Good Morning Everyone,
Hope you are all well?
Today I wanted to show you my entry for this week's Creative Colour Challenges. I really like the combination this week and I felt that I needed to do something quite dramatic with the colour, so I did the emboss resist technique. The flowers soften the look slightly, but it still keeps it's dark and moody background.
Measurements
Misty Moonlight Card Stock
1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"
Basic White Card Stock
2pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
1pc - scrap
Gorgeous Grape Card Stock
1pc - scrap
Gray Granite Card Stock
1pc - scrap
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Take the Misty Moonlight card stock and fold along the score line to create you card base. Add one of the Basic White pieces to the inside.
On the other piece of basic white stamp the smaller floral cluster in versamark ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Leave to cool.
Once cooled, add ink with your sponges or blending brushes. I started with the misty moonlight and covered about a third, then the next third was Gorgeous Grape, and finally the remaining third was gray granite. I started off with light coverage and just kept adding more ink to deepen the colour and blend where the colour met, just swapping and changing the colours and my sponges as I went. The Key here is to add slowly and build up, you can always add more ink, but it's near impossible to take it away!
Now, take some kitchen roll/Paper towel and go over the panel, lifting the ink from the embossed areas and the ink doesn't 'soak' in it just sits on the top. this will make a huge difference to your images and make then lovely and bright.
When you are happy with your blending add this panel to the card front.
Now heat emboss the larger flower image in White onto gorgeous grape card stock. Once this has cooled fussy cut and layer onto gray granite card stock, and fussy cut again, leaving a nice even border all the way around.
Add this to the card front, kind of into the centre with dimensionals.
On a scrap of basic white, stamp the thank you sentiment in versamark and clear heat emboss. Once cooled, cover with the gray granite ink. Cut out using the Tailored Tag punch and then add ink to the edges to make it look like a darker mat.
Place this onto the card over the stem of the flower.
I absolutely love how this turned out and I think I could love amazing in so many other colour ways.
Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store
Product List
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See you soon
Vickie
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