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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AWHT Colour Creations #28 Melon Mambo

Melon Mambo with Fond of Autumn

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 bright pink called Melon Mambo. Melon Mambo is part of the Brights Colour Family and is a strong, bright and happy pink colour. This colour is lovely when used for flowers or berries, tea cups and so much more. 

Melon Mambo 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, Watercolor Pencils, Brights Designer Series Paper as well as Hues of Happiness DSP, Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit, Solid Faceted Gems and Glossy Dots Assortment.

Here is the card I created using Melon Mambo card-stock, Classic Stampin' Ink, Stampin' Blends Combo & Stampin' Write Marker plus other bits and pieces: 

If you visited my blog last week, you may remember that I created a wet on wet water-colour panel with Mango Melody and Melon Mambo. I didn't use it last week so thought I would use it for my Melon Mambo project. I do love these colours together. It was created by wetting a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and then adding Melon Mambo & Mango Melody inks. Once dry, the watercolored panel was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die and mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Melon Mambo card-stock. In turn this was adhered directly to a Thick Basic White card-base.

A piece of Melon Mambo card-stock was cut with the curved die in the Basic Borders dies and popped up with Dimensionals. Some White Craft ink was splattered over the card background. The Fond of Autumn flower/leaf/berry arrangement was stamped multiple times onto Shimmery White card-stock with Versamark ink and then gold heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. 

The berry sections of the arrangements were water-coloured using the fine Water Painter with Melon Mambo ink for the berries and Parakeet Party & Garden Green inks for the leaves. The berries were die cut away from the other sections of the arrangement. They were arranged over the curved edge with the stems tucked under the precious berries and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

The banner from the Fond of Autumn stamps was white heat embossed onto Melon Mambo card-stock and the sentiment was shaped on a block so it would fit within the banner. The banner was fussy cut and then added with Dimensionals. A piece of Polished Pink Open Weave ribbon was coloured with a dark Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend, cut in half length-wise and tied in a bow with some Gold Simply Elegant trim. The bow was tucked under the sentiment. Some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were scattered as the finishing touch.

The decoration of the card inner is a simple strip of Melon Mambo card-stock to the left, with a sentiment and flower from the Fond of Autumn stamp set stamped in Melon Mambo ink. A C6 Basic White envelope was decorated with a gold embossed set of flowers left over from the embossed Fond of Autumn arrangement after removing the berries. Just simple decorations this time.

Thank you for spending time with me on my blog. I so appreciate your interest.

There is more Melon Mambo creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click the  "onto the next" graphic below and be taken to the blog of a fellow South Australian, 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 so much inspiration.

I hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Merry Merlot as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations Blog Hops.  Also, don't forget that many of us are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings to share delightful Christmas projects with you. There are only a few Heart of Christmas Blog Hops remaining for this year.

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 July - December 2022 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   #fondofautumn #stitchedgreenery

AWHT Colour Creations #13 Cherry Cobbler

Cherry Cobbler with Cottage Rose and some Loose Water-colouring

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. 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep cherry red called Cherry Cobbler. Cherry Cobbler is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a deep muted colour. This colour is lovely when used for Christmas, flowers and so much more. It goes with different greens, with Crumb Cake, Pool Party, etc. It is also great with Gold. 

Cherry Cobbler is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Water-colour Pencils; Stampin' Blends; Regals Designer Series Paper as well as Painted Christmas and Boughs of Holly DSPs; plus Lights Aglow and Festive Foils Speciality DSPs; Festive Pearls; and Santa Express Memories & More Cards & Envelopes. 

We are coming to the end of July, which is Worldwide Watercolor month.  I have been attempting to include watercolour in some form in each blogged project this month and have intended to use the Loose Watercolour technique during the month - so tonight is the night. 

I find it fun to use a stamp set out of its usual context and so while thinking of a Christmas rose, I decided to use the gorgeous Cottage Rose stamp set. I gold embossed the larger image using Versamark ink, Gold Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. This image was masked using the newly available Masking Paper and then the mid-sized flower and leaves were stamped and heat embossed. I love the effect of masking but seldom use it. Now that Stampin' Up! is supplying Masking Paper I will probably be using this technique more often. 

The images were stamped on a half sheet of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper. This enables you to get 2 projects from one sheet of paper - so much more economical. Loose water-colouring means you don't stay within the lines but allow the ink to blur over the edges and colours to mix slightly - although the latter needs to be done carefully so you don't end up with a muddy brown picture. I like to work with colours for one image and then leave it to slightly dry before using the next colour combo. If using complementary colours, I leave the image to dry much more so the colours don't bleed into each other. 

The base lighter layer was laid down first using a fair bit of water and the mid-sized Water Painter (they come in a set of 3, ie fine, medium and wide brush). You can relax with this layer and paint over the edges of the images - just have fun. The Classic Stampin' Inks used to paint the image are: Cherry Cobbler for the large flower, Petal Pink with touches of Cherry Cobbler for the smaller flowers, Crumb Cake around the fine gold flowers and Soft Succulent with touches of Evening Evergreen for the leaves. I couldn't resist using the fine Water Painter to add extra detail, colour and depth.

Once the panel had dried, I added a splattering of Cherry Cobbler ink using a Stampin' Write Marker. It wasn't fully dry (I was running out of time) so some of the splatters blurred. The water-coloured panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Cherry Cobbler card-stock. A piece of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die as the leaves were a similar shape to the leaves in the stamp set. I do love the effect of this stitched die.

A sentiment from the Hope and Peace stamp set was gold heat embossed onto a scrap of Thick Basic White card-stock. I like extra thickness for sentiment strips to ensure the label sits straighter, especially over trim or ribbon. Some gold Simply Elegant Trim was wrapped around the painted panel and the sentiment label was positioned over using Dimensionals. A seperate double bow was adhered with Glue Dots. Some Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels added the finishing touch of shimmer.

A Basic White piece of card-stock was gold heat embossed using the larger cottage rose stamp for the card inner. A C6 Basic White envelope was similarly embossed.

I so loved creating this card and do love the effect of loose water-colouring.  I had hoped to create a second card with and alternative Cherry Cobbler colour scheme but time ran out - perhaps on the weekend. Thank you so much for dropping by. I do value the time you spent with me.

There is more Cherry Cobbler creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Christine Blain. I always look forward to checking out Christine's creation. I do love seeing everyones' projects - always so much inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring Coastal Cabana as we continue the weekly 2022-2023 Colour Creations blog hops. Also, don't forget many of us are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop on Monday evenings which will continue until the end of November. 

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 wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is such an amazing lady and we appreciate all she does. Check out her wonderful 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 July - December 2022 Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Sale-a-bration continues through August but don't delay if you want free product as it is only while supplies last. Please don't hesitate to make contact regarding any queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #stamper  #valleyinspirations #cottagerose #hopeandpeace #CreativeChallengeSU 

Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #50 Soft Suede

Soft Suede with Very Versailles

Hi. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 50th 2020-21 Colour Creations Showcase by members of the Art with Heart Team. We have worked through all the Stampin' Up! colours, except the newly introduced In Colours for 2021-2023 and the basics, Basic White, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. the basics would have been used by us all over the past year potentially as the bases for our creations.

Firstly, my apologies to anyone who checked in last week only to find a post with nothing creative in it. I have been quite sick and was in zombie mode last week, forgetting to delete the draft blog. I am starting to feel like I will "survive" but am still wrung out. I didn't want to miss this week's blog.

This week we are showcasing a neutral colour, Soft Suede. It is a deep brown and is part of the Neutrals' Colour Family. It's not a colour I have used very much, but having worked with it this week, I have decided it's a lovely brown. Soft Suede has been produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends, & the Neutral's Designer Series Paper.

Soft Suede has not been a go to colour. In fact, it has been used very little. However, as I thought about what I would create, numerous ideas came to mind. Initially, the projects would have been suitable for fellas, but in thinking about colour combinations I really liked Calypso Coral with Soft Suede so was thinking of using this combo, together with Very Vanilla and potentially either Crumb Cake or Petal Pink (as a lighter variant of Calypso Coral). I commenced work on a fancy fold, but this morning changed tack completely as friends of mine are grieving the loss of their 17 year old poodle and I wanted to create a sympathy card for them. Here is my Soft Suede sympathy card:

The card base is Soft Suede card-stock with a layer of Very Vanilla card-stock that had been embossed with a new die, Stitched Greenery die. This die punches tiny holes in an all over leaf design. It is a pity you can't see more of this delightful design.

Two Very Vanilla card-stock card fronts were stamped with the scripty stamp from the Very Versailles stamp set. This set is a continuing stamp set, and is so gorgeous. I love it. The script was stamped in Soft Suede Classic Stampin' ink on one card front and with Calypso Coral ink on the second piece. A Blending Brush applied a centre circle of Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink with Calypso Coral ink around the outer area. This was die cut with the second largest circle from the continuing Layering Circles dies.

The blended die cut circle was layered directly over the Soft Suede script so that script flowed through. The card front was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Calypso Coral card-stock. The leaf spray stamp was stamped twice on Very Vanilla card-stock; once with Soft Suede ink and the other with Versamark ink. The latter was heat embossed with Gold Emboss powder. Both sets of leaves were fussy cut. The Soft Suede leaves were adhered directly to the card front, while the gold embossed leaves were adhered with Mini Dimensionals.

A double bow was tied with the Very Vanilla twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack and the gold trim from the Simply Elegant Trim. A little heart trinket from the Pet Trinkets was tied into the bow - reminiscent of a beloved dog's tag. Glue Dots were brilliant to attach the bows & trinket. A sentiment from the Very Versailles stamp set was stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and fussy cut out.The sentiment was added with Mini Dimensionals. To complete the design some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were sprinkled around.

The leaf spray was stamped in Soft Suede Classic Stampin' ink on Very Vanilla card-stock to create the card inner. A sentiment from the Pampered Pets stamp set was also stamped in Soft Suede. A coordinating Very Vanilla C6 envelope was stamped with the leaves in Soft Suede ink and the script in Calypso Coral.

Thank you so much for visiting Valley Inspirations with Andrea. I loved creating this card to share with you, even though with a heavy heart for my friends. A second project, is underway. Given other commitments I won't guarantee to add photos & details of the fancy fold. It will be a surprise!

Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue was launched earlier this month. If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send one to you.

Catherine Proctor is our dedicated 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 the links to the participating blogs so you can find everyone's Soft Suede creations. Checking out everyone's creations and their interpretation of the amazing Stampin' Up! colours is always a treat and I am sure there will be inspiring Soft Suede projects on show.

I hope to see you again next week when members of the team share projects that hero the new 2021-2023 In Colours from Stampin' Up! The new In Colours are gorgeous so am looking forward to creating with them during the week.

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

Andrea 💕🐾