Within crafting colour is important whether we are knitting a cardigan, stitching a tapestry or making card. That’s why Stampin’ Up! have such a fantastic range of colours, they fall into a few categories, the main colour line up have four categories each with ten colours and then every year we get a new line of five colours called in colours, these stay for two years before being retired. The four colour families in the main colour line up is Brights, Regals, Subtles and Neutrals.
Brights are as the name suggests bright, colourful rainbow colours which pair together nicely to create a lovely bold, happy card.
Regals are rich colours, these are opulent shades which make them great for cards that you may want to add a little extra depth to.
Subtles are our pastel shades they are great for adding a nice light accent to cards, these are lighter shades that pair well with each other but also the other colour families.
Neutrals as the name suggests are colours that are a bit less bold, such as grey, browns and navy, which pair well with most colours to create cards that you may not want to use Black on.
In colours as mentioned above are colours that arrive at the start of each new Stampin’ Up! year and are usually supplementary colours to the Stampin’ Up! colours, they may come from any of the colour families and may also include returning colours from years gone by.
Each week I will be looking at different colours within the collections however below we’ll look at the colours briefly to allow you to see which colours are available and where these fill into the Stampin’ Up! collection
Brights: Top Row in order (Poppy Parade, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight)
Bottom Row in order (Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst)
Regals: Top Row in order (Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive)
Bottom Row in order (Garden Green, Shaded Spruce, Pretty Peacock, Blueberry Bushel, Gorgeous Grape)
Subtles: Top Row in order (Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Lemon Lolly, Soft Seafoam, Lost Lagoon)
Bottom Row in order (Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath)
Neutrals: Top Row in order (Mossy Meadow, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Blackberry Bliss, Early Espresso)
Bottom Row in order (Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Grey Granite, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey.
2024-2026 In-Colours in order (Petunia Pop, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Summer Splash)
2025-2027 In-Colours in order (Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger, Darling Duck, Cloud Cover, Secret Sea) Please note Cloud Cover is not currently available in Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad and Refill
Lastly we have our Basic Range of Colours in order (Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, Basic White and Basic Black)
Each week we will look at each colour individually and I will showcase a project with that colour as Star of the Show so to speak. I will use a mix of the Basic Range with the Star of the Show colour and maybe one or two accent colours as well.
Stampin’ Up! sell a Colour Wheel which is called the Colour Coach and you can buy this for £11.75 (there is also one in your catalogue) the item number is 166481.
All of the colours come in a wonderful Classic Stampin’ Pads, Classic Stampin’ Ink Refills and Stampin’ Write Markers which all contain a fast drying, water based dye ink that can be used for many different techniques. We also have a selection of colours in Ink Spots which are small cube Ink Pads.
You can also get each colour in Single Tone cardstock, Two Tone Cardstock, with many colours also coming in Designer Series Paper (Patterned Paper), Embellishments, Ribbons and Stampin’ Blends which are Stampin’ Up! Alcohol Based Markers which come in a pack of two featuring a light and dark variant of the colour, perfect for seamless blending for colouring in stamped images.
We however don’t have a Basic Black ink Pad, this is supplemented with two Black Ink Pads that don’t fall under the Stampin’ Up! name, firstly we have the Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad which is a water based ink great for stamping outlines, sentiments and use with our Stampin’ Blend Markers, we then have a Stazon Ink Pad which comes in Black which is a solvent based ink pad which is as the name may suggest stays put when used with water techniques, this is why it is great for watercolour techniques.
There is also a White Ink Pad which is a pigment ink, it stays a tad damper for longer which makes it great as an alternative to the Versamark Watercolout and Embossing Ink which is also available to allow for Embossing Powders to be used to allow heat embossing of stamped images, giving lots of interesting, gorgeous techniques that you can build into your card making.
I would suggest if your new to card making or even new to Stampin’ Up! start with a Momento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, a selection of your favourite colours, a few stamp blocks, some cardstock and a few stamp sets. This will give you everything you need to create some beautiful paper crafting projects.
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