Welcome to week three of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
Today we’re featuring another of the new 2024-26 In Colors: Pretty in Pink. I’ve created this graphic to show how Pretty in Pink compares to the current pinks in the Stampin Up! colour range.
This week’s card continues the Country Woods Suite theme. My Pretty in Pink card uses the Country Flowers bundle to create a flower market scene backed by a layer of Country Lace DSP.
I’ve CASED this card from page 48 of the Annual Catalogue. I loved the white painted tips of the milking stool, created with Pecan Pie light and dark Stampin’ Blends.
My version of this card has a colour scheme theat pairs Pretty in Pink with Granny Apple Green and a mix of neutrals: Basic Black, Basic White, Pecan Pie and Smoky Slate. I’ve also used the Country Lace DSP instead of an embossed cardstock layer.
Stampin’ Blends are the secret to creating dimension on the flower market tin container and the Pretty in Pink teapot. The Stampin’ Blends Colour Lifter pulls colour from images I’ve coloured with Stampin’ Blends markers to create additional highlights and dimension.
Blending the Pretty in Pink, Granny Apple Green and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends makes it easy to create colourful pink and green variegated plants too.
The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set, die cut out using an online exclusive die: Happy Little Things Dies. I then adhered the die cut sentiment to a strip of Smoky slate cardstock and used my paper snips to trim the ends to match the die cut.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The Country Woods Suite is hands down my favourite suite in the new catalogue so it was a no brainer to use it to make a Mother’s Day card for my mum.
However, as Mum reads my blog I couldn’t post this card until after we had our Mother’s Day get together at my place last night!
I’ve used the Country Woods Designer Series Paper, the Country Lace Designer Series Paper, the Country Birdhouse Dies and the Country Flowers Dies to create a sweet country collage scene of a bunch of flowers sitting on the edge of a wooden table.
I thought the Smoky Slate striped pattern from the Country Lace Designer Series Paper looked like wallpaper and the dark Early Espresso wood pattern from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper would be perfect for the table. So this stunning DSP was the starting point for my design.
Mum loves blues, especially Misty Moonlight, so I cut the jug that holds the flowers from another DSP pattern in the Country Lace. I also cut a cute little teapot with a lid and then decided not to use the teapot on this card – I’ll save it for another card.
The sweet little Petal Pink flowers are also die cut from the Country Lace Designer Series Paper using Country Flowers Dies. To make the green leaves I randomly coloured Basic White cardstock using Mossy Meadow Stampin Blends in light and dark before die cutting them out.
The “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment comes from the Sentimental Rose Kit, stamped in Early Espresso onto another wood DSP design in the Country Woods DSP.
I used two of the roof dies from the Country Birdhouse dies to create a picture frame for the sentiment. And the hanging bow die from the Country Birdhouse dies to add a bow of ribbon to the vase.
Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins add the final touch of bling!
I’ll be back on Wednesday night with the AWH Colour Creations team showcasing one of the new 2024 -26 In Colours, Pretty in Pink. I hope you can join me then.
Welcome to week two of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
Today we’re featuring another of the new 2024-26 In Colors: Petunia Pop. I’ve created this graphic to show how Petunia Pop compares to the current pink/purple colours in the Stampin Up! colour range.
The Country Woods Suite is so stunning and versatile I’ve decided to use it for the first five weeks of our blog hop as we showcase the five new 2024-26 In Colors.
This week, I’ve used the Country Woods Designer Series Paper and both the Country Birdhouse Dies and the Country Flowers Dies. I was inspired by this pattern in the Designer Series Paper.
I used my Stampin’ Blends to colour a different design from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper to create different coloured wood panels for my birdhouse.
I’ve also stamped the “Happy birthday” sentiment from the Country Birdhouse stamp set directly onto this DSP.
I love this colour combination of Petunia Pop, Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Gray Granite, Basic Black and Basic White!
TIP – to define the wood panels and make this DSP look more like the original DSP design that inspired this card I used a Stampin’ Marker in Basic Black and a ruler to draw black lines between each of the colours.
I used a different DSP pattern for the base of the card – you can see it under the card in this photo below. The Basic Black circle forming the opening of the birdhouse is from the Bright Skies Dies.
Adhesive-backed Fresh Freesia and Misty Moonlight gems from the Tinsel Gems Three-Pack add the final touch of bling!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan – I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week one of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
Today the new 2024-25 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue goes live and we’re kicking off our 2024-25 blog hop with the five new 2024-26 In Colors: Peach Pie, Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock and Summer Splash.
Our colour for Week One is Peach Pie. I’ve created this graphic to show how it compares to the current orange/pink/peach colours in the Stampin Up! colour range.
I’ve paired Peach Pie with Basic Black, Old Olive, Basic White and a new Basics colour called Basic Beige.
My favourite suite in the new Annual Catalogue is the Country Woods Suite Collection.
I’ve used two of the stamp sets from this suite for my card tonight –Country Flowers and Country Birdhouse – as well as the Eyelet embossing folder on my Peach Pie card.
Here’s a close up of the embossed cardstock – swoon! I think this is one of the prettiest embossing folders we have ever had.
The striped DSP down the left side of the card is from the 2024–2026 In Color 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper that all new demonstrators joining in May 2024 will receive for free. And the brand new 2024–2026 In Color Shimmer Gems complete my card!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Rosa Leyden – I can’t wait to see what Rosa has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week fifty of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop, the last one for the year before we start again next Wednesday night with our 2024-25 blog hop!
Tahitian Tide, one of the 2022-24 InColors is retiring on 31st April. I’ve paired it with Pumpkin Pie and used the adorable Birds Eye View stamp set (thankfully, this set is carrying over) to make two cards for this week.
As the Birds Eye View stamp set does not have any sentiments I’ve used sentiments from the Happy Labels stamp set. This stamp set is retiring on 31st April and it is massively reduced from $42 to $16.80 – well worth snapping up at this price!
I didn’t have any Tahitian Tide DSP left so I used my Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blends to colour black and white patterns from both the Rock & Roll Designer Series Paper and the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper.
Card one features the Rock & Roll Designer Series Paper coloured with the dark Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blend and the spotted Pumpkin Pie design from the Brights Designer Series Paper.
The bird was coloured in using light and dark Tahitian Tide, Pumpkin Pie and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends. I love these three colours together!
For both cards, the embossing folders used on the top layer of Basic White Cardstock are from the Basics embossing folders, an online only exclusive that has three different folders.
And the fronds behind the bird are die cut using the Textured Floral dies.
For card two I’ve coloured the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper using my light Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blend and used another design from the Pumpkin Pie DSP in the Brights Designer Series Paper collection.
This bird was also coloured in using light and dark Tahitian Tide, Pumpkin Pie and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends.
This bird is sitting on a frond from the Textured Floral dies.
Balmy Blue Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Pumpkin Pie Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins and a simple bow of linen thread complete each card.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Christine Blain – I can’t wait to see what Christine has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
We’ll be back next Wednesday, 1st May, when the new 2024-25 Annual Catalogue goes live. Our first colour for the AWH Colour Creations 2024-25 blog is Peach Pie, one of the new InColors.
Welcome to week forty-nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop – only one more week to go before we start again with our 2024-25 blog hop!
Our colour this week is Sweet Sorbet and. I’ve used the gorgeous Enduring Beauty Bundle to make a birthday card.
The Enduring Beauty Bundle includes the Enduring Beauty Stamp Set, the Enduring Beauty Dies, and the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks. These are easy to line up with the notches on the masks. I’ve used blending brushes to add the layers of colour.
The flowers and leaves are coloured in Sweet Sorbet and Granny Apple Green.
The Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder is retiring soon – I’ve embossed the vellum layer with this gorgeous embossing folder. I accidentally trimmed it a bit short after embossing and I didn’t have enough vellum left to make another layer, however the recipient of the card didn’t seem to mind!
The Pansy Patch stamp set has stunning mixed font sentiments and is retiring soon as well.
I stamped the front sentiment in versmark and heat embossed it in white.
And used another sentiment from Pansy Patch for the inside of my card as well.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Di Furniss. I can’t wait to see what Di has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week forty-eight of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop – only two weeks to go!
Our colour this week is Starry Sky, one of the 2022-24 In Colors that is about to retire. I’ve paired it with another retiring 2022-24 In Color, Orchid Oasis to make a turtle birthday card.
This is simple-to-make monochromatic card achieves its visual interest thanks to the incredible Rays Of Light stamp set that is also about to retire. I’m really going to miss this background stamp.
Another stamp about to retire is the Sending Smiles Stamp set, which I’ve used to stamp the birthday sentiment. Luckily the reversible Sea Turtle stamp set is carrying over to the new catalogue.
After stamping the Rays of Light stamp in Starry Sky I used a blending brush to add a touch of Orchid Oasis around the border.
The reversible turtle was stamped in both Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis before being fussy cut and adhered to the Rays of Light layer with dimensionals.
The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Shock, horror, I’ve actually remembered to stamp the inside of my card as well!
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri. I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week forty-seven of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
Our colour this week is Soft Sea Foam, a very soft green from the subtles family.
I had so much fun playing with the Easter Bunny Stamp set last week I’ve used again to make some baby cards I was asked to make for a baby girl called Charlotte and a baby boy called Morgan.
For Morgan’s card the bunny was coloured in using Crumb Cake light and dark Stampin’ Blends with light Petal Pink for his ears, nose and tummy.
I created a nesting barrel for the rabbit by using the largest of the stretched hexagon shape Nested Essentials Dies. The timber Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper was embossed using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder before die cutting with the Nested Essentials Dies.
Cut the die piece in half – you will now have two trapezoids. Then run through the Bigshot with the die on a side angle to create the barrel shape with a stitched edge that is the correct height fopr the bunny. Just be sure to only die cut the top edge of the barrel – don’t run the entire die through the Bigshot.
The grass on Morgan’s card was coloured using Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends.
His name was die cut from Basic White card stock using the online exclusive Mini Alphabet Dies, also coloured using Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends.
Charlotte’s card is a horizontal card (to fit the letters of her name on the card front) and it uses a mix of Bubble Bath and Soft Sea Foam.
I’ve added a few of the smallest Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the centre of the flowers for some added sparkle.
Both cards feature a twine bow as well as DSP layers with the Subtles 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper. This DSP, along with the retiring Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Easter Bunny punch, are all retiring soon.
I’ve added leftover strips of the DSP to the back of the envelope flaps.
And both cards have been stamped on the inside with two of the sentiments from the Charming Sentiments stamp set.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week forty-six of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! Only four more weeks to go until we start a brand new year of blog hopping with 5 new InColors and and brand new neutral to add to our range as well!
Our colour this week is Smoky Slate, a soft grey neutral. As it is Easter this weekend and the Easter Bunny Stamp set and matching Easter Bunny punch are both retiring soon I’ve made an Easter card.
I’ve used Stampin Blends in Smoky Slate and Petal Pink to colour my adorable bunny. The colour lifter allows for even more variation in shading of Smoky Slate.
I’m so glad the Petal Park Builder stamp set and matching punch are not retiring!
I’ve stamped the flower and petals in Tuxedo Black before colouring with Stampin Blends in Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Petal Pink (for the inside of the flowers).
I love this largest “Around the bend” die – it creates a lovely point of interest on a card front!
I don’t usually send Easter cards so I’ll probably pop another sentiment over the “Happy Easter” sentiment before I send this card.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Tina Gillespie. I can’t wait to see what Tina has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Welcome to week forty-five of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
Our colour this week is Shaded Spruce, a rich deep blue green from the Regals family. As the Last Chance Products lists for both the The January–April 2024 Mini Catalogue and the 2023–2024 Annual Catalogue have now been released I thought I’d use a stamp set that is soon to be retired but I haven’t inked it up yet!
I’ve watercoloured Shaded Spruce and Blackberry Bliss onto Fluid 100 watercolour paper using my water painter to achieve a much softer shade. Once the watercolour paper was dry I punched out flowers and petals using the Petal Park Builder Punch. This punch will be carrying over to the new catalogue, but the stamp set will be retiring.
I love the texture all these layers in the punch give to the flowers!
I added Black Classic Matte Dots to centre of the flowers and to the rotary dial on the phone to add even more dimension!
Originally, I was planning on making a vertical card, however I changed my mind after I had adhered my layer of embossed Basic White card stock so the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder is actually the wrong way around, but hopefully no-one will notice, LOL!
Leftover flowers and leaves decorated the inside of the card.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri. I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
