Colour INKspiration – CI165

Welcome to the next Colour INKspiration challenge – #CI165. We are celebrating some of Stampin’ Up! new In-Colour this challenge, let’s take a look….

Peach Pie, Petal Pink and Shy Shamrock.

Along with new colours, this month in Stampin’ Up! land we have a range of new toys to play with too – having released a new Annual Catalogue. Today, I’m playing with a new bundle called Flowers of Beauty.

This set features stamps and dies and here, I have used a combination of both to create a featured arrangement. One thing I have noticed while using these new colours is, they are bright and strong colours. These types of colour really lend themselves to Generational Stamping techniques, which really allow you to extend the shades of the ink colour.

On my card, here, I have used the Shy Shamrock in full strength – leaves at the back, and the sentiment. However the leaves are lighter – here I stamped off on some scratch paper, removing some of the ink from my stamp, before stamping again on Basic White cardstock to use. 

Petal Pink and Peach Pie are what we call “colour buddies”. These are two shades of a similar colour that work together to provide light and shade. Here I stamped the outline stamp in Peach and coloured the flowers with Petal.

I added a die cut leaf layer from Shy Shamrock and finish the card with some new In Colour glimmer gems. I layered some Petal Pink cardstock to a Basic White thick cardbase to make the card.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, May 20. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Flowers Of Beauty Bundle $96.25	Irresistible Blooms Cling Stamp Set (English) $44.00	Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad $15.75	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock $20.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Shy Shamrock A4 Cardstock $20.25	Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin Pad $15.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock $19.75	2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems $15.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI161

For this latest colour palette for the Colour INKspiriation challenges, I wanted to try something different. The intensity in the colour palette for this challenge suited what I had in mind. So let’s take a look at the colours: Moody Mauve, Melon Mambo and Garden Green.

Rich intense hues allow for gradation of colour to be extracted. So for this card I did some watercolouring. 

Fun Fact: Although I am a Graphic Designer, my drawing skills are not great – so much so, I didn’t score well in my Life Drawing classes back in my Uni days! Graphics and Illustrations are two different disciplines!

Rather than stamping, I created a base design to watercolour by using the Layered Florals embossing folder and some Fluid 100 paper. The 3D style of this embossing folder really lends itself to this technique as it is so deeply etched. 

Dotting some ink from my reinker and mixing a little water to dilute it, I used water painters and spritzers to add my colour. The richness of these colours means you can extend the colours to create light and shade. 

I purposefully embossing a section of the folder, so that there was a centre flower, to help create my little piece of Monet.

I will continue to practise my blending skills, but it was fun to colour in a different way and produce a little piece of art in a different style to my norm.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday March 25th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Lovely & Sweet Cling Stamp Set (English) $46.00	Layered Florals 3 D Embossing Folder $19.25	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper $15.75	Water Painters $23.00	Stampin' Spritzer $7.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $8.75	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $8.75	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill $8.75	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock $18.50
Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock $15.75	Garden Green A4 Card Stock $17.50	Moody Mauve 3/8" (1 Cm) Textured Ribbon $14.00	2023–2025 In Color™ Dots $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI160

Another year of creative colour challenges are upon us as I begin on the crew with Colour INKspiration again. So let’s take a look at the colour challenge for this next one – our 160^th challenge (#CI160)…

Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, Soft Seafoam, Balmy Blue and Highland Heather.

These colours are all from Stampin’ Up!’s Subtle colour palette. I just love these colours… it’s funny right, when I first join Stampin’ Up! I was a Brights girl through and through… these days, I’m leaning toward subtles more and more! I think I’m getting old – LOL!

Anyway, here is the card I made using all these colours.

This time, I reached for a new bundle coming next month in the Online Exclusives additions. It’s called Happy Little Things which is a cute and fun bundle of words, you can adapt to many occasions… and you can use them to compliment a graphic stamp or die cut image or you can do what I did here and make them the feature.

This stamp set features several large words – one as an outline and one solid to colour with. There are also several smaller supporting phrases too – and the banner die set fits these. Here I used the “celebrate” outline stamp and stamped it once in each of the challenge colours. 

Next, I used the solid colouring stamp to fill in the word – but instead of just stamping it in one colour over the matching outline… I decided to break up the word into syllables and stamp it out in several colours. Something a little fun to create. I finished off the top with one of the supporting sentiments and one of the banner dies. I tucked a couple of leafy elements under the banner, which were die cut from Soft Seafoam cardstock.

The rest of the card is quite simple, some scrap DSP strips to the sides, all adhered to a Basic White card base.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, March 11th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Lovely & Sweet Dies $56.00	Lighter Than Air 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock $15.75	Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI158

Can you believe we are mid summer already…. It feels like it hasn’t even started here in Melbourne yet. Maybe one or two days just over 30 degrees, but that’s it. Really looking forward to some warmer days so we can plan a trip to the beach… one just like this one that forms our inspo for Colour INKspiration’s mid holiday challenge…

Our challenge colours are Petal Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party and Blueberry Bushel.

With a Mini Catalogue full of amazing new toys just launching this month, it sure was hard to pick which set to play with first. I went with Filled with Happiness. It’s a stand alone stamp set on page 35 of the January mini, however it coordinate with the carryover Modern Oval punch from the September 2023 mini.

I’m still in holiday mode, even though I started back at work this week, so my crafting is simple for fun.

First up, I created a cardbase in Petal Pink cardstock. I found some Designer Paper in the same colour from the Light it up designer paper pack. So I trimmed down a panel, framed it with a thin strip of Fresh Freesia cardstock and adhere to the cardbase.

Next, I stamped the main image in Blueberry Bushel ink on some Basic White cardstock. Colouring was always fun for me as a kid – then with lead pencils, now with Blends (alcohol markers). I coloured the central image in with Pool Party, Petal Pink and Fresh Freesia blends. Using the Modern Oval punch, I punched out the centre image, leaving behind the sentiment in a larger oval shape on my white cardstock.

I trimmed down a piece of Pool Party cardstock and adhered the sentiment layer, creating a nice frame. This then went onto my cardbase.

I wanted a little more Fresh freesia colour, so I coloured some Black & White gingham ribbon with my Blend. I layered this over the sentiment and fixed the coloured punch element over the top with dimensionals.

Finishing my card with a few of the Rainbow Adhesive gems, again in Freesia.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until 7pm, February 12. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Filled With Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) $35.00	Modern Oval Punch $39.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock $17.50
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Pool Party A4 Card Stock $17.50	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $17.50	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock $17.50
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots $15.75	Lighter Than Air 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI156

I’m a traditional girl at heart when it comes to Christmas and this next colour palette for Colour INKspiration is just that. It’s so my cup of coffee!

Here we are playing with Black and White along with Real Red and Shaded Spruce.

I went back to my comfort zone with a traditional Christmas card. 

Layering black cardstock onto a white card base created the start for the decorative layers. I stamped fir leaves in Shaded Spruce ink onto a layer of White cardstock. Whilst this colour green ink is not my go to, what I do like about it is… it’s such a rich colour it’s perfect for generational stamping technique. This is what I did here in the background, stamping off first and creating light and dark leaves, thus stitching the shades of colour within the one ink pad. I added two die cut fir leaves. The fir stamp is from the Christmas classics bundle and the die is from the Joy of Noel bundle.

Next I layered some Black and White gingham ribbon and a strand of silver trim. Over the top is the main feature – the sentiment. Here I white heat embossed the letters from the Alphabest stamp set and punched them out with the coordinating punch to create the Merry. I stamped the Christmas for the Joy of Noel stamp set in Black ink and fussy cut.

To finish I scattered some silver pearls from the Festive Pearl pack. I hope this has inspired your creativity to create your version of these.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday December 11th – that’s almost three weeks. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) $85.50	Christmas Classics Bundle (English) $91.75	Alphabest Bundle $57.50	Real Red A4 Card Stock $17.50	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock $17.50
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $17.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $11.50	Versamark Pad $16.75	Heat Tool $54.00
Basics Embossing Powders $32.00	Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon $12.25	Festive Pearls $12.25	Simply Elegant Trim $13.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – 155

Up next for Colour INKspiration, #CI155, is almost a monotone colour palette, featuring three purple shades. I loved it as soon as I saw and this idea for my card sprung to mind straight away.

Here is our palette and inspo pic…

Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Cherry Cobbler. Plus of course we can add Basic White, Black, Crumb cake and metallics as well.

Here is the card I created….

Starting with a card base of Fresh Freesia cardstock, I use Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape ink and applied them with a blending brush to create an ombre effect from the outside to the centre.

The main image is stamped from the Joyous Noel stamp set and die cut with the coordinating die set. Here I have embossed it with silver embossing powder. I then die cut fir leaves in Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape cardstock to fan around the embossed die cut. Looping some silver thread beneath before adhering with dimensionals to the card base.

I heat embossed the same of the holly and berries onto Cherry Cobbler cardstock, again with sliver embossing powder. I fussy cut the berries and added them to my Freesia card. I also embossed a small sentiment while I had the Cherry cardstock out.

I finished off the card with a simple bow in more of the Silver thread. I hope this inspires some ideas for you.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until 7pm Monday 20th November. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) $85.50	Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock $17.50	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock $17.50	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Blending Brushes $23.00	Heat Tool $54.00	Metallics Embossing Powders $32.00
Versamark Pad $16.75

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI153

I did it!! I’m so excited!! I used Colour INKspiration’s #CI153 next colour challenge and created a Non-Traditional coloured Christmas card! This is huge for me as I am so very traditional when it comes to Christmas…

The colour palette for this challenge is just gorgeous, let’s take a look…

Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Moody Mauve, Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon. Lots of colours in this challenge and they are so beautiful together.

Here is my Christmas card…

Using the Merriest Trees, I started by creating a tree with Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon cardstock. I love the way the dies work in this bundle… there are several to choose from and you can either layer them to create a multi-tone tree like I have here or you can make different sized ones.

Next, I set about using the remaining colours in the palette – Base at the bottom and Star at the stop are in Lemon Lolly, baubles are in Petal Pink and presents are in Mauve and Pink. 

Aaannnd because it’s October, my birthday month, I’m blinging up my projects. So here I have added extra Iridescent rhinestones. I may make another one and use some gold glimmer paper for the base and star… now that would be lots of bling! 

I’m really please at how this turned about and I know exactly who I will send this too as well!

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until 7pm, Monday October 25th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group.

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Merriest Trees Bundle (English) $98.00	Brightest Glow Bundle (English) $91.75	Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $21.75	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Moody Mauve Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Lemon Lolly A4 Cardstock $17.50	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana $17.50	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock $17.50	Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels $13.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI151

I’m back creating for the Colour INKspiration crew with their next colour challenge for #CI151. A wonderful inspirational image inspired this palette and I decided today was the day to crack open my Darling Details bundle. But first let’s take a look at the challenge colours…

Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Boho Blue and Pecan Pie. We can of course, add Basic White, Vanilla and Black as well as Metallics to round out the colours to create with.

As mentioned earlier, I opened my Darling Details bundles for this creation and can I say… I don’t know why I waited so long to purchase this bundle!

As I was creating this card, I found myself wondering which colour, I was going to use for what elements. Which then made me wonder, if our challenge creators had a similar thought. So today, I wanted to share how I approach my colour to element choices.

First, I pull out pieces cardstock in each of the challenge colours. Holding up the pieces of cardstock, I look at my stamp set and slowly read through their names until one speaks to the colours I’m holding. In this case, it was the Darling Details bundle, but it’s funny, as I felt like a beachy-seaside creation would suit this palette. But flowers it was. I also grab out any matching dies/punches the stamps may have.

Next, looking through each of the stamps, I allocate stamps/dies to colours – flowers to Petal Pink, dies to Balmy Blue cardstock, sentiment stamp to Boho Blue ink. So that left me with how to fit in Pecan Pie – when the light bulb went off – Designer Paper and I just knew the Gingham pack would match nicely.

Now it’s all about creating…. I created a cardbase from Basic White thick cardstock. I stamped the outline of the flower in full strength Petal Pink ink and the colouring stamp, I used the generational stamping technique. I die cut those out. I also die cut the Balmy Blue flowery-leafy stems, I went with two to begin with. I die cut my frame from Basic white cardstock. Then I started to play around with laying out the elements.

Cutting down the Designer Paper to fit the card front helped with deciding there was waaay to much Pecan Pie gingham and I needed to reduce that. So instead of die cutting a shape to sit over the top, I decided to die cut the Designer paper to create a second frame. To make sure these two frames were going to match, I adhere the white frame to the designer paper and then used the Deckled Rectangle die to cut out the middle – now I can use this for another project. 

I adhered the frames to the card base and began layering my flower elements until I was happy with the arrangement. But…. before I adhering all the elements as final…. I always ask myself “is there anything else I can add?” I decided a couple of tiny flowers in Boho blue ink might be just enough. I  wanted to tuck them under my petal pink flowers though, so they weren’t fully visible. I stamped these directly onto the cardbase along with the sentiment. Then adhere two flowers to the base. Using glue dots, I adhered the two die cut flowery-leafy elements together and then onto my card and used dimensionals for the last flower for the top.

As I was proudly holding us my creation for inspection…. I thought a few gems in Boho Blue would just work nicely.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday September 25th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Darling Details Bundle $94.50	Deckled Rectangles Dies $53.00	Glorious Gingham 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $18.50	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock $15.75
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Boho Blue Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock $17.50	2023–2025 In Color™ Dots $14.00

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration – CI146

What an amazing colour combination we have this challenge for Colour INKspiration challenges #ci146. The inspirational image is equally amazing. I just want to jump in that cozy bed and snuggle up with a good book and all that colour. Let’s take a look shall we…

Along with the challenge colours, we can also use Basic White and Black, Crumb Cake and metallics.

I’m not normally one to jump on a bandwagon of showing off new products too early…. But this time I couldn’t help it. The Translucent Florals bundle come later this year is just amazing and worked perfectly for this colour combination. Here is what I created.

The set itself is distinctive in style – meaning it picks and puts down ink at different levels so you get this wonderful layering of colour. Being such a fine layer of colour, allows for overlapping of images and really leans into the name of being Translucent.

To make this card, I created a card base in Basic White Thick cardstock and layered some Glorious Gingham designer paper over the top. I die cut a shape using the Deckled rectangle dies, from Basic White cardstock. 

Next came the stamping, first the leaves directly onto my die cut rectangle in Pretty Peacock ink. After cleaning off my stamp, I stamped the same leaves in Granny Apple Green ink just off to the left to create a bunch of leaves in differing colours. I also stamped a few extra single leaves, a couple in each colour and die cut those.

Next came my flowers, the larger one I stamped in Berry Burst ink and the smaller one in Blackberry Bliss ink. It was right about now, I was really thankful this stamp set comes in red rubber!

I die cut those out with the coordinating dies and set about creating my masterpiece, layering leaves and flowers until I was happy with the combination, and using Dimensionals to adhere them.

I finished off the card with a sentiment stamped directly onto the card in Pretty Peacock ink and a few tinsel gems for some extra bling!

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew – the projects will really knock your socks off. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until Monday, 10 July. Look forward to seeing you over on the group..

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

The stamp and die bundle used in this project is the Translucent Florals bundle, available August to December 2023.

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock $15.75	Glorious Gingham 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $18.50	Deckled Rectangles Dies $53.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad $15.75	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad $15.75	Tinsel Gems Three Pack $13.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75

Colour INKspiration

I’m back with some inspiration for the latest Colour INKspiration colour challenge – #ci145. It’s a beauty too. To be honest… we’ve had some pretty awesome ones this year already, the crew have worked hard to find images to inspire our crafting. This one is just as good!

So the colour combination we are working with for this challenge includes Blueberry Bushell, Tahitian Tide and Lemon Lime Twist. Plus of course, we can add the usual neutrals – Basic White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake and metallics.

I went simple and opted to use the Earthen Textures bundle. This suite in the Annual Catalogue is featured using lovely warm earthy neutral tones that look like they have just bounced out of a Decorator Magazine. You know I’m always up for a challenge. So here they are in blues….

Layering the blue pots against the white cardstock was a huge contrast with splashes of the Lemon Lime Twist colour for leaves and a thin frame.

I also had a small scrap of Basic White cardstock floating around my craft table, so I embossed it with the Cane Weave folder and layered it as a base for the pots to sit on. Finishing off with a couple of Iridescent Pearls as decorations on a pot.

More INKspiration is loaded up over in our Facebook Challenge group. Head over and enjoyed all the amazing inspiration from the crew. We will be excited to have you play along with us. This challenge is open until 7pm, Monday, June 26th. Look forward to seeing you over on the group…

Until next time… Stamp Creatively,

Click to shop supplies specific to this project:

Earthen Textures Bundle (English) $96.25	Charming Sentiments Bundle (English) $91.75	Cane Weave 3 D Embossing Folder $17.50	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock $17.50
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad $15.75	Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock $17.50	Tahitian Tide A4 Cardstock $17.50	Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels $13.25	Adhesive Sheets $20.25

Stampin’ Staples – Click to shop these commonly used crafting supplies:

Basic White A4 Cardstock $18.50	Basic White C6 Envelopes $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $9.75	Mini Glue Dots $10.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.25	Stampin' Seal $14.00	Stampin' Seal Refill $10.50	Paper Trimmer $46.00
Take Your Pick $19.25	Take Your Pick Putty Refill $7.00	Stampin' Pierce Mat $8.75	Bone Folder $12.25	Paper Snips $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $223.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine $115.00	Clear Block B $12.25	Clear Block D $16.75	Clear Block E $23.00
Clear Block H $16.75