Welcome back to a New Year! Hopefully a year full of creativity!
Our year started with a busy month away to celebrate a family wedding so I am now enjoying being home for a little while and getting back into the craft room too.
Welcome to our Guest Designer - Verity Pursglove, I can't wait to see what she creates with these beautiful colours. Today’s picture which has inspired our colour palette was chosen by Colour INKspiration Crew Member, Monica Formosa.
I love blues so this was a great way to start the year for me - however it turns out I rarely use Smoky Slate so only had scraps to incorporate into this project.
I discovered that many of my stampsets are now on the "Last Chance" list so I wanted to use some of them before they are gone. The Thankful Garden hydrangea was my choice for some Silver heat embossing and then some watercolouring. I tried this technique on both Watercolour Paper and on Two Tone Cardstock in Azure Afternoon. The slightly paler second side allows you to coordinate your pieces so easily. Then for added depth I sponged Azure Afternoon ink directly onto the regular cardstock for a lovely deep border.
I also can't believe that the Textured Notes dies and the lovely Branching Out stampset are on the chopping board - the font and sentiments in this set are terrific for birthdays.
The Balmy Blue Sheer ribbon and the Frosted Irridescent Dots are also disappearing soon. The gorgeous silver flower embellishments are a relic from the past but I just found them again and they are perfect.
Which one do you like best - the White Watercolour Paper?
Or the Blue on Blue?
Inside the blue - using a cut off scrap of the watercolour panel
Inside the white - same process
My one new product is the All in a Row Embossing Folder which is pretty cute.
We would love to see what you create using this colour palette - you can share your picture with us on the Facebook Group.
Check out the album to see what the rest of the design team has created using these colours. It's always wonderful to see what different products and styles everyone uses
As well as the chosen colour combination for #CI203, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon and Smoky Slate, you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, 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! (or any other brand) substitute - Pool Party instead of Balmy Blue for example.
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.
CI#203 will run for almost TWO weeks and will end at 5 pm (AEDT) on Monday February 23rd.
I hope you have a creative week and remember,
"don't just post online,
post something pretty!"
cheers, Liz
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