Welcome to week six of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
Today we’re featuring another new colour, Basic Beige, which is a new addition to the Stampin Up! colour range. Basic Beige is a great replacement colour for the now retired Sahara Sand.
I’ve created this graphic to show how Basic Beige compares to the other light brown neutral/core colours in the Stampin Up! colour range.
I’m always on the lookout for masculine cards and I love anything with buildings, so the new City Sights Kit was a kit I just couldn’t resist. I love these water coloured cityscape designs in neutral colours, its masculine charm, and these big city skylines.
As this is an all-inclusive kit it includes so many different elements!
* City Sights Photopolymer Stamp Set
* Pebbled Path Stampin’ Spot
* 8 printed card bases and 8 printed envelopes
* Shaped die cuts, printed sentiments and corrugated cardstock accent pieces
* Copper metallic embellishments
* Mini dimensionals and tear’n’tape
* Acrylic block
My favourite element is this fabulous line drawing stamp set. It reminds me of happy times in New York.
I’ve used this stamp set to make two alternative cards in a monochromatic colour scheme of Basic Beige and Pebble Path.
For card one I drew a line in pencil and stamped along the line to create a city horizon and added a narrow strip of Pebbled Path offcut from the printed sentiment sheet.
I used the dotted grid stamp to create a cloud effect in the sky.
For card two I used the Basic Beige offcuts from the shaped die cuts to frame a single stamped image of the city sky.
The Basic Beige offcut was adhered dusing the mini dimensionals – it gives a really cool effect that you can see in this close-up photo below.
One of the “happy birthday” printed sentiments was cut in half and placed top and bottom of the framed image.
I did also make a couple of the cards as per the instructions in the kit and I love these cards too. Here are the four cards I’ve made so far. I can’t wait to make some other designs using this city skyline stamp set.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea 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, 12th June, showcasing Azure Afternoon.
I hope you can join us then!
Great use of the frame on the second card which would normally be waste. I discounted this stamp set and you’ve made me think to have another look at it.
Cathy I am really going to have to go back and have another look at this kit. I had completed discounted it but you are correct, it makes perfect more masculine cards. I particularly love the way you have framed the stamped image with the negative from the diecuts. Brilliant idea and brilliant cards.
Pebble Path goes so well with Basic Beige and your cards are amazing! I haven’t seen this kit been used before and it’s certainly great for masculine cards.
I love your cards Cathy and especially how you have used the Basic Beige off cut to create your second card. That city skyline and the dotted grid stamp are awesome. Great masculine cards.
Wow, what brilliant cards. Pebbled Path looks amazing with Basic Beige and I love how you used the negative to frame your stamped image on the 2nd card. The 1st card is a wonderful classic cityscape design with the strip of card grounding the images.
I love seeing alternative ways to use stamp kits, and the simplicity of your ideas is stunning Cathy. I like the combo you used for the monochromatic colour scheme too.
Wow Cathy how good does Basic Beige look with Pebbled Path. As you say, the stamp set does invoke memories of NYC. I really like the dotted grid stamp to emulate the clouds. Very effective.
Great use of the kit components, Cath. Your stamped cards really do evoke thoughts of NYC. How good does Pebbled Path look with Basic Beige?! Nice job!
Oh wow oh wow Cathy. I love your cards. Your treatment of Basic Beige with Pebbled Path is amazing. I love your stamping of the skyline with the clouds following the line of the buildings. The off cut strip of Pebbled Path at the base of the buildings beautifully delineates from the clean space underneath – gorgeous. I adore the second card with the buildings recessed – love it. I was interested in this kit – but it was down the list. It has moved right up the top now. xxx
These are great alternative cards Cathy! I love how pebbled pathetic combines with basic beige. Very clever using the frame.
Fantastic cards with the stamp and Pebbled Path. Very clever idea to use the off-cut to frame the stamped image. I was not overly interested in this kit when I first saw it but I might need to take another look