Week 4 - AWH Colour Creations Showcase - "Blackberry Bliss"

This week Blackberry Bliss

Ask anyone what is Sharon's favourite Stampin' Up! colour?  Blackberry Bliss would have to be the one that they would say before any other colour, so I was so happy that when the colour revamp was done a couple of years ago it was back in and here to stay!

Here are the products from the catalogue that are this gorgeous rich, yummy, delicious colour!

So tonight I have combined some of these products with others and made you a  Double "Z" Fold card.

I have paired my card with the Flowers for Every Season DSP as it just so gorgeous and you just want to put it on all your cards and projects!

The colours that are used in this gorgeous paper are all the new In Colors  plus Poppy Parade and Whisper White. They are so lovely this new lot of In Colors you really should try them in all their forms.

Once I had chosen just the right piece of paper from the Flowers for Every Season I then stamped the focal point of my card using the Butterfly Wishes Stamp set using these colours and with our colour of the week Blackberry Bliss as the star!

For the base of the card I have cut the A4 Blackberry bliss in half folded it and then folded the front back in half to form the "Z" Then I have cut the 6x6 inch piece of Flowers for every season down to have just shy of the 2 inches on the front and the rest on the inside. It is the perfect size for this kind of card and then you just have to adjust the length slightly. There is minimum wastage of a 6x6 piece of designer series paper with this Double "Z" fold card. I didn't double layer the gorgeous paper I wanted both the Blackberry Bliss and the paper to stand out.

To make the Double "Z" I cut an 8 cm x 14.9 cm piece of Whisper White and folded it into a "Z" in equal parts. I adhered the back part down first making sure it was centred before folding up the card and just adhering the little bit to the front. This piece of Whisper White allows you to write on your card.

For the Front of the card I stamped the branch in Cinnamon Cider and then the larger flowers in Blackberry bliss and fussy cut them out with the paper snips and the larger butterfly was also fussy cut. I altered the height of the flowers with a couple down and 1 up with the butterfly with dimensionals to give some added depth and interest to the panel.

The leaves were stamped in Just Jade to match the green in the gorgeous paper. I have also used the Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend to colour in the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding. I love colouring the seam binding this way to match my projects. The sentiment is also stamped in Blackberry bliss before fussy cut and popped up on mini dimensionals. Of course you can't have a finished project without some bling and this called for some pearls.

I think this would be a perfect card for a friend who loves gardening or butterflies!

Our Colour Creations Showcases are hosted each week by my lovely friend and the extremely creative Cathy Proctor. So hop on over to her blog for the list of those participating this week and find some more inspiration for the colour Blackberry Bliss: Cathy's Blog

If you would like to get your hands on the new annual catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me. The list of products used in my card tonight are at the end of the post so you can check them out.

Thanks for spending some time with me tonight,
Take Care

Product List

Butterfly Wishes Cling Stamp Set

[149346]

$40.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[152486]

$20.00

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$13.00

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

[153114]

$13.00

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad

[153115]

$13.00

Blackberry Bliss Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147932]

$15.50

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

[151326]

$13.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

$8.75

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$61.00

Butterfly Duet Punch

[148523]

$31.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$44.00

Stamparatus

[148187]

$85.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$6.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$17.00

AWH -Creative Showcase June 2020 - New Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue Products

Welcome to the Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase. This week the team are featuring projects using their favourite products from the new Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Catalogue. The new catalogue is full of amazing new stamp sets, some bundled with dies or punches. The range of kits, papers and accessories complete the range of products you will see featured in this Showcase.

Ok you had me at BOX!!!!

When ever there is a kit in a box I am there! I love them! Ok Blackberry bliss being the main colour didn't hurt either! 

You guessed it I am talking about the Gorgeous Posies Project Kit.

Look at this gorgeous box! You get all the card bases, card front designs, die cuts,  embellishments, ribbons, envelopes to make 16 cards in this lovely box. Buy it just for the box!!! Then buy the stamp set and adhesive to finish off the cards! Perfect!

Here are the card as the directions in the kit suggest to make the cards.

Most of you would know by now that Blackberry Bliss is one of my favourite Stampin' Up! colours of all time and I have been around Stampin' Up! for a long time now, since back in the 90's when I lived in Minneapolis. So that is another reason why I was drawn to this kit

So because of my love of Blackberry bliss, another thing you can do with the card fronts in this kit is put them on your own coordinating card base.

I did mix it up a little and turn the card front up the other way to give it a slightly different look as well.

So now that you have made up all of your 16 cards, you have your stamp set, you can now make a card using the gorgeous colours from the cards as an inspiration.

I have used the kit to inspire this card. I have cute a piece of Whisper white card and stamped the beautiful distinctive stamps to create my own flower arrangement. I also used some gold emboss powder for the centre of the blackberry bliss flower to add the bling and compliment the gold foil. I must make a confession that when I was stamping the flower arrangement and masking off the flowers to put in my leaves and little twigs it all of a sudden dawned on me that they weren't twigs at all but the veins of the leaves. 😂😂 Well guess what you can use them for both!

 Here are the three cards that use the beautiful sentiment, "For a very kind and thoughtful friend". I would get the stamp set alone just for the sentiments.  One card is exactly as the kit suggest, one card is the kit with a slight twist, one card is using the stamp set with inspiration from the kit. 

All the products will be listed at the end of the post. Hope you have enjoyed a look into one of the kits and there is so much more gorgeousness in this new catalogue, this is only page 8! 

Please head over to the next Art With Heart team member to showcase their new catalogue project. I always love to see and be inspired by what Tina Gillespie has to share.

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Rachel Woollard

Rebecca Jacovou

Sharon Davern  <= You are here

Tina Gillespie

Vicki Boucher

Caroline Manwaring

Catherine Proctor

Andrea Sargent

Amie McIlroy

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Kate Morgan

Michele Taylor

If you would like any information about my projects tonight or would like the new Annual Catalogue in your hands (You won't regret it at all!) do not hesitate to contact me.

Check out the products I used here:

Product List

Gorgeous Posies Project Kit

[153131]

$56.00

Gorgeous Posies Cling Stamp Set (En)

[153289]

$33.00

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

[133682]

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$8.75

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

$13.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$13.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[147100]

$13.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

$13.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$13.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$13.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$10.50

Heat Tool

[129056]

$50.00

Stamparatus

[148187]

$85.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$44.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$17.00

Snail Adhesive

[104332]

$11.50

Thank you for spending some time with me today, I hope you found something to inspire you in the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue, every time I look through it I find new and exciting inspiration. 

Take Care,