AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #35 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Friendly Seagulls Slimline

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 muted deep blue colour called Misty Moonlight.  Misty Moonlight is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and is a dark blue that is not as dark as Night of Navy. Sitting within the Neutrals Colour Family recognises that this colour can coordinate with  many colours, whether other blues, neutrals, brights, pinks, purples, yellows or ….  It would be wonderful for sea, sea themes, water, a monochromatic theme, and so much more. 

Life has been quite topsy turvey at present and I’ve had many interruptions so this blog post will be short until I can fill out more details in the days ahead.

Here is my card featuring Misty Moonlight:

Friendly Seagulls is a stamp set that can be earnt during January and February 2025 as a Saleabration item when $100 is spent on current products with Stampin’ Up! or through your SU demonstrator. I love this set of quirky seagulls who adore stealing chips (or is that fries). The “Thinking of you” sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings stamp set - it’s an Online Exclusive stamp set.

As mentioned above, Misty Moonlight reminds me of sea themes so I thought I would use it with the cute seagulls. I started by creating a background panel using window sheet, Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Combo, together with Boho Blue, Blueberry Bushel and touches of Balmy Blue Blends combos. Patches of Blends were scribbled on the window sheet, then 90% Isopropyl Alcohol was first misted and then splattered over the coloured window sheet. It was left to dry. The seagulls, chips, etc were stamped in Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ ink and then coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends combos plus the Colour Blender. This is a stand alone stamp-set, so the images were all fussy cut.

Stylish Shape dies were used to cut the 3 circles from Basic White card-stock - I love the stitched edge. They were each coloured using Blending Brushes and Basic Beige for sand, Balmy Blue for sky and Misty Moonlight for the sea. A die from the Beach Day dies cut an edge on scrap paper and this was used to create the sea skyline. Seagulls were stamped in Smoky Slate ink. The wooden poles were created with scraps of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. 

“Hey Friend” was white heat embossed using Misty Moonlight card-stock and Wow White Emboss Powder. The sentiment from the Everyday Greetings stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White card-stock. The final touches - a few Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems Three-pack were scattered around the sentiments and some Misty Moonlight splatters added using a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A Basic White card inner was simply stamped in Smoky Slate ink with a seagull and shells. A slimline envelope was made using a couple of designs from the Country Woods DSP. I ran out of time, so I will need to die cut a rectangle shape in Basic White card-stock and adhere it to the front of the slim-line envelope for writing the recipient’s address.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Misty Moonlight creation.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a lovely friend and fellow-demo Rachel Palmieri. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’s creation(s) - I wonder what she has made? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

This is the first Blog Hop for 2025 as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series.   Join us again next Wednesday evening to see our Moody Mauve creations.

I hope you enjoyed a special Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to seeing what 2025 will bring. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself this year.

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 January-April Mini Catalogue & the Saleabration 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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AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #10 Balmy Blue

Balmy Blue with Textured Floral as a Slim-line Card

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 started with the newly introduced colours and this week we commence showcasing Stampin’ Up!s continuing colours.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a soft pale blue called Balmy Blue. I love it. Balmy Blue is part of the Subtles Colour Family and is a delightful light blue. This colour is so lovely when used for sky, water, baby projects, soft backgrounds, flowers and I love using it at Christmas time for snow scenes. It coordinates well with other blues or other subtle colours (as used in my card) and so many other combinations. 

Balmy 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; Watercolor Pencils, Subtles Designer Series Paper as well as Les Shoppes and Countryside Inn DSPs; plus Textured Shimmer Paper, Robot Buddies Kids Card Kit and Christmas Whimsy Card Kit; Balmy Blue & White Double Stitched Ribbon and the Variegated Ribbon; as well as Iridescent Pastel Gems and Pastel Adhesive-backed Sequins.

Balmy Blue card-stock, ink, Stampin’ Write Marker,  Balmy Blue/White Variegated Ribbon and Iridescent Pastel Gems have been used in the creation of this project plus a range of non-Balmy Blue bits and pieces.

Recently, I was checking out the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack and was reminded that the Slim Card dies were available at an amazing price. I decided to create a project using these dies to affirm their availability. My project is also featuring the delightful Textured Floral bundle from the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue.

I stamped out a range of flowers & leaves on Basic White card-stock using the Textured Floral stamp set with Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ inks. Each image was inked up in the light ink first then touches of the coordinating second colour was added with a Sponge Dauber before stamping onto the card-stock. This gives subtle life and interest to the images.

The leaves and flowers were all cut with the coordinating dies from the Textured Floral dies. A number of leafy sprigs were die cut from Basic White card-stock. One of the Slim Card dies was used to cut out the mosaic style design from Balmy Blue card-stock. Some of the cut out tiles were retained. I actually remembered and looked for my Adhesive Sheets - but they were no-where to be found. Oh no. It will be on my next Stampin’ Up! order as it makes adhering down fine die-cutting so much easier.

I decided to use the smooshing technique to add some colour to the background. As my water-colour paper wasn’t long enough I used Thick Basic White card-stock (as it would respond better to water than the finer Basic White card-stock). I used my Stampin’ Write Markers and applied Balmy Blue with touches of Azure Afternoon to a plastic bag (it was actually a bag that had held a Stampin’ Up! ribbon combo - its always good to re-purpose & re-use). Some water was misted over the scribbled ink using a Stampin’ Mister. I used a cellophane bag (that had been packaging for a set of SU dies) to “smoosh” into the ink and then to smoosh it onto the background panel. Once partially coloured, the panel was left to dry before a section of the die cut slim card detailed panel was adhered in place.

A few of the die cut “tiles” were stacked one-on-top-of-the-other and adhered back into a few of the tile cut outs to vary the look & dimension of the die cut panel. The flowers & leaves were arranged and adhered with a mix of Glue Dots, Dimensionals & Multipurpose Liquid Glue. A sentiment from the same stamp set was heat embossed onto Balmy Blue card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder, the Embossing Addition Tool Kit and a Heat Tool. Some Balmy Blue/\White Variegated ribbon was cut into a number of pieces lengthwise and 2 blue pieces were tied into a bow that was tucked under the large flower. A few Iridescent Pastel Gems were scattered around the sentiment as the final shimmery touch.

A few remaining flowers and leaves were arranged onto the Basic White card inner and a white slim-line envelope to bring some continuity from the card front’s design. 

Thank you so much for calling in to check out my Balmy Blue project. I do appreciate you spending time with me.

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

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Basic Gray, a member of the Neutrals Colour family, 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 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 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 #35 Pale Papaya

Pale Papaya with Beautifully Happy

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

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a soft golden colour called Pale Papaya. Pale Papaya is part of the 2021-2023 In Colour Family and unsurprisingly is the colour of papaya fruit. This colour is lovely when used for flowers, fruit, and the like. It coordinates with many colours. 

Pale Papaya 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; In Colour Designer Series Paper as well as Lovely Linen, Delicate Desert, Flowers & More, Artfully Composed (Clearance Rack)and Heart & Home (Clearance Rack) DSPs; plus Kindness Cards & A Million Thanks Kits, Today is the Day Memories & More Card Packs, Loose Flower Flourishes, 2021-2023 In Colour Opal Rounds as well as Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon & Faux Velvet Trim. That’s certainly a good list demonstrating the colour's versatility.

Pale Papaya card-stock, ink, Stampin' Write Marker, Stampin' Blends Combo, Open Weave Ribbon and In Colour Opal Rounds have been used in this project plus a range of non-Pale Papaya bits and pieces. Here is my card:

Stampin’ Up!s Jan-Feb 2023 Saleabration is underway. The stamp set I used for this card is Beautifully Happy - a set you can receive for free during Saleabration with a minimum purchase of $180. It is such a lovely set. The other inspiration for this card was the January 2023 Mini Slimline sketch from SheetLoad of Cards. Tina Gillespie used a range of SheetLoad of Cards layouts for her posted creations during the Heart of Christmas Blog Hops last year. I was intrigued and so undertook some research recently, finding this month’s mini slimline sketch. I loved it, so CASEd the layout with some lateral interpretations.

I started with a piece of Basic White card-stock and stamped the large floral arrangement from the Beautifully Happy stamp set a couple of times in Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ ink. One image was coloured with Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite & Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends Combos together with the Colour Lifter. While the Colour Lifter is great at removing alcohol ink that is where you don’t want it - it is also brilliant for adding highlights and softening colours out to white. It is a great tool that is often forgotten.  A couple of the flowers on the second image were also coloured. The coloured floral arrangement and extra flowers were fussy cut.

Two Basic White card-stock panels had some blending added. The background panel was blended using Pale Papaya ink from extremely light to a strong colour. Then some Calypso Coral ink was added to the darker end to make it even darker. The splatter stamp was used in opposite corners and the blended panel was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die before it was directly adhered to the Pale Papaya card base. The smaller top white panel had a little Pale Papaya ink blended on the left side. 

A little stamped off splatter was added with the splatter stamp, however, when the card was almost finished, the top Basic White panel still looked a little too white so more splatter was added using a Pale Papaya Stampin’ Write Marker. Some Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon was wrapped around the white splattered panel before it was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Pale Papaya card-stock. The fussy cut flowers were added to the top panel with Mini Dimensionals.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was white embossed on Pale Papaya card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder & a Heat Tool. Then is was fussy cut out. A bow tied with another piece of Open Weave Ribbon that had been cut in half lengthwise was added with Glue Dots. A number of Pale Papaya Opal Rounds were positioned for a touch of sparkle.

A little Pale Papaya ink blending and a Gray Granite stamped floral image were added to the Basic White card inner. As this is a mini slimline card I thought about creating my own coordinating envelope from Designer Series Paper, however, given other demands I decided to use one of Stampin’ Up!s Slimline Envelopes and stamped it with the same floral image in Gray Granite ink. The pack of Slimline Envelopes contains White, Soft Succulent and Smoky Slate envelopes so I chose the Soft Succulent envelope as it coordinates beautifully with the coloured leaves.

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

There is more Pale Papaya creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of my lovely friend Rachel Palmeiri. I always look forward to checking out Rachel's creations. I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will feature Pear Pizazz as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  

I hope 2023 has started well for you. 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 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 Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - April 2023 Mini Catalogue & Saleabration Brochue 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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