Cloud Cover Beautiful Gallery and Sunrise Sailing Cards
Welcome to Week 1 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: Cloud Cover, Darling Ducking, Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush and Timid Tiger.
Here’s a graphic I created to show how Cloud Cover compares to the other light blues, greens, blue/greens and grays in the Stampin’ Up! range.
Card one is a birthday card I made for my friend, Liz. It features a piece of the stunning Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper, Cloud Cover cardstock and Secret Sea cardstock (another 2025-26 In Color).
The DSP is so stunning I let it do most of the work and decided to simply frame it like a painting.
The Secret Sea Embellishments come from the 2025–2027 In Color Flat Pearls and the frame was created using the largest and second largest Textured Notes Dies.
Inside the card I’ve stamped a sentiment from the You Are Remarkable Stamp Set and the “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” sentiment is from the Simply Said stamp set.
Card two is a CASE of a the sample card Stampin’ Up! have on their website to showcase the brand new Sunrise Sailing Bundle. I’ve used ink on both the inside of my embossing folder as I embossed and sponge daubers on the embossed scene to add White Ink and Secret Sea Ink to the Cloud Cover sailing scene.
This bundle includes a Two-Step Stampin’ set (allowing you to layer two or more images to create one final image with extra texture and dimension in the colours you want) and the Sunrise Sailing Hybrid Embossing Folder.
Hybrid Embossing Folders include dies that fit inside special ridges in the embossing folder for one-step cutouts with dimension that can be used separately or together for a variety of looks and styles.
For both cards I made matching envelopes using a strip of Cloud Cover striped DSP from the brand new Florals in Bloom 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper on the back of the envelope flap.
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 Andrea @andreaksargent. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop are listed below:
Andrea @andreaksargent
Kate @craftwithkate
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Claire @clairedalycreates
Michele @taylormadedesigns58
Helen @apaperparadise
Theresa @teegeeinspirations
Rachel P @rachelpalmieristampin
Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel
Vicki @vickiboucher
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 2 of our 2025 – 2026 weekly AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Darling Ducking one of the 5 brand new InColours.
I hope you can join us then.