Welcome to week sixteen of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Calypso Coral from the Subtles Family and I’ve decided to CASE the designs from the gorgeous Happy Houseplants Kit. This was so much fun to do!
These are the four framed plants included in the Happy Houseplants Kit.
Card One
I’ve CASED the “Mother-in-law’s tongue” houseplant (AKA snake plant) using the Planted Paradise Stamp Set, Pecan Pie cardstock and Calypso Coral DSP from the Subtles Designer Series Paper.
I stamped the plant in Garden Green ink onto Lemon Lime Twist cardstock before fussy cutting the images out. The “Happy birthday” sentiment is from the Sentimental Park Stamp Set.
Card Two
The Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera) is one of my favourite indoor plants!
I’ve used the Tropical Leaf Bundle, Pecan Pie cardstock and Calypso Coral DSP from the Subtles Designer Series Paper to create my Swiss Cheese Plant.
Card Three
This plant (can you help me with the name?) in a hanging basket was fun to recreate using the Planted Paradise Stamp Set, Calypso coral ink and the Country Flowers Dies.
To create the variegated light green of the leaves I used the smooshing technique. I swiped Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist ink onto an acrylic block, sprayed the ink with water and “smooshed” the Basic White cardstock onto the ink. Once the ink was dry I die cut the leaves out.
The basket and hanging chain are stamped from the Planted Paradise Stamp Set.
Card Four
The plant in the basket card uses the To Market 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper, Pecan Pie marker and ink, the Tropical Leaf stamp set and the the Planted Paradise Stamp Set.
I fussy cut a basket from the DSP and used the Pecan Pie marker to highlight the contours of the basket. The Pecan Pie stems are stamped using the long stem stamp from the Tropical Leaf stamp set.
I stamped the leaves in Garden Green ink and used a Granny Apple Green marker to colour in the veins.
All four cards are 5 inches square with a 4 1/2 inch top layer of Basic White cardstock.
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.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday, 21st August, showcasing Cherry Cobbler or you can join us on Monday night for some Christmas inspiration.
I hope you can join us then!
A great set of cards Cathy, love ’em all!
Oh my, what gorgeous cards you have created by casing the Happy House Plants Kit! I love them all and cannot choose a favourite, they are all bright and colourful. I think you should frame these and hang them in your craft room!!!
Card 3 is my favourite! I love how you have cased your cards on one of SU kits using different stamp sets, showing how versatile SUs range really is!
Great cards Cathy and fabulous CASING of the card kit. Since receiving this stamp set it has sat unused but now you have inspired me to ink it up. My favourite is definitely the hanging basket.
Beautiful cards Cathy, I love your versions of the Happy Houseplant cards. Great effect on the nameless hanging plant leaves by smooshing the ink.
Very creative of you, Cath! I’ve not heard of Monstera being called a Swiss Cheese plant … thanks for the education. 🙂 These delightful little cards are a great example of how you can adapt a design to suit the products you own. You’ve done a lovely job. Calypso Coral works so well with the greens.