Simply stunning Delightful Wishes cardwishes

Every year Stampin' Up! bring our 5 new colours. The colours are only around for 2 years and are in addition to their core colour families.  Called the  In-Color collection they are stand alone but work so well with lots of other members of the Stampin' Up! colour families . This year the 2025-2027 In-Color collection is made up of 5 beautiful colours that are sure to become favourites . As ever the colours have fun names. Cloud Cover is a soft grey/ pale blue . Darling Duckling a soft dusky yellow. Next is a colour who's name suggests green/blue Secret Sea.  Strawberry Slush is as the name suggests a beautiful pinky red. And finally Timid Tiger a gorgeous shade of orange. Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing projects using these gorgeous colours starting with today's inspiration.  

The card is created using the twig die from the Delightful Wishes dies. As soon as I saw this die I knew I'd be using it for more than just a twig!

I was drawn to using the new Secret Sea colour for this project because I wanted a simply stunning card and I think it turned out just so!

The card was created by die cutting the "twig' from a panel of Secret Sea cardstock.  Next I took a blending brush and added the same colour ink around all the cut surfaces.  Then die cut 2 "twigs" from gold foil. 

Adhere the cardstock pieces onto a card base made from the same Secret Sea colour cardstock.  Then carefully inlay the gold pieces into the gaps. 

The sentiment is from a stamp set called You are Remarkable.  This set has pretty images and wonderful inspirational sentiments. 

Save the pieces of the gold foil and Secret Sea twigs and use them to decorate the inside of the card.

So how do you view the "twig" die now? My first thoughts were lightning 🌩 and could be great for Halloween 🎃. 

My second thought was kintsugi. This is the Japanese art of fixing broken ceramics with precious metals in the belief that imperfections can be viewed as  an integral part of the history and value of a piece.

I love the stunning simplicity of this card. I think Secret Sea may be becoming a firm favourite of mine. What about you?