Hello to each of you who have popped by!
Today I want to share a card I made for a Colour Inkspiration challenge. The colours this time are rich and earthy, in a real Australian way. I love the black silhouette of the windmill against this sunset. I have a friend who has recently set off on a 6 month caravanning holiday through Queensland the Northern Territory and Western Australia. She shared photos this week from the Simpson Desert.
My card uses some new products from the upcoming 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalogue from Stampin’ Up!®.
I started by using my Blending Brushes and one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks to brush all four colours onto a piece of Shimmery White cardstock. I worked the colours diagonally from the top left hand corner down and across to the bottom right hand corner. I started with Calypso Coral then moved on to the Rococo Rose before adding Pumpkin Pie and finishing with Crushed Curry (light, dark, dark, light).
TIP: You do not need to have a Blending Brush for every colour. I have one for yellows and one for pinks. The tip is to use your gridpaper or paper towel to remove as much ink possible from the brush. You can also use your Simply Shammy to remove even more ink.
Then I used the wonderful, new Tailor Made Tags Dies to cut the four tags from the ‘masked’ paper. The fifth, final small tag was stamped with a sentiment and splotches image from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set.
The Pumpkin Pie reinforcer shape you can see next to the ‘Thinking of You’ greeting was die cut after some Adhesive Sheet was placed on the back of a scrap of cardstock.
I used my Stamparatus, and the hinge step technique, to stamp the text onto the front of the Pumpkin Pie card front. Then I stamped the speckled image across the front as well. When the front of the card was stamped, I used Stampin’ Dimensionals and Multi Purpose Glue to layer and position the tags. This was done so that all of the reinforcement shapes were layered over each other – this meant that I could thread some White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon through the holes and tie a bow.
I added a strip of the brushed masked image to the card insert and stamped the text image onto the front of the envelope.
I wasn’t sure how this project would turn out. While a glorious sunset is inspiring, I wasn’t all too sure how I could use these colours effectively. I am actually pleased with the result. What do you think?
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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