Crisp Cantaloupe & Hobby Haven Mother’s Day Card
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 In Colours. It is a soft peachy-apricot shade that sits beautifully between pink and orange.
Here it is in comparison to the other current pinks in our colour range.
I’ve created a very personal Mother’s Day card inspired by books, quilting and my mum’s lifelong love of reading. Even though the Hobby Haven 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper doesn’t contain Crisp Cantaloupe, the colours in the DSP worked beautifully with my Crisp Cantaloupe card base.
I layered the Petal Pink and white grid-striped DSP before building a cosy little reading scene using die-cut elements and fussy-cut images from the Hobby Haven DSP.
The sentiments on both the front of the card are from the Sending Salutations Stamp Set, stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe, and the word “mum” is from the A Family Celebration Stamp Set, stamped in Pecan Pie.
I also continued the book-themed scene inside the card with extra die-cut elements and more fussy-cut pieces from the Hobby Haven DSP, stamping the inside sentiment in Pecan Pie to tie in with the DSP colours.
The inspiration behind the card was especially meaningful this year. For Mother’s Day I made my mum a lap quilt using the #booknerd quilt pattern so she can stay warm while sitting in her favourite reading chair with a good book.
The quilt itself was inspired by a remnant piece of fabric from the Literary range by Heather Givens — I used this for the quilt backing. It felt particularly fitting because Mum’s name is Heather and she’s a retired English teacher!
One of my favourite details was repurposing the selvedge edge from the Literary fabric backing as one of the book spines in the quilt design.
I personalised the fabric book spines to include some of her favourite books and I’m sure her favourite one was “James” by Percival Everett.
I love creating cards that perfectly reflect both the gift and the interests of the person I’m giving them to. I also love when card making becomes part of a bigger handmade story. This project ended up being about far more than colour. It became a celebration of comfort, creativity, books, memories and mothers.
Take a look at some more Crisp Cantaloupe inspiration on our Insta Hop!
Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!
Simply go to my Insta handles in a new search engine window to follow the Instagram hop: @whatcathymade.
Next week we are showcasing another one of the brand new 2026–27 In Colours, Crisp Cantaloupe.
I hope you can join us then.
