Welcome to week forty-eight of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop – only two weeks to go!
Our colour this week is Starry Sky, one of the 2022-24 In Colors that is about to retire. I’ve paired it with another retiring 2022-24 In Color, Orchid Oasis to make a turtle birthday card.
This is simple-to-make monochromatic card achieves its visual interest thanks to the incredible Rays Of Light stamp set that is also about to retire. I’m really going to miss this background stamp.
Another stamp about to retire is the Sending Smiles Stamp set, which I’ve used to stamp the birthday sentiment. Luckily the reversible Sea Turtle stamp set is carrying over to the new catalogue.
After stamping the Rays of Light stamp in Starry Sky I used a blending brush to add a touch of Orchid Oasis around the border.
The reversible turtle was stamped in both Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis before being fussy cut and adhered to the Rays of Light layer with dimensionals.
The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Shock, horror, I’ve actually remembered to stamp the inside of my card as well!
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri. I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
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Catherine Proctor – you are here!
We’ll be back showcasing Sweet Sorbet next Wednesday, 17th April. I hope you can join us then.
It really does seem a shame that Rays of Light is retiring Cathy. It sure adds a nice dimension to your ocean scene. A monochromatic scheme is quite refreshing sometimes, and it works well with this turtle.
Beautiful card, Cathy. Those Rays of Light are so perfect for your turtle swimming up to the surface. It’s such a shame it is retiring, but thankfully the Sea Turtle set will still be with us!
Don’t these two in colors go so well together. I really like the Rays of Light to create a centrepiece for the beautiful turtle.
This card would be a fantastic card for a bloke who loves the ocean! I’m going to miss the Rays of Light stamp set too 🙁
Love, love, love your card Cathy. I love how you’ve used these three soon to be discontinued sets to make this card.
It’s quite a tragedy, that Rays of Light is retiring! Your card is beautiful, Cath. The way you’ve softly blended the ink, over the stamped rays, makes it look like the turtle is floating/swimming towards the surface of water, with sun shining on it.
The Rays of Light is a great pairing with the Turtle; as is SS with OO. So fun Cathy. xxx