Blog

Welcome to the Art With Heart Team, Colour Creations Blog Hop, for 2021-2022. Each week members of the team will showcase a current colour (in alphabetical order) from the extensive Stampin’ Up! range.

Week 16: Early Espresso

I love Early Espresso and use it often as an alternative to black. It really is a most useful Neutral as it coordinates with so many other colours and is stunning when paired with metallics such as gold and copper.

You will find a number of products in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue that feature Early Espresso including – Classic Stampin’ Pad, cardstock, ink refill, Neutrals Designer Series Paper pack, Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers, Watercolour Pencils and the Faux Suede Ribbon.

Because it is such a lovely neutral, Early Espresso is used in the colour palettes of a number of designer series papers – Beauty of the Earth, Blackberry Beauty, Gingerbread & Peppermint, In Good Taste, Painted Christmas and You’re a Peach.

But my favourite product to feature the colour Early Espresso is……

This gorgeous DSP makes designing and making beautiful cards super easy.

My cards:

Both cards today feature the stunning Blackberry Beauty designer series paper.

I teamed it with dies from the Meadow set which coordinate with the Quiet Meadow stamp set.

Card no. 1:

When a piece of paper is this lovely you really don’t need to do much to it, in fact, less is very much more. A frame of Gold Shimmer Vellum, silhouetted floral, stacked labels with a simple greeting, a bow of linen thread and a butterfly floating by and my card was complete.

Card no. 2:

To this pretty panel I added a touch of gold in the floral elements and bodies of the butterflies. I again used one of the Tasteful Labels to ground the elements and greeting on my card. These label dies are one that I use so often that they actually sit in a box on my craft table along with my other most used stamps and dies.

sale-a-bration:

Our second Sale-a-Bration for 2021 has begun! Yay!!! It runs from 3 August to 30 September. When making purchases from the Annual Catalogue, the new Mini Catalogue, Collection Kits or the Clearance Rack you can earn exclusive items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. Best part is that, you get to choose.

Level One – FREE with any $90 purchase.Select any of the Level 1 products to add to your order. You can choose between……

• Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper | #156629
• Penguin Playmates DSP | #158420
• Feels Like Home | #156607
• Beautifully Penned DSP | #156630
• Peaceful Prints DSP | #156628
• Counting Sheep | #156591
• Sheep Dies | #156600
• Textures & Frames | #156616

Level Two – FREE with any $180 purchase. Select one of the two Level 2 products to add to your order. You can choose between……

• Summer Shadow Dies | #156618
• Delicate Dahlias | #156601

With it now being 15 September, there are only 15 days left of the second and final Sale-A-Bration for 2021. Don’t miss out on selecting your FREE gift when you spend $90. There really are some lovely products from which you can choose your favourite.

AWHT Colour Creation Blog Hop continues:

For more inspiration please visit the rest of the team starting with the lovely and talented Christine Blain who is the next crafter along in our Week 16 blog hop.

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants, please hop over to Catherine Proctor’s blog. Catherine is the wonderful host of our weekly hop.

Thank you for visiting. Please remember that our Colour Creations blog hop happens every Wednesday. Next week we will be featuring Flirty Flamingo.

If you would like to purchase any of the products that I used when creating these cards, the links are included below. If you would like a copy of the Stampin’ Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and/or the NEW July – December 2021 Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure, please contact me and I will pop one in the post for you.

Thanks Michele.

my list of products: