Good Morning Everyone
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all having a good weekend so far. Today I'm Blog Hopping with the InspireINK ladies. Each month a different member chooses a theme and this month Gez has chosen Purples as a theme. Any or all off our Purple shades can be used to create a project.
I thought this was the perfect opportunity to revisit the rubber band technique. It's a fun and easy way to create a unique and fabulous background.
Measurements
Rich Razzleberry Card Stock
1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8"
1pc - scrap
Fresh Freesia Card Stock
scrap
Highland Heather Card Stock
scrap
Basic White Card Stock
2pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
scrap
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Take the Rich Razzleberry Card stock and fold along the score line to create your card base, add one of the Basic White Pieces to the inside.
Grab a hand full of rubber bands and wrap them around a clear block. There's no particular way to this just fill the block as much or as little as you wish - the more you add the closer your lines, the less you add the more spaced your lines become.
Now, use this block as your stamping tool. Add ink the the rubber bands, then stamp onto your card stock all. Start Will the lightest colour, and work out to the darkest. I used a baby wipe between colours, just to take off as much surface ink from the bands so that I wasn't getting much 'other' colour on my ink pads. Keep going until you build up the required effect.
TIP - to remove the rubber bands - hold the block over the bin and snip then off the block. This will help keep inky fingers to a minimum! haha
Add the background panel to the card front.
Stamp the Sentiment from Sunny Sentiments in Gorgeous Grape ink, then run through your Mini Cut and Emboss Machine with the largest Hexagon from Beautiful Shapes Dies. Layer this to a scrap of Rich Razzelberry card stock and trim down to give a nice even border of colour. Add this to the centre of the card front with dimensionals.
On scraps of Fresh Freesia stamp the larger flower from Sentimental Swirls in Fresh Freesia ink and cut out using the Flowers & Leaves punch.
Also cut out the smaller flowers that have been stamped in Highland Heather on the same colour card stock with the Strawberry Builder punch. Gently tease up the edges of the petals to create a little depth and add an iridescent rhinestone to the centre. Add these around the hexagon with glue dots.
It's pretty simple to put together, but I think it looks fabulous - and would work great in so many different colour combinations!
I hope you have enjoyed my project today - please take a look at the list below and continue through the hop and see what everyone else has created with our Purple Tones.
Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store. A lot of the supplies I used today will not carry over into the brand New catalgoue, so be sure to grab them whilst you can!
Product List
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See you soon
Vickie
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Awesome way to use these colours, I love this technique and your card. Thanks for the tip, I always get inky fingers! xx
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ReplyDeletelovely card - i keep meaning to try this technique but never have - must change that! x
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