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COLOUR INKSPIRATION CHALLENGE #CI115

#CI114 was amazing. It was my first time as part of the design team and I loved the opportunity to really take time to see the projects other paper crafters were sharing. It was also a way to slowly start adding comments to various projects. With #CI115, my goal is to leave a comment for every card shared.

The #CI115 Challenge is a gorgeous combination of familiar colours. If you have ever wandered down the streets of so many European cities and towns, these are the colours you would have seen.

May be an image of text that says '#115 So Saffron Bumblebee OO Cajun Craze Gray Granite'

INKspired to join the challenge? It’s so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. 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. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration 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.

This is the card I created using the colour palette.

For this card I used the Honeybee Home Bundle, Hive 3D Embossing Folder and Beautiful Shapes Dies.

I embossed piece of Simply Marbleous DSP and then attached the die cut hexagon shapes to it using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Then I stamped to stem of flowers using Gray Granite and coloured the flowers with Bumblebee and So Saffron Stampin’ Write Markers™. I layered these stems, at differing heights, on the card.

I tied a bow using a length of Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon and wrapped it around the embossed base layer, securing it on the back using Tear & Tape.

The sentiment was stamped using Crushed Curry ink on the same colour of card stock. I trimmed this layer to the size I used and popped Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back.

The card insert and envelope were both stamped using the same flower stem image. My last step was to attach a Bumblebee Trinket to the front of the card.

I am so happy with the way the larger hexagonal shapes blend in with the embossed DSP.

I have transformed a European streetscape to a hexagonal, floral card.

I cannot wait to see what you create and share.

Until our next Colour INKspiration challenge, 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.

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TIME TO REFRESH OUR FRESHLY BREWED PROJECTS – 2022

The Freshly Brewed Project Team are well rested and ready to start sharing our weekly projects with you. Our first theme for 2022 is all about Valentine’s Day which is next week. So we have created some ‘love’ly projects. Our projects may be Valentine’s Day specific … or could just be sharing/sending love.

Make sure you hop along and see wha the rest of the team has created:

Here is my project:

This week I am featuring the Daffodil Daydream Bundle and the FREE Sale-a-bration Daffodil Afternoon 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. So my card uses these products. I was so pleased when I discovered that one of the designs in the DSP pack was filled with small Pear Pizzazz hearts on Very Vanilla paper – PERFECT!

I stamped, coloured and die cut the daffodil images. The two cut flowers were glued together and then popped up on the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The Valentine’s Day greeting was stamped and then trimmed down to a thin strip. This was then added to a panel cut from one of the Hippo & Freinds Dies. It was also embossed using the splatters from the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folder Set. Dimensionals were used to lift the sentiment and the panel.

The greeting and hearts are from the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set. The hearts were cut using the Sweet Hearts Dies. The hearts were added to the card at three different levels.

Extra hearts were added to the envelope and inside the card.

I must say a big thank you, if you have looked at all my posts today. Today is my blog hop/challenge day – some weeks there will be two posts and sometimes, three. Wednesdays will be busy.

Tomorrow is 3D Thursday and I’m looking forward to sharing another 3D project with you.

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.

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ON TO A NEW TECHNIQUE TODAY

I have two techniques to share with you today. Using the Daffodil Daydream Bundle and Daffodil Afternoon 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper, I decided to use the Whitewash technique and Mirror Image stamping technique.

Let me take you through some photos showing the mirror image stamping technique. I used my Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad before heat embossing White Stampin’ Emboss™ Powder.

I used the Silicon Craft Sheet so that I could make sure that I had a well inked image.

Then I carefully placed a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock over the stamped silicon sheet and pressed the stamp down firmly to transfer the ink onto the cardstock.

This makes sure that there is an image on the side of the cardstock needed to use the die to cut the mirror image.

Voila – a mirror image of the daffodil.

Here is the end result.

I stamped the daffodils on a larger piece of cardstock and used one of the Scalloped Contours Dies to cut the Crumb Cake panel. The mirror daffodil was die cut. Then I used the fine tip Water Painter to paint some Whisper White Craft ink in the images. I used my Heat Tool to dry the ink.

After cleaning the Water Painter, it was used to colour the flowers using Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz.

I wrapped some Linen Thread several times around the scalloped panel and tied a bow.

The birthday greeting, from the Celebrating You Stamp Set, was stamped and heat embossed in the same way the flowers were. I cut this piece of card down so that I could cut two scallops at each end of greeting panel.

I used two designs from the Daffodil Afternoon DSP to layer up on the front of the Daffodil Delight card base.

After I popped up the scalloped layer on the card front, using Stampin’ Dimensionals, I added the birthday greeting and mirror daffodil.

I stamped the single daffodil image on the card insert and envelope in Daffodil Delight. The last step was to add some Elegant Faceted Gems.

It is always great to find different ways to combine new and existing products. The Scalloped Contours Dies were perfect for this project and I hadn’t used them in a while.

Tomorrow I will have three different projects to share with you.

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.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
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