Welcome to week thirty-six of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
Our colour this week is Old Olive, from the Regals family. I always think of Old Olive as more of a neutral – it is my most used green as it really works well with so many other colours.
Both cards use two new stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue which you can earn for FREE when you place any order over $90AUD: the Heartfelt Hello sentiment stamp set and the Watercolor Watermelon stamp set.
For Card one I’ve combined Old Olive with Melon Mambo, but you could use any combination of red/pink and green ink to create these sweet watermelons. This card was originally inspired by a slimline card that Peggy Noe of Pretty Paper Cards shared on Pinterest, however I’ve changed the colours, the layout, the card base shape and I’ve added a sentiment .
I originally stamped the whole watermelon onto Basic White card stock (see it above the card in the photo below) but it didn’t stand out enough against the Old Olive leaves on the layer behind so I stamped the watermelon in Old Olive onto Old Olive card stock instead.
The whole watermelon and the watermelon wedges are designed to be punched out by the Modern Oval Punch – so clever!
Card two uses the simple but always so effective design trick of repetition. Eight watermelon slices have been stamped and punched out then glued to the card front around the stamped “hello” sentiment.
This “hello” sentiment on both cards is stamped in Memento Basic Black Ink.
A simple stamped Old Olive leaf dresses the envelope.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
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Catherine Proctor – you are here!
We’ll be back showcasing Orchid Oasis next Wednesday, 24th January. I hope you can join us then.
Yummy watermelon slices for some summer fun. Both are great cards, but I love the 1st one with the seeds stamped above and below and the leaves stamped behind your watermelons. The 2nd one reminds me of a kids card, and counting the slices!
Super-cute and happy cards, Cath! I especially like the second card … the watermelon slices look like watermelon rainbows (well, that’s how my brain sees them, LOL). The crisply stamped scripty sentiment looks great in the centre of the card.
Your cards are so scrumptious Cathy. I love your colour combo. Melon Mambo is brilliant for the watermelon flesh. Stamping on Old Olive card-stock is perfect for the whole melon image. I love your two layouts – both beautiful xxx
This set really hasn’t done anything for me but I have seen some really lovely cards this it. Yours is not exception. I might ending getting this set after all.