Welcome to week eighteen of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Coastal Cabana, a beautiful aqua colour from the Brights Family.
As it is Father’s Day this Sunday I’ve made a Father’s Day card for my husband. You’ll see the Father’s Day card I’ve made for my dad in next week’s Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop.
I found the instructions for this pop up fancy fold card on Youtube. The papercrafter who designed this fancy fold is called Ann Melvin and she has wonderfully clear and easy to follow instructions on her Positively Papercraft Youtube channel. Although Ann calls this type of fancy fold a “Nappy fold card” I prefer to call it a hexagonal pop-up platform card!
This card folds flat to pop into an envelope and the pop up element is created without any dies, which is great!
I’ve chopped up one of the card bases from the Boho Beach Kit to decorate the outside hexagon band. This Lost Lagoon pattern looks just like the froth and bubble of the ocean and coordinates beautifully with Coastal Cabana!
Inspired by the Boho Beach Kit, my colour combination is Coastal Cabana, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie and Basic White.
It was a no-brainer to use the Beach Days bundle to make a card for my surfer mad husband, however this pop-up fancy fold card base can be used to create any kind of scene.
The “Happy Father’s Day” sentiment is from the Gone Fishing stamp set, die cut using the smallest rectangle in the Nested Essentials dies. The DSP used to create the surfboards is from the Brights 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper.
A trio of brown Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins completes the front of the card.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Amie McIllroy – I can’t wait to see what Amie has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday 4th September, showcasing Copper Clay or you can join us on Monday night for some more Christmas inspiration.
Welcome to week eighteen of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
It’s Father’s day this coming Sunday and as my husband loves to surf (am I allowed to say “lives” to surf?) I was super excited to see that the new Trucking Along stamp set includes a stamp with a surfboard and a palm tree.
Pete also drives a ute so this was the perfect stamp set to use for his Father’s Day card!
Tomorrow is also the last day of Stampin’ Up!’s kit sale, so I’ve used some of the pre-cut palm tree pieces from the A Little Smile All-Inclusive Card Kit on my card.
They work so well with the surfboard/palm stamp from the Trucking Along stamp set and the A Little Smile All-Inclusive Card Kit is on sale for $25.90 until midnight tomorrow night!
This kit also gave me inspiration for the the colour combination and background of my Father’s Day card. I used blending brushes to create layers of Crumb Cake and Coastal Cabana and die cut it out with the third largest Deckled Rectangle die.
I also added an additional white cardstock layer behind the top layer, die cut with the largest Deckled Rectangle die. To make our metric half A4 card base fit imperial American sized dies such as the Deckled Rectangle dies I simply trim about 1cm off one side of the card base before I adhere all the layers together.
Two utes were stamped in Coastal Cabana, with the second ute cut in half to add a trailer to the back of the first ute. Although there is a matching punch, I fussy cut both utes so I could add the surfboard stamp in the back of the first ute and create the trailer from the second ute.
The “Special Delivery” sentiment was going to sit in the ute trailer, however I decided at the last minute to pop it on the palm trees. It’s been punched out with the Double Oval Punch.
These new Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins are from the forthcoming September – December catalogue and they’re stunning! I’ve used the Old Olive sequins to match the palm trees and add a touch of bling to complete the card front.
The Father’s Day sentiment inside the card is from the Gone Fishing stamp set, stamped in Coastal Cabana. I added another pre-cut palm tree from the kit to finish off the inside.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week fourteen of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop! This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Coastal Cabana.
A special friend deserves a special card, especially if they are a crafter. My special friend, Jenny, celebrates her birthday this week and guess what? She owns a vintage caravan, has two dogs and lives by the sea.
Sadly, her corporate job does not allow much time for Jen to craft anymore, but I know she will enjoy receiving this side step birthday card that includes and celebrates many of her favourite things!
Coastal Cabana is also one of Jenny’s favourite colours and it features on her caravan, so I used the Tree Lot Dies to recreate Sylvia, her vintage caravan, in silver foil, Coastal Cabana and Basic Black, decorated with a Bermuda Bay bunting!
If you’re still thinking about getting these free (with any order over $180), adorable Sale-a-bration dies, run, don’t walk! They have already sold out in other countries and there’s only 4 weeks left of sale-a-bration!
There are 24 dies in total in the Tree Lots Die set, and yes, I’m including a set of these dies as part of Jen’s birthday present. Hopefully they will inspire her to craft again as I really miss crafting with her!
The sky background has been created using Tahitian Tide ink applied with a blending brush – the clouds are from the “Give it a Whirl” Dies.
The sand hills are cut with the Basic Borders dies, while the palm trees, grass and the sun are all die cut using the Palms Dies.
Why didn’t I use Sahara Sand for the sandhills? Fun fact – the beach where Jenny lives actually has a dark and coarse sand that it is closer in colour to Crumb Cake than it is to Sahara Sand.
If you’d like to create a side step card yourself, here is the step-by-step metric template I designed last year to minimise waste so you can make two side step cards per A4 sheet of cardstock.
Side Step card template
Please note – for tonight’s card I have changed one of the measurements on my template below.
Instead of measuring in 8 cm from one side, I measured in 10 cm to allow enough room for my caravan and palm trees. All of the other measurements are the same as below.
Measure in 10 cm from the left (or 8 cm as per the template above) on the 14.8 cm side of your card base and draw a pencil line from top to bottom.
Along this pencil line, measure down 4.5cm from the top of the card stock and measure up 2.5 cm from the base of the card stock. The solid line in between these 2 measurements is your only cutting line for this card – I’ve marked this as a solid black line in my template.
Cut along this solid line, being very careful not to cut above or below this line.
All the other dotted lines are fold lines – measure and score these with your paper trimmer.
Once you’ve scored these lines, rub out the pencil mark along your cut line and fold the score lines. Your card base is now ready to decorate.
Here’s another look what my vintage caravan side step card looks like from the side. It folds flat to fit into a standard C6 Envelope for posting.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie – I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week 12 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Coastal Cabana, a colour from the Brights family.
Did I hear you say “step away from the Be Dazzling DSP, Catherine”? Well, sorry, not sorry, I just can’t seem to stop using this SALE-a-bration specialty DSP!
Tonight’s Coastal Cabana card pairs something old (the All Things Fabulous stamp set and the Fabulous Floral dies) with something new (the FREE Be Dazzling DSP). The colour combination I’ve used is one I’m always drawn to for summer dresses, scarves and earrings: Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Gray Granite, Basic White and of course, the gorgeous champagne gold sparkle of the Be Dazzling DSP.
The largest flowers on my card are stamped using 3-step stamps that gradually layer up the colour of the flower – each level of stamp is numbered inside the stamp case. There are so many different colour combinations you can create with this type of stamp. Here’s how I inked up my flowers for this card.
Stamp the largest flower stamps (1A, 2A and 3A) in Coastal Cabana, stamped off once
Stamp the middle stamps (1B, 2B and 3B) in full strength Coastal Cabana
Stamp the smallest, top stamp (1C, 2C and 3C) in full strength Bermuda Bay
The leaves were stamped in Gray Granite, both at full strength and stamped off. I also die cut a few leaves from the Be Dazzling DSP and added 5mm strips of the Be Dazzling DSP at the top and bottom of my card, sitting beside the largest, intricate lacy die (from the Fabulous Floral dies) that has been cut in half and placed either side of the main front panel.
I used some left over stamped and die cut sprigs and leaves to decorate the inside of my card.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented Caroline Manwaring. I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
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Welcome to week 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 11 – Coastal Cabana
Coastal Cabana is one of the brights and such a happy colour – exactly what we all need in our world right now! Today I’ve paired it with Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Whisper White to create two watercolour scenes.
I’ve used a beautiful stamp set called Seaside View that I gave to my “crafting partner in crime” (AKA known as Jenny Boffey!) as part of her birthday present last week.
I then immediately borrowed it back from her to make my Coastal Cabana Cards!
I stamped my seaside images using Black Stazon ink onto Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper and then used my smallest water painter brush to lift ink off the lids of the my ink pads and water colour my scenes.
The sentiments are also from the Seaside View stamp set but I stamped them with the Saddle Brown Stazon ink – I love this colour and I think it looks great with Soft Suede.
The background layer for my “Take Time for Yourself” card is die cut using the largest Ornate Layer die and the other layers are cut using the stitched rectangle dies.
Card two also uses the largest Ornate Layer die but it was too big for the notecard base so I trimmed the edge off the die and uses it as a lace detail at the top and the base of my card.
Don’t you love it when you already have the matching prop for a photo shoot? I found these miniature chairs at an op shop several years ago – they are so cute and just perfect for this Coastal Cabana seaside card!
Both cards are finished off with a bow of linen thread.
I can’t wait to see what the rest of the Art With Heart team have created with Coastal Cabana today. Click on the links below to see what they’ve made.
Next Tuesday we’ll be showcasing one of the Regal family: Crumb Cake. 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
