Stampin’ Up! Terracotta Tile – AWH Colour Creations Showcase Week 43

Welcome to another week of colour inspiration with the AWH teams Colour Creations Showcase with a focus on Terracotta Tile a 2019-21 In Colour that will soon be retiring.

My inspiration this week was to use some of the Ice Cream Corner DSP from the January-June mini catalogue. If you are interested in the suite collection it contains, in addition to the DSP, the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set, an Ice cream cone builder punch, Blackberry Bliss striped ribbon and sprinkles for some colourful and fun products to make your cards. Most of these items will carry over to the new 2021-22 Annual catalogue.

I decided to make a side-ways Z-fold card to add some interest this week. For the main card base I have used Petal Pink that measures 29.8 cm x 10.5 cm (scored long side at 7.4 cm and 14.8 cm) and folded along the scored lines to create the Z-fold. The Ice Cream Corner DSP has been mounted onto Terracotta Tile card stock on both the front and inside panels.

 

I really wanted to make a rainbow as my focal point as for some reason it popped into my head and so I have chosen card stock colours that seem to tie in nicely with the DSP: Terracotta Tile, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride and Petal Pink. The rainbow was made from the circle dies in the Stitched Shapes die set and the 'ring' cut out by placing the smaller circle inside the bigger circle for each colour except the last Petal Pink circle that was left whole. Each rainbow layer was then mounted onto an adhesive sheet to secure before mounting the shape onto the front Calypso Coral and DSP panel.

The sentiments on both the front and inside of the card are from the In Bloom stamp set which is found in the January-June mini catalogue but will also carry over to the new 2021-22 Annual catalogue. Such a pretty set and I especially love the coordinating dies called Pierced Blooms. 

The front sentiment has been stamped with Versamark, then Terracotta Tile ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a nice shine. The ice cream images have been fussy cut from the DSP and adhered to the front panel and also inside the card. The rainbow panel was then adhered to the Z-fold front panel.

For more inspiration on this week's colour showcase you can hop over to Cathy Proctor's blog. Thanks for stopping by and until next time please take care and enjoy your week everyone!

Happy Easter with Stampin' Up! Pierced Blooms dies

Wishing everyone a very happy Easter and may this year bring you closer to family and friends who you may have missed catching up last year. For us we were in lock down last year and spending Easter at home and not being able to go anywhere was all new territory so this year it is a relief that we have our freedom to go wherever we want....something which I am very thankful for!

My Easter card that I made is for my teen daughter and I wanted to make something fun and colourful but hopefully not too childish for her. For the bunny head I have used the oval and circle dies from Stitched Shapes which will be retiring soon. The ears were shaded with Rococo Rose ink using a blending brush and adhered to the circle to make the head. I have used the Black matt dots for the eyes, a shape from the Pierced Blooms die set for the nose (which is really the centre of a flower) both of which are from the January-June mini catalogue out now and drew the mouth using Black Stampin' Write marker.

The floral pieces were all cut from the Pierced Blooms die set and I had such fun arranging them around the head. Card stock colours used were Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink and So Saffron. I then added a bow from the same set in Blushing Bride and added Champagne Rhinestones to the floral crown on the bunny's head.

The DSP layer is from the In Good Taste pack and which I am so happy it will carry over to the new catalogue that you will be able to order products from 4 May. I have used the word 'Happy' from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set and masked the remaining words in that sentiment. And lastly, the colourful letters have been cut from card stock adhered to the foam sheets using the Playful Alphabet die set for the word 'Easter'.

Shop for items in the Last-Chance Product Sale for those items you wished you had before they retire in May or June. Note, the 2020-21 Annual catalogue ends on 3 May and the January-June mini catalogue will end on 30 June.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you on Wednesday for the Art With Heart teams Colour Creations Showcase for one of the retiring 2019-21 In Colours: Terracotta Tile. Until then take care xx