AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #8 Lemon Lolly

Lemon Lolly with Lighting the Way Fancy 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. We have started with the new In Colours and are currently focussing on the newly introduced Core Colours.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale yellow called Lemon Lolly. Lemon Lolly is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a delightful light clean yellow. This colour would be lovely for a baby card, flowers and providing a sense of light. As with the other new colours, I am exploring coordinating colours but I think it work’s well with other Subtles like Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon as well as a gorgeous deep blue, Misty Moonlight (as used in the card below).

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 Fresh As A Daisy, Bright & Beautiful, Masterfully Made DSPs; plus Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack; and Adhesive-backed Solid Gems and Opaque Ovals.

Lemon Lolly card-stock, ink, Bright & Beautiful DSP, Lemon Lolly Sheer Ribbon and Adhesive-backed Solid Gems have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Lemon Lolly bits and pieces.

I really enjoyed playing with this colour and getting to know Lemon Lolly. I decided to interpret this beautiful colour with the concept of light so Lighting the Way seemed the perfect bundle. I had wondered about incorporating an easel fold with a tea light but changed my ideas. Yesterday, when I saw Lisa Curio’s recent u-Tube, I decided to use her fancy fold as the basis for my card.

The Swinging Easel-like fold was cut and scored in a Lemon Lolly cardstock card-base. The background features a Lemon Lolly striped design from the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This beautiful DSP is on sale, together with other DSPs, for the month of June. Don’t miss out benefitting from Stampin’ Up!s DSP Sale. It’s a great opportunity to purchase some DSP that has been on your Wish List.

Once the card has been taken from the envelope it will stand upright, with a centre fold in the front of the card. Here is a top view of the fancy fold:

Now to key points of how it was created:  A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was wet on wet water-coloured using Lemon Lolly and Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ inks, the wide tip Water Painter and a Heat Tool to move ink around and to dry the panel. Using the Lighting the Way dies, the lantern was die cut in Misty Moonlight card-stock. Fireflies were die cut from Basic White card-stock and a little Vellum cardstock for the larger firefly’s wings. The Sentimental Park dies were used to cut different sized flowers and leaves from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. Once the water-coloured panel had fully dried, it was stamped with some grasses using Soft Sea Foam Classic ink. Extra Lemon Lolly ink was stamped using the largest round stamp so that it would sit under the lantern. The fireflies had a little Lemon Lolly ink blended over their tails.

The Misty Moonlight die cut lantern was partially gilded with Gilded Leafing and touches of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. To thinly apply glue, I used the ‘other’ end of the glue that has a slanted applicator. I rarely use this end but it is brilliant to thinly apply flat areas of glue. The glue was left to get a bit more tacky before adding flakes of the Gilded Leafing and then brushing off the excess gold. I love this effect. The flowers were water-coloured with Bubble Bath ink; the ‘holy’ flowers were coloured with Fresh Freesia ink and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam and touches of Lost Lagoon inks. 

All the pieces were arranged, and either Dimensionals, Glue Dots or Liquid Glue were used to adhere them in place. Some Lemon Lolly Sheer ribbon was looped through the lantern’s top ring and it was tied in place with some White Bakers Twine.

While this photo shows the card inner, it includes the stopper to hold the card front in its folded position. As you can see, some of the Lemon Lolly striped DSP was added to the right. (This card used one 6x6” Lemon Lolly striped DSP sheet.) A sentiment from the Lighting the Way stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White card-stock, before being die cut with one of the Nested Essentials dies. The label needed to be cut down so it aligns within the strip of DSP. To achieve this the label die was moved to trim down one side and then the other side. Also, an extra firefly, some flowers and leaves were scattered around with a few Opaque Gems. A Basic White C6 Envelope was decorated with the last piece of DSP and was stamped with grasses in Soft Sea Foam ink across the bottom of the envelope.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate you.

There is more Lemon Lolly creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Christine Blain. I am looking forward to checking out Christine’s creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Pecan Pie, another of the new core Colours, as we continue the weekly 2023-2024 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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations 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 new Stampin' Up 2023-2024 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 this project or Stampin' Up!

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AWHT Colour Creations #48 Soft Sea Foam

Soft Sea Foam with Sentimental Park Fancy 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. You may a come to me from my Blog Hop colleague, the talented Rachel Woollard.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a pale green called Soft Sea Foam. Soft Sea Foam is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a gorgeous colour. I love the subtles. This colour is lovely when used for leaves, sea themes and so much more. It works with many colours. 

Soft Sea Foam is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Hello, Irresistible, Pretty Prints and Fancy Flora DSPs; plus Kindness Card Kits and Sequins for Everything. 

Soft Sea Foam card-stock, ink and a design from the Hello, Irresistible DSP have been used in this project plus a range of non-Soft Sea Foam bits and pieces. I so so love the Hello, Irresistible DSP, that can only be found on-line.

Given the beautiful DSPs that include Soft Sea Foam I decided to create a fancy fold with one of the SSF designs. I was going to create another simple fancy fold with the Fancy Flora DSP but time just disappeared. Thick Basic White card-stock was scored, cut and burnished. Soft Sea Foam card-stock was cut as mounting pieces. Hello, Irresistible DSP and Basic White card-stocks were cut to size. Pieces were layered and adhered in place.

The Basic White pieces had been stamped with the cross-hatch stamp from the Sentimental Park stamp set using Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ ink. Flowers and leaves were die cut from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. The leaves were water-coloured with Soft Sea Foam ink and the flowers with Flirty Flamingo ink, ensuring variation of depth. I chose Flirty Flamingo as it was one of the colours featured in the Hello, Irresistible DSP.

One of the largest single flower shapes was layered with 2 smaller flowers. A number of other flower shapes had another flower added on top and the rest remained single. The leaves and flowers were positioned and adhered in place using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Loose Frosted Dots (Daffodil Delight) were adhered to the centre of most of the flowers plus some Flirty Flamingo dots were centred on some others, to add some interest. 

A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto Soft Sea Foam card-stock and then heat embossed using White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was fussy cut out. I was planning to have “let’s celebrate YOU” but the full sentiment didn’t seem to work, so the “YOU” was left off and later added to the back panel that was designed for a personal message. The sentiment was added with Dimensionals plus 3 extra Flirty Flamingo Loose Frosted Dots.

The panel for the personal message was prepared as one of the long panels on the back. Basic White card-stock was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Soft Sea Foam card-stock. Two off-cuts of the DSP were adhered to the top and bottom of the panel. The word “YOU” from the card front was adhered above the “Happy Birthday” sentiment.  Three Flirty Flamingo Loose Frosted Dots were added as the final touch.

Looking at the open card, one may wonder whether the card would fit within a normal envelope. As you can see above, it will fold to fit within a C6 Basic White Envelope.

The envelope itself was stamped with “let’s celebrate” across the bottom in Soft Sea Foam ink. A few flowers were stamped on a side. It was similarly stamped on the back flap as well. I love the look of the card when it is folded up and it looks quite different when opened. It would be a lovely card to give to a special friend for her birthday.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I do value your time with me.

There is more Soft Sea Foam creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely Di Furniss. I look forward to checking out Di’s creations. I wonder if she has created one of her amazing fancy folds? I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week, for the second to last Blog Hop in this series, when we will be featuring Soft Succulent, one of the retiring 2021-2023 In Colour family, as we draw close to the end of 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 the new Stampin' Up's 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send one 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 #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #sentimentalpark #helloirresistible #fancyfold

AWHT Colour Creations #45 Shaded Spruce

Shaded Spruce with Sentimental Park and Natural Prints

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 45th 2022-23 Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a strong green called Shaded Spruce. Shaded Spruce is part of the Regals Colour Family and is another beautiful colour. This colour is lovely when used for leaves, trees, at Christmastime plus so much more. 

Shaded Spruce is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, spots & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Regency Park, Flowers & More (Host), Pretty Prints DSPs; plus Textured Shimmer Paper, Christmas Gifting Kit and a couple of things on the Clearance Rack. 

Shaded Spruce card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker and Pretty Prints DSP have been used in this project plus a range of non-Shaded Spruce bits and pieces. Here is my card:

I initially thought I would try to use Shaded Spruce in a different way, but I saw a climbing plant on a recent walk with delightful mauve flowers which led me to create a leafy card with flowers. Also, as can often happen, the card design morphed along the way.

The wreath from the Natural Prints dies and flowers from the Sentimental Park dies were cut from Shimmery White card-stock. The wreath was water-coloured with Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ ink using the large Water Painter. The die cut flowers were water-coloured with either Blackberry Bliss or Fresh Freesia Classic inks with the former colouring the larger flowers and the later colouring the tiny flowers.

A panel of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Fern 3D embossing folder before some light blending of Fresh Freesia ink was laid under the wreath with one of Stampin’ Up!s Blending Brush. A splattering of Shaded Spruce was added to both the wreath and the background panel. Torn strips of the Pretty Prints Shaded Spruce DSP and Shaded Spruce card-stock were layered on one side of the embossed background panel.

Three extra wreaths were cut from Basic White card-stock and then layered directly over on-another and topped with the water-coloured wreath. The 2 largest die-cut flowers were adhered together and then, together with single layered flowers, were arranged on the wreath together with a Fresh Freesia Open Weave ribbon bow. (The ribbon had been cut in half lengthwise.) As I was working with the photos on this blog I noticed that the camera and lighting has shown the colour of the bow as quite different to the Fresh Freesia ink and certainly different to the way it looks in real life. Interesting.

A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was white heat embossed using White Emboss powder (from the Basics Emboss Powder set), Versamark ink and a Heat Tool on Shaded Spruce card-stock. The sentiment was fussy cut and positioned with Dimensionals near the floral arrangement. Some gorgeous Adhesive-backed Milky Dots were added to the centre of the larger flowers and around the sentiment. I love to add a little bling.

A Basic White card inner had left over water-coloured leaves and flowers added as very simple decoration. A C6 Basic White Envelope was also decorated with left over leaves and flowers. I intended to add some torn DSP, but forgot. Ah well, my memory is not what it used to be. I will probably add some later.

Thank you so much for calling by. I so appreciate you. Do continue around the Blog Hop as there is more Shaded Spruce creativity to see.

To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely and talented Rachel Woollard. I look forward to checking out Rachel’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Smoky Slate, one of the Neutrals Colour family as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  There is only a handful of colours left to complete this round of Colour Creations Blog Hops. The past 11 months have sped by.

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 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - April 2023 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 #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #naturesprints #sentimentalpark #naturalprints  #prettyprints

AWHT Colour Creations #40 Poppy Parade

Poppy Parade with Pretty Birds & Something Fancy

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 an orangey red called Poppy Parade. Poppy Parade is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong, happy colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers, letter boxes, at Christmastime and for a range of other reddish things.

Poppy Parade is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends Combo; Soft Pastels Assortment; Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Ombré Speciality Paper (Clearance) & some other DSPs in the Clearance Rack; plus the Saying Thanks Kit, Cozy & Bright Kit, and the Love Santa Kit.

Poppy Parade card-stock, ink, Stampin' Blends and some Ombré Speciality Paper have been used in this project plus a range of non-Poppy Parade bits and pieces. Here is my card:

When I was musing what I would create for this blog hop I was reminded of Rosellas that fly in my area. I love catching glimpses of them as they fly by. This thought took me to the Pretty Birds bundle. One idea I had thought of for this bundle was flowers cascading from the bird cage. These concepts were integrated to create this week’s project. 

I started with a very light watercolour wash on a piece of Shimmery White card-stock using Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ ink and the wide Water Painter. It was dried with the Heat Tool. This panel was embossed with the 3D Timeworn Type embossing folder. A second piece of Shimmery White card-stock also was water-coloured with Poppy Parade ink, ensuring varying depth of colour.

Two different birds from the Pretty Birds stamp set were stamped in Momento Black ink on to Basic White card-stock. I searched the web and found some photos of Rosellas to give me an idea of colours & placement. The birds were coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Orchard Oasis, Highland Heather and Smoky Slate combos plus the Colour Lifter. While I fussy cut the birds, the coordinating dies include dies to cut these birds.

The large birdcage was die cut using the Pretty Birds dies from Gold Foil as well as another 4 birdcages from Thick Basic White card-stock. All die cuts were layered together with the gold birdcage on top to give the birdcage some dimension. It was then positioned with Mini Dimensionals.  Small flower dies from the Sentimental Park dies cut out many, many flowers in 2 sizes from the extra water-coloured panel. Varying shades of flowers were adhered together - 1 large + 1 small.  The flowers were positioned to look as if they are cascading from the birdcage.

The card front was adhered to a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade Ombré Speciality Paper, before being added to a Thick Basic White card base. The Ombré Speciality Paper is currently in the Clearance Rack and a reduced rate - such a great buy.

The Rosellas were added with Dimensionals. A sentiment from the Sentimental Park stamp set was stamped in Poppy Parade ink onto Basic White card-stock. This was cut down with the Trimmer and added with Dimensionals. A piece of de-constructed Gold Elegant Trim was swirled around under the sentiment. Some delightful Iridescent Pearls were scattered around to provide a little shimmer. They are beautiful. 

The card inner was created from a piece of Basic White card-stock that had been stamped with the same 2 birds in Momento Black ink. This was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Poppy Parade card-stock. A C6 Basic White Envelope was similarly stamped with the 2 birds.

Thank you for calling in to check out my Poppy Parade project. I so appreciate you.

There is more Poppy Parade creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of the lovely Kate Morgan. I look forward to checking out Kate’s creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Pumpkin Pie of the Regals 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 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - April 2023 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 #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations   #prettybirds #somethingfancy #sentimentalpark