mmm...Stampin' Time

Hello and thanks for popping by to see today’s project.

This card was made for the Colour INKspiration challenge. The image is gorgeous and the colours a fascinating combination.

I decided that I would try my hand at some alcohol colouring – I used the Stampin’ Blends to colour patches onto White Vellum and then spritzed isopropyl alcohol to move and blend the colours. I made a couple of samples so that I could choose which pieces yo use.

As I have not added the Picture This Dies to my collection yet, I opted to make my own version using the Layering Circles Dies. These gave me some windows for my coloured vellum to peek through. Then I cut the curved border piece, following the curved edge where the ink pooled.

Then I stamped the scales and cupcakes from the Measure of Love Stamp Set onto Shimmery White cardstock using Jet Black StazOn ink. This is definitely a colouring technique card. I used the five colours, from the #CI101 challenge, and a Water Painter to colour the scales and cakes. Taking my trusty paper snips I fussy cut images and used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up on the card front.

The Sweet Friend greeting was stamped three times and trimmed before being added to the front also. The last element added to the front of the card were the 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels. The card insert and envelope were stamped with the cup cakes.

I’m quite happy with the way this card turned out, especially the coloured vellum pieces. Who would be the ‘sweet friend’ you would give this card to?

I wonder what the #CI102 colour combination will be?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Measure Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [154997] $30.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $12.25	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00
Water Painters [151298] $21.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $15.50	Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155517] $15.50	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $15.50	Pale Papaya Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155519] $15.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and thank you so much for popping by today.

Today is all about celebrating Colour INKspiration’s 100th challenge. I have only been participating in these colour challenges for a short period of time and recently enjoyed looking back over all 100 challenges. Thank you to Bronwyn Eastley and the CI team for providing all of these colour combinations to inspire our creativity, since January 11, 2017 . You can see all 100 colour combinations just by clicking on the #100 image.

This the colour combination for #CI100.

Here is the card I created.

I used the zig zag die from the new Basic Borders Dies to cut a number of coloured strips of cardstock. Once cut, I then adhered them to a piece of Basic White cardstock. This was then embossed using the new Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder. The embossed cardstock was then trimmed down to be used as a card front layer.

Using a greeting from the Create With Friends Stamp Set, the ‘celebrate’ was stamped three times – once each each in the three challenge colours. ‘Celebrate’ was the perfect greeting to choose for this 100th challenge celebration. The greetings were cut using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies before being stacked and a small hole punched, to accommodate a brad from the Round & Square Brads. The greetings were fanned out and secured using a Mini Glue Dot on each layer. The layered greeting was then popped up onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

A strip of the embossed coloured cardstock was added to the card insert and some die offcuts were added to the card front.

The final touch was to add some 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems to the card front. I really like that so many of the different dies are stitched, making them so easy to coordinate.

This is such a wonderfully vibrant colour combination and a perfect way to celebrate 100 Colour INKspiration challenges.

Happy stamping … and many more challenges to keep us inspired.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Create With Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [156058] $30.00	Basic Borders Dies [155558] $50.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder [155428] $13.00	2020–2022 In Color Square Gems [155572] $14.00
Round & Square Brads [155570] $12.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25
Magenta Madness A4 Cardstock [153085] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00
Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and thank you so much for popping by. I added a new post yesterday after a two week absence – but, I have a new knee and have been doing all my physiotherapy exercises.

Yesterday’s post was for the Global Design Project #GDP292. I made the card for the GDP challenge after I made my project for #CI99 – I thought it would be easier to use the same colours for both challenges.

For this card i chose the Colour & Contour Stamp Set and Scalloped Contours Dies.

It was loads of fun using these, very unfloral, colours for the penned flower images. I stamped the images, using Jet Black StazOn, and then used the challenge colours to watercolour the flowers. The images were then die cut.

The coordinating dies have two dies for the floral images, a scalloped edge die and five scalloped rectangles. I used the second largest of these to cut out a ‘window’, in Soft Suede, for the sentiment and gems. The sentiment was stamped, using Just Jade, onto a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and positioned on the Soft Suede card front. The window layer was lifted up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I positioned the flowers and floral stem onto the card front. They were adhered using both Mulitpurpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals. The final touch was to add some of the Genial Gems.

These are some of the new products I used for this project.

The fonts used in the sentiments of this stamp set are really lovely.

It has been very nice to make two projects, two weeks after my surgery. Getting back to ‘normal’ is a treat.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Color & Contour Bundle (English) [158356] $88.00	Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994] $37.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $61.00	Genial Gems [155500] $14.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00