Color Collection | The Maui Stamper

Ah, Mellow Moss – there’s a color I’m going to miss. It’s soft, it’s versatile, and it plays so well with other colors. But change is good and I am embracing this Color Renovation for all the wonderful new colors and color combinations it promises.

All Holidays Stamp Set
Mellow Moss, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum and Naturals White card stock
Perfect Plum Classic ink pad
Big Shot, Little Leaves and Birds and Blooms Sizzlets, and Beautiful Wings Embosslit
Perfect Polka Dots impressions folder and Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates
Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon, piercing tool and mat and a silver brad

The Birds and Blooms Sizzlets have 3 graduated flowers that are perfect for this layered technique. I like to scrunch them a little so they have some dimension. My scrunching technique isn’t very sophisticated – it amounts to twisting and bending the paper until it’s soft enough to work with. Once I’m satisfied with the flowers, I stack them up on the piercing mat and push the piercing tool through them. I pick up my brad and then lift the flower stack off the tool and right onto the brad before they can even think about getting disorganized.

This card would be easy to mass produce – the Sizzlets can all go through the Big Shot at one time and you could use at least 3 of the 5 butterflies produced by the Embosslit. You wouldn’t have to use Mellow Moss. And after June 30, if you don’t have a stash set aside, you won’t be able to.

Farewell, Mellow Moss.

If you’ve seen it once today, you’ve seen it a hundred times: Stampin’ Up! announced a complete Color Collection Renovation yesterday. 30 (yes, thirty) colors from the Color Families are retiring at the end of June, making way for 5 brand new colors and a host of beloved In Color selections. The Color Renovation will organize Stampin’ Up! colors into four Color Collections, each with 10 beautiful, trendy, inspiring colors.

Some of the colors that are being retired are certainly ready for that honor, but there are some that it will be a little harder to bid farewell. Today’s card uses the Split Negative technique (a great tutorial is at SplitCoastStampers) and features retiring color Cameo Coral:

Season of Friendship and All Holidays stamp sets
Whisper White, Cameo Coral and Basic Black card stock
Cameo Coral and Basic Black Classic ink pads; Whisper White Craft ink pad
Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder and Heat tool
Trio Flower punch, Black Gingham ribbon and Black Stampin’ Write Journaler

I’m running a series of Technique Classes over the next few months – it’s a way to challenge myself to try new things – and this card is for the class on Saturday.

I’m a firm believer in change. It isn’t always easy, but it always presents new opportunities. As much as I have enjoyed some of these retiring colors, I am thrilled the Stampin’ Up! is moving forward with a contemporary new face lift and I think you’ll be really pleased when you see the new selections. That said, if you’re a fan of Cameo Coral, I suggest you head on over to my Online Store and stock up on ink pads, ink refills, and paper (don’t forget the 12×12!).

Aloha, Cameo Coral!