Welcome to week nine of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we are showcasing another new core colour, Pecan Pie. It’s a soft mid brown, very similar to the recently retired Soft Suede.
As the Designer Series Paper sale sends this Friday night I’ve used one of the DSPs on sale, the Les Shoppes DSP.
The Les Shoppes 12 x 12 DSP is part of the Les Shoppes Suite Collection, which also includes the Let’s Go Shopping stamp set, the Let’s Go Shopping dies and the Loose silver sequins.
My card mainly uses the Les Shoppes DSP, which is super easy to fussy cut. There are so many cute little shops you can fussy cut out of this DSP, but having worked in publishing all my working life I just couldn’t go past the little book shop!
The Balmy Blue background layer helps give the illusion of depth to the scene and using dimensionals to adhere some of the fussy cut pot plants adds another dimension to the foreground of the scene.
You can mix and match parts of the buildings too. I wanted an awning for the bookshop and so I fussy cut the awning from the boulangerie building and adhered it with dimensionals above the roof of the bookshop building.
The only die cut elements were the lampposts and the garden bench, cut from Pecan Pie card stock, as well as the books sign.
I love all of the tiny details in this DSP – it gives the card maximum visual interest without a lot of stamping and colouring in!
The inside of the card was the perfect place to use some pieces from the edge of the DSP.
Now it’s time to hop on 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.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
Next Wednesday, 5th July, we’ll be back showcasing the rest of our core colours in alphabetical order, starting with Balmy Blue
I hope you can join us then.
Great use of the DSP and very easy to do for a beginner if you skip the die cutting and they wanted to make it at home.
What a wonderful card Cathy! Book shops are our favourite too! When hubby and I didn’t have any money when living overseas we would go and have dates in book shops. Love all the fun details you have created on your card!
Oh, what an adorable card! Love all the elements you have added to the card.
Bookshops! My favourite too.
I love this DSP and you have given some lovely ideas to use it.
Such a beautiful scenic card Cathy but what a lot of fussy cutting! Good on you! I really love how you have carried the theme over into the inside of the card.
Such a cute bookshop with its lovely canopy, potted plants and chalkboard. Good idea to use edge pieces inside, who would ever know they were part-images?
As Pepe le Pew would say: le sigh! I was trying hard to resist this paper, but your gorgeous card means that I will be placing an order ASAP to take advantage of the sale. I love the dimension that you’ve achieved with the different elements of the scene. I would have chosen the bookstore, too.
Such a gorgeous card, Cath. You’ve had a lovely time fussy-cutting, and the end result is just adorable. I like how you decorated the inside of the card, to carry over the theme. This is a really special card. x
What a brilliant scene you have created with this suite. I love how you added the canopy to your shop front and the seat and lamp posts are adorable additions.
Oh Cathy, such a gorgeous card with so many added details. Love it. The addition of the awning to the book shop is perfect; as are the pecan pie street lights and bench. All so cute. xxx
What a wonderful way to use this beautiful DSP, beautiful fussy cutting on your card with lots of details.