AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #33 Lost Lagoon

Lost Lagoon with Frames and Flowers Fun 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.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a beautiful soft blue-green colour called Lost Lagoon.  Lost Lagoon is part of the Subtles Colour Family and as a soft blue-green can coordinate with many colours, including other Subtles, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, other greens, neutrals, and so much more. It is wonderful for leaves, sea scenes, at Christmastime …  and anything needing a soft muted green.

Lost Lagoon 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 Bright & Beautiful, Serene Love, Otterly Adorable, A Little Latte, Perennial Lavendar, Winter Meadow, Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Papers; Thoughtful Designs, Frames & Flowers, Tartan Foil, Season of Elegance Speciality DSPs; plus Riverside Irregular Pearls, Tinsel Gems Three Pack, Faceted Gems Trio Pack embellishments; Lost Lagoon Soft Cording; the Perpetual Beauty Callander Kit; and a number of Last Chance Products and coming new products. 

This project has incorporated Lost Lagoon as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker and the beautiful Frames & Flowers Speciality DSP.

I had created a card for a special friend for her special birthday using Lost Lagoon but then needed to give it to her before I had a chance to photograph it, so can’t share it as part of this Blog Hop. As such, I needed to create a different card to share with you in this Blog Hop. When thinking about what to do, I decided to try a fancy fold that I had originally seen created by Susan Campfield, a Demonstrator in the USA. I wanted to try it out and have seen this fold a few times since so decided to give it a go here. I have combined this fold with the gorgeous Frames and Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper. The pack has 3 sheets of different double sided designs, 2 sheets of laser cut wreath, frames and other images and 1 sheet of card front size images. 

Pieces of Lost Lagoon card-stock were cut to size and scored to create the Balcony Fancy Fold design. The back section was covered with 3 pieces of one of the designs of the Frames & Flowers DSP. The front section of the fancy fold was decorated with pieces of Lost Lagoon card-stock that had been dry embossed with the Fern 3D Embossing Folder.

Here is a top view of the fun fold.

One of the round laser cut wreaths was added to the front top & bottom sections with Dimensionals. Die cut pine fronds were cut from Basic White card-stock using dies from the Wintery Tree Top dies. Flowers were also cut from Basic White card-stock using the tiny flowers from the Happy Hibiscus dies. The die cut pine fronds had a little Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ ink partially blended over with a Blending Brush. The little flowers were partially coloured with Petal Pink ink.

A little splattering was added with both Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Write Markers to give a little extra interest to the dry embossed panels. A sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamp set was white heat embossed on Lost Lagoon card-stock. The coloured die cuts and the sentiment were all arranged around the wreath. They were positioned with either Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Glue Dots.

A bow was tied with the gorgeous Iridescent Striped ribbon that had been cut in half lengthwise. The flowers were decorated with the wonderful Iridescent Faceted Gems. The ribbon and gems  have been my most favourite embellishments this year.

Looking at the back of the card, each of the 3 panels were covered with the same DSP as used in the front background. A Basic White card-stock panel was stamped with a sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set in Lost Lagoon ink. A couple of left over pine die cuts and a flower were used to decorate this panel for writing one’s personal message. As you can see below, a Basic White C6 envelope was decorated with a corner piece from the Frames & Flowers SDSP.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the Lost Lagoon Colour Creations Blog Hop. Lost Lagoon is one of my favourite Stampin’ Up! colours so I have really enjoyed creating for this Blog Hop.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a  special person, the lovely Sharon Davern. I am looking forward to checking out Sharon’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 Melon Mambo as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. Following next week’s blog hop we will be taking a short break before commencing again in the new year.

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 in this blog hop 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 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, 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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CASEing the Catty #498 - CASE A Project Featuring Animals

CASE A Project Using Animals meets In the Grove & Reindeer Fun

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #498 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

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

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues 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 projects featuring Animals in either the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the 2024 September-December Mini Catalogue.

There were so many possibilities, but in the end I chose to CASE a card pictured on page 70 of the Annual Catalogue. This page showcases the In The Grove bundle. For this week’s challenge I chose to use this card:

As soon as I saw this card in the Catalogue, I felt a pang of guilt that I was yet to use this bundle, even though I loved it and had really enjoyed using the carry over Grassy Grove/Grove bundle. I also wanted to create another Christmas Card to add to my cards to send for Christmas.

Rather than a DSP  background, a panel of Basic White card-stock was stamped in Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Classic ink with the mountains from the In the Grove stamp set. Grasses from the Grassy Grove stamp set were stamped in Pretty Peacock ink. Trees from the In the Grove stamp set were also stamped in Pretty Peacock ink. Some Pool Party ink was lightly blended in the sky and a Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Write Marker added some splatters. I thought I would go for a monochromatic background.

Rather then use the die cut tree die from the Grove dies beneath the tree trunk die from the In the Grove dies, 2 of the same In the Grove cut out trees die were layered one over the other and a little askew to the right with the top layer positioned with Dimensionals.

Rather than use the little deer from the Grassy Grove dies the reindeer and baby deer from the Reindeer Fun stamp set was stamped on Basic White card-stock in Early Expresso and coloured with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends combo with touches of Light Petal Pink and the Colour Lifter. The mother reindeer was partially tucked behind the top layer of trees and the baby deer was positioned centrally on the top layer.

A sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamps was heat embossed with the lovely White Wow Emboss Powder from the Basics Emboss Powder pack onto Pool Party card-stock. It was positioned with Mini Dimensionals and a double Linen Twine bow was tucked underneath. The final touch was a scattering of gorgeous Iridescent Faceted Gems. I love them.

The Basic White card inner was stamped with a different sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamp set and some of the grasses from the Grassy Grove stamps - both in Lost Lagoon ink.

The C6 Basic White envelope was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink with the trees from the In the Grove stamps.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around this week’s Blog Hop for the launch of the CASEing the Catty Challenge #498. I appreciate you dropping by.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this wonderful Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the lovely Julia Quinn. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder which project she has CASEd - I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created for this Challenge that has been inspired by the either the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the September-December Mini Catalogue. 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 then 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 love to see your creation.

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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #26 Garden Green

Garden Green with Golden Greenery + 

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 lovely green called Garden Green.  Garden Green is part of the Regals Colour Family and as the name suggests, is a rich green that is the colour of many plants in the garden. It coordinate with many colours and would be wonderful for leaves/plants, trees, some vegetables and anything needing a strong mid-green. It is a colour often featured at Christmas time.   

Garden Green is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Marker; Stampin’ Watercolor Pencils; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Reindeer Days, Snowy Scenes, Sentimental Christmas, Take a Bow, Splendid Autumn, Nests of Winter, Mediterranean Blooms, To Market, Meandering Meadows and Winter Meadow DSPs; Season of Green & Gold, Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper; Graceful Greenery Vellum; Festive Glimmer Paper; Garden Green Two Tone cardstock, Snowy Day Two Tone Cardstock Pack, Reindeer Memories Two Tone Cardstock Pack, Reindeer Memories Scrapbooking Workshop Kit, Snowy Day Scrapbooking Workshop Kit, Snowy Scenes DSP & Sticker Sheet, Reindeer Days DSP & Sticker Sheet; Gold Dipped Mix & Match Speciality Cards & Envelopes, Joyful Images Mix & Match Speciality Ephemera Pack, Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, Tags for the Season Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, A Little Bit Festive Mix & Match Speciality DSP, Reindeer Days Memories & More Cards; plus Earth Tone Shimmer Gems, Adhesive backed Dots for Days, Transparent Adhesive-backed Dots, Blooming Pearls; as well as a number of kits and Ephemera Packs and  other products that I may have missed listing. Wow - what a list of products, which shows the usefulness of this colour.

This project has incorporated Garden Green as Classic Stampin' ink, card-stock, Stampin' Write Marker and some of the Graceful Greenery Vellum.

I had a number of ideas for Christmas projects featuring Garden Green, as mentioned, it is a great green for Christmas, which is affirmed by the number of Stampin’ Up! products currently available. In the end, I decided on a Christmas wreath using one of my favourite techniques,  blending on die cuts.

The background is a piece of Basic White card-stock that was embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and adhered to the Garden Green card base. Some Garden Green splattering was added with a Stampin’ Write Marker.

The smaller pine die from the Golden Greenery die set was used to cut out numerous sprigs from Basic White card-stock. They were coloured with Garden Green ink and a Blending Brush. I like to die cut a circle with 2 circular dies to provide a circular base on which to build the wreath. As this wreath would be a larger wreath, I used the Deckled Circles dies with Garden Green card-stock but have found out that the dies have just been retired from Stampin’ Up!s Online store. They will be missed. Pine from the Graceful Greenery Vellum was cut with a coordinating die. These sprigs were slotted in under every 2nd blended sprig.

I was planning to use the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler and Gold Satin ribbon, but searched high and lo for it to no avail, so have used the wonderful Iridescent Striped Trim and coloured it with a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend. This trim is so luscious. (By the way, I found my missing ribbon near my photography area when I came to photograph this card.) A sentiment from the Reindeer Fun Stamp set was white heat embossed on Cherry Cobbler card-stock. Some of the beautiful Cherry Cobbler Adhesive-backed Berries were scattered around the wreath. The final touch a couple of bells fussy cut from the Season of Green & Gold Speciality Designer Series Paper.

Inside the card a Basic White panel was stamped with the pine sprig stamp (from the Golden Greenery stamps) in first, second and third generation Garden Green ink. Some berries (from the same stamp set) were stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. A second sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamps was also added in Garden Green ink. Don’t forget to also decorate your envelope - I stamped it with the same spray of pine and berries.

Thank you so much for calling in on your way around the Garden Green Colour Creations Blog Hop.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a lovely lady, Di Furniss. I am looking forward to checking out Di’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 Gorgeous Grape as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series. Many of us are also “Hopping” on Monday nights (until the end of November) with the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We would love you to join us then.

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 brilliant Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a wonderful lady. Check out her delightful 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 with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting #goldengreenery  #reindeerfun

CASEing the Catty #492 - CASE A Bundle

CASE A Bundle from pages 57-73 of the Annual Catalogue meets Reindeer Fun

Hello, Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and #492 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Michelle Strazds, 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 Judy May so you can continue easily with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues 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 projects found in the Bundles section on pages 57-73 of the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

There are so many different projects displayed on the nominated pages and I kept thinking “O, I could CASE that”. The Catalogue can be a wonderful starting point when creating your project. For this week’s challenge I chose to CASE this card:

I am still in Christmas creating mode so decided I would use a small Christmas themed image to the side of the sentiment strip. This layout is a great way to feature those smaller images.  For something a little different, I thought I would use the circular pine die from the Reindeer Fun dies with another circular die to cut out a frame.

A background Soft Sea Foam piece of cardstock was first stamped with a small sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set with Soft Sea Foam Classic ink. This stamping was planned to sit beneath the frame and to extend a little beyond it. A little blending with Garden Green ink was added around the card-stock edges.  The panel was embossed with the gorgeous Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and then mounted to a slightly larger piece of Garden Green card-stock, before being added to a Soft Sea Foam card base. Some Garden Green splatters were added with a Stampin’ Write Marker and white splatters using White Craft ink and a Water Painter.

Initially the circular pine die was used on some Soft Sea Foam card-stock. The large circle die from the Christmas Friends dies was used to partially die cut around the initial die cut. The sections where the leaves extended passed the circle were fussy cut. Some Shimmery Embossing Paste was added to the die cut, however, as the card developed the die cut frame tended to blend in, so the die cutting process was repeated with Basic White card-stock and it was adhered over the first frame.

A strip of Garden Green card-stock was white heat embossed with another sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set. This strip was tucked under the frame on the left side and went over the frame on the right side. Some Dimensionals were added under the sentiment strip on the right side to add a little dimension. 

Bells were die cut from Gold Foil using a die from the Reindeer Fun dies. I had previously coloured a Textural Element embellishment with Mossy Meadows Blends and added some red Pearlized Enamel Effects to show as berries. It was added to the left side of the frame with a group of 3 foil bells.

A piece of Cherry Cobbler & Gold Satin ribbon was cut in two lengthwise and tied into a double bow. It was added on top of the bells with Glue Dots. A few Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries were adhered around the sentiment.

Inside the card, a Basic White panel was gold heat embossed with bells from the Reindeer Fun stamps and a sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamps. Some light blending was added with the Blending Brush and Garden Green ink. Garden Green splatters were also added. A Basic White C6 Envelope was gold heat embossed with the bells and a little blending was added.

Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the CASEing the Catty Blog Hop for Challenge #492.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this wonderful Crew. The next blog in the hop is the lovely Judy May. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I am sure her project will be a special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project you have created that has been inspired by the new 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. To share, all you need to do for to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group. If you aren't a member, its easy to request to join and then 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 love to see your creation.

#ctc492 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #reideerfun  #greetingsoftheseason #caseingthecatty