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! 🌹

Stampin' Up! Mothers Day with Art Gallery bundle

Happy Monday everyone! I thought I would start the week off with a card for Mother's Day as it is fast approaching. The Art Gallery bundle from Stampin' Up! has some lovely painterly flowers which I love to use especially with a range of colour inks offered by Stampin' Up!

The ink colours I have used on this card include Rococo Rose for the two-stamp flower where I have stamped once for the first stamp and then stamped once off for the second stamp to provide 2 shades of the same ink colour.

The leaves are from a variety of die and stamp sets in Mint Macaron, Just Jade and Garden Green card stock and ink colours. I have used Forever Fern stamp set and Forever Flourishing dies for several leaves together with dies from Pierced Blooms and Nature's Thoughts sets as well. 

The smaller flowers are also from the Pierced Blooms die set. All these will be continuing to the new Stampin' Up! 2021-22 catalogue which is available from 4th May this week! Please keep an eye out for it and I'm sure you won't be disappointed in some of the new products being offered.

The card base is Flirty Flamingo card stock and a Basic White layer that has been embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder (retiring soon). I have then added three layers of 2021-22 DSP Assortments in Mint Macaron that have been cut using Stitched Rectangles dies. The Mother's Day greeting is from the Dressed to Impress stamp set in Rococo Rose ink which is a retiring ink when the current catty ends tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to catch you on Wednesday for the AWH Team Colour Creations Showcase and the colour Smoky Slate. Have a great week ahead!