Wednesday 23 October 2024

Colour Inspiration #176


Hello  and welcome to Colour INKspiration #176.

This challenges sweet inspiration picture was chosen by crew member Lou Kitzelman. It is an Australian Pink Robin and I have never seen one of these beautiful birds before. I am on the look out for one now. The pink and black colouriyng is just so beautiful!

Image credit - https://diply.com/.../australian-pink-robins-are-cute-and...



I was so in love with the image above I used it for my inspiration and used the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle as the bird was perfect. Black is not a colour that instantly comes to mind when chosing colours for birds, unless it is a crow of course.




The card base is Basic White as is the top layer embossed with the Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder. The Petunia Pop Designer Series Paper was cut then I used Petunia Pop ink and a Blending Brush to highlight the edges of the DSP. There is a thin strip of Petunia Pop card stock glued to the top of the DSP layer. Then a length of the Gold 1/8 Trim adhered across between the card stock and DSP.




I stamped the bird in Memento ™ Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White card stock before colouring with the Basic Black, Petunia Pop and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends. I die cut three of the leaves in Granny Apple Green card stock and also the coloured bird. I adhered the leaves to the back of the bird before adhering it to the card front using Dimensionals. 





I mixed some Embossing Paste with Petinia Pop ink with a Palette Knife and used it on the berries that the bird is holding for added texture.

The sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set was stamped in Petunia Pop ink on Basic White card stock and die cut using the circle die from the Sending Love Dies. Three of the Gold pearls were placed around the bird to finish my card.

I hope I have inspired you with this colour palette. If you would like to join the Colour INKspirations Facebook Group for more inspiration you can do that here. Hvae a great week!


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Sunday 13 October 2024

Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge



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

This month we have a fun Sketch Challenge. You all know I love a sketch to work with and for this challenge I tried to keep it very simple. Sometimes you have limited time to create and that is when I think a sketch works really well.  I also think a suite works well for this too. So, I pulled out products from the Nests of Winter Bundle.

The card came together very easily. The card base is Smokey Slate and the strip at the top and bottom are Basic White card stock. The cental layer is a piece of the beautiful Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper that looks like bark. 




I cut the focus piece of Designer series paper into a 5cm strip before tearing it. I love the sweet birds flying between branches on this piece of paper. All the layers on the front are glued down except the sentiment which is stamped in Basic Gray ink on Smokey Slate card stock and adhered using  Dimensionals. I tied a length of the White Time in a bow across the focus layer and adhered at the back with Seal+ before adhering the sentiment. I finished the card by placing three of the Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the back piece of Designer Series Paper.



Up next on this month’s blog hop is my dear friend Annette Ball.

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Hope you use this sketch to create a card too. Have a great week.
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