Week 43 Pretty Peacock and Stampin’ Up! Kits
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 card for my husband
Pretty Peacock is one of those colours that instantly makes me think of the ocean, which made it the perfect colour to use for my surfing husband.
For my main project this week I used elements from the Adventure Awaits Kit to create my husband’s birthday card on a Pretty Peacock slimline card base. His birthday was last Tuesday and he loved the card!
The Adventure Awaits Kit includes some fantastic travel and coastal themed die cuts. The surfboards in the back of the ute were perfect for creating a relaxed beach scene as his car is a ute!
To build the card, I layered two circular seaside scenes from the kit to create the horizon and boardwalk. Then I added the turquoise ute loaded with surfboards, a palm tree for that instant tropical feel, and a few balloons to give the card a celebratory touch.
The bold HAPPY birthday sentiment comes from the Happy Place Stamp Set, coloured in with my Pool Party and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends.
The finished card feels like a little snapshot of the perfect day for Pete: ute packed, boards ready and ocean in view!
The Lots to Love Kit
I also wanted to share three cards I made using the Lots to Love Kit because the designs are so beautiful and are even prettier in real life than they appear in the online photos.
Sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy a kit exactly as it was designed (although I did cut one of the sentiments to make it shorter), and this one is a great reminder that quick cards can still feel really special.
The colour combinations in this kit are not ones I would normally use but they are really gorgeous too, with bright florals paired with soft backgrounds that make the flowers really pop.
Take a look at some more Pretty Peacock 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 copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search engine window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.
Next in our Hop is Kate @craftwithkate. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:
Kate @craftwithkate
Helen @apaperparadise
Rachel @rachelpalmieristampin
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
Thank you for joining me for Week 43 of Colour Creations. We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Pumpkin Pie. I hope you can join us then.