Colour Inkspiration Challenge #167

 Welcome to Valley Inspiration with Andrea and the Colour Inkspiration Challenge #167

The colours for this Colour Inkspiration Challenge #167 are beautiful and striking. Pretty in Pink is one of Stampin’ Up!s newly released In Colors for 2024-2026. Pretty in Pink is combined with Basic White and Basic Black in this colour combo.

I started by creating a Pretty in Pink water-colour wash on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. When dry the panel was die cut with an outline die from the Citrus In Bloom dies.

The background was a piece of Pretty in Pink Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper that had a little Pretty in Pink blending added with a Blending Brush. This panel was added to a Pretty in Pink card-base.

Different sized butterflies from the Sketched Butterflies stamps were Black heat embossed on to Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. The butterflies were water-coloured with Pretty in Pink Classic ink and the fine Water Painter.  Once dry the butterflies were die cut with coordinating dies.

The leafy border die from the Citrus in Bloom dies cut out a leafy frame from Basic White card-stock. Half of the frame was trimmed away and the other half was adhered over the water-coloured background. The remainder of the leafy frame was carefully cut into seperate leaf sprays plus some more leaves were die cut. The extra leaves were arranged to develop a fuller leafy trellis. 

A sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set was white heat embossed on Basic Black card-stock and it was fussy cut. The butterflies and sentiment were arranged and a bow of the Silver & White Sheer Ribbon was tucked under the sentiment. The final touch was the scattering of some Iridescent Pearls and 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.

I always like to decorate the card inner and Basic White C6 Envelope so they coordinate in some way with the card design.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I so appreciate the time you spend with me here on my blog.

I do hope you will join in Challenge #167. All you need to do is create a project with the Challenge colours, as shown above, and upload a photo of your creation to the genera discussion wall of the Colour Inkspiration Challenge Facebook group. If you aren’t already a member, all you need to do is answer the required questions and submit your request.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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Colour Inkspiration Challenge #159

I am so excited to have joined the Colour Inkspiration Crew. Colour Inkspiration Challenge #159 is a gorgeous colour combination and here is my project featuring this combo:

To showcase these colours I stamped the Stippled Roses images in 2nd generation Smoky Slate ink and then coloured them with Berry Burst and Pretty Peacock Alcohol Blends Combos, with the Colour Lifter to reinforce the highlights on the petals and leaves.

The Stippled Roses die cut the coloured images and 2 different dies were used to cut leaves from Basic White card-stock. A gorgeous label was cut from Thick Basic White card-stock using the Thoughtful Moments dies.

The Thick Basic White card-base was cut to create a fun fold card where the top front panel fold down from above and the white embossed lower panel folds in from the right side with the pieces meeting diagonally from top right down to bottom left.  The Smoky Slate panel was coloured with Smoky Slate Classic Stampin ink and the new Stampin’ Brayer onto Basic White cardstock. The brayer added the ink at different angles and strengths. Some water was misted over to enable the shading to blend and soften. The Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder was used on a Basic White panel that was adhered to the bottom diagonal section.

Some Pretty Peacock splatters were added with a Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Write Marker. The central floral arrangement was adhered to the gorgeous label that had been partially adhered to the top Smoky Slate Panel. The white die cut leaves were tucked under the coloured flowers and leaves. A little bit of blending added some Smoky Slate to a couple of leaves. Some leaves needed a little pruning to remove a few tiny leaves.

A sentiment from the Stippled Roses stamps was stamped in Smoky Slate and fussy cut. A double White Bakers Twine bow was tucked under the sentiment and a few Iridescent Pearls were sprinkled around the sentiment. Finally a little Wink of Stella was splattered over the card.

The card inner was created with a Basic White panel stamped with part of the Stippled Roses in Smoky Slate. It was mounted on a slightly larger Smoky Slate panel. A Basic White C6 Envelope was also stamped with part of the Stippled Roses stamp in Smoky Slate ink. (not pictured)

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