Colour INKspiration #218

  

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #CI218!

The Team have another wonderful colour palette for this challenge. The inspiration image was chosen by crew member Vicki Boucher. We welcome Sonja Zierer as our Guest Designer.

Picture credit - https://country-style.visitlink.me/RHXK7t

This gorgeous inspiration image made me think of gingerbread and a Country Christmas! I love this image. The check cushion and throw as well as the heart of the Kitchen, the oven, is right up my alley. The image gives me warm fuzzies.

The Neutral Noel Suite of products caught my eye as soon as I opened the page in the new catalogue. Such beautiful stamps and dies to create serene Christmas scenes. I set about creating a country wreath using the products from the Suite.

The card base is Pecan Pie. The mat layer is also Pecan Pie. I die cut the wreath in Basic Black card stock. I glued this to the top of the mat layer. I flicked some White Craft ink on the Matt layer with the wreath to give a snowy feel to my card. I adhered The wreath layer to the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

At the base of the wreath I glued a die cut layer of the trees in Pecan Pie card stock. This layer will be hidden by the houses and die cut elements at the base of the card.

On Pecan Pie card stock, I stamped some sprigs in Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink, the berry sprigs and the pinecones in Pecan Pie ink. I stamped the berries in Real Red ink on Real Red card stock. I die cut all of these stamped images using the coordinating dies before assembling them and adhering to the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I die cut the two houses from Basic White card stock and coloured the roof of both houses using the Real Red Dark Stampin’ Blend. I glued smaller pieces of Pecan Pie card stock behind each house so that it was all that was visible through the windows of the sweet houses. I adhered the houses to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark™ ink on a piece of Basic black card stock. I sprinkled white Embossing Powder on top and set with the Heat Tool. I trimmed the sentiment using my scissors. Tied some linen thread in a double bow and adhered it to the back of the sentiment. I secured the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I really enjoyed creating this card. I love all the products in the Neutral Noel Suite and look forward to making more projects with them. I hope you play along with this challenge. Head on over to our Colour INKspiration Challenges Facebook page to join in the fun or to just be inspired. The Crew have some wonderful projects to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by! You are appreciated.

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for September.

This month we are sharing projects created using a Tic-Tac-Toe guide. I am a strong advocate for these challenges as they are an excellent way to stimulate creativity and provide a sense of direction. I always begin with a colour, and green is a personal favourite. I was drawn to Mossy Meadow for my card.

I have been spending a lot of time creating with our new Hot Foil System. It truly is a wonderful way to create. I chose the Graceful Evergreen Deer and the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies for my card.

For my project, I went with Green, Shine and Twine. I’m a big fan of our linen thread and twines—they’re such an easy way to add a bow to your projects! Linen Thread or Twine is not excessively thick or overwhelming on the project. . 

My card base is Mossy Meadow. I used the softly woven 3-D embossing folder on a Matt layer of Mossy Meadow card stock. I glued the embossed layer to the card base.

I cut a Basic Beige piece of card stock and then stamped some of the trees in Mossy Meadow ink across this piece of card stock. I tore the top of another piece of Basic Beige card stock that measured the same as the previous width of Basic Beige card stock. I used wink of Stella to give this piece some shimmer, like snow. I then glued it to the bottom of the tree layer. I also used Wink of Stella to give some shimmer to the trees. I’m a big fan of using Wink of Stella to give my projects that extra sparkle!

I used Gold Foil to create the sentiment and star with the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies. I also used Gold Foil for the deer from the Graceful Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Dies. I tied a length of Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it to the right hand side of the trees and used Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the sentiment on top. The deer was adhered to the left of the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I used a Glue Dot™ to adhere the gold star from the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies. I used a Glue Dot™ to adhere the gold star from the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies. I find the Hot Foil System to be a highly enjoyable creative process. I’m really hoping you get a chance to use this system to bring some projects to life!

Up next on this month’s Blog Hop is the wonderful Karen Henderson. 

Please click on the next button below to see everyone’s Tic-Tac-Toe creations!!

Leonie Stuart  ●  Karen Henderson

Kelly Taranto  ●  Annette Ball

Mo Rootes

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find the template helpful for creating a project. I had a blast using my three chosen boxes. Have a great week everyone!

Graceful Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Bundle

 

Colour INkspiration #217

  

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #CI217!

We have another wonderful colour palette for this challenge. The inspiration image was selected by   Michele Miller. These colours are perfectly harmonious and it was such a pleasure to create a card with this palette.

Picture Credit - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1739957953933519&set=a.794054195190571

With our new catalogue launch, I decided to create a card that’s a bit out of the ordinary, using the challenge colours. I picked The Neutral Noel bundle, which has this lovely Christmas village feel and some pretty fun details. I started creating a whimsical Christmas card.

The card base is Basic White card stock. The Matt layer is also Basic White card stock that I have embossed using the Softly Woven 3-D Embossing Folder. I glued the embossed layer to the card base.

I cut the large oval shape from the coordinating dies. I lightly shaded the top of the die cut using Balmy Blue ink and a Blending Brush. I die cut the trees using Basic White card stock. I cut this layer down and adhered it to the oval layer using glue.

On a piece of Basic White card stock I lightly shaded Bubble Bath, Highland Heather, Crisp Cantaloupe ink using Blending Brushes. I die cut the houses,wreaths, garland, and star out of these lightly coloured pieces. After adhering the wreaths, garland and star to the houses. I cut white pieces of card stock and adhered behind each house so that you could not see through to the card layers. I adhered these pieces with glue. I adhered the houses to the centre of the oval using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I have been thoroughly enjoying using my Hot Foil System. I recently purchased the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies. This collection of Christmas sentiments is such a wonderful addition for all your Christmas crafts. I chose the sentiment as it was a perfect fit for the bottom of the oval layer. I also used one of the stars and placed in the sky. I used silver foil as it paired perfectly with the challenge colours. I adhered the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The star is glued down. I then adhered the oval layer with the houses using Stampin’Dimensionals to the centre of the card front.

The card came together very easily and it was fun to include Hot Foiling!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today You are appreciated greatly I hope you will join us over at Colour INKspiration Challenges.

Colour INKspiration #216

  

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #CI216!

Crew member Jan Clothier has chosen our gorgeous inspiration image for this challenge. I can imagine this cake tasting as good as it looks. We welcome Mariel Altamirano as our Guest Designer.

Picture Credit - https://unsplash.com/.../round-white-icing-covered-cake...

The challenge colours are so aesthetically pleasing together. I had envisioned a floral card but when I received my pre-order for our next catalogue, the Noel Tidings Bundle was particularly appealing. Does this ever happen to you? I am often drawn to creating using a bundle I initially considered unsuitable for the challenge colours. I appreciate traditional Christmas colours but also enjoy experimenting with non-traditional ones. So here is my non-traditional card!

The card base is Fresh Freesia. I then cut two Basic White Matt layers, one slightly smaller than the other. I used the Softly Woven 3-D Embossing Folder on the smaller piece. I glued these two pieces together.

I coloured Soft Sea Foam ink with a blending brush on Basic White card stock. I cut this piece with the rectangular wreath die. I then coloured another piece with Fresh Freesia and Blackberry Bliss ink. I die cut these two pieces with the sweet Berry dies.

I adhered the wreath to the card front using glue. I then adhered the berries on top of the wreath using Glue Dots ™. Then adhering the matt layers to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

On a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock I stamped the greeting in. Versamark™ ink. Isprinkled white bossing powder on top before setting with the heat tool. I then cut the sentiment using the coordinating die from the bundle.

I tied a length of Linen Thread in a double bow and adhered to the top of the wreath using Glue Dots™. I then adhered the sentiment over the top of the bow and sentiment.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I encourage you to join us at Colour INKspiration Challenges and create a card using the challenge colours.

Colour INKspiration #215

  

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #CI215!

This challenges inspiration image was chosen by crew member Vicki Boucher. We welcome Jacque Williams as our Guest Designer.

Picture credit - https://inside-out.visitlink.me/Cb5n2I

The crew has another fantastic colour challenge for you! I was so excited to play with these fun colours and create a card using products from the Beautiful Ordinary Life Suite. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, I’d love for you to see it in the current catalogue. It has the most amazing stamps and dies that are perfect for both cards and scrapbooking. I especially love the fun butterflies and flowers. It all works so well together with the numbered note, there are so many ideas and ways to get creative.

My card base is Basic White card stock. I cut a matt layer of Basic White for my card front. I stamped the honeycomb stamp in Pool Party in and then used a Blending Brush to colour the honeycomb areas. The beauty of ink blending is that you don’t always have to colour within the stamped image to get a lovely result. 

I stamped the numbered note in Night of Navy ink on Basic White card stock and die cut it with the coordinating die.  I also stamped the butterflies, flowers , label and banner in Night of Navy ink on Basic White cards stock before die cutting them. The butterflies were coloured with Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends, The flowers Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends and the banner and tag in Pool Party Stampin’ Blends. 

I die cut a piece of Pool Party card stock with the small octagon die I kept both the centre and the outline to use. I die cut the larger octagon with the heart using Flirty flamingo card stock. I glued the small heart to the centre of the die cut banner. I die cut a piece of Calypso Coral using the scalloped die and glued this along the bottom of the note. On a piece of Basic White card stock I die cut the row of hearts after colouring the card stock using the light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends. I used this piece under my sentiment.

This card features a variety of elements that were assembled with ease. The note is adhered using Dimensionals. The three die-cutting octagons are glued down, with the smallest positioned on the right-hand side of the note beneath the sentiment. The butterflies, flowers, Pool Party tag and banner are all adhered using Dimensionals. The card front was adhered to the card base using Dimensionals.

The sentiment was created using the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies. I adhered this to the Flirty Flamingo strip of hearts using Dimensionals before gluing to the card front. The final touch are three Flirty Flamingo embellishments from the Array of Dots. 

Thanks for visiting my blog post today! I am so glad you are here today and I hope to have inspired you to use our challenge colours and possibly submit your card to our Colour INKspiration Challenge page on Facebook.

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Rubber Band Technique Challenge

Hello And welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for August 26.

The team have a wonderful technique to share with you today. It is called the Rubber Band technique. I’ve never tried this before, but it was lots of fun to design my own using this technique! I thought a pop of colour would be perfect for this challenge, and I wanted to make a Christmas card using the Woodland Wishes stamp set. I also wanted to pair it with the Nature’s Symphony Dies because I absolutely love the beautiful leaf die cut.

The card base is made from Shaded Spruce card stock. I’ve embossed a layer of Shaded Spruce card stock using the Forever Plaid 3-D embossing folder and then glued it onto the card base.

For the rubber band technique in my project, I wrapped three rubber bands of different sizes around a big acrylic block and stamped it with Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler ink on Basic White card stock. I played around with the ink to make a bit of a pattern. Then, I used a blending brush to gently shade the stamped card with Shaded Spruce ink. Finally, I cut it into a 1 cm x 8 cm piece to put on the card front.

Next, I used the Nature’s Symphony dies to cut out some pieces. I die cut the lovely leaves using Shaded Spruce card stock and the woody image using Crumb Cake card stock. 

I stamped the bear in Pecan Pie ink and then proceeded to colour it in using Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the bear with Pecan Pie ink and then coloured it in with Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. Finally, I fussy cut this adorable little bear.

I started by placing the leaves on the left side of the embossed plaid layer and sticking them down with glue. Next, I added the strip of coloured card stock, followed by the crumb cake piece and finally the bear on top. I used Dimensionals to hold all three layers in place.

I stamped the sentiment onto some Shaded Spruce card stock using Versamark™ ink. Then, I sprinkled white embossingpowder and set it with the heat tool. I used the three banner punch to cut out the sentiment. Next, I cut a length of linen thread, tied it in a bow and glued it to the edge of the woody piece of card stock. Finally, I adhered the sentiment using Dimensionals.

To finish it off, I added three Crumb Cake Pearls of Beauty embellishments.

Up next on this month Blog Hop is the wonderful Mo Rootes!

Just click on the next blog button below to keep exploring more rubber band technique inspiration! I’m really excited to see what the team comes up with using this technique.

Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Teri West  ●  Angie McKenzie  ●  Annette Ball

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope this technique has sparked some inspiration for your next crafting project. I think it really added a lovely pop of colour and could easily replace Designer Series Paper. Especially if you don’t have some in the colours you need for your project.

Happy crafting, everyone!

 

Colour INKspiration #214

 

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #CI214!

We have stunning colour combination this challenge. The inspiration image is a photo crew member Lou Kitzelman took on holiday recently. Isn't it a stunning photo of a sea of blooms. Gorgeous!

I have recently purchased the new Hot Foil System and have really enjoyed getting used to this amazing piece of equipment in my craft room. I have gotten the hang of Hot Foiling very quickly, to my surprise. I’m absolutely smitten with the results and feel that it takes your creativity up a notch.

It was a hard choice when deciding what products to get to use with the Hot Foil System. All wonderful products. I chose the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies when ordering my machine.

The card base is Thick Basic White Card Stock. The first layer is a piece of Two-Tone Granny Apple Green Card Stock. I have embossed the darker side using the Fern and Flora 3-D Embossing Folder. I gave the embossed side a rub with a sandpaper block just to give the paper some dimension and show off the White core. This layer is cut to the same size as the card front and was glued on.

The next layer was created by cutting the lighter side of the Two-Tone Granny Apple Green Card Stock in a rectangle and adhering it to a slightly larger piece of Granny Apple Green Card Stock. I adhered the two layers using glue and then Dimensionals to adhere to the top of my embossed layer.

I then die cut some leaves from the Butterfly Flight Dies out of Old Olive Lovely Blossoms designer series paper. I set them to the side as I created my foiled butterflies.

I used the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Die to create some gold butterflies on Basic White Card Stock. I used the coordinating masks to colour the butterflies using blending brushes and Berry Bliss, Melon Mambo and Fresh Freesia. I die cut these butterflies using the coordinating die. 

I arranged then adhered the butterflies using Dimensionals. I then adhered the die cut leaves using GlueDots™. The final touch was five Old Olive Dew Drops Embellishments.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope this colour palette has inspired your creativity. I certainly enjoyed making this card. Thanks for the inspiration Lou Kitzelman!