Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.
Week 28 – Gray Granite
Today’s card uses the Fluffiest Friends Bundle which is new to the Online Exclusives. I am using the cute bear eating his honey!
My Gray Granite card base has a layer of Neutrals DSP which the edges have been sponged with the same colour ink. A layer of Gold Celebrations SDSP which is a metallic printed acetate with gold on one side and silver on the other. I have added the silver side and placed glue dots on the gold dots to adhere it to the DSP so you can’t see them. A Deckled Circles die is used for the Vellum Basics Specialty DSP. The images are diecut using the coordinating dies and coloured with Stampin’ Blends markers (listed below).
Those little bees I had to fussy cut. Yes, they were tricky, but I felt they were perfect hovering above the bee hive! The bear was stamped in Memento Black Ink using a stamp positioning tool, then in Versamsark ink before adding Clear Emboss Powder and melting it with my Heat Tool. He’s coloured with Gray Granite Blends Combo markers and the honey is Daffodil Delight and Real Red for the pot. He is diecut with coordinating dies and added on Dimensionals.
Decorate the envelope and the inside with some left over pieces and stamped flowers. This sentiment is from a soon to be released stamp set, Bee My Valentine.
Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Highland Heather.
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Product List
Stamps: Fluffiest Friends*, Be My Valentine
Dies: Fluffiest Friends*, Deckled Circles
Paper: Basic White, Gray Granite, Gold Celebrations SDSP, Neutrals DSP, Vellum Baasics Specialty
Inks: Memento Black, Versamark
Stampin’ Blends Marker Combos: Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pebbled Path, Real Red, Gray Granite, Colour Lifter
Other: Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Sponge Daubers, Glue Dots
* can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%
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Kate Morgan, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator Rowville, Victoria, Australia 
Everything about this card is so adorable, Kate. I love your fussy cut bees, the overlay of Gold Celebrations SDSP and the pop of the red honey pot!
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Oh so cute Kate. I love your honey bear sitting beneath the bee hive. Gorgeous. Fussy cutting the bees is a labour of love – but they are worth the effort. You overlay of acetate with gold dots on the DSP looks amazing – I needed to look very carefully as initially I thought it may have been a shaker card. xxx
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Oh, very cute, Kate! I like how you used the metallic dotty overlay on your card front; it adds a really special touch to the Gray Granite DSP. Very impressive that you fussy-cut those tiny bees! The trouble was worth it. 🙂 You’ve showcased Gray Granite beautifully on this sweet card.
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