Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Showcase to bring you creative inspiration to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.
Week 15 – Early Espresso
Do you immediately think masculine when you see the colour, Early Espresso?! I usually do, but when I looked at the patterned papers and saw that Early Espresso is in the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper and it being the start of Spring, I had to go with flowers for tonight’s card!
This Double Fan Fold card was inspired by Sam Calcott, UK. I did change up my measurements slightly, but the design is practically the same. I do love a fancy fold for its wow factor and I think this really makes a statement.
The card base is Early Espresso as is the centre background layer, embossed with the Greenery TIEF. There is also a Gold Foil layer behind it.
I love the three medium daisies down the front of the card and each one is made up of 3 layers; Early Espresso, stamped Bumblebee and plain Bumblebee with a Gold Foil accent in the centre from the Poppy Moments dies. The leaves are also from this die set.
The sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink, Gold Emboss Powder added and heat set. The Classic Label Punch was used to cut it out and then it is popped up on black dimensionals.
You may me wondering where you write a message to send this to someone? I cut a piece of white card to the same size as the Gold Foil layer on the front, then glued it to the back of the card. This card also folds flat to fit into an envelope.
Here it is open flat so you can see all the angles.
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Kate Morgan, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator Rowville, Victoria, Australia 
Kate, I love your gorgeous card. I love the richness of Early Espresso with all the other colours, and I love that fancy fold too.
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Love your card and its earthy, flowery tones – very reminiscent of spring!!
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Wow, what an incredible card! You’ve picked the perfect DSP. The punched daisies look great, and I love the idea of using the poppy centre.
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What a great card Kate but so much work. Love how you’ve made the flower centres pop using the foil.
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Wow I haven’t tried that fold yet, Your card is stunning, I must give this one a go. Thanks for the Inspiration.
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Oh Wow Kate! Your card is spectacular! So well thought out and lots of details to dicover. Well done’1
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Love the fancy fold with the DSP echoing the daisies from the card front.
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Love your card Kate and the use of the ornate garden dsp, would you mind if I case please 🤣
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This is very clever, Kate! I love the retro look of Bumblebee with Early Espresso (even if it does cause some trauma, looking back on the clothes I was forced to wear in the 1970s!).
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I love a fancy fold card Kate and I’ve been wanting to try this fold for a while – your card is amazing it is the best I’ve seen so far! The use of the Poppy dies for the leaves and the centres of the flowers is so clever too. Thank you for joining the Colour Creations showcase with your beautiful Early Espresso card xx
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