Color INKspiration Challenge #21

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. You are visiting, Jackie. If you are following the blog hop you may have arrived here from the wonderfully talented Rachel Palmieri. I am so excited to be able to join this fortnights Colour INKspiration blog hop, having missed the last one.

Our stunning colour palette for challenge #21 has been provided by Rose Packer. Joining us on our blog hop is our guest designer, Megan Lenske.

I initially wanted to create a colourful floral bouquet with the challenge colours, but ended up in a totally different direction. My 3D Aquarium card is completely foldable for posting.

I started with a Thick Whisper White card base. I scored an A4 sheet into 4 even panels leaving a tiny edge for a tab. Using the layering square Framelits, I extended the die cut to remove a rectangle on two of the scored panels. A piece of acetate was adhered to the inside of both rectangles with tombow.

The background was sponged with Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz inks and them flicked with water. After this dried I flicked small amounts of Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz. Once dry, I then stamped the seaweed image in Black Archival and applied Pear Pizzazz with an aqua painter.

The sand was created from Sahara Sand card and stamped with crumb cake using the seabed image from Magical Mermaid.  Next the fish were stamped in Archival Black and coloured using an Aqua Painter in all the challenge colours.

A few fish were adhered directly to the background along with the sandy floor. The background was then adhered to the box card base. The floating fish were adhered with acetate to the tabs at the bottom of the base card using tombow. Shells and seaweed die cuts created using a small leaf die from the Eclectic Layers Framelits were littered throughout the sandy sea bed.

The sentiments from Seaside Shore were stamped in Soft Sky and Pear Pizzaz, die cut using the stitched shapes Framelits - extended and shortened. The Ahoy There was fussy cut and adhered using mini dimensionals.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Hope you join us and play along.  Up next in the blog hop is fabulously talented Rose Packer and her stunning creation. Enjoy!

 

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today. Until next time, stay crafty

 

 

Brightly Lit Bundle - Stampin Up - Christmas Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

A quick post to share a card I made using the Brightly Lit Bundle. As mentioned in an earlier post, I managed to make 8 cards in one session with this cute bundle. The dies are simple to work with and the stamps and sentiments are ever so adorable.

 

This card is very similar to the card I shared in an earlier post, (see here), this one has different DSP and shows a different lamppost and style of lantern. I have also added a sign using one of the sentiments.

On a black card base I added a layer of very vanilla card. Then a layer of the Bundle of Love DSP. The Lamppost, lanterns and banner were cut from black card, with the lanterns backed in gold foil. The sentiment was stamped on very vanilla card and cut down by hand so it had a black border when adhered to the die cut.

The sentiment on the bottom of the card front is from the stamp set, Christmas in the Making, and was stamped in Black Momento Ink onto Very Vanilla card. Very Vanilla card was also used to make the curved stitched snow layers.

Using a circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits, I cut a piece of vellum and placed it behind the lamppost for a light glow effect.

The reindeer from the Santa Sleigh bundle was cut from gold foil and adhered with dimensionals, amongst the snow covered ground. So many variations are possible with these dies, I have a fun one to share with you tomorrow.

Until next time, stay awesome

 

Ombré Sponging & Embossing

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

A quick post to share a set of cards using both dry and heat embossing and some sponging. I tried to achieve an ombre look and thought the colours blended well. Both cards have had the same treatment applied, the colours and stamp sets are different.

 

The card fronts are made starting with Shimmery White card as I find this allows for the best blending when using Stampin'Up! sponges. I start by sponging the two colours on the outer edges and then the middle colour. I have used Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist and Bermuda Bay inks for the card on the left. Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo inks were used for the card on the right.

 

 

Next cut the two panels and run the smaller of the two through the big shot with an embossing folder - I have used the Sweetheart EF.

 

Ensure the sponged inks are dry before attempting the heat embossing. Also use your embossing buddy quite heavily as you likely touched the card while sponging. Next,  I have simply stamped the panel randomly with versamark before applying white embossing powder and heat setting. I did the sentiment first and worked the stamps around the free space.

 

Trim and adhere to a Thick Whisper White card base and its done. Super bright and fun.

Until next time, stay awesome

 

Colourful Seasons and Sponging

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

Hope your day is going well. It's a tad windy and rainy outside today, which makes it the perfect day to spend in my crafty space.

 

I decided before I make anything new, I would first sort out the storage I use to house all the cards I have made. I have a few tins from the previous sale-a-bration promotion which I have labelled for sorting. One for Klassy Chick birthdays (that's my upline's team), one for family and friends, one for items to blog and the other two are for cards already blogged.

 

I discovered three cards that had fallen on their side in one of the tins. Think I intended on adding more stamped images to these but never got around to it. The seagulls from the High Tide stamp set would look great on the two upright cards in the picture below.

I am a huge fan of sponging. I find it therapeutic, making circles with my sponges and applicator tools so the ink blends smoothly. I have used the Colourful Seasons bundle for these cards and a little free hand drawing - nothing fancy, just a black ink pen. 

 

 

Card One

On Shimmery White card, I sponged a mottled background similar to the colours Perth sees during our sunsets as a storm is approaching. Powder Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Perfect Plum. I dragged the Powder Pink over the horizon line, into the water, for the sun's/clouds reflection.  I then die cut a small circle from a post it note and using the negative for a mask, I sponged White Craft Ink for the sun.

 

Using Soft Sky and Tempting Turquoise inks, I sponged up to the horizon line, avoiding the pink water reflection. With a black ink pen, I drew in the Islands, the trees, the hut and then a little into the water for the island reflection. The sentiment from Colourful Season's was stamped in black Momento ink.

 

Card Two

Again, using Shimmery White Card, I masked a horizon and sun. I then sponged underneath the horizon line with Tempting Turquoise, and above the line and around the sun with Daffodil Delight.

 

Using Black Momento ink to stamp the grass image from Fabulous Flamingo stamp set, and the sentiment from Colourful Seasons. 

 

I die cut the branch in black card and the blossums in gold foil card using the Colourful Seasons Thinlits. I then simply layered the card front onto a Daffodil Delight card base.

 

 

 

Card Three

This card uses the same masking as card two. I have used Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo inks for the sponging. The heat embossed chair and sentiment, both from the Colourful Seasons stamp set, were inked in Melon Mambo and heat embossed using clear powder.

 

I sponged a little crumb cake under the chair for a tad of shadowing, although the photo doesn't show it very clearly.  The card front was then mounted to a Melon Mambo card base.

 

Some quick sponged cards, with little mess! I normally have ink all over my scratch pad, not too mention my fingers! I can now add these cards to the BLOGGED tin, which then gets sorted into, either one of the other tins for birthdays or a donation tin I have for the various organisations I gift them too.

 

Until next time, stay awesome

 

 

Joy of Sets - Blog Challenge!

Hello Crafty Friends

For those visiting my blog for the first time, Welcome from Down Under! I am so excited you could join us on the very first The Joy of Sets Blog Challenge! 

The Joy of Sets Facebook Group page has so many talented members, who can now share their creations with a Fortnightly Blog Challenge. The first challenge theme is the letter F. All you have to do is create a card using any current or retired Stampin'Up! stamp set which has the challenge letter in the stamp sets title. 

My card uses the Falling Flowers stamp set (current Annual Catalogue) water colour pencils, silver heat embossing, a silver doily, Shimmery White, Whisper White and Smoky Slate card stock and a few pearl and rhinestone jewels. The sentiment from Happy Birthday Gorgeous was heat embossed in silver on Black card stock.  

 

Click on the picture above to play along with us. It's a fortnightly challenge so there is plenty of time, to create and share. Can't wait to see everyone's creations using the first letter challenge - F. 

Until next time, stay crafty