Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Colour Creations - Week #18 - Early Espresso


The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart. We love to Blog Hop sharing all the Stampin' Up! Colours. This is week 18 of Colour Creations Blog Hop, and we are sharing Early Espresso.
Early Espresso is an important member of the colour range, but may often be over-looked. This week I have created monotone cards to allow it to shine.

                                       

Cottage Rose and the Abigail Rose DSP were my choices for fairly simple cards this week. You can view this delightful suite on pages 56-57 of the Annual catalogue.


The art work on these stamps is so detailed, I felt that the images could stand their ground without much ornamentation.


You may notice the paper has an interesting edge? They are Deckled Rectangles (P170,AC), stand alone dies introduced in the last annual catalogue. I find myself reaching for them often.


The leaf image has been stamped multiple times, and some splatter from a Stampin' Write Early Espresso marker was added for a little bit of 'grunge'.


The lovely soft suede-like ribbon was added here, along with Rustic Metallic Adhesive-backed dots.

The very talented Tina Gillespie follows me this time.

 If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.






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8 comments:

  1. CHRISTINE BLAIN31 August 2022 at 20:21

    I really like how you allow the line images to shine, as stand-alone features on your cards, Rachel. They look beautiful in Early Espresso. I'm a big fan of the Deckled Rectangles dies, too - and love how you've used them.

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  2. Andrea Sargent31 August 2022 at 20:33

    Two oh so beautiful monotone cards Rachel. I love your chosen DSP your the colour combo. Yes, the details on the Cottage Rose stamps stand on their own. I love your use of the Deckled Rectangles dies - they work so well with your colours and layouts. Xxx

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  3. Cathy Proctor31 August 2022 at 20:38

    Rachel, you are totally right these images can stand their ground without much ornamentation. I love your monochrome cards and the deckled rectangles are simply perfect for your design.

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  4. Tina31 August 2022 at 22:23

    Your cards are so beautiful. I'm glad that you've left them uncoloured, I agree that they really don't need it.

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  5. Rosa Leyden31 August 2022 at 23:34

    Lovely and simple cards Rachel and the deckled rectangles give them a really shabby-chic feel,

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  6. theresa1 September 2022 at 11:53

    Two fabulous monochromatic cards Rachel and yes the stamped images are so beautiful that they don't need any additional work.

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  7. Anonymous1 September 2022 at 20:14

    Lovely cards Rachel. You’re right, the stamped images are detailed enough to stand alone, and how you have treated them really works with the DSP design. Lovely!
    Kathryn R.

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  8. Kate Morgan1 September 2022 at 21:44

    You are so right, those images have so much beautiful detail, why not let them shine. I agree with the Deckled Rectangle dies too, aren't they fabulous?!!!

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