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Monday, 17 August 2020

Heart of Christmas 2020 - August

Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas 2020 with Poinsettia Wreaths

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the second Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase.
We are now half way through August and Christmas still seems quite a way off, however, the next few months will disappear quickly, so I really appreciate the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase to help me focus on creating in readiness for the festive season. Stampin' Up! have released their August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue with gorgeous products to help us make lovely projects. Leave me a message if you would like a copy of the new Mini Catalogue, if you are in Australia. I'd be delighted to help you.

I've created two projects this month. The two cards feature wreaths with poinsettias. Some aspects of the cards are the same or similar but the cards are different. I hope you like them. 

Poinsettia Wreath and Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

CARD 1: Long thin cards appear to be "in" at present so I thought I would give one a go. The size aligns with a standard DL envelope. I plan to make an envelope for this card but haven't created it as yet.

The card base is cut out of Thick Whisper White card-stock and the card front is made with a light wooden-like sheet from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper (DSP) mounted with a thin boarder of a Brass Foil sheet. I so love this colour of foil - it is rich and delectable.

Poinsettia Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The card front was embossed at the top and bottom with one of the Meadow Moments embossing folders. The wreath was based on a luscious Gold Hoop embellishment. These hoops are soooo gorgeous. The hoop appears to be hanging on the Forever Greenery Trim Open Weave ribbon that is tied with the Gold trim from the same Combo Pack. The ribbon is tucked to the back of the card front before the card front was adhered directly to the base.

Poinsettia Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The poinsettias, a few leaves and some berries were fussy cut from one of the sheets of the Flowers for Every Season DSP. Holly leaves were fussy cut from one of the sheets of the Poinsettia Place DSP. This is great for those who aren't into colouring. Larger berries were die cut from Brass Foil using the Poinsettia dies. These elements were arranged with the  poinsettias raised on Mini Dimensionals. 

Poinsettia Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

A sentiment from In The Pines stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed using Gold Emboss powder on a small piece of the same DSP as was used for the card front. A little Wink of Stella was added to the poinsettias to give a little extra shimmer. This isn't picked up by the camera, but is great in real life.

To coordinate with the card front the card inner had thin strips of the Brass foil added at the top and bottom with extra fussy cut holly leaves.

Poinsettia Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

CARD 2: As mentioned, my second card features a wreath (but a different type of wreath) with poinsettias (but different poinsettias). The size of this card is standard rather the long thin style. The card base was the same Thick Whisper White card-stock and the card front was made from the same wood-like DSP from the In Good Taste DSP, that had been embossed with the Pinewood 3D embossing folder and was mounted on Brass Foil with a thin boarder showing. The card front was popped up on Dimensionals to give some dimension and to adhere the front to the card base.

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The wreath was created using the Wreath Builder dies. In the set there are two wreath dies, one with little twigs and buds the other with leaves. The first was cut out of a Brass Foil sheet while the leaf die cut a Garden Green and an Old Olive card-stock layer.  The Garden Green and Old Olive leaves were sponged with Whisper White Craft ink using Sponge Dauber. Each single wreath was layered one on the other ensuring part of the lower wreaths showed. 

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The poinsettias were cut using the poinsettia die (from the same die set) with two pieces cut from Calypso Coral card-stock for each flower. As you can see there are three flowers. Six tiny flowers were cut from Whisper White card-stock. The poinsettia pieces also were sponged with Whisper White Craft ink and the tiny flowers were daubed with Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Up! ink and the edges with Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Up! ink. 

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The flowers were arranged with the poinsettias adhered with Mini Dimensionals. Two extra brass foil twigs also were added. The sentiment from the Arrange a Wreath stamp set was stamped on a little off-cut of the DSP with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Emboss powder. This was fussy cut and positioned in the centre with Mini Dimensionals. 

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

The card inner was stamped with part of the wreath from the Arrange a Wreath stamp set in Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Up! ink and a die cut Brass foil bow from the Wreath Builder dies was added. The same wreath was similarly stamped onto a Whisper White envelope.

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

A bow using the Vanilla Open Weave ribbon and the Gold Twine from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack was adhered in place with Mini Glue Dots. Five tiny Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added to the centre of each poinsettia and one to the tiny flowers to finish off the wreath.

I love wreaths and the Arrange a Wreath bundle provides so many creative opportunities.

Poinsettia Arrange a Wreath Stampin Up card, Andrea Sargent, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, South Australia

I had fun creating two similar, but different Poinsettia Wreath cards. I hope you like them too.

Thank you for sharing the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop and finding inspiration. We are always excited to see each others creations and are always inspired by one another.

Judy May is our talented host this year for the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase each month as we head up to Christmas. If you haven't finished looking at all of the teams Christmas creations, you can visit/revisit Judy's page at Just Judy Designs, where she hosts all the links to the Showcase participants.

Members of the Art with Heart team are conducting other regular blog hops including: 
  • Every Wednesday we are holding the Colour Creations Showcase where we feature a different Stampin' Up! colour each week. This coming Wednesday, members of the Team will share projects that hero a neutral colour - "Crumb Cake".
I am so blessed to share with such talented people and so I am sure there will be wonderful projects to inspire in each blog hop, so do drop by.  I hope to see you again next month for our September Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase. Also, I hope you come back in a couple of days for the Colour Creations Showcase featuring "Crumb Cake".

I do appreciate you dropping by and visiting Valley Inspirations.

As mentioned, please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the  Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue or the newly released August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. If you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products, I would delighted to help you.

I hope you are coping in these difficult times. Look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe, stay healthy and know you are special - even though you may not feel that way.

Andrea 😘


List of Products used to create these projects: 

Stamps, Dies & Punches
    • Arrange A Wreath stamp set - #152587
    • Wreath Builder dies - #152722
    • In the Pines stamp set - #153448
          Inks & Applicators
          • Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' ink pad - #147101
          • Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink pad - #147108
          • Whisper White Craft Stampin' ink - #147277
          • Sponge Daubers - #133773
          • Versamark ink pad - #102283
          • Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109129
          Paper
          • Whisper White card-stock - #106549
          • Thick Whisper White card-stock - #140490
          • In Good Taste Designer Series Paper - #152494
          • Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper - #149612
          • Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper - #153487
          • Calypso Coral card-stock - #124392
          • Garden Green card-stock - #108605
          • Old Olive card-stock - #106576
          • Brass Foil sheets - #153057
          • C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106589
          Embellishments
          • Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152475
          • Gold Hoops Embellishments - #152474
          • Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels - #151193
          Adhesives
          • Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
          • Mini Glue Dots - #103683
          • Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
          • Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
          • Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
          Tools (incl Embossing Folders)
          • Pinewood 3D Embossing Folder - #152320
          • Meadow Moments Embossing Folder - #153126
          • 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
          • Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
          • Sponge Daubers - #133773
          • Stamping Sponge - #141337
          • Simple Shammy - #147042
          • Heat Tool - #129056
          • Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
          • Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656

          Wednesday, 24 June 2020

          Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #4 Blackberry Bliss

          Blackberry Bliss with Lovely You

          Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 4th Colour Creations Showcase by members of the Art With Heart Team in Australia.


          This week we are heroing a gorgeous colour, Blackberry Bliss. This colour is a deep and a somewhat muted rich blackberry colour. It sits within Stampin' Up!'s Regal's colour range.  I so love the way Stampin' Up! coordinate colours and take a colour through a range of their products. In my projects I have used Blackberry Bliss in card-stock, ink pad, re-inker, Stampin Blends and as one of the colours in the Rainbow Glimmer Paper. 

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          First, a pattern was stamped all over a piece of A4 Whisper White card-stock using the Lovely You stamp set. These stamps are so great for creating your own designer patterned paper. There is a range of stamps in different sizes that fit well together. You could use a number of complimentary colours or one colour. I decided to use 3 colours that harmonise together and underscore the beauty of Blackberry Bliss. A couple of days ago, I was reminded of the soft melding of colours that occurs using the Baby Wipe Technique. This technique uses folded baby wipes as a base to create your own ink pad. I dripped Blackberry Bliss , Rococo Rose and Blushing Bride inks on the baby wipes and used it to ink the stamps, before stamping all over the Whisper White card-stock. Here's a section of my patterned paper:

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          The card base and the bottom layer of the card front were cut from Blackberry Bliss card-stock. The card front bottom layer was embossed with the new Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder. Such a lovely effect, as seen in this close up.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          A piece of the stamped patterned paper was trimmed so it would fit at an angle over the card front and then it was lightly splattered with Wink of Stella.  It was mounted on the new multicolour Rainbow Glimmer Paper, positioning it so that the Blackberry Bliss section would be seen as it blended into Magenta Madness on one side and Misty Moonlight on the other. The pop of colour and the glimmer add life to the card. The mounted patterned piece was adhered directly to the card front.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          The sentiment came from the same stamp set and was stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink on Whisper White card-stock and trimmed to a 3/4" strip. A coordinating new product that bundles with the Lovely You stamp set is an amazing punch. It punches fancy ends - ie 2 different styles. A second and larger label was cut from Blackberry Bliss card-stock. The label was popped up on Dimensionals. 

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          Another new product is the luscious Forever Greenery Suite. (I so love this suite.) Two dies from this suite cut 2 sprays of leaves from Blackberry Bliss and Vellum card-stocks. They were splattered with a little Wink of Stella, adhered together and then to the edge of the label. To finish of the card, a piece of Metallic Edged Ribbon was coloured with a Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin Blend. Basic Rhinestones were also coloured with the same Blend. While Stampin' Up! regularly produce embellishments in coordinating colours, there is always another option - that of colouring desired embellishments with colouring products, such as Stampin' Blends. For me, colour coordination it is important, so colouring ribbon, twine, rhinestones or pearls with my project's key colours ensure great colour matching.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          I love to coordinate the card front with the inside of the card and also provide a hint on the envelope. This time I stamped the larger stylised flower inside the card and on the envelope. A thin strip of the Rainbow Glimmer Paper was adhered to the bottom of the card inner.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          The hand stamped patterned paper was also used to create a matching little gift box. Stampin' Up! have a die that cuts this cute little gift box that would also make a gorgeous table favour. The dies are called Mini Curvy Keepsake Box. The die not only cuts the edges, but also scores fold lines and cuts slots and holes to enable the box to be put together. To finish this little box off, ribbon was coloured and two tags were cut using one of the tiny labels from the same die set. They were tied on the box with a little gold twine from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo pack.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          The card and the Mini Curvy Keepsake box work together so well to tell a friend how much I value our friendship.

          Andrea Sargent, Stampin' Up!, Lovely You, Forever Greenery, Blackberry Bliss, Baby Wipe Technique

          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 projects; 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 Colour Creations Showcase that has focused on the colour - Blackberry Bliss. 

          The lovely 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 creations.

          Look after yourself and your loved ones in these strange times.

          Hope to see you again next week when members of the Art With Heart Team will share projects that hero the very pretty subtle colour, "Blushing Bride".

          Have a great week.   

          Andrea 😘


          List of Products used to create these cards:

          Stamps, Dies & Punches
          • Lovely You stamp set - #152525
          • Forever Flourishing dies - #152714
          • Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box - #150644
          • Lovely Labels Pick a Punch - #152883
          Inks & Applicators
          • Blackberry Bliss ink pad - #147092
          • Blackberry Bliss Classic ink refill - #133648
          • Petal Pink ink refil - #147169
          • Rococo Rose ink refil - #150089
          • White Craft Stampin ink pad - #147277
          • Sponge Daubers - #133773
          • Blackberry Bliss Stampin Blends Combo -  #154877
          Paper
          • Whisper White card-stock - #106549
          • Blackberry Bliss card-stock - #133682
          • Vellum Card-stock - #106584
          • Rainbow Glimmer Paper- #153056
          • C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106589
          Embellishments
          • Rhinestone Basic Jewels - #144220
          • Metallic Edged Ribbon - Gold - #144146
          • Gold Trim from Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152475
          Adhesives
          • Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
          • Mini Glue Dots - #103683
          • Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
          • Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
          • Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
          Tools
          • Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder - #152702
          • 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

          Thursday, 18 June 2020

          Art With Heart Creative Showcase - June 2020

          Wow. Gorgeous New Stampin’ Up! Products

          Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team's Monthly Creative Showcase for June.

          This week we are featuring projects using some of our favourite products from the new Stampin’ Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue. The new catalogue is full of amazing new stamp sets, some bundled with dies or punches. The range of kits, papers and accessories complete a new catalogue of great products and you will see some of the loveliness featured in this month's Showcase.


          I have been stalking the delivery vans for my order of new products from the new Annual Catalogue and at last it arrived ... this afternoon. No time to open it before this blog goes live, however, as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, we have a special opportunity to purchase select new products the month prior to the Catalogue 'go live' date. It is one of the great privileges of being a Demo. 


          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes


          I bought the gorgeous In Good Taste Suite during pre-order. I so love this suite; the images, the labels, the coordinating Designer Series Paper and the embellishments. Another love from the new catalogue is the Forever Greenery Suite - so gorgeous. I've used products from both the Good Taste  and the Forever Greenery Suites in my card.


          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

          This card uses one of the stunning designs from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper as the background. There are so many wood, tile, marble and woven neutral designs. A piece of the tile DSP was mounted on Whisper White card-stock. (I won't describe the problems I had with this simple step - enough to say that in the end 2 pieces of the white card-stock were adhered and then trimmed down, with the front panel finally mounted on a 3rd piece of Whisper White card-stock.)  I chose this DSP design as it coordinated well with the Rococo Rose stamped roses from the Tasteful Touches stamp set. The roses were stamped on a seperate piece of Whisper White card-stock, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut. The leaf spray from the same stamp set was stamped diagonally on the card front in Gray Granite ink. A piece of Rococo Rose Scalloped Linen Ribbon was adhered across the middle (some Tear & Tape adhesive worked brilliantly). There is a luscious Gold Metallic Trim in the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. I divided out a couple of threads from a piece of this trim and circled them over the DSP.  

          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

          One of the leaf dies from the Forever Flourishing dies was used to cut a couple of leaf sprays in Vellum and 4 small dies cut little leaf sprays in Champagne Foil. (It's great the way Stampin' Up! provide multiple dies of certain pieces that you are likely to cut multiple elements for a card as it reduces the number of passes through the Die Cutting Machine.) A few wooden leaf accents from the In Good Taste Elements were selected as well. All these pieces were arranged, with some adhered directly to the card front and the flowers popped up with Dimensionals. 

          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

          The sentiment came from the continuing Butterfly Wishes stamp set and it was stamped in Versamark ink on Rococo Rose card-stock and heat embossed using White Stampin' Emboss powder. The sentiment was cut out using the Paper Trimmer and the ends flagged with Paper Snips. To finish the card front, a few Gilded Gems were added. The card front was adhered to a Gray Granite card-stock card base.

          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

          As usual I have added a coordinating piece of Whisper White card-stock inside the card that had the rose also stamped in Rococo Rose ink and a strip of the same DSP at the bottom.

          I only have one card to share for this Showcase. I had a couple of other cards also designed in my mind - but time has run out. I hope my card has spiked some ideas for you to try.
           
          Andrea Sargent, Valley Inspirations, Stampin' Up!, Tasteful Touches, In Good Taste DSP, Forever Flourishing dies, Butterfly Wishes

          Thanks for visiting Valley Inspirations. I do really appreciate you spending time with me.
           

          The next Art With Heart Team member to share their new catalogue project is Amie McIlroy at Eager to Stamp. Click on Aimie's name or the Graphic below to see her project featuring gorgeous new products.


          I am so blessed to be apart of such a talented team. Knowing each of my colleagues in this Creative Showcase, I am sure that they have some amazing projects to share with you. Don't miss checking out each of their blogs. If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants' blogs listed below. Click on their names to be taken to their respective blogs:

          Do come back next month for July's Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase. We are going to be showcasing various colouring techniques. It will be so much fun - as you can tell, I love colouring and are continuing to learn new techniques and improve my skill level.

          Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the newly released Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue, or if you have any queries that I could help with.

          Take care of yourself and your loved ones,

          Andrea 😘

          List of Products used to create these cards:

          Stamps, Dies & Punches
          • Tasteful Touches stamp set - #152562
          • Butterfly Wishes stamp set - #149346
          • Forever Flourishing dies - #152714
          Inks
          • Rococo Rose ink pad - #150080
          • Versamark ink pad - #102283
          • Gray Granite ink pad - #147118
          • Colour Lifter Stampin Blends - #144608
          • Rococo Rose Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154900
          • Petal Pink Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154893
          • White Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109132
          Paper
          • Whisper White card-stock - #106549
          • Whisper White Thick card-stock - #140490
          • Gray Granite card-stock - #147008
          • Rococo Rose card-stock - #150888
          • In Good Taste Designer Series Paper - #152494
          • Vellum Card-stock - #106584
          • Champagne Foil - #144748
          • C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106588
          Embellishments
          • Gilded Gems - #152478
          • Rococo Rose Scalloped Linen Ribbon - #149704
          • Gold Trim in the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152479
          • In Good Taste Elements - #152476
          Adhesives
          • Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
          • Mini Glue Dots - #103683
          • Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
          • Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
          • Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
          Tools
          • 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

          Wednesday, 10 June 2020

          Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop - #2 Basic Gray

          Basic Gray with Tasteful Touches

          Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and to the 2nd Colour Creations Showcase by members of the Art with Heart Team. Each week we will hero one of Stampin' Up!s colours and over the coming year we will work through all current colours, that is all the colours in the colour families, ie Subtles, Brights, Regals and Neutrals; plus two years of In Colours, ie 2019-2021 & 2020-2022. I hope you have been enjoying all the projects that have been inspired by this week's colour - 'Basic Grey'.



          Our projects this week must include Basic Gray but we can use any other current colours in the project. Basic Gray is classified as one of Stampin' Up!s Neutral colour families. This is not a colour I have played with very much, but I have enjoyed working with it this week. As a Neutral colour, it is able to be combined with many other colours. Both my projects have combined Basic Gray with Petal Pink - a delightful combination. In one of the cards I have also used Pool Party and with my second card I have added some gold. 

          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels, Forever Flourishing

          For my first card I stamped the delightful rose from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in Basic Gray ink. The rose was stamped on Whisper White card-stock at various angles without overlapping and covered the card front. The card front was then fully coloured with Stampin' Blends - Dark & Light Petal Pink for the flowers (with a touch of Light Flirty Flamingo) and the background was coloured with Dark & Light Pool Party (and accidentally a touch of Bermuda Bay). This colour scheme was inspired by retired Speciality Designer Series Paper, ie the Parisians Blossoms SDSP. I wasn't sure of the colour combo once completing the colouring and was going to colour another card front - however, I ran out of time with unplanned happenings taking all spare moments. I will try to make another card and hope to upload it in a couple of days to give something to compare this one with.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels

          The card front was mounted on Petal Pink card-stock and then on Basic Gray card base. An extra rose was stamped in Basic Gray ink on a spare piece of Whisper White card-stock, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut. One of the sentiments from the Tasteful Touches stamp set was also stamped in Basic Gray ink and fussy cut. Two of the coordinating Tasteful Labels were die cut from Whisper White card-stock.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels

          The labels, fussy cut rose and sentiment were arranged together with a piece of Metallic Edged ribbon (coloured with a Petal Pink Dark Stampin' Blend) in the centre of the card front. A few Gold Gilded Gems were scattered to finish the card design.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels

          A piece of Whisper White card-stock, stamped with the same Basic Gray roses, was adhered inside the card to tie the whole card together.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels

          My second card was based on a card designed by Emma Goddard and made during an on-line class. As part of my COVID-19 Survival Plan I have participated in a number of Emma Goddard's On-line classes, including her Card and a Cuppa classes every Friday. Emma is such a gem and it has been delightful to get to know her and the lovely ladies that also signed up for Emma's classes. This card is similar but different to Emma's. Emma used the gorgeous Celebrate Sunflower stamp set and different colours, leaves and embellishments, etc, etc. The layout and concept is similar and I have included it in this blog as we both used Basic Gray ink. I love, love, love Petal Pink with Basic Gray - which is the colour combo for my card.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels, Forever Flourishing

          The card front has been partially embossed with one of the new Greenery Embossing folders. The round Swirly Frame was stamped in Basic Gray ink and die cut with the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes dies. The gorgeous rose was also stamped in Basic Gray and coloured with Light and Dark Petal Pink Stampin Blends. A little So Saffron was added to the flower centre. The rose was fussy cut. Leaves were die cut in Vellum, Basic Gray and Gold Foil card-stock using the new Forever Flourishing dies (I love them too). A piece of Gold Metallic Edge Ribbon was coloured with a Dark Petal Pink Blends pen. A sentiment from the Tasteful Touches stamp set was stamped in Basic Gray and fussy cut.

          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels, Forever Flourishing

          The Swirly Frames label was popped up on Dimensionals. All the other elements were arranged, as you can see.



          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Forever Flourishing, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels

          A piece of Whisper White card-stock was stamped and coloured in a similar way to the rose on the card, to tie the card front and card inner.


          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels, Forever Flourishing

          Thanks for dropping by to check out my 'Basic Gray' projects for this week's Colour Creations Showcase for 2020-2021. I hope you like the cards. I would love to hear if something caught your attention.

          Tasteful Textures, Andrea Sargent, Stampin Up, Art With Heart, AWHT, Colour Creations, Creative Showcase, blog hop, Basic Gray, Tasteful Labels, Forever Flourishing

          There will be so much more inspiration in the weeks to come, so pease join us over the coming weeks. The Creative Showcase will go live at 8.00pm EST each Wednesday. 

          The lovely Catherine Proctor is hosting the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase each week. If you haven't finished checking out the team's colour creations, you can visit Catherine's page, at What Cathy Made, 
          where she has links to all the other Showcase participants.

          Take care and look after yourself and your loved ones.

          Looking forward to seeing you next week.


          Andrea  ðŸ˜˜



          List of Products used to create these cards:

          Stamps & Dies
          • Tasteful Touches stamp set - #152562
          • Tasteful Labels dies - #152886
          • Forever Flourishing dies - #152714
          Inks
          • Basic Gray ink pad - #149169
          • Petal Pink ink pad - #147169
          • Colour Lifter Stampin Blends - #144608
          • Petal Pink Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154893
          • Pool Party Light & Dark Stampin Blends - #154894
          • Flirty Flamingo Light Stampin Blends - #154884
          • Bermuda Bay Light Stampin Blends - #154878
          Paper
          • Whisper White card-stock - #106549
          • Whisper White Thick card-stock - #140490
          • Basic Gray card-stock - #121689
          • Petal Pink card-stock - #147009
          • Vellum card-stock - #106584
          • Gold Foil - #132622
          • C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106588
          Embellishments
          • Gold Gilded Gems - #152478
          • Pearl Basic Jewels - #144219
          • Metallic Edged Ribbon - #144146
          Adhesives
          • Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
          • Mini Glue Dots - #103683
          • Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
          • Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
          Tools
          • Greenery embossing folder - #152716
          • Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
          • Bone Folder - #102300
          • Paper Snips - #103579
          • Paper Trimmer - #152392
          • Stamparatus - #148187
          • Block D - #118485
          • Grid Paper - #130148
          • Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
          • Simple Shammy - #147042
          • Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
          • Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656

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