Welcome to week five of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
Today we’re featuring another of the new 2024-26 In Colors: Summer Splash. I’ve created this graphic to show how Summer Splash compares to the current blue/greens in the Stampin Up! colour range.
As I have been time poor this week I’m sharing a quick and simple watercolour card I made at our Stampin’ Up! Onstage conference earlier this year.
This card pairs Summer Splash with Pecan Pie and our new core colour, Basic Beige. I simply stamped the teapot and the plant from the Country Flowers stamp set using Black Stazon Ink onto watercolour paper and used a water painter to lift ink from the ink pads and watercolour the image.
This new Basic Beige colour is a wonderful substitute for Sahara Sand, especially for adding shadows under images to ‘ground’ the images in a scene.
I’ve decorated the inside of the card with a layer of Basic White cardstock, stamped in Black Memento ink. The little flowers are coloured in, this time using the Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends.
TIP – use Stazon Ink when using water in your colouring (e.g. water colouring with water painters and ink) and use Memento Ink when using alcohol markers to colour in (e.g. Stampin’ Blends).
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Di Furniss – I can’t wait to see what Di has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday, 5th June, showcasing our new core colour, Basic Beige.
I hope you can join us then!
Cathy your card is simple and elegant. I love your choice of colour palette as I think Basic Beige goes with everything and Pecan Pie is the perfect complement to Summer Splash.
A lovely, elegant card Cathy, with fabulous vibrant foliage. A truly multi-occasion card.
Pecan Pie is a beautiful complement to Summer Splash, Cath – those leaves really pop! I love the simplicity of your watercolouring, and the continuing inspiration for using Country Flowers. 🙂
Your card is beautiful, Cathy! I love the colours and the Basic Beige watercolour shadow works perfectly.
Love the basic beige shadow. Great simple card.
Simple and beautiful. Your watercolouring is lovely and yes, Bsici Beige is the perfect tone for shadows. You sure are loving this stamp set!
Another lovely card Cathy showing how sometimes the simple can be really effective. Great watercolouring.
What a sweet card! The simple design has been executed perfectly. I love everything about this card!
Your card is simply gorgeous Cathy. I love the simplicity of layout – it focuses on the lovely teapot arrangement Great water-colouring. Love it. xxx
Cathy I love the simplicity of your design that is enhanced by your watercoloured pot plant. The Basic Beige shadows look fabulous.
Great card Cathy, simple but lovely. This is my favourite set from the new catalogue