Darling Ducking Mixed Florals Cards

by What Cathy Made | May 14, 2025 | 2025-26 In Colors, 2025–2027 In Color Flat Pearls, Darling Ducking, Mixed Florals Bundle, Painted Stripes stamp set, Spotlight on Nature dies, Stripes & Dots stamp set, What Cathy Made

Welcome to Week 2 of the brand new 2025-26 AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop!

For the first five weeks of our AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop we are introducing the five new 2025-26 In Colors in alphabetical order and this week we are showcasing Darling Ducking.

Here’s a graphic I created to show how Darling Ducking compares to the other yellows and light greens in the Stampin’ Up! range.

My two cards this week both use the Online Exclusive Mixed Florals bundle along with two fabulous new background stamps I’ve used to hand make my own patterned background: the Painted Stripes stamp set and the Stripes & Dots stamp set.

Card one is a birthday card with a striped background created using the Painted Stripes stamp set. 

I love these bold stripes of yellow created using just the one stamp!

The daffodil and baby’s breath image is also one stamp coloured using Stampin’ Blends in Darling Ducking and Old Olive.

The white circle layer is die cut using the largest Spotlight on Nature Circle dies.

Card two uses the dotted stamp from the Stripes & Dots stamp set. This stamp can be used as either one single stamp set or split into four different stamps than can used in a variety of ways.

I’ve simply repeated the dotted stamp to create the spotty background layer.

This thank you card was coloured using the same Stampin’ Blends in Darling Ducking and Old Olive.

Both cards use sentiments from the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, 2025–2027 In Color Flat Pearls and White Bakers Twine.

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 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 are listed below:

Kate @craftwithkate

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Vicki @vickiboucher

Andrea @andreaksargent

Helen @apaperparadise

Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel

Leanne Mitchell@createwithleanne

Rosa @hum.and.stamp 

Cathy @whatcathymade 

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase the products I’ve used for my card in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

I’ll be back next Wednesday night with Week 3 of our 2025 – 2026 AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Secret Sea, another of the 5 brand new InColours.

I hope you can join us then.