Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #9 Cherry Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler and Poinsettia Petals

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase. I am so glad you called in. This week we are hero-ing Cherry Cobbler, a deep cherry red which sits within Stampin' Up!s Regal collection of 10 colours.

Stampin' Up!s coordination of products is amazing, including the coordination of colours and the way a colour is taken through a range of products. As someone who likes to coordinate colours and themes, this was a key selling feature for me.

This week's project has used Cherry Cobbler card-stock, Classic Stampin' ink pad, Stampin' Blends Combo, Stampin' Write Marker and the coordinating Beaded Pearls from the Poinsettia Place Suite. Cherry Cobbler also is in:  Classic Stampin' Ink Refill, Watercolour Pencil, included within a range of Designer Series Papers, the Wonder of the Season Memories and More Card pack, Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the Jingle Bells embellishments.

I started by embossing Whisper White card-stock using the White Embossing Paste with one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and a Palette Knife. It may seem confusing as there are different forms of embossing - this technique uses a palette knife to spread the paste evenly over the mask to add a thin 3D layer in the design of the mask. I mixed a little Frost White Shimmer Paint in with the paste prior to application to add a tad of sparkle. Stampin' Up! also have a Shimmery White Embossing paste to save one the effort of mixing in the Shimmer paint. The card front was left to dry while the stamping and colouring occurred.

The poinsettia petals were stamped in Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink; the range of leaves and fronds were in Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' ink; and the berries were in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' ink. They were all coloured with Stampin' Blends, ie Cherry Cobbler and Melon Mambo Combos for the poinsettia and berries; Old Olive combo and Dark Granny Apple Green for the leaves, with Dark Crumb Cake for the little pine cones. The Colour Lifter was used to blend out the lighter colours and to reinforce highlights.

All the coloured pieces were die cut using the coordinating Poinsettia dies. I also fussy cut around the smaller poinsettia petals as the white boarder around the petals detracted from the flower. The die cut pieces for shaped as appropriate. The poinsettia was formed with dimensionals between each layer and the Beaded Pearls were coloured with a Dark So Saffron Stampin' Blend to convey the flower centre. Before the flower was adhered onto the embossed card front Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers were used to splatter some ink droplets and add extra interest.  The leaves, fronds and berries were arranged around the poinsettia with a few pieces of the Forever Gold Laser-cut Speciality Paper.

The sentiment came from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and was stamped in Versamark ink onto Cherry Cobbler Classic card-stock and heat embossed with White Emboss Powder. A number of Gold Metallic Pearls were added as a finishing touch. The card front was adhered onto a Cherry Cobbler card-stock card base.

A further sentiment was stamped on the Whisper White card-stock card inner in Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' ink. A full poinsettia also was stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and coloured with the same Stampin' Blends as used on the card front. The envelope had the poinsettia stamped in Cherry Cobbler as well.

Thank you for visiting the Valley Inspirations blog. I am delighted you spent time here. Please contact me if you would like any further information about the project; or if you live in Australia and would like either a Stamp' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue and or the August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue posted to you; or if I can help you with any purchases. This Mini Catalogue goes live on 4th August 2020. Your order can be place soon. 

I hope you are enjoying this week's Colour Creations Showcase that has focused on Stampin' Up!s colour - Cherry Cobbler.

The amazing Catherine Proctor is hosting the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase each week. If you haven't finished checking out 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 other Showcase participants. I'm certainly looking forward to being inspired by everyone's Cherry Cobbler creations.

I hope to see you again next week when members of the Team will share projects that hero a neutral reddy tan called "Cinnamon Cider".

Look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay well, stay safe and be gentle on yourself and others.

Have a great week.

Andrea 😘

List of Products used to create these projects: 

Stamps, Dies & Punches

• Poinsettia Petals stamp set - #153475
• Poinsettia dies - #153522
• Poinsettia Petals bundle - #155148

Inks & Applicators

• Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' pad - #147083
• Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' pad - #147104
• Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' pad - #147116
• Stampin' Blends Combo - Cherry Cobbler - #154880
• Stampin' Blends Combo - Melon Mambo - #153112
• Stampin' Blends Combo - Old Olive - #154892
• Stampin' Blends Combo - Granny Apple Green - #154885
• Stampin' Blends Combo - Crumb Cake - #154882
• Stampin' Blends - Colour Lifter - #144608
• Regals Stampin' Write Markers - incl Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive - #147155
• Versamark ink pad - #102283
• White Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109132
• White Embossing Paste - #141979
• Frost White Shimmer Paint - #147046
• Basic Pattern Decorative Masks - #150697
• Palette Knives - #142808

Paper

• Whisper White card-stock - #106549
• Thick Whisper White card-stock - #140490
• Cherry Cobbler card-stock - #121681
• Forever Gold Laser-cut Speciality Paper - #152493
• C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106589

Embellishments

• Metallic Pearls - #146282
• Beaded Pearls - #153534

Adhesives

• Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
• Mini Glue Dots - #103683
• Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
• Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
• Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430

Tools (incl Embossing Folders)

• Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
• Bone Folder - #102300
• Paper Snips - #103579
• Paper Trimmer - #152392
• Stamparatus - #148187
• Block C - #118486
• Block D - #118485
• Block E - #118484
• Block H - #118490
• Grid Paper - #130148
• Stampin' Pierce Mat - #126199
• Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
• Stamping Sponge - #141337
• Simple Shammy - #147042
• Heat Tool - #129056
• Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
• Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656
• Speciality Plate - #154711

Social Stamping - #13 Thinking of You

Thinking of You with Forever Greenery Suite +

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Social Stamping Blog Hop for another week. This is our 13th week of blog hopping together with huge Thanks to Kelly Kent - our amazing coordinator. Our theme this week is "Thinking of You".

I hope you have been enjoying all the projects that have been inspired by the "Thinking of You" theme.  Even though we are gradually moving out of intense COVID-19 restrictions, there are still many limitations, including crossing State borders (that is in a number of states) requiring quarantining. We are still limited in visiting family and friends who live over state borders or overseas. Sending a "Thinking of you" message across the miles/kilometres is so important so special folk know that you care. Here's my card that will be travelling across borders, as its not easy for me to cross Australia:

This was one of those cards that didn't fall into place easily. Initially, I had a different type of leaf spray in mind but when it didn't balance well, I changed plans, removed some elements and added flowers. Even though I love the Forever Greenery colour palette, I thought I would use a different colour scheme. I am very partial to the combination of Very Vanilla, Petal Pink and Gold and have also added a hint of Crumb Cake.

The card base was cut from Thick Very Vanilla card-stock. The card front was created with a central panel of Very Vanilla card-stock that was mounted on Petal Pink card-stock and thin strips were cut from Gold Foil card-stock. The central piece of Very Vanilla was embossed using one of the Greenery embossing folders. Both embossing folders are gorgeous; and this one has leaf sprays from both the top and bottom.

One of the card's design feature is the gorgeous fine Gold Hoop embellishment. Just love it. It appears to be hung in place with the soft ribbon and gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. Another beautiful element is a gold spray of leaves from the Forever Gold Laser-cut Speciality Paper. The tiny gold leaves pop out from behind the flowers. Other sprays of leaves were cut in Vellum card-stock using the lovely Forever Flourishing dies. The camera hasn't picked up the vellum leaves very well to show their subtle effect. I had stamped and cut a range of different leaves from the delightful Forever Fern stamp set (a distinktive designed set). While these leaves will be used on another project, the splatter stamp from the set was used to add some light Petal Pink & Crumb Cake splatters. The sentiment came from the new Lovely You stamp set and was stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink to enable the sentiment to stand out more than if I had used Petal Pink. The colour is similar, just a little brighter. I quite often like to use a strong colour that compliments the card's colour scheme as a change from the sentiment being in black.

The flowers were die cut from Petal Pink card-stock using the Ornate Borders dies. To add extra interest and softness, the flower edges were sponged using a Sponge Dauber with Petal Pink ink and some White Craft Pigment ink was sponged lightly on the centre of the flowers. Each flower was squished into firm foam to give shape before being adhered to the card front. Basic Pearls were added to the centre of each flower and 3 small pearls were also scattered nearby.

The card inner was created with a centralised panel of Very Vanilla card-stock with 2 thin strips of Petal Pink card-stock adhered on either side. This lessened the bulk of another layer of card-stock. The Forever Fern splatters were stamped in Petal Pink ink with small Crumb Cake and vellum leaf sprays that were tied with the Gold Trim. A 'Thinking of You' sentiment from the Beautiful Moments stamp set was stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink and fussy cut in 2 pieces. 

Thank you for visiting the Valley Inspirations blog. I do appreciate you spending time with me. Please contact me if you would like any further information about the card; or if you live in Australia and would like a new Annual Catalogue posted to you; or if I can help in any other way.

I hope you are enjoying this week's Social Stamping Blog Hop that has focused on the theme - Thinking of You. If you started at the beginning with our amazing Social Stamping Host, Kelly Kent, then you have hopped through to the last blog for this week. If you started 'hopping' part way through, or have jumped around, then either click here to be transferred to Kelly Kent at My Papercraft Journey to see her gorgeous creation or click on the 'Next' graphic below; or if you would prefer to go to the full list of participants click on this link to be taken to Kelly Kent's Host blog post where you will find individual links that can take you to each person's blog.

Do look after yourself and your loved ones in these strange times.

Hope to see you again next week when the Social Stamping Blog Hop theme is "Out of the Box".

Andrea 😘

  

List of Products used to create these cards:

Stamps, Dies & Punches

• Forever Fern stamp set - #152559
• Lovely You stamp set - #152525
• Beautiful Moments stamp set - #151677
• Forever Flourishing dies - #152714
• Ornate Borders - #152724

Inks & Applicators

• Petal Pink ink pad - #150080
• Crumb Cake ink pad - #102283
• Flirty Flamingo ink pad - #147118
• White Craft Stampin ink pad - #147277
• Sponge Daubers - #133773

Paper

• Very Vanilla card-stock - #106550
• Very Vanilla Thick card-stock - #144238
• Petal Pink card-stock - #147009
• Forever Gold Laser-cut Speciality Paper - #152493
• Vellum Card-stock - #106584
• Gold Foil - #132622
• C6 Very Vanilla envelopes - #106589

Embellishments

• Pearl Basic Jewels - #144219
• Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152479
• Gold Hoops Embellishments - #152474

Adhesives

• Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
• Mini Glue Dots - #103683
• Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
• Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
• Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430

Tools

• Greenery Embossing Folders - #152716
• Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
• Bone Folder - #102300
• Paper Snips - #103579
• Paper Trimmer - #152392
• Stamparatus - #148187
• Block D - #118485
• Block E - #118484
• Block H - #118490
• Grid Paper - #130148
• Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
• Simple Shammy - #147042
• Heat Tool - #129056
• Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
• Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656

Just Add Ink Challenge Entry - #485

#485 - Just Add "One Layer"

Welcome again to Valley Inspirations with Andrea. Thanks for dropping in.

Today's blog focusses on Just Add Ink's Challenge #485 - Just Add a "One Layer" card. This week's JAI Challenge has the card base as the card front with no additional popped up elements, although embellishments such as sequins, rhinestones or the like can be added.

I decided to take up this challenge, knowing that it was contrary to my normal style - I love mounting the focal section of the card front, adding die cuts, ribbon and other embellishments. It was good to stretch myself and try to think outside the square. 

Blog Update - I was so surprised and delighted to receive an Honourable Mention for my card. Some of the Design Team's comments were:

 I absolutely adore these soft coloured florals.

So pretty and a gorgeous colour palette.

A simply beautiful card.

Here's my entry:

I just love Stampin' Up!'s Beautiful Friendship stamp set. It provides a lovely watercolour effect and is great for #simplestamping, so when I thought of participating in this challenge my mind went straight to this set. It would be good for a beginner stamper as it is just paper (Whisper White card stock as the card base), stamps (Beautiful Friendship), and ink (Petal Pink, So Saffron, Seaside Spray, Pear Pizzaz and Blueberry Bushel Stampin Up's ink pads) with the addition of some white pearls (Stampin Up's Basic Pearls). The only technique used was stamping off - the leaves were second generation stamping as was some of the seaside spray flowers. When adding some leaves to the stamped floral arrangement, I realised I had accidentally marked some green where it wasn't wanted. Isn't it easy to have unwanted smudges appear. I was sooo thankful to be able to add a  pearl to cover the mark and then scatter other pearls to build the design.

#simplestamping plus Pearls 

This JAI Challenge is similar to Stampin' Up!'s #simplestamping December Challenge, which is paper, stamps and ink with a "Thinking of You" theme. The #simplestamping challenges are designed to provide ideas for beginner stampers. The addition of embellishments, ie in this case "pearls", means this card isn't eligible for the SU challenge, however, as I experienced with this card, the addition of inexpensive embellishments can be useful for the beginner stamper to hide accidental & unwanted marks.

Thanks for dropping by and taking time to check out my entry in the Just Add Ink Challenge. I will be back this Thursday for the Art with Heart Monthly Blog Hop where we will be adding a little shimmer. I hope you have a blessed Christmas and wonderful New Years. 💕🐾