Sneak Peek - Graceful Glass Suite with 2018-2020 In-Colours

I originally made it for Sunday's Crazy Crafters Blog Hop but wasn't entirely happy with it.  So this card is a CASE of a card by Rachel Tesselman featuring:
New ink colours: Blueberry Bushel, Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove, Call Me Clover, Lovely Lipstick, Gray Granite
New products:  Graceful Glass Suite, Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper

Sneak peek of Stained Glass dies and Delightfully Detailed laser cut paper as well as the 2018-2020 In-Colours
The base card is the new colour: Gray Granite

I sponged the Delightfully Detailed laser cut strip with Lemon Lime Twist, Pacific Point and Tranquil Tide inks.  I coloured the rose with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  The label was cut with one of the Petals & More Thinlits, the top layer was embossed with the Simple Stripes embossing folder and the strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock was embossed with the Hexagons folder.

I love the new Graceful Glass Suite (Painted glass stamp set, Stained Glass dies and Graceful Glass Vellum) but there's something about this card that I find a bit disturbing and I'm pretty sure it's the colours.

I'm really excited to have the new colour Gray Granite in the colour range - I'm pretty sure it's going to become one of my go-to neutrals.  I also really like the new In-Colours, even though I find the Pineapple Punch a little strong - it'll be great in small doses.

I think the problem is that I don't yet have any matching inks and it's been a great eye-opener!

The truth is that I'd started to take for granted the wonderful array of matching shades, automatically reaching for ribbon, cardstock, patterned paper, inks, markers and embellishments all in matching and coordinating colours.

I had forgotten my pre-Stampin' Up days when I spent ages finding colour matches (and they were never exact!) and blending ink colours.

So, even though I may not love this card, I'm grateful for the reminder of just how awesome the Stampin' Up colours and products really are! ..... and I'll have some matching inks next week!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Current Product List - All available in my online store - just click on an image below

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$59.00

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$16.00

Simple Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$15.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Sneak Peeks: 2018-2020 In Colours and Painted Glass Vellum

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Team Highlights.  Click here to see all the wonderful projects and vote for your favourites.

Meet the new 2018-2020 In-Colours: Grapefruit Grove, Blueberry Bushel, Lovely Lipstick, Call Me Clover and Pineapple Punch

The 2018-2020 In-Colours are beautifully bright

These cards also provide a sneak peek of a beautiful pack of patterned vellum called Graceful Glass from the Graceful Glass Suite which also includes the Painted Glass stamp set and matching Stained Glass Thinlits dies.  These products are in the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue which will run from 1st June 2018 to 3rd June 2019.

Sneak Peek of the Graceful Glass Vellum and Blueberry Bushel In-Colour

I have coloured the vellum with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  Since the matching colours in the markers are not yet available, I've used: Night of Navy, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Smoky Slate

Sneak Peek of Graceful Glass Vellum and Call Me Clover In-Colour

The Painted Glass stamp set has four really useful sentiments in a beautiful font - I can see myself using them a lot!

Sneak Peek of Graceful Glass Vellum and Grapefruit Grove In-Colour with a Grapefruit Grove Faceted Dot

I coloured some of the vellum pieces on the back and some on the front and I really don't think it made much difference.  I mounted the coloured vellum onto pieces of Whisper White card and, unless I know that my card design will hide adhesive, I find the best way to adhere the vellum without the adhesive showing is to lightly sponge the back of the vellum with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue.

Sneak Peek of Graceful Glass Vellum with Lovely Lipstick In-Colour

You might have noticed the embossing and been wondering about that?! I'm very excited that Big Shot Embossing Mats are included in the new Annual Catalogue.  This is such a great tool to enhance the abilities of the Big Shot and our collections of dies!  For these cards I've embossed with one of the Detailed Floral Thinlits.

Sneak Peek of Graceful Glass Vellum with Pineapple Punch In-Colour

The Pineapple Punch cardstock was a bit bright for me (much like Lemon Lime Twist, I think I'll enjoy using it in small doses) so I used a larger piece of the vellum which toned it down nicely.

If you don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, live in Australia and would like a copy of the catalogue, please contact me.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - The products pictured below that I used in this project are all currently available in my online store , just click one of the product images to visit.

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

$11.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

$7.00

Stamping Sponges

$6.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$59.00

Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies

$49.00