Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Technique Challenge

Hello and welcome to this months Stampin Inkspirations Blog Hop.

This month we are featuring a fun Technique Challenge. We were asked to use a marble and ink refills to create a fun pattern for our card this month. This idea intrigued me and I looked forward to the creative process. I had no marbles in the house and could not find any locally. I asked my husband to purchase some Jaffa's for me but no found locally. He did, however, find some Orange Crunch BB's made by a famous Australian chocolate company called Darrell Lea. They are a favourite of my husband so I promised him the balls that were left over. 

I started out thinking about how I could elevate this challenges requirements. I thought if I embossed the Leaf Collection image in Gold Embossing Powder on a piece of Basic White card stock, then ran the ball and Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana ink over the top I would get a great background. Unfortunately the ink colours didn't show very well on the embossed side and ran together to form a darker green.. BUT....the other side looked amazing and I decided to create with the reverse side that had the embossed area left white as the ink could not permeate the card card stock.  This was a wonderful discovery. The leaves looked amazing. See pictures below of the embossed side compared to the reverse side. I may have another go at this technique if I get some marbles that are smaller than the yummy BB's.

The card base is and mat is Granny Apple Green. The sentiment is stamped in Coastal Cabana on Basic White card stock. The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green. The you sentiment is stamped in Versamark™ink on Granny Apple Green card stock, sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and set with the heat tool. Then cut down close to the letters. Three of the Basic Rhinestone Jewels were all that was needed to complete this card.

I love the tropical feel to this card and are very happy that I looked on the other side. I thought it was such a disaster at first. Things just seemed to work out as they often do with card making.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderfully talented Diane Evans.

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Leonie Stuart   ●  Diane Evans

   Rebecca-Jo Unwin  ●  Karen Henderson

Jan Musselman  ●  Kim Fee

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will get your marbles and re-inkers out and have a go at making your own fun background!

Product List

Iconic Imagery Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164194] $35.00	Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set [163610] $35.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $20.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147163] $9.75
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131164] $9.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	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] $227.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00

Colour INkspiration #170

Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration #170.

We have such a wonderful challenge for you for CI#170. Choose 3 of your favourite Stampin' Up!® colours. How fabulous and fun is this challenge. The main issue with this is only picking three colours as all colours are beautiful. I went straight to my ink collection and grabbed Pool Party as it is my all time favourite. Then chose two more of my current colour loves, Bubble Bath and Shy Shamrock. Our colour range offers so much versatility and is current with fashionable colours. 

Thanks to crew member Rose Packer for choosing this glorious photo for this fun challenge.

Picture Credit https://www.theenglishroom.biz/.../edfdf88470cf528f213379...

Pool Party

Bubble Bath

Shy Shamrock

Once I looked at the three colours together I could only think of gorgeous Cath Kidstone fabrics. Another love of mine is patchwork and quilting. Cath's prints are vibrant and my favourites are the florals. I realised I needed to use a rose or another floral to make this come to life. Layers of beauty is a gorgeous floral Bundle with the coordinating masks making it just so easy to colour and bring to life with a blending brush.

The card base is Pool Party and the mat layer of Designer Series Paper is from the upcoming Mini Catalogue and is called the Nests of Winter DSP. You will love this suite coming in the mini catalogue. 

I have use the Timber 3D Embossing Folder on a piece of Pool Party card stock for the layer under the blooms. I have used Pool Party ink and a Blending Brush to give this layer some dimension before curling the corners.

I have cut some of the smaller leaves in Pool Party card stock and used some Pool Party ink with a Blending Brush for depth. Adhering them using Glue Dots™ underneath the edges of the blooms. Once I coloured the floral images I used the dark Pool Party Stampin' Blend to colour the white edges so the flowers would pop against the background. This is easily done.

The sentiment is from the Layers of Beauty Bundle. I just have not inked the Grateful on the photopolymer stamp and die cut using the tag in the Bundle before tying with Linen Thread and adhering to the card front.

Many thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are inspired to create using your three favourite colours and join in the challenge inn our Colour INKspiration Challenges Facebook Group. 

 

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519] $99.75	Timber 3 D Embossing Folder [163094] $17.50	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758] $15.75
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $20.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $14.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $15.75	Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pad [163808] $15.75	Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664] $15.75	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $19.25
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	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] $227.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00