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Shy Shamrock Capturing Smiles Hello Card

by What Cathy Made | Apr 8, 2026 | Capturing smiles. bundle, Help Me Grow Bundle, shy shamrock, What Cathy Made

For week 47 of the Art With Heart Colour Creations we’re celebrating Shy Shamrock, a soon to be retired 2024-26 InColour.

I’ve paired “something old” (the soon to be retired Shy Shamrock cardstock, Shy Shamrock ink and the Beautiful Patterns 3D Embossing Folder) with something new (the Capturing Smiles Bundle and the Help Me Grow Bundle), both March Online Exclusives products.

The background layer is embossed with the Beautiful Patterns 3D Embossing Folder and to enhance the texture, I used a blending brush to gently add Shy Shamrock ink over the raised design.

This simple technique really brings the pattern to life, highlighting all those gorgeous details without needing extra layers.

For the focal point, I stamped, heat embossed in silver and die cut several layers of black cardstock to create the cutest vintage camera, using the Capturing Smiles Bundle, heat embossing it on Basic Black cardstock.

The delicate flowers from the Help Me Grow Bundle are die cut in Pretty in Pink cardstock and I’ve added some Pretty in Pink ink with a blending brush.

This fresh green of the Shy Shamrock background layer and die cut leaves contrasts well with the softness of the Pretty in Pink flowers and the Basic Black camera with Silver embossing , all layered against an embossed layer of Basic White.

As the sentiments in the Capturing Smiles bundle are more suited to scrapbooking, I finished the card with a simple “hello” sentiment from the Help Me Grow bundle.

I also added a few Pretty in Pink embellishments from the soon to be retired Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems.

Take a look at some more Shy Shamrock 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 Helen @apaperparadise. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.

The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:

Helen @apaperparadise

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Kate @craftwithkate

Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here.

Thank you for joining me for Week 47 of Colour Creations. We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Smoky Slate. I hope you can join us then.

2024-26 In Colors – Shy Shamrock Card

by What Cathy Made | May 22, 2024 | 2024-26 In Colors, Country Birdhouse stamp set, Country Flowers Bundle, Country flowers Stamp set, shy shamrock, What Cathy Made

Welcome to week four of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!

Today we’re featuring another of the new 2024-26 In Colors: Shy Shamrock. I’ve created this graphic to show how Shy Shamrock compares to the current blue/greens in the Stampin Up! colour range.

This week’s card continues my Country Woods Suite theme. My Shy Shamrock card uses the teapot in the Country Flowers stamp set to create a retro 50’s colour scheme Happy Birthday card.

If you’ve never created your own pattern using stamps before I recommend you begin by drawing a grid on your card front with a pencil you can rub out later. Use these grid lines to guide you and always stamp the images in your pattern off the sides of your cardstock.

Did you notice the teapot lids on my teapots? Although there is a teapot lid die in the Country Flowers dies, unfortunately there is no teapot lid stamp in the Country Flowers stamp set.

I watched Susan Wong draw her own teapot lids with a fine line marker in a Crafty Carrot video and I loved this idea so I CASED it! I first stamped the single line stamp and then drew the rest of the lid with my fine line marker.