Welcome to week twenty-six 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 26 – Merry Merlot
Hello crafters. This week I’m sharing a Christmas card I’ve made using an entirely neutral colour palette – I really love any combination of neutrals together on a card.
Merry Merlot is our colour for this week and I’ve only used a tiny bit of it on my card because it is a very rich colour. Hopefully I’ve used enough to show you how nicely it pairs with these other neutrals.
If there ever were two bundles just crying out to be used together it’s the Beautiful World bundle on p26 of the annual catalogue and the Peace & Joy bundle on page 18 of the August to December Mini catalogue. I love how Stampin’ Up! co-ordinate their products right through their range.
The “faux embossed” background of my Gray Granite slimline card was easy to make using the globe dies and adhesive sheets. Just remember to attach a sheet to the back of your card stock before you die cut. Next time I make this card I think I’ll add more globes and space them more closely together for even greater impact.
The joy sentiment uses all three joy die cuts from the Peace & Joy bundle. Adding adhesive sheet to the card stock for the thinest joy on the top layer makes it easy to adhere.
Apart from the middle layer of the joy sentiment the other touch of Merry Merlot on the card is the Rhinestone Basic Jewels which I have coloured using my Merry Merlot Stampin’ Write Marker.
The pine fronds were stamped in Mossy Meadow and fussy cut out using my paper snips.
I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Art With Heart team have created with Merry Merlot today. Click on the links below to see what they’ve made.
- Michele Taylor
- Sujatha Harding
- Kate Morgan
- Tina Gillespie
- Kathryn Ruddick
- Diane Furniss
- Christine Blain
- Ros Davidson
- Rachel Woollard
- Theresa Gerrard
- Sharon Davern
Next Tuesday we’ll be showcasing one of the Subtles: Mint Macaron. We hope you can join us all then.
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In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
I totally agree that the two bundles work fabulously together, and you’ve combined them beautifully. The background looks amazing, and I love the pop of colour over the top.
Lovely card Cathy, the granite is such a lovely colour with the Merlot for Christmas and I love the globe dies on the background!
Perfect combination of products Catherine. Love the Gray Granite on Gray Granite worlds. A beautiful Chrissy card.
Beautiful. It illustrates the sentiment perfectly!
I think Merry Merlot is a colour that’s perfect in small doses! Your card is very elegant, Cathy; lovely work.
Excellent idea linking the two sets together. Very clever.
Everytime I see the world globe die cuts with a Christmas sentiment like Joy to the World, or Peace on Earth, I think how clever, and how perfect!
Your card is exactly that Cathy – perfect!
Beautiful card Cathy, yes these two sets definitely belong together.
What a great idea to team those 2 bundles together. Who would’ve thought yet it makes sense. A great christmas card Cathy