Stampin’ Up! Smoky Slate – AWH Colour Creations Showcase Week 47

A warm welcome to everybody as we showcase another Stampin' Up! ink colour as part of the Colour Creations Showcase. And for this week it is Smoky Slate, the lightest and soft gray in the colour families. A colour that is probably most often used as a neutral partner to other colours.

And as Mother's Day approaches on Sunday 9th May, I have made another card this week using Smoky Slate card stock as base and a gray layer from the In Good Taste DSP. This DSP has been a very very popular patterned paper that will continue into the new Stampin' Up! 2021-22 catalogue. And just a reminder the new catty is now available - so very exciting!

The flowers have been stamped and cut from the Art Gallery bundle in So Saffron and Bumblebee inks, shades of yellow that complement the Smoky Slate nicely I think. The flower stems have been stamped in Mossy Meadow ink. These have been adhered using dimensionals to a Champagne foil sheet cut with Stitched So Sweetly die.

To finish off, I have used the 'happy' greeting from the Well Written die set (now retired). I thought I would use it one last time before I get stuck into some new goodies from the new catty! This set has greetings to suit numerous occasions. The 'Mother's Day' greeting is from the Dressed to Impress stamp set which I have also used previously and will be continuing with the new catty too. Bumblebee card stock and ink have been used for both of these greetings. 

I have tied a double bow using Whisper White twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo pack (from January-June Mini Catalogue) and adhered to the stem with a Glue dot. Lastly, I added some Gold Glitter Enamel dots to the floral centres and some sparkle to the card!

I hope you've enjoyed this weeks cards and for more inspiration from the other lovely ladies you can hop over to Cathy Proctor's blog. Thanks again for stopping by and wishing all those lovely mothers, grandmothers and significant ladies out there a most enjoyable day on Sunday and hoping you get pampered and of course, receive some beautiful cards! 🌹

Pretty Art Gallery bundle by Stampin' Up!

Hi all I am continuing on with the showcase of the Stampin' Up! January-June mini catalogue using the Art Gallery stamps and die cut bundle. The DSP in this range are also quite colourful especially if you are a 'floral' person like me and this bundle combines my two loves - art and flowers.

Here I have created an upright Z-fold card to create a bit of interest. The flowers were stamped in various colours: Bumblee Bee, Blackberry Bliss and Rococco Rose combinations. The greeting was stamped with VersaMark on Mossy Meadow cardstock with white embossing powder and then heat set. This greeting is from the A Touch of Ink photopolymer stamp set which is a FREE Level 2 product when you spend $180 or more. 

In the second card I wanted to show some of the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP.  The sentiment is also from this suite including the pretty gold ribbon tied with white twine form the Snail Mail suite shown in a previous post. 

Also, I have only used the word 'just' which is die cut using Whisper White cardstock. The whole greeting is 'just want to say' and you can add this to a variety of sentiments in the Art Gallery die set.

Colours stamped in the first card were taken from the DSP in the second card to show how you can match and use the same colour combinations in different ways.

Happy crafting until next time