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Pretty Birds say hello

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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 in alphabetical order.

Week 19 – Evening Evergreen

Today I am using a bundle that is new to me, the Pretty Birds Bundle which includes the Pretty Birds Stamp Set and the Birdhouse Dies. I just love the bird cage die and I had to use it with Gold Foil Sheets.

When I was a kid, I had two budgies, Sky and Matilda. They loved it when I would take the cage outside and hang in the trees to be with nature. They would chirp away happily. So, that was the inspiration for this card, with the Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper in the background. I found it a little too much and the cage got lost, so I added a layer of vellum over the DSP to tone it down.

Pretty Birds for Evening Evergreen CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

I took a piece of the Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper and using the Water Painters, added some Evening Evergreen and Parakeet Party ink. Once it was dry, I stamped the budgie a couple of times with Memento Black ink. Because the colour wasn’t bold enough once dry, I used my Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party and Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blends Markers to strengthen the colour. Once I die cut the birds, I also die cut the perch in Evening Evergreen card and added them to the vellum. The cage is popped up on mini dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped and added on min dimensionals also. The leaves are die cut from the leftover water-coloured paper and Evening Evergreen card. These were added with Multipurpose glue. Once everything was adhered to the vellum, I flipped it over and added glue behind all the die cut pieces so it doesn’t show through.

Pretty Birds for Evening Evergreen CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 water colour

On the inside I stamped the smaller birdhouse and attached a water-coloured bow and another budgie.

Pretty Birds for Evening Evergreen CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 water colour.

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New In Colors coming 4 May!

As you may have heard, the new Annual catalogue is to be released a little earlier this year, on 4th May. With each new annual catalogue, comes five new In Colors, which are available for two years. Here are the new ones along with last year’s to see all of the In Colors together!

2021-2023 InColors Stampin Up

2020-2022 In Colors

What do you think of them? I really like them but I haven’t seen the new ones in real life just yet, I am still waiting for my preorder to arrive! Being a demonstrator, this is one of the perks in getting your hands on new product a month early!

Let’s see how they compare to other current colours in the range:

Polished Pink 2021-2023 InColor Stampin Up

Fresh Freesia 2021-2023 InColor Stampin Up

Pale Papaya 2021-2023 InColor Stampin Up

Soft Succulent 2021-2023 InColor Stampin Up

Evening Evergreen 2021-2023 InColor Stampin Up


and now lets look at them in some different colour combinations:

Polished Pink CombinationFresh Freesia CombinationPale Papaya CombinationSoft Succulent CombinationEvening Evergreen Combination


I really love Soft Succulent with Misty Moonlight, and the Evening Evergreen will be wonderful for Christmas projects. Which is your favourite?

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