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Colour INKspiration #149 – Earthern Textures

Welcome back for another Colour INKspiration challenge. This inspiration picture which has inspired our colour palette was chosen by Crew Member, Lou Kitzelmen. 

Picture credit – https://500px.com/photo/251449445/night-cherry-blossom-by-kenjieda0910

As well as the chosen colour combination for #CI149, Fresh Freesia, Moody Mauve and Misty Moonlight, 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 Stampin’ Blends. If you don’t have the colours in our palette, feel free to use the closest Stampin’ Up! substitute.

To get your creative ideas flowing make sure you check out the Crew’s Projects in the CI#149 album. 

My contribution features the Earthern Textures Stamp Set and coordinating Dies.

This card has a full size back and half front. After adhering panels of the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper, I attached two pieces of Basic White cardstock that were cut using the Deckled Rectangles Dies.

The three planter pots were cut from DSP using the Earthen Textures Dies. Then I cut the palm fronds and long slender leaves branches from the three Challenge colours card stock.

As you can see, I alternated the colours across the pots before adhering them to the Deckled Rectangle layer. The tallest pot was adhered directly onto the deckled layer while the other two pots were attached using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Earthern Textures Stamp Set and was cut using one of the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

The card insert and envelope were both stamped using one of the images from the stamp set.

The card was finished with a few Moody Mauve gems from the 2023-2025 In Colour Dots.

My favourite die from this set is the palm shaped die that also embosses crease lines so it can be folded. Who thinks of this stuff? Totally awesome!

I hope to have lots more posts to share with you soon!

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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT

I know that you have been waiting for quite a few days for my next post to land. Thank you for your patience.

Since my last post I have been getting ahead with my Colour INKspiration Challenge projects. I have just scheduled my late September project. In doing so I have been slack in sharing projects in ‘real time’.

Today I have a great masculine card to share with you, featuring the Gone Fishing Bundle.

… and the coordinating Let’s Go Fishing 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. I used five of the 12 designs in this card.

I started with a Wild Wheat card base and cut the four panels I would use for the card.

The first panel had the greeting stamped, in Boho Blue, directly on it. This was then adhered on the card base.

The three thinner panels were layered together before a length of Boho Blue trim, from the 2023-2025 In Colour Jute Trim pack, was wrapped and tied in a knot. Then I unravelled the ends of the jute trim.

The panels were then popped up on the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Using the fish die, from the Gone Fishing Dies collection, I cut three different fish from one of the paper designs. I added some dimensionals under each fish and then positioned themabove the greeting.

The card insert and envelope each had some of the Designer Series Paper added to embellish them.

The final touch was to add some Boho Blue 2023-2024 In Colour Dots for a little bling.

In a couple of days I will be sharing the brand new products from the September – December 2023 Mini Catalogue! Most of my preorder has arrived and I am just waiting for a few extra items I left off my original order.

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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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YOU ARE JUST MY TYPE

I made these cards for my Coffee & Card Class this week.

It was time to share with the ladies, in attendance, the magic of the Stamparatus and the hinge step technique. Although the Stamparatus is now retired, I will help any of them to find one that someone has to sell.

As you can see, the two samples I made vary in the colours I used and some of the stamps from the set.

I chose Lost Lagoon, Moody Mauve, Pebbled Path and Wild Wheat. The trim is from the 2023-2025 In Colour Jute Trim and the bling is from the the same In Colour Dots.

The paper in the typewriter is longer than the image on the stamp. Fortunately, because it is a photopolymer stamp, I was able to turn it around and stamp the paper a second time. THis gave me more space to stamp the words and images.

Three lengths of Pebbpled Path jute trim were wrapped around the Basic White layer and secured with Tear & Tape.

Then I tied a shorter length of the same trim across the three stands. Then I added a length of a different colour and tied a bow.

I like the way the jute trim holds the curls from being wrapped around the cylinder.

After the paper was stamped and adhered behind the typewriter rollers, I used a matching Stampin’Write Marker™ to draw in the missing sides.

There are so many colour combinations that could be used with this layout and product bundle.

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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
Stamparatus
[148187]
$85.50