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Gray Granite: Fluffiest Friends

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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.

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!

Fluffiest Friends Card for Gray Granite Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

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).

Fluffiest Friends Card for Gray Granite Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 close up

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.

Fluffiest Friends Card for Gray Granite Colour Creations blog hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

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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Split Window Masculine card

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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 25 – Gray Granite

Today’s masculine card features the Brewed for You Bundle and He’s the Man DSP. I started with a Gray Granite card base 21cm x 14cm scored @ 6.5cm, 10.5cm. I stamped the ‘hey, there!’ (Charming Sentiments stamp set) multiple times down the left hand side using the Stamparatus. I was going to use the hinge technique, but it was going to be too far apart, so I placed some grid paper under the card and used the Squares to line up my stamping. I moved the card up 2 more squares and stamped again and repeat. Open the card flat and die cut the circle (Stylish Shapes die), centred along the first scoreline. Now you can glue the left panel to the inside of the card.

Masculine birthday Split Window card Gray Granite CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Cut another circle in Basic White card and glue it to fit inside the front of the card. The He’s The Man DSP is used on right side and the reverse of this side. I cut a very thin strip of Brushed Metallics card in the Gold and glued it down the edge of the DSP on the front.

The wine glasses are stamped and die cut and the red wine is created by using a Blending Brush and Merry Merlot ink. The glass on the inside is empty with the sentiment ‘Another round for your birthday’!

Masculine birthday Split Window card Gray Granite CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 inside

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CCBH Gray Granite – Plentiful Plants

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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 to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

Week 21 – Gray Granite

Tonight I am using the Plentiful Plants Bundle which I got for my birthday recently! I don’t have any of the patterned papers that coordinate with it, but I found some leafy designs in the Christmas papers, Painted Christmas DSP that was perfect, along with the In Good Taste DSP.

Plentiful Plants Bundle for Gray Granite CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021

The macrame hanging basket was die cut using the In Good Taste DSP. The same pattern is in the background across the card. The pot is stamped in Gray Granite ink and the plants in Soft Succulent ink. The scallop border die is from the Contours dies, set to be a firm favourite!

Plentiful Plants Bundle for Gray Granite CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021 detail

The sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder added and heat set with my Heat Tool. I added a gorgeous Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon bow and In Color Jewels.

On the inside, I added some more coordinating plants in a plant stand in the bottom corner.

Plentiful Plants Bundle for Gray Granite CCBH by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021 inside

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