mmm...Stampin' Time

Welcome to our 161st challenge at Colour INKspiration!

We are posting a day earlier because many of the Colour INKspiration Crew will be heading to Melbourne for a three day Stampin’ Up! extravaganza.

Today’s picture which has inspired our colour palette was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Leonie Stuart

As well as the chosen colour combination for #CI161, Garden Green, Melon Mambo and Moody Mauve, you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Black and metallics to your project. We also allow ‘Ivory’, ‘Bronze’ and ‘Natural Tones’ in the Stampin’ Blends. If you don’t have the colours in our palette, feel free to use the closest Stampin’ Up! substitute.

Challenge guidelines:

· Create a NEW project made specifically for this challenge.

· Use all of the challenge colours (or close substitutions) unless stated.

· Upload only ONE picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and NOT in an album.

We hope you can participate this round and look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Happy stamping!

The image credit for this challenge is https://pin.it/Akz43HX.

As I am featuring the A Little Latte Suite Collection this week, I decided to create a card using the Latte Love Bundle.

After preparing my Basic White cardbase, I cut 3 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ strips of Garden Green, Melon Mambo and Moodt Mauve cardstock. These three pieces were thenpassed through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Basics 3D Crosshatch Embossing Folder.

These three panels were then adhered to the card front in the manner you can see.

The next step was to stamp the coffee art hearts in each of the three challenge colours. They were cut using the circle from the Latte Love Dies.

Then I stamped the ‘birdseye view’ image of the top of a coffee mug – again, in each of the three challenge colours. They were thencut using the coordinating die.

I systematically shifted the colours to the right – Melon Mambo embossed piece, Melon Mambo mug outline on the Garden Green embossed panel and Melon Mambo coffee art heat on the Moody Mauve embossed panel and Garden Green mug outline.

I repeated this system to ensure all three panels incoorporated all three challenge colours.

The mugs were attached to the embossed panels using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used the birthday greeting, from the Sweetly Scripted stamp set, and trimmed the stamped sentiment to fit across the three embossed panels.

The coffee art heart image was stamped inside the card and on the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins to the card front.

I hope that you enjoy all the projects I make this week, using the A Little Latte Suite Collection.

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.

Latte Love Bundle (English) [163461] $81.75	Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163455] $35.00	Latte Love Dies [163460] $56.00	Sweetly Scripted Cling Stamp Set (English) [163600] $42.00
Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $53.00	Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins [161627] $13.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $17.50
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $17.50	Moody Mauve A4 Cardstock [161732] $17.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $15.75	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $15.75
Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad [161649] $15.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $46.00	Take Your Pick [144107] $19.25
Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $15.00

As I mentioned yesterday, I have another card to share that uses a technique shared by Emma Parkin-Wilson last week on the Demonstrator Planning Place Facebook group.

The technique is called STACK, CUT & SHUFFLE and is a method to use different designs from Designer Series Paper bundles.

TIP: Choose three paper designs that compliment each other in colour and in terms of scale.

TIP: Once you have cut your chosen DSP to the size you want as a panel for your card front, take a pencil and make a tick mark 1″ in from the top left and bottom right of the DSP. I also made a tick mark 2″ down from the top right hand side of the DSP.

TIP: Align the cut DSP pieces and hold them in place using paperclips. This should minimise the paper slipping.

You can play around with the layout of the cut pieces of DSP until you are happy with the end result.

I have two to share and the options are almost endless.

With different colours for the cardbases and different DSP layouts, the cards will look unique.

The greetings were stamped on Basic White card scraps and cut using one of the Autumn Leaves Dies (and, this die is currently missing on my desk – don’t ask me how!)

The Latte Love Dies include this awesome French press coffee maker. I used two different shades of the Rose Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper, Vellum and Early Espresso card to cut the coffee maker elements.

TIP: Make sure you add Adhesive Sheet to the back of the foil specialty paper so that you can more easily adhere the elements together.

After the French press was constructed, I added them to each of the card fronts.

I also cut three coffee cups for each card. The die leaves a small slit at the top of each cup so that they can be tucked insode each other to create a cup stack.

I added some die cut coffee cups to the card insert and envelope.

Finaly, I coloured some Flat Adhesive-backed Pearls using the Calypso Coral and Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends.

MAKe sure that pop by tomorrow to see my next project.

Until then, 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

A Little Latte Suite Collection (English) [163466] $135.00	Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163455] $35.00	Latte Love Dies [163460] $56.00	Autumn Leaves Dies [162185] $67.00	A Little Latte 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163453] $21.75
Rose Gold 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159139] $17.50	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls [160449] $15.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $17.50
Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $17.50	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $17.50	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50
Tear & Tape Adhesive [154031] $12.25	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $115.00	Paper Snips [103579] $19.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] $46.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $15.00