Colour INKspiration #194

Hello friends! Welcome to Colour INKspiration #194.

I love every thing about the inspiration image below. Isn't it gorgeous!! It was chosen by lovely crew member Rose Packer.

Picture credit - https://www.facebook.com/.../d41d8cd9/5694400697343661/...

I wanted to challenge myself to do some colour blending with these challenge colours and make a card that could suit both male and female recipients. Secret Sea is such a wonderful colour as a card base due to its deep blue colour. The card base and mat layer are Secret Sea. I ran the matt layer through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder before gluing it to the card base.

I die cut a piece of Basic White card stock and a slightly larger one in Secret Sea card stock using an Everyday Arch Die. On the Basic White arched piece I used a Blending Brush to create the soft background. Fresh Freesia at the top, Calypso Coral in the centre and Soft Sea Foam at the bottom. I stamped the four trees on the left side of the card in Secret Sea ink.

I die cut a piece of Soft Sea Foam card stock using the lower vegetation die. I used a Blending Brush and some ink to give depth to this piece before die cutting it with the same die used to cut the Basic White arch and then gluing it in place at the bottom of the arch.

I glued the scene piece to the Secret Sea piece and mounted it on the card front using Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark™ink on a piece of Secret Sea card stock and trimmed using my paper trimmer. I cut a length of Linen Thread, tied it in a bow and glued it to the base of the sentient. Then adhered this to the right hand side of the card front using Dimensionals.

The finishing touch was some gorgeous Secret Sea Low Profile Sparkle Dots!

I hope you will join us for this challenge. There is some amazing inspiration from the crew. Thanks for stopping by today, you are appreciated.

 

Product List

Scenic Adventure Bundle (English) [165468] $86.25	Everyday Arches Dies [164629] $51.00	Low Profile Sparkle Dots [166157] $16.75	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Mini Corrugated 3 D Embossing Folder [165559] $19.25
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $15.75	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $15.75	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $15.75	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285] $15.75
Secret Sea A4 Cardstock [165296] $25.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00

Around the World on Wednesday - This or That

Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for August.

This month we are CASeing our wonderfully talented team member Rochelle Laird -Smith. I love her gorgeous work. Rochelle is a fellow Australian and I am very fortunate to have meet her in person and call her a friend. Rochelle loves to create a his and hers version of a card at times and that is why we are creating with a This or That theme.

I have chosen a recent project of Rochelle's to CASe. A gorgeous layout and template that will work for both male and female cards. See Rochelle's beautiful card below using the Charming Day Bundle. I love it in blue and yellow. Such a beautiful card!

For my female version I have used the Thankful Garden Bundle. A Garden Green card base and mat layer. The Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper as my background layer and bannered strip. I have die cut one of the Textured Noted rectangles and stamped the sentiment in Melon Mambo ink on the bottom right hand side.

The floral layer was stamped in Memento ™Tuxedo Black ink and coloured using a Blending Brush and Melon Mambo and Garden Green ink before die cutting and adhering to the left of the sentiment using Dimensionals. Three of the White Starburst Sequins were adhered around the flower.I tied a length of Linen Thread in a bow and adhered it with glue.

For the male card the card base is Mossy Meadow and the mat layer Pecan Pie. I cut a piece of the Beautiful Gallery DSP for the background layer and cut it smaller than the mat layer. I glued the DSP to the matt layer and then to the card front. I cut the banner layer from a light piece of the Beautiful Gallery DSP. I stamped the text from the Elements of Text stamp set in Pecan Pie and used a Blending Brush and Pecan Pie ink to darken the banner. I glued the banner to the card front.

The sentiment layer was cut from Pecan Pie card stock using a Textured Notes Die. The sentiment stamped in early Espresso ink. I adhered this to the card front using Dimensionals. 

The trees and lower vegetation pieces were cut from Mossy Meadow card stock. I darkened the trees using Mossy Meadow ink and a Blending brush. The trees were glue down and the lower vegetation piped up on Dimensionals.

I cut the wood for the fire out of Pecan Pie card stock and the flames from Darling Duckling card stock. The centre of the flames was coloured using Timid Tiger ink and a small Blending Brush. I adhered these to the vegetation using a dimensional. Three of the MossyLow Profile Sparkle Dots completed my card.

Up next on this month's Blog Hop is my friend and the lovely lady we are CASing Rochelle Laird-Smith! 

Please click on the next blog button below to keep hopping to see more amazing projects inspired by Rochelle's work.

Leonie Stuart - AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Marga Bultena - NL
Aurélie Fabre - FR
Kelly Taranto - US
Chris Smith - US
Bree Renwick - US
Teri West - US
Cheryl Hamilton - US

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you feel inspired to create after visiting every team members blog posts this month.

 

Product List

Thankful Garden Bundle (English) [165534] $113.25	Lovely Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165524] $21.75	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Starburst Sequins [165539] $13.25	Textured Notes Dies [165555] $54.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $15.75	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $15.75	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $15.75
Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $25.00	Scenic Adventure Bundle (English) [165468] $86.25	Elements Of Text Cling Stamp Set [164774] $46.00	Beautiful Gallery 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165196] $21.75	Low Profile Sparkle Dots [166157] $16.75
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $25.00	Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock [161726] $25.00	Darling Duckling A4 Cardstock [165294] $25.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $15.75	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $15.75
Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad [165278] $15.75	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00
Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00