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.

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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!

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