Stampin’ Up! Basic Gray - Week 3 AWH Blog Hop

Hi everyone welcome to Week 3 of the Art With Heart team blog hop where we go through the Stampin’ Up! ink colours in alphabetical order for 2021-22. 

Basic Gray is this week’s colour from the Neutrals colour family. There are three grays and this is the darkest shade.

My card for this week uses the You’re a Peach DSP which I love and thought there are shades of a gray in there as well as the Calypso Coral and Pale Papaya would complement nicely with the gray. 

I also wanted to showcase the new Basic Borders die set and have used these on the DSP. The card stock base is Basic Gray and has been embossed with the Painted Textures embossing folder. 

The sentiment is from Sweet As A Peach stamp set which has some cute greetings and sayings and I really like this font too. It had been heat embossed with white powder on Basic Gray cards stock. 

The sentiment along with more of the same DSP was cut using the Tailor Made Tags another very versatile set that I can see being used a lot. To finish off I have used White twine to wrap around the card and tie the tags to the front.

I have also made matching gift tags and here the sentiment has been stamped in Old Olive ink. The ribbon is the Open Weave in the new In Colour Pale Papaya.

To showcase another border die I made a second card that uses the Simply Elegant DSP. This paper is very rich and elegant with gold, silver and copper patterned paper but also Very Vanilla and Basic Gray as well which has been used in this card.

The card stock base is Very Vanilla layered with the DSP and Soft Succulent card stock where one end had been cut with a curved die from the Basic Borders die set.

The sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set is stamped in Soft Succulent ink. I have added some Soft Succulent In Colour Jewels for some bling elements. And finally some Open Weave ribbon too.

Thank you so much for stopping by this week and hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop and some more inspiration from the next participant, the lovely Michele Taylor.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the other participants below:

          

Michele Taylor

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern

Ros Davidson

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Palmieri

Theresa Gerrard

Kristine D'Auria

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Di Furniss

Claire Daly

Christine Blain

Fiona Ryan

Caroline Manwaring

Vicki Boucher

Andrea Sargent

Rosa Leyden.  (*** You are here)

Stampin’ Up! Balmy Blue - Week 2 AWH Blog Hop

A very warm welcome (from arctic Melbourne) to everyone joining this week for the new 2021-22 blog hop with the Art With Heart team. It is week 2 and Stampin’ Up! Balmy Blue is the colour in the spotlight this week. 

This colour belongs to the Subtles colour family and a light blue that’s not too pale or bright.

Balmy Blue

I’m in need of more birthday cards for my stash so have taken the opportunity to make one for the blog but will make a few more. The Butterfly Brilliance bundle takes centre stage for this card where the butterflies have been stamped using VersaMark on Vellum paper and heat embossed with White embossing powder. The sentiment also heat embossed on Basic Black card stock - the same greeting I’ve used in a recent previous post.

The Basic White card stock base is layered with Subtles DSP Assortments in Balmy Blue and I have run my scissors along the edge to give it a distressed look. 

The next layer on top is Balmy Blue card stock cut using a scalloped die from Stitched So Sweetly set. The sentiment is also cut from the same die set. The scalloped panel was then run through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine sever times using a die from Brilliant Wings die set that added textured cuts to the card which you can hopefully see in the close up pic.

I have added a double bow using Linen thread and the silver Simply Elegant Trim. The silver trim is lovely to use and holds shape nicely.

To finish the card I have embellished it with some Matte Black adhesive dots and Opal rounds.

Thank you so much for stopping by this week and hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop and some more inspiration from the next participant, the talented Fiona Ryan.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the other participants below:

Michele Taylor

Rachel Palmieri

Kate Morgan

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Sharon Davern

Christine Blain

Tina Gillespie

Diane Furniss

Ros Davidson

Theresa Gerrard

Rachel Woollard

Fiona Bell Ryan

Vicki Boucher

Hope you enjoy your week and keep warm and safe until next time.

Stampin’ Up! Soft Sea Foam – AWH Colour Creations Showcase Week 49

Welcome everyone to this week's Colour Creations Showcase and ink colour Soft Sea Foam, a pale green and another colour from the Subtles family - same as last weeks So Saffron. When I see Soft Sea Foam I often think of natural and organic colours and textures and so have used this as an inspiration for my card this week.

The vase is punched out using the Jar punch in Soft Sea Foam card stock and then run through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine using one of the Greenery embossing folders (this comes in a set of two smaller sized folders). This gives a slightly raised pattern on the vase. I have added some of the gorgeously new Soft Succulent open weave ribbon at the rim of the 'vase'.

The various greenery and flowers were cut from dies in the Pierced Blooms and Poinsettia sets using Basic White, Crumb Cake, Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam and Soft Succulent card stock colours and Assorted DSP. 

Lastly, the sentiment has been stamped and die cut using the Art Gallery bundle. I have used Soft Succulent ink colour here as I did not have Soft Sea Foam ink to play around with this week. At the bottom I have stamped some inky spots in Crumb Cake using a stamp from the Forever Fern set.

 Thank you so much for stopping by this week and for more inspiration from the other lovely ladies you can hop over to Cathy Proctor's blog. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead, stay healthy and happy!

 

Stampin’ Up! So Saffron – AWH Colour Creations Showcase Week 48

Hello everyone! I hope that some of you got to enjoy Mother's Day with your loved ones last weekend. I did get a lovely homemade breakfast of poached egg on toast with spinach, herbs and mini Roma tomatoes (my fave) but spent the day quietly recovering from a head cold. 

Feeling much better now and would love to welcome you to another week of the Colour Creations Showcase where this week we look at So Saffron. This is a soft yellow from the Subtles colour family.

The card created this week is fairly quick and simple where I have used layers of different DSP in So Saffron, Basic Black and Basic White. Three layers in different widths adhered to the card stock base. The DSP include Subtles 2021-22 Assortment and True Love. When I saw the True Love DSP with the daisy print it inspired me to add the daisies made from Pierced Blooms dies. Each daisy is comprised of two petal shapes and the flower centre all adhered with glue dots.

Last week I had received some of my Stampin' Up! order with items from the new annual catalogue and so wanted to work with the Simply Elegant Suite. The greeting is from the Elegantly Said stamp set in this suite and has been stamped in VersaMark on Basic Black and then heat embossed with White embossing powder. The greeting was then punched out with the Elegant Tag punch and adhered with dimensionals to the DSP layer. I can't wait to play with the rest of the suite especially with the gorgeous and very elegant DSP!

 

Just wanted to show the inside of the card where I have added thin layers of the same DSP but this time I have coloured some of the daisies with the So Saffron Stampin' Blends.

Thank you so much for stopping by this week and for more inspiration from the other lovely ladies you can hop over to Cathy Proctor's blog. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead, stay healthy and happy!

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! 🌹