With the release of the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue we get five new colours added to the standard colour palette. These exciting new colours are called the In Colours.

• Click HERE to read more about the In Color collection

One of the new In Colors is Island Indigo - rich mediterranean-sea colour. Let's compare this new colour with similar colours from our current collections...

Left to right: Not Quite Navy, Pacific Point, Island Indigo, Garden Green.

Island Indigo (third from the left) is a dusky, deep turquoise-blue colour, which is quite unlike any other in our core colours. At first glace, on it's own it looks blue-green, but when compared to Garden Green (fourth from the left) you can see that it is definitely not green.

I made this thank you card for someone who has been a fabulous support for me recently. I rummaged through all my word stamp sets to find little "thank you" stamps to make this card, which combines Island Indigo and Baja Breeze...

Stamps: Paisley Petals (wood: 125010, clear: 122547), Broadsheet Alphabet (wood: 121490, clear: 120585), Teeny Tiny Sentiments (wood: 119185, clear: 120024), Tiny Tags (wood: 119187, clear: 118592), Curly Cute (wood: 121500, clear: 120510). Card/Paper: Island Indigo (124390), Baja Breeze (116207), Crumb Cake (121685), Confetti White (106557). Ink: Island Indigo (122937), Baja Breeze (111833), Rich Razzleberry (115658), Crumb Cake (121030). Accessories: Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim (118481), Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (122331), Crumb Cake 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (122332). Tools: Big Shot (113439), Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (123130), Sponge Daubers (102892), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

And the inside...

Along with Island Indigo, there are so many fantastic new products from the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue featured on this card...

• The very pretty Paisley Petals stamp set (page 64). This stamp set also has matching DSP with a matching name - Paisley Petals DSP (page 128)
• The oval Designer Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (page 157)
• Soft and flowing 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake (page 139)

I loved using the Island Indigo and enjoyed making this card, so I made a second one. This is a congratulations card for someone who has just joined as a demonstrator...

Island Indigo is a very versatile blue that will no-doubt be used quite frequently.