Welcome to Week 3 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 Secret Sea.
Secret Sea is a very dark blue-grey-green neutral colour that works beautifully with both warm and cool tones. Here’s a graphic I created to show how Secret Sea compares to the other dark blues and, grays and greens in the Stampin’ Up! range.
For this week’s project, I was inspired by the colour combination in the Boho Vibes DSP and so I’ve paired Secret Sea with Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, and a pop of Cajun Craze for contrast.
Secret Sea provided the perfect dark background to highlight the stunning floral imagery in the Layers of Beauty bundle.
For this card I didn’t use the masks included in the bundle. I stamped the floral and leaf images from the Layers of Beauty stamp set in Secret Sea and then coloured the images using Stampin’ Blends in:
Petal Pink (flowers)
Cajun Craze (floral centres and smaller flowers)
Mossy Meadow (leaves and foliage)
Once coloured, I die cut the entire panel using the coordinating Layers of Beauty dies and then cut the large floral image into three smaller pieces.Â
I layered the die cut pieces back onto a Secret Sea base to create a beautiful tone-on-tone effect with added dimension. You can really see the shadow and lift in the close-up photos!
TOP TIP – I used my Secret Sea Stampin’ Blend to colour the white cardstock edges of the die cut flowers and leaves.
To tie everything together, I used a splatter effect across the background – created by flicking watered-down Whisper White craft ink with a brush – for added texture.
The “Happy Birthday” sentiment comes from the Simply Said stamp set. I stamped it in Versamark Ink, heat embossed with WOW white embossing powder onto Cajun Craze card stock.
I backed the sentiment with Petal Pink cardstock to help it pop against the darker tones of the Secret Sea cardstock.
A bow of natural linen thread and a scattering of Petal Pink opaque dots adds softness and ties in with the colour palette.
The Petal Pink embellishments are from the Muted Palette Dots, which are part of the Boho Vibes Suite Collection.
Secret Sea is definitely a keeper in my craft stash. I love how it allows warmer tones like Cajun Craze and Petal Pink to shine.
Don’t forget to hop through the rest of the Art With Heart team to see more stunning Secret Sea projects!
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 Michele @taylormadedesigns58. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop are listed below:
Michele @taylormadedesigns58
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Andrea @andreaksargent
Vicki @vickiboucher
Leanne Mitchell @createwithleanne2
Theresa @teegeeinspirations
Kate @craftwithkate
Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel
Rachel P @rachelpalmieristampin
Rosa @hum.and.stamp
Helen @apaperparadise
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
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 4 of our 2025 – 2026 AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Strawberry Slush, another of the 2025 – 27 InColours.
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.Â
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.
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.
Today is an exciting day at Stampin’ Up! with the new 2025-26 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue going live! There are so many beautiful products in the brand new catalogue.
You can view and download a digital version of the new catalogue here. Or get in touch with me for your very own physical copy of the new catty if I haven’t already sent you one.
May Online Exclusives and Two New Kits
In addition to the new 2025-26 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue going live, there are two new kits and a heap of Online Exclusives added to the store today.
You take take a look at these gorgeous new products in my online store here.
Starter Kit Special
Want more products for free?
The Starter Kit Special includes:
$303 worth of products for only $169!
Your choice of ANY products, including BRAND NEW releases in the 2025–2026 Annual Catalogue and May Online Exclusives
Ongoing 20 – 25% discount on Stampin’ Up! products
Early access to new products
Opportunities to attend Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage and Creativity Now events
To find out more about the starter kit, contact me.
I’ll be back tomorrow with the first of our AWH Colour Creations 2025-2026 Insta hop where we will be showcasing Cloud cover, one of the new 2025-2026 InColours.
Today is National Scrapbooking Day and to celebrate Stampin’ Up! are offering 2x rewards on all purchases for 2 days only (2–3 May).
This offer applies to all orders of $35 AUD or more.
To claim your 2x rewards today and tomorrow you can place an order by visiting my online store here.
I’ll be back next week when the new 2025–2026 ANNUAL CATALOGUE goes live, the May Online Exclusives are released and two new kits will be added to the kit collection.
We’ll also be starting our 2025-25 AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop with one of the brand new Incolours, Cloud Cover.
Can you believe it’s Week 51, our very last week of the 2024 -2025 AWH Colour Creations hop!
After running this hop as a blog hop for many years, we transitioned to an Insta hop at the start of this year and we will continue as an Insta Hop for the 2025-2026 Blog hop which starts next week as the new Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue goes live.
This week we are saying farewell to Wild Wheat, one of the 2023–2025 In Colors that is about to retire and I’ve used the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and dies (also in the Last Chance section of the website) to make a birthday card.
The background DSP is from the Everyday Happiness 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper — I love its timeless patterns of florals, ginghams, polka dots in the teal and beige colour palette.
The gold embellishments come from the Garden of Thanks Kit or you could use the gold embellishments from the Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins.
I’ve coloured the daisies using Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends and deliberately kept the colour pallette monochrome to let Wild Wheat take the centre stage!
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 Vicki @VickiBoucher. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
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 the start of our new 2025 – 2026 weekly AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Cloud Cover, one of the 5 brand new InColours.
A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order. Week 49 is all about Smoky Slate and as it’s Easter this weekend I decided to make an Easter card to give to my six-year-old niece when we catch up with my husband’s family on Saturday.
I’m so happy with how my soft Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Easter card card turned out, even though I didn’t have a specific Easter stamp set or dies!
The Easter bunny stamp and die are from the Storybook Friends bundle, coloured using Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends
The Easter eggs are die cut using the oval die in the Linked Together Dies, creating Easter eggs from Smoky Slate and Petal Pink DSP in the Country Lace DSP.
The flowers and foliage are die cut using the Linked Together Dies then coloured using Smoky Slate and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends.
The sentiment is actually created using two different sentiments from the Storybook Friends stamp set and the embossed layer is dry embossed using the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder.
The embellishments are Smoky Slate Pearls from the Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls embellishment pack.
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.
Next in our hop is Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:
Rosa @hum.and.stamp
Helen @apaperparadise
Andrea @andreaksargent
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Kate @craftwithkate
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 our weekly AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Soft Sea Foam.
A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order. Week 48 is all about Shaded Spruce and I’ve made a birthday card.
The Shaded Spruce background layer on the left was created using blending Brushes to apply Shaded Spruce, Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green ink to Basic White cardstock.
I then used a water painter to splatter water and white ink refill diluted with water over the coloured cardstock.
The right hand side of the card front is a layer of Basic White cardstock embossed with the Eyelet Embossing folder. The left hand side of the card is the Shaded Spruce section of the coloured cardstock, torn on the edge.
The leaves are punched from the rest of the coloured cardstock using the Leaf Punch which is in the Last Chance products section of the website (as is the Gold Twisted Thread). The flowers and gold leaves are from the Wildflower Birthday Specialty Designer Series Paper and the “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.
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.
Next in our hop is Vicki @vickiboucher. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:
A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order. Week 47 is all about Real Red.
I must confess I usually only use Real Red for Christmas cards, so it was good to challenge myself to use it for a birthday card this week. This is my colour combination and I love it!Â
My card was made following an excellent template I purchased from an amazing UK Demonstrator called Liz Shannon. I bought this tutorial from her intending to make the adorable mid century bookcase but I ended up making the Secret Sliding card instead. I will make the other projects too.
Here is a picture of the projects included in her tutorial.
The alternative products I used in my card include the pot plant from the Attention Shoppers stamp set for the left hand panel.
Another pot plant from the new Online Exclusives stamp set, “She’s the Greatest” is stamped on the right hand panel.
I’ve also used the “Happy Birthday” sentiment from the Country Birdhouse stamp set for the front of the card.
And another sentiment the Country Birdhouse stamp set on the writing panel on the back of the card too.
Here’s a short video to show you how this card opens and closes.
I made a custom made envelope out of Real Red cardstock to fit this special card and made a name label for the front of the card using the To the Point Label Punch and the coordinating Bright Borders Stamp Set.
Unfortunately, the book I’d ordered as the birthday gift did not arrive in time so I printed a copy of the book’s cover and popped it into one of the cute little Book Treat Boxes.
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.
Next in our hop is Vicki @vickiboucher. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:
Hello! This week I’m back from On Stage in Brisbane where I had a wonderful time catching up with many of my Stampin’ Up! friends and exploring the exciting new products from the forthcoming 2025 -2026 Annual Catalogue and Online Exclusives, both coming in May.
I’ll be sharing some sneak peeks of the new products with you very soon, but in the meantime here are my cards for Week 45, which is all about Pretty Peacock, a member of our Regals family.
For my monochromatic colour scheme I’ve teamed Pretty Peacock with Lost Lagoon and Basic White. I love this colour combination!
The gorgeous DSPs I’ve used for these cards are called Serene Love 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper (on sale in the Last Chance section of the website now).
And this is the Everyday Happiness 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper, an Online Exclusive product.
All three cards use the the Linked Together Dies and/or the Linked Together Decorative Masks.
Card one has a fussy cut flower from the Serene Love DSP. The sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and the ribbon is Lost Lagoon cording. The Pretty Peacock layer is die cut with the Linked Together Dies.
Card two uses a gorgeous checked pattern from the Everyday Happiness DSP. The “hello friend” sentiment is also from the Country Birdhouse stamp set and the embellishments are Pool Party embellishments from the Glossy Dots Assortment.
For card three I used the Linked Together decorate masks with Pretty Peacock ink applied with a blending brush. I think the Lost Lagoon die cut stems would have shown up better if I’d used Lost Lagoon ink for the mask and Pretty Peacock cardstock for the die cuts.
I’ve only used one of the masks for my background – these masks are so affordable and a wonderful way to make your own DIY interesting backgrounds in any colour!
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 click on the links below.
Next in our hop is Claire @clairedalycreates. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s Insta Hop are listed below:
