ART WITH HEART COLOUR CREATIONS SHOWCASE - WEEK 39: PURPLE POSY

 

This week's Colour Creations Showcase, hosted by Cathy Proctor, is focussing on Purple Posy.  This pale purple is an In Color, about to retire from our range in a couple of months.  Make sure you visit Cathy's blog, to see her beautiful creations, and to find the links to the blogs of all this week's showcase participants.

The starting point for my Purple Posy card was the background I created, by die-cutting six horizontal strips of paper with Purple Posy designs.  I used the stitched rectangle die from Ornate Layers, and papers from the 2019-2021 In Color 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper pack, and the Playing With Patterns Designer Series Paper pack.  Six of these rectangles fit perfectly on the standard card base size we  use in Australia and New Zealand.

I haven't played with the Birds & Branches bundle for a while, so decided on those stamps and dies for the focal point on my card.  I inked up the bird using my Purple Posy Stampin' Write marker, as we don't have a Purple Posy inkpad (the only colour in Stampin' Up!'s history, I believe, that just didn't maintain its colour integrity in inkpad form).  I was able to achieve a good intensity of colour, using my Stamparatus to line up the stamp to make a second impression, for the top layer of the bird.  The bird's body was inked up using the Purple Posy Stampin' Write marker, stamped off onto scrap paper, and then stamped onto the card, to give a lighter impression.  I used Basic Gray and Smoky Slate Stampin' Write markers for the bird's eye.

The leafy circle frame was cut from Basic White card, then layered on a scalloped circle (from Layering Circles Dies), that I embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder.  After die-cutting the branch from Crumb Cake card, I snipped it a little to "thin" it out, so there was less foliage under the bird's feet.  The separated part of the branch was adhered underneath the scalloped circle.

Playing With Patterns Resin Dots are a sweet, subtle, addition to my card.  The Purple Posy Scalloped Linen Ribbon dictated my colour scheme, of Purple Posy and Crumb Cake.

I used a couple of stamps from the Posted For You stamp set, for the sentiment.  The strip sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Basic White card, then cropped using a Floral Gallery sentiment die.  I white-embossed the "special delivery" circle on Crumb Cake card, cut it out using a Stitched Shapes die, and laid the "sending love your way" strip across the circle to hide the words at the bottom of the circle.  A little Purple Posy heart was die cut using the dies from the Birds & Branches bundle, as was the Purple Posy leafy border you can see across the bottom piece of Designer Series Paper.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Make sure you hop over to Cathy's blog, to see lots more Purple Posy creations from my friends also taking part in the Colour Creations Showcase.

Product List

Birds & Branches Bundle [154107] $81.00	Posted For You Cling Stamp Set [152621] $30.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	2019–2021 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153071] $20.00	Playing With Patterns 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152490] $20.00	2019-2021 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [150079] $26.25
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $52.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Floral Gallery Dies [154316] $59.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $64.00
Purple Posy 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon [149706] $14.00	Playing With Patterns Resin Dots [152467] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00