Welcome to Week 5 of the 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop where the Art With Heart stamping team explore all the colours in the Stampin' Up! colour families week by week.   
This week is the last of our FIVE new In Colors. We have played with Peach Pie and Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink and Shy Shamrock, and this week we introduce lovely SUMMER SPLASH.

Summer Splash

This week I wanted to use products in my collection that haven't seen the light of day yet, and that included the Coffee With Friends stamp set. I turned to page 92 of the catalogue to see what inspiration lay there.

And I thought . . . WOW! I could just recreate this whole page layout in Summer Splash! And so I did! With a few variations on stamp sets mind, because believe it or not, I don't own ALL of them :)     

Mostly, these are very simple cards. A Thick Basic White card base, a layer of Basic White for extra layers and scrap pieces for greeting tags. The first one features Coffee With Friends stamp set stamped with Basic Grey Ink on Thick Basic White, coloured using a blender pen and ink from the Summer Splash and Early Espresso ink pads.

I found it quite difficult to photograph the cards this week. My iphone11 has a tendency to turn everything a shade of blue, and so lovely Summer Splash which is very green, kept coming up sky blue in my photos. In this image, the greeting label is Pretty In Pink - which shows you the colour variation.

My second card used the Leaf Collection background stamp to recreate the Designer Series Paper look which was in the catalogue image.    

The "yellow" tab underneath is actually Peach Pie - a slightly pale orange colour (eyeroll!!!). The lovely birthday greeting comes from Simply Said stamp set.

And finally, for the third card in the catalogue page recreation, I switched to Spotlight on Nature stamp set - AND I was far too lazy to go looking for White Heat Embossing Powder, so I stamped with Basic Grey instead and added a banner for the greeting.       

All the cards included 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems to bling them up. I love these shiny, sparkly embellishments in the five gorgeous In Colors and have nearly used a whole packet in just a couple of months.

Now it's time to go and see what the other Art With Heart stampers have created. Click on the image below to go to the blog of my dear friend Tina Gillespie - I always love seeing what she has created - her projects are always unique and clever!     
If you find a broken link in the blog hop, you can click HERE to be taken to Cathy's blog. Cathy is hosting the blog hop and has all the links listed at the bottom of her post.

Thanks for visiting and see you again soon with ink on your fingers!

Kathryn Ruddick

Mansfield Victoria

Product List

Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809] $15.75	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163777] $21.75	2024–2026 In Color™ Stampin' Write Markers [163829] $31.25
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781] $15.00	Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon [162588] $15.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set [163610] $35.00	Coffee With Friends Cling Stamp Set (English) [161389] $44.00	Spotlight On Nature Cling Stamp Set (English) [163579] $41.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00