Welcome to week twelve 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 Calypso Coral.
Unfortunately, I had to make some sympathy cards this week so I reached for the Awash in Beauty suite. I love the soft watercolour flowers in this suite and the sentiments in the True Beauty Stamp Set include “Here for you always” and “with love” – just perfect for a sympathy card.
This large lattice die can be used for masking or as a background die to give an embossed effect as I’ve done on this card.
Just remember to attach an adhesive sheet to the card stock before die cutting – it makes it very easy to position and adhere to the card base.
Would you believe that apart from the sentiment, there is no stamping at all on this card? These gorgeous flowers and leaves are all images from the Awash in Beauty Designer Series Paper, die cut with the coordinating Organic Beauty dies.
I love how Calypso Coral looks when it’s paired with these other colours in a bunch of flowers.
The “Here For You Always” sentiment was stamped in Mossy Meadow onto a 3/4 inch strip of DSP and then cut to the desired length using the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.
My favourite ribbon from the July-December Mini catalogue is the Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ (1 cm) Satin Edged Ribbon. I’ve cut a length of it in half to create a double bow with the metallic Simply Elegant Trim.
Because this card wasn’t going in the post – it was hand delivered with a bunch of flowers – I used my bone folder and fingers to curl up the edges of all of the flowers, adding a lot of dimension to the card.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Ros Davidson – I can’t wait to see what Ros has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Today I’m farewelling the Lots Of Happy Card Kit – one of my favourite kits of all time. It includes everything you need to make 20 cards, even the acrylic block to mount your stamps on and the adhesives to attach the elements to the card front.
The watercolour pencils included in the kit are some of my favourite colours. Here’s what the cards look like coloured in with the pencils included in the kit.
For my cards tonight I thought I’d show you how these cards look created with different colours, mixing up the design elements. I used Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point and Granny Apple Green watercolour pencils and my blender pen to blend the colours together.
I love how this bold black and white striped paper works so well with the Sahara Sand Card bases as a neutral palette you can mix with any other colours.
The card bases come in 5 different sizes and shapes. This birthday card is made from one of the large card bases.
And here’s the other birthday card design I made using one of the large card bases.
This smaller, rectangular note card is just perfect to accompany a gift.
And how cool is this hexagonal shape. Like every card in this kit, it comes with its very own matching envelope.
The smallest note card base is so adorable. I like to include little notecards this size when I’m giving a bunch of flowers or a small gift like a pair of earrings.
Tomorrow I will be sharing some more cards with you, but in the meantime you can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
Wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
Did you know that today, May 20, is International Bee Day?
As soon as I heard this on the radio today I knew exactly which retiring product I would feature in my blog today: the adorable Honey Bee bundle.
I resisted purchasing this bundle for a very long time because I had borrowed my mum’s bundle, but it is just so adorable I had to buy a set for my self before it retired.
Here’s the card I made today for a special friend of mine who has her very own bee hive.
The colours I used were Crushed Curry, Basic Black and Mint Macaroon. I punched the “Thinking of you Sweet Friend” using the new Lovely Label punch which will be available to purchase on June 3 when the 2020-21 Annual Catalogue goes live.
A few Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels finished off my card, just in time before I gave it to my very special bee keeping friend, Amanda.
Tomorrow I will be sharing some more cards with you, but in the meantime you can view all the retiring products in my online shop.
Would you like me your very own Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalogue?
If you’d like me to post you your very own copy of the 2020-21 Stampin Up! Mini Catalogue, the 2019-20 Stampin Up! annual catalogue, or to simply find out about more about Stampin’ Up! contact me.
Wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm…and keep on crafting xxx
