Kathryn’s Blog Hop: Water-coloured Wisteria Wishes Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and Kathryn’s Blog Hop for World Cardmaking Day. To celebrate World Card Making Day, I am participating in Kathryn's Blog Hop with a number of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from all around the world to share a card that I created recently. Kathryn also challenged us to post our cards within a week to someone special. She doesn't want us to forget to send the cards we make and just store them in a box. Mine will be heading to a friend who is visiting Aus from USA. One of the Blog Hops I participate in is the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. It goes live every Wednesday evening. We are focussing individually on all the Stampin' Up! colours. A couple of weeks ago we were showcasing Fresh Freesia. I ran out of time to finish a second card so I am using it for this Blog Hop. I love playing with water-colour and recently had watched Tami Hewlett, a current Stampin' Up! Artisan from the USA, demonstrate a different technique, ie lightly misting the stamps and then stamping on damp paper. I so love the effect and it is perfect for the Wisteria Wishes bundle to create an abundance of wisteria. A neighbour used to have wisteria growing across the front of her house. It had been there for years and each year there was an abundance of flowers. I thought of my neighbour as I created this card. A panel of Shimmery White card-stock was spritzed with water using a Stampin' Mister. The wisteria flower stamps were inked with Fresh Freesia, initially stamping off then spritzed with water and stamped. The next layer was similarly stamped but this time in full strength. The next layer was stamped off Rich Razzelberry. As it dried there was some extra stamping to gain a little more definition. The lower section was lightly water-coloured with Balmy Blue. Using the Wisteria dies, a number of flower heads, leaves & a stem were die cut from Shimmery White card-stock. All these pieces were water-coloured - I LOVE this technique. The inks used were Crumb Cake, Soft Succulent, touches of Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia and Rich Razzelberry Classic inks. A frame was die cut from Basic White card-stock using one of the Fabulous Frames dies. The front panel was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Splendid Day Speciality Designer Series Paper, that in turn was mounted on a Thick Basic White card base. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was stamped in Gorgeous Grape ink before being fussy cut. A swoosh of Pool Party Sheer ribbon was layered under the sentiment and a few In Colour Opal Rounds added extra sparkle. The card inner shows a Basic White panel mounted on the same SDSP as used on the front of the card. Some left over die cut and water-coloured wisteria also decorates the inner panel and a second sentiment was added with Gorgeous Grape ink. A Basic White C6 envelope was simply stamped with the wisteria flowers along the top edge. A bit of Highland Heather was used. The envelope was stamped well after the card was first created and I had forgotten that I hadn't used HH on the card. Oops! Thank you for spending time on my blog. There is more inspiration to see this World Cardmaking Day. Do continue with the blog hop and click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely and talented Rachel Palmieri. I do love seeing Rachel's creations as well as everyone elses' projects. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. Andrea 💕🐾 If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December 2022 Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. #colourcreationsbloghop #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo #handmadecards #makeacardsendacard #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam #papercrafter #stamper #valleyinspirations #wisteriawishes #wisteria #worldcardmakingday