STAMPIN' UP! GRASSY GROVE BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING COPPER CLAY

 

This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Copper Clay, one of the five new In Colors in Stampin' Up!'s range, for 2023-2025.  I'm all about these rich, earthy tones - great for masculine cards!

I have teamed Copper Clay with Crumb Cake and Pretty Peacock.  Copper Clay's a great colour to use for red deer.

I started off with a Crumb Cake card panel, on which I stamped the background trees and hills in Crumb Cake ink.  Using a Basics 3D Embossing Folder, I added some cross-hatch texture.  I then sponged around the edges of this piece, and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of Pretty Peacock card.

Another, smaller, piece of Crumb Cake card was cut with the Grove Die that creates a frame.  I used my Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker to colour the tree trunks, and Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends to colour the foliage.  Using the direct-to-rubber technique, I coloured the tree stamp with Copper Clay and Pretty Peacock Stampin' Write markers (these are water-based, and a great alternative to inkpads for inking up stamps, especially if you want two or more colours applied to the stamp).  The Stamparatus came in handy to stamp this image on a scrap of Crumb Cake card.  After I'd stamped it, I was able to apply more colour to the stamp, with the markers, and over-stamp to get good colour coverage.  The trees were cut out with a Grove Die, and stuck down over the frame (tucking the trunks under some grassy bits).  Here's a closer look at that detail:

On another scrap of Crumb Cake card, I stamped the sentiment from Biggest Wish, in Crumb Cake and Copper Clay inks.  I used a Deckled Rectangles Die to cut it out, and customised the size of this label a bit by running it back through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, after re-positioning the die to crop it down in size.  It was sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake ink.

I added some Copper Clay Dots to the sentiment panel, and used my Dark Copper Clay Stampin' Blends marker to add eyes to the doe and fawn.  I lightly sponged around the edges of the die-cut deer with Copper Clay ink.

Inside the card, I added a panel of Crumb Cake card, sponged with Crumb Cake ink.  I stamped this piece with the same background stamp used on the front, and added a die-cut deer that had been stamped on Crumb Cake card in Copper Clay ink:

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Theresa Gerrard.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of all participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job every week of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares.

Listed below are 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.

Product List

Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $42.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Copper Clay A4 Cardstock [161730] $17.50	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $17.50	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $17.50
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647] $15.75	Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161676] $17.50	Copper Clay Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161662] $17.50	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $17.50
2023–2025 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [161695] $31.25	2023 New Core Colors Stampin' Write Markers [161694] $68.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $53.00	Grove Dies [157844] $68.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $53.00	2023–2025 In Color™ Dots [161620] $14.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00