Welcome to week twelve of our 2020-2021 Art With Heart Colour Creations Showcase.
Each week various members of our Art With Heart Colour Creations team will be bringing you weekly colour inspiration as we showcase our range of over 50 beautiful Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.
Week 12 – Crumb Cake
I have to confess that Crumb Cake is my favourite and most used Stampin’ Up! colour, although Gray Granite has given it a run for its money since joining the Neutrals family.
I like to think of Crumb Cake as a “bridesmaid” colour – not to dark, not too light. It sits beautifully in the background, complementing any colour it is paired with without vying for attention and yet it also looks amazing on its own. This is why for me, Crumb Cake really is the perfect neutral.
There were so many colour combinations I could have used for my projects today but in the end I decided to stick with a combination of neutrals, using stamping off to add some lighter shades to my colour palette.
What started out as a clean and simple card has actually become the opposite, but that’s how I craft! And although this is not my usual style I actually love the soft, feminine and “vintagey” vibe of my wreath card.
The Dainty Diamonds embossing folder is fast becoming my favourite embossing folder – I can’t seem to stop using it! I’ve laid it onto a Crumb Cake card base and framed it with another new favourite – brushed metallic cardstock.
This photo better shows the burnished sheen the card stock gives – it is hard to photograph but simply luscious in real life!
I know it looks like I’ve used Rococo Rose to stamp my flowers, but it is actually Merry Merlot stamped off once, twice and also used at full strength for the middle of the flowers. I’ve also stamped off Crumb Cake to add variety to the leaves and buds.
Did you notice the beautiful Gold Hoop Embellishment that I used to create my wreath peeking out from beneath the foliage?
I had originally designed a card for today based on a pot and vase I had stamped in Memento before colouring in with my Crumb Cake blends, but I ended up making the wreath card instead.
Because I hate wasting leftovers (and I also had leftover flowers and foliage) I quickly made two note cards, this time using Crumb Cake card stock embossed with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder.
The Crumb Cake blends make it super easy to give dimension to any image. I used the colour lifter bend pen in the middle of my vase card to create the shine that a vase would naturally throw.
The pot card, like the vase card, is finished off with a bow of linen thread – in my opinion linen thread and Crumb Cake really are a match made in heaven!
I have to admit I probably like my last minute leftover note cards as much as the intricate wreath card that took soooo much more time to make! Ain’t that often the way with crafting, LOL!
I deliberately left sentiments of my note cards so they can be used for any occasion. I often do this and leave my card insides blank so I can stamp the appropriate sentiment in the card as I need it.
I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Art With Heart team have created with Crumb Cake today. Click on the links below to see what they’ve made.
- Vicki Boucher
- Michele Taylor
- Andrea Sargent
- Kate Morgan
- Sujatha Harding
- Rachel Palmieri
- Rachel Woollard
- Christine Blain
- Fiona Ryan
- Tina Gillespie
- Sharon Davern
- Diane Furniss
- Ros Davidson
- Caroline Manwaring
- Theresa Gerrard
- Kathryn Ruddick
- Judy May
Next Tuesday we’ll be showcasing one of the Regals family: Crushed Curry. We hope you can join us all then.
To purchase any of the products featured in today’s post, simply contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, any of the ladies in the AWH Colour Creations Showcase or click on the product links below.
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In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
I have just discovered your website AWHT Colour Creations Showcase and love it. I am a Stampin’ Up demonstrator in Austin, Texas, USA, and I think you and the other women in this group are very talented and creative. Thank you for making this possible for us to take advantage of.
Your cards are beautiful, I love the colouring on the vases.
Oh Cathy your cards are just stunning! The wreath card is just beautiful and I love so much about it. Your colouring on the “scrap”notecards is gorgeous too
Your cards are so unapologetically feminine! Absolutely stunning.
I adore your wreath with the gold frame, stunning. The notecards are beautiful too, especially the colouring of the vases, wow!
I love your cards, Cathy, and the stunning colour combination is to die for!!
They are all lovely cards Catherine, but for some reason I am particularly drawn to the way you have colored the pot/vase (guess it’s cause I love using blends!)
Gorgeous cards Cathy. I love your wreath card – so much detail with a lovely Gold hoop and brushed metal frame. Great colour combinations for your cards – Merry Merlot is lovely in its various strengths. Lovely colouring of the vase and pot. xxx
Three super cards, but the detail on the wreath birthday is gorgeous. I must get that dainty diamonds embossing folder, it gives such a neic texture to the cards.
Just stunning cards Cathy, I love all three! I was going to ask where the pot and vase stamps come from – you have coloured them amazingly! Gorgeous colour combo – yes, isn’t Merry Merlot one of those surprising well kept secrets!
Hello, my Crumb Cake sister! Catherine, I love these cards. I love all the detail in your wreath card, and I love those large single blooms in the pot and vase – they look fantastic! And I totally agree, Crumb Cake and the Linen Thread are a perfect match!
Cathy, I totally concur with you about Crumb Cake! I can’t believe how stunning Merry Merlot looks, stamped off, and paired with Crumb Cake. Your cards are all stunning. The flower wreath is gorgeous (and yes, Dainty Diamonds is to-die-for), and your colouring of the vase and pot on the notecards is fabulous. Love your work!
Catherine, I really like all three cards (especially seeing that the two notecards were made with ‘scraps’) but your wreath card is just gorgeous. I love everything about it but especially the colour scheme. Don’t you just love the All Things Fabulous stamp set?
Ok I can’t chose my favourite they are all stunning. Merry Merlot with crumb cake is a perfect combination and I just love that wreath card! I didn’t need another stamp set but now I need all of them as I don’t have any of them. Far out stop enabling me! Fabulous cards again!