This week for Colour Creations we’re celebrating Poppy Parade, and I’ve created a layered garden scene using three brand new Online Exclusives that will be available to order from Tuesday 3 March:
Help Me Grow Bundle
Garden Poetry 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper
Wood Grain Wonders 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper
This all-purpose “hello” card was the perfect excuse to play with these exciting new goodies, as well as a fabulous embossing folder which is currently in the last chance section of the website.
My colour combination of Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce, Basic White, Early Espresso and Pecan Pie was inspired by the colours in the two Designer Series Papers I used for the card.
The Garden Poetry 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper gives the plant flowers and leaves a soft watercolour effect, so it looks hand coloured without any actual colouring.
I simply used the Help Me Grow dies to die cut the leaves and flowers from the Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce patterns in the DSP.
The three plant pots from the Help Me Grow dies are cut from the timber patterns in the Wood Grain Wonders DSP, giving them beautiful warmth and realism.
Behind the garden scene, I added a panel embossed with the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder. It gives the softest, delicate background texture without competing with the focal point. And at $7.70 on the Last Chance list, it’s an absolute steal.
The only stamping on the card is the simple “Hello” sentiment from the Help Me Grow stamp set.
I embellished the garden scene with three Ladybirds from the Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes and a few Poppy Parade Dear Dots in the centre of the flowers.
Take a look at some more Poppy Parade inspiration on our Insta Hop!
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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
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Rachel @rachelpalmieristampin
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
Thank you for joining me for Week 41 of Colour Creations. We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Pretty In Pink. I hope you can join us then.
Week 39 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations InstaHop is all about Petunia Pop and I could not resist going bold and floral to celebrate this gorgeous colour.
This all-purpose card was the perfect excuse to play with two exciting new goodies.
I used the brand new Stampin’ Positioner, a stamping alignment tool designed to make stamping easier and more accurate. It’s free with the current joining offer.
There are so many cool things you can do with the Stampin’ Positioner. You can stamp perfectly aligned images, create repeating backgrounds, stamp Two-Step images with ease, and make multiples in minutes.
It is perfect for background stamps like this one, the Flowers Fair background stamp set, which will be available in the upcoming March Online Exclusives.
This is the first time Stampin’ Up! have released a background stamp in photopolymer, so the Stampin’ Positioner was absolutely the hero tool here for getting a crisp, perfectly placed impression. Top tip: I “seasoned” the stamp with an eraser before stamping to help the ink grip beautifully on the first impression.
To add dimension, I stamped a second image, fussy cut three flowers and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I tucked little bows of Linen Thread underneath each flower for a soft, textured finish.
I’ve coloured the stamp with Stampin’ Blends in Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. I love this colour combination!
The sentiment is from the January Product of the Month, the Fabulous Sayings stamp set. I deliberately kept the inside blank so this card can work for lots of different occasions.
Take a look at some more Petunia Pop 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
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Helen @apaperparadise
Rachel @handstamped_by_rachel
Andrea @andreaksargent
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
Thank you for joining me for Week 39 of Colour Creations. We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing the ever versatile, Pool Party. I hope you can join us then.
