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Peaceful Pine & Pretty Florals Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:58:00 +0000

This week for the Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Insta Hop we’re featuring Peaceful Pine, one of the beautiful new 2026–2028 In Colours. This slightly dusty, sage green colour sits somewhere between the bluer tones of Lost Lagoon and the purer green tones of Garden Green. It does not have any of the yellow […]

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Hydrangea Hue & Heirloom Boutique “Hello Friend” Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 27 May 2026 09:58:00 +0000

This week for the Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Blog Hop we are featuring one of the beautiful new 2026–2028 In Colours, Hydrangea Hue. This is such a soft and stunning shade of lavender blue, similar to another retired InColour, Seaside Spray. Here’s how it compares to the current blues in the Stampin’ Up! […]

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Scalloped Blooms Golden Glow Sympathy Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:58:00 +0000

This week for the Art With Heart Team Colour Creations InstaHop we are featuring another one of the fresh new 2026–28 In Colours, Golden Glow. This warm mid yellow/brown shade sits beautifully between yellow, light brown and orange shades. My card design was based on my favourite bag, an Orla Kiely matte coated cotton canvas […]

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Crisp Cantaloupe & Hobby Haven Mother’s Day Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 13 May 2026 09:58:00 +0000

Welcome to Week Two of the brand new AWH Colour Creations series for 2026–27. If you haven’t joined us before, we hop through all 50 Stampin’ Up! colours, beginning with the five new InColours and then the core colours in alphabetical order. This week we are featuring Crisp Cantaloupe, one of the fresh new 2026–28 […]

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Barely Blush Artisan Sketched Garden DSP Birthday Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:59:00 +0000

Welcome to the brand new AWH Colour Creations series for 2026–27. If you haven’t joined us before, we hop through all 50 Stampin’ Up! colours, beginning with the five new InColours and then the core colours in alphabetical order. This week we are featuring Barely Blush, one of the fresh new 2026–28 In Colours. It […]

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AWH Colour Creations Week 50: Summer Splash

What Cathy Made — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:58:00 +0000

It’s hard to believe we’ve reached Week 50 of our 2025–26 AWH Colour Creations hop, finishing with one of the retiring 2024–2026 In Colours Summer Splash. I wanted to create something a little interactive, so I made a side latch card featuring the beautiful Florals in Bloom 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Inspired directly […]

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Soft Sea Foam Birthday Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:57:00 +0000

This week for the Art With Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop we’re celebrating the soft and soothing Soft Sea Foam, one of those colours that pairs beautifully with just about anything, but really shines when combined with neutrals and soft florals. For my card this week, I’ve CASED a beautiful design by the Stampin’ Up! Artisan, […]

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Smoky Slate & Beautiful Gallery DSP Sympathy Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:57:00 +0000

Confession time… this week didn’t quite go to plan 😅 I finished my first card and thought “love it!”… then realised I hadn’t actually used Smoky Slate at all. Oops. That one ended up using a DSP that featured Gray Granite and Basic Beige! So… take two! Card two brings it back to the colour […]

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Shy Shamrock Capturing Smiles Hello Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:58:00 +0000

For week 47 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations we’re celebrating Shy Shamrock, a soon to be retired 2024-26 InColour. I’ve paired “something old” (the soon to be retired Shy Shamrock cardstock, Shy Shamrock ink and the Beautiful Patterns 3D Embossing Folder) with something new (the Capturing Smiles Bundle and the Help Me Grow […]

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Double Pop-Up Step Card with the A Wonderful Match Suite Collection

What Cathy Made — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:57:00 +0000

Week 46 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations features Shaded Spruce, and I couldn’t resist using the brand new Online Exclusive A Wonderful Match Suite Collection from Stampin’ Up! The A Wonderful Match Suite Collection was the perfect excuse to create something bold, fun and full of movement… so I designed a double pop-up […]

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Week 44 Real Red – Two card designs for using up your Designer Series Paper

What Cathy Made — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:58:00 +0000

Two card designs ideal for using up your designer series paper (DSP), even the scraps! This week for the Art With Heart Colour Creations we’re celebrating Real Red ❤️ and I’ve set myself a little challenge… use up some Designer Series Paper instead of saving it “for something special”! I only had a small share […]

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Week 44 Pumpkin Pie Nests of Winter DSP Card

What Cathy Made — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:52:52 +0000

This week for the Art With Heart Colour Creations we’re celebrating Pumpkin Pie, a colour I rarely use but really love. And as I was slightly time poor I’ve created a card that lets the beautiful Nests of Winter 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper do most of the work. The Nests of Winter 12″ […]

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Week 43 Pretty Peacock and Stampin’ Up! Kits

What Cathy Made — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:57:00 +0000

This week I wanted to show two different ways you can use Stampin’ Up! kits. Firstly, by making them up exactly as intended as a relaxing and creative way to quickly build up your stash of cards. And secondly, by using elements from the kits as components in your own card designs. A beach birthday […]

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Week 42 Pretty in Pink floral hello card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:57:00 +0000

This week for Colour Creations we’re celebrating Pretty in Pink and I’ve created a soft floral hello card using hand made masks to create shading for the background layer. This gorgeous pink 2024-26 InColour is retiring at the end of April so stock up now if you love Pretty In Pink. The Extraordinary Flora Bundle […]

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Week 41 Help Me Grow Poppy Parade Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:58:00 +0000

This week for Colour Creations we’re celebrating Poppy Parade, and I’ve created a layered garden scene using three brand new Online Exclusives that will be available to order from Tuesday 3 March: Help Me Grow Bundle Garden Poetry 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper Wood Grain Wonders 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper This all-purpose […]

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Week 39 Petunia Pop Flowers Fair Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:58:00 +0000

Week 39 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations InstaHop is all about Petunia Pop and I could not resist going bold and floral to celebrate this gorgeous colour. This all-purpose card was the perfect excuse to play with two exciting new goodies. I used the brand new Stampin’ Positioner, a stamping alignment tool designed […]

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Week 38 Petal Pink & Very Vanilla Birthday Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:56:00 +0000

For Week 38 of Colour Creations, we are playing with the beautifully soft and versatile Petal Pink, and this week’s project is a birthday card that I’ve CASED from myself! The layout is based on a card I made three years ago using the Abigail Rose DSP paired with the Cottage Flowers Dies. It is […]

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Week 37 Pecan Pie – A cosy bookcase card for book lovers

What Cathy Made — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:58:00 +0000

I have worked in publishing all my life, and whether books are found in libraries, bookshops or stacked at home, they bring me an enormous amount of comfort, inspiration and joy. So for Week 37 of Colour Creations I knew I wanted to create something that celebrated that love of books using a combination of […]

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Peach Pie and Secret Sea Hello Card

What Cathy Made — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:57:00 +0000

Welcome to Week 36 of Colour Creations, where we are playing with the soft warmth of Peach Pie. For this project, I paired Peach Pie with a Secret Sea card base to create strong contrast and visual depth. These two colours work beautifully together. The Peach Pie really pops against the deep, moody background, while […]

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Old Olive Nature Walk DSP – A Scrapbook Page from Our New Zealand Adventure

What Cathy Made — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:57:00 +0000

Welcome to Week 25 of Colour Creations, where we are working with the ever versatile Old Olive. Old Olive is my favourite green and it seems to be the most “natural” of all of the Stampin’ Up! greens, along with Mossy Meadow. This week’s creation is a scrapbook page documenting part of our 2025 New […]

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