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 3: Basic Gray
You will find a number of products in the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue that feature Basic Gray including – Classic Stampin’ Pad, cardstock, ink refill, Neutrals 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, Watercolor Pencils and Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers.
But my favourite Basic Gray products are……
Both of these gorgeous designer series paper packs are just so versatile as they lend themselves to a range of card making possibilities – feminine/masculine, engagements/weddings, birthdays, sympathy……to name just a few. The touches of copper, gold and silver foiling on the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP are lovely and who can resist a lovely neutral woodgrain. There are a number to choose between in the In Good Taste designer series paper.
My card:
My card features the Mountain Air stamp set and coordinating dies, Majestic Mountains. The Mountain Air stamp set is one of two sets in the Stampin’ Up! Reversibles™ range. You can see them on page 16 of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue. My husband and I spend a lot of time in the Victorian High Country so this set was a must have for me.
My go-to tool at the moment is my set of blending brushes. I love the way they so smoothly add colour and dimension to any card.
To create my card I started with a piece of Basic White cardstock. I stamped the moon using Basic Gray, masked it off and then applied the colours (Flirty Flamingo and So Saffron), using my blending brushes, to create my sunset sky.
I stamped and diecut the mountain ranges in both Basic Gray and Smoky Slate and the tree line in Basic Gray, before adding them to the lower half of my panel. The greeting is from the Art Gallery stamp set and it was diecut using a die from the All Dressed Up set.
I backed a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock with adhesive sheet and diecut two of the trees. I layered them, one on top of the other, for dimension and strength before adhering them to my card. The finishing touch was the stamping of the small flocks of birds around the moon to create a visual triangle.
AWHT Colour Creation Blog Hop continues:
For more inspiration please visit the rest of the team starting with the lovely Kate Morgan who is the next crafter along in our Week 3 blog hop.
If by chance you lose your way, here is the full list of contributors. I can’t wait to see what they have created this week.
Thank you for visiting. Please remember that our Colour Creations blog hop happens every Wednesday. Next week we will be featuring Bermuda Bay.
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, please contact me and I will pop one in the post for you.
Thanks Michele.
my list of products:
Ink
- Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad [149165] $13.00
- Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad [147052] $13.00
- Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad [147113] $13.00
- So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147109] $13.00
Card Stock
- Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25
- Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
- Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25
Tools & Adhesive
You card is a beautiful peace of art and looks just like a photo. You’ve made yet another beautiful card this week.
Such a lovely sunset sky created with the blending brushes Michele. I love the narrow stitched rectangle for the sentiment, it’s one of my favourites.
Michele your blended background is stunning. Such a peaceful serene card just like the high country
Those greys are beautiful with the soft colouring behind. Lovely card, Michele.
Wow, you’ve created an awesome scene for your stunning card. The soft sunset sky looks amazing!
You have a real knack for blending, Michele. I love your layout and with 3 of you using this Mountain Air bundle tonight, really makes it so appealing to add to my shopping cart!
Gorgeous! Love that sponged sky and all the lovely colours you have incorporated. For some reason this card reminds me of the mountain view from Salt Lake City – gorgeous!
A really lovely card and I can see why this stamp set was calling to you. I never think I can do justice to these kinds of stamp sets. You have done such a lovely card.
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I love your beautiful sunset card Michele, it’s so serene.
Such a beautiful and serene scene on this card and that sky blended to perfection behind the mountains.
That sky! That sentiment panel! LOVE this card, Michele. A beautiful work of art. 🙂
I really love this Michele. Catherine, Christine and yourself have sold me in this stamp set.
I feel instantly relaxed looking at your beautiful sunset sky Michele – fantastic blending and great choice of stamp set and dies too! Using that die from the All Dressed Up dies for your sentiment is pure genius.
I don’t think I have ever tried masking before. The effect looks beautiful on your card. Beautiful work xox