though all the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. Having started mid 2021 we are now in the midst of "P". 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a muted yellow green called Pear Pizazz.  Pear Pizazz is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a delightful green that is lighter and brighter than Old Olive. I love using it for leaves and would be great for depicting other "green things".  This colour is delightful with Flirty Flamingo and Pale Papaya, and there are many other lovely combos as well.

Pear Pizazz is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; and the Subtles Designer Series Papers as well as Artfully Composed, You’re a Peach, Daffodil Afternoon, Flowering Fields, Expressions in Ink Designer Series Papers & the Notes of Cheer Card Kit.  The card below has used Pear Pizazz Classic Stampin' ink (ink pad & re-inker), Stampin' Write Marker and a tad of You're A Peach DSP plus a range of other non-PP bits and pieces.

Here's the card I created to showcase Pear Pizazz:

I had so many ideas for projects, but ran out of time, so my inspiration started with a bundle already on my desk from a previous project, the colour combo from a picture seen this morning and I wanted to use some of the Pear Pizazz design from the Sweet As a Peach DSP.

CARD 1:

Starting with a piece of Basic White card-stock, the large intricate die from the Detailed Dahlias dies cut a mask to be used with Shimmery White Embossing Paste. A blob of paste was dropped on a Silicone Mat together with a drop of Pear Pizazz Re-inker. Only a little of the ink was mixed into the paste, before it was spread over the mask onto a Basic White card-front. If I had more time I would have tried to use the mask to create a second card. It looks great - I must create with it   ... (The photo doesn't show the shimmer - its beautiful.)

While the embossing paste was drying, I stamped a range of elements. The large dahlia was inked with Pale Papaya and then Flirty Flamingo ink was dabbed on the edges with a Sponge Dauber. The label stamp was coloured with Stampin' Write Markers - Old Olive, Flirty Flamingo & Pale Papaya, the little flowers were inked in either Flirty Flamingo or Pale Papaya and a couple of the leafy stamps were stamped in Pear Pizazz, one of which was stamped off first. They were all die cut with the coordinating Detailed Dahlias dies. Gotta love Stampin' Up!s coordination.

A strip of the Old Olive design within the Sweet As a Peach DSP was cut on my SU Trimmer as well as a thinner shorter strip of Mother of Pearl Speciality paper. You have to see this speciality paper to appreciate how gorgeous it is. I played with the design selecting the pieces to be arranged and adhered either with Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals.

A bow of White Crinkled Seam Binding was tucked under the larger dahlia and a sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card-stock and fussy cut. The final touch was the addition of a few of the delightful Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

A thin strip of the Pear Pizazz Sweet As a Peach DSP was added to one edge of the Basic White card inner and a left over Dahlia and leaves were also added. The C6 Basic White Envelope had a thin strip of the DSP adhered to the left side together with a few remaining little flowers. 

Thank you so much for dropping by. I do appreciate you.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the January - June 2022 Mini Catalogue & Saleabration 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!. 

There is more Pear Pizazz creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the delightful Kate Morgan. As always, I am looking forward to checking out Kate's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring a lovely colour, Petal Pink as we continue the weekly 2021-2022 Colour Creations blog hops.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 💕🐾

  

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog, our amazing Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  I so appreciate all Cathy has done and she continues to do an amazing job in coordinating this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her wonderful creation(s) while you are there.

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Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #33 Pear Pizazz

Pear Pizazz with Tranquil Thoughts

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 33rd Colour Creations Showcase during 2020-2021 by members of the Art with Heart Team.

This week we are focussing on a lovely soft muted green called Pear Pizazz. Yes, it is a colour similar to a green pear.  Pear Pizazz can be found in the Stampin' Up! Subtle's collection. This is such a great colour - also good for leaves. It is a colour that goes well with numerous other colours. Pear Pizazz can be found in Stampin' Up!s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Designer Series Papers, including the Subtles collections and Forever Fern; and the Flowering Cactus Product Medley. 

Pear Pizazz is another colour that I love to use, but how to use it for this blog? I decided to use this gorgeous colour with the Tranquil Thoughts bundle from the new Stampin' Up! January - June Mini Catalogue.  The corner leaf die is lovely having embossed veins in the leaves and the set of dies includes square dies featuring leaves within. This week's card incorporates a number of colouring techniques, ie blending, water-colouring and colouring stamps directly with Stampin' Write Markers. All colouring techniques that I love to play with.

The large corner die from the Tranquil dies cut a corner arrangement of leaves from Shimmery White card-stock. Four single leaves were also cut using the square die with an internal leaf. All the pieces were wet with water using the medium Water Painter and then water-coloured with Pear Pizazz, as well as a touch of Mossy Meadow and Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' inks. These leaves were put aside to dry. I will need to play further with the wet on wet water-colouring technique as the end result didn't show the hoped for variations.

The Basic White card-stock background piece was coloured with Seaside Spray Classic Stampin' ink using a new Stampin' Up! Blending Brush. These brushes are brilliant!!! So soft and apply the ink beautifully. Looking at this background as I write the blog, I think it would have been good to have flicked a little water over the blending or perhaps a light splattering of some ink to add some further interest??? What do you think?

The flowers were coloured with a Rococo Rose Stampin' Write Marker and also stamped on Shimmery White card-stock. The stamp for this little flower includes a leafy twig with the flower on top. A few flowers using the full stamp were coloured with a Pear Pizazz Stampin' Write marker over the leaves & stems with the flower coloured in Rococo Rose. As the little flowers needed to be individually fussy cut, I also fussy cut a few of the full sprays, even though there is a matching die.

The water-coloured leaves were adhered to a corner of the background piece and three individual leaves were also arranged and adhered with Dimensionals. The flowers were arranged and then adhered in place. The smallest Pearl Basic Jewels were added to the centre of each of the flowers. 

This card front was adhered to a Rococo Rose card-stock matt. A sentiment from the Tranquil Thoughts stamp set was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on Shimmery White card-stock and fussy cut. Pear Pizazz looks to be a lighter tint of Mossy Meadow - or pretty close. The sentiment was positioned and White Twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack was wrapped around the matted card front and a bow was adhered under the sentiment. The card still needed a little something, so one of the oh so lovely dragonflies from the Dandy Laser-cut Paper was added. Again, in writing the blog, I realised the dragonfly didn't end up at the right angle - not sure how that happened?

The card inner was created by matting a piece of Basic White card-stock with Rococo Rose card-stock. This was adhered directly to the inside of a Thick Basic White card base. A water-coloured leaf and one of the stamped flower sprigs were adhered in the bottom right hand side corner. A C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in a couple of places with the flower/leaf sprig that had been coloured direct to the stamp with Stampin' Write Markers. 

I enjoyed creating this card, even with its nuances. I hope you found something to inspired you in some way.

Thank you so much for spending time with me. 😘

Catherine Proctor is the gorgeous host of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase. If you haven't finished visiting all of the team's colour creations, you can visit/revisit Catherine's page at What Cathy Made, where she hosts all the links to the participating blogs so you can check out everyone's Pear Pizazz creations. Seeing everyone's blogs is  always a highlight of my week. 

I hope to see you again next week when members of the team will share projects that hero Petal Pink, a delightful soft muted pink - one of my favourite Stampin' Up! colours.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others as these strange times continue. 

Andrea 💕🐾

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