Hi everyone, and welcome to Week 5 of our Colour Creations Showcase.
Tonight, the Art With Heart Team have created their projects showcasing Blushing Bride.
Blushing Bride is from the Subtles Collection of Stampin' Up! colours, and for my colour palette I chose to combine it with Smoky Slate (Neutrals) and Coastal Cabana (Brights).
Tonight, the Art With Heart Team have created their projects showcasing Blushing Bride.
Blushing Bride is from the Subtles Collection of Stampin' Up! colours, and for my colour palette I chose to combine it with Smoky Slate (Neutrals) and Coastal Cabana (Brights).
For last weeks Colour Showcase, I water coloured for the first time. I chose something simple in the way of stripes. This week I've gone with stripes again, only this time I have used our Sponge Brayers to create them, with the help of some retired washi tape. I found this idea on Pinterest.
Rochelle Blok, an Australian Demonstrator and a member of the Stampin' Up!® Artisan Design Team, created a background DSP for a card she had made in 2017, using washi tape to make the stripes. So, I took this idea and unlike Rochelle who used just one size width of tape on her card, I used multiple sizes to get the different sized gaps in between the colours. This really is a great idea for creating a DIY background and using up any leftover washi tape you might be hanging on to.
I will give you a tip though, make sure to take some of the 'sticky' off of the tape. I learnt this the hard way and had to throw my first attempt in the bin!
What I did the second time round, was to press the tape onto my table a few times and pulled it up, and I also applied it to my jumper at one point. This method helps to make it less tacky, and it shouldn't rip your paper when you take it off. Just remember to pull it off slowly.
I applied the different sized tapes leaving gap widths that I liked and then I simply brayered on the three colours. I used a scrap piece of paper to cover the areas where I didn't want that colour to spread into the next. You can apply as much or as little of the ink that you want, to create lighter or darker colours. This also depends on the pressure you apply to the brayer. There's no need to press hard, but firm enough so that the ink transfers.
I stamped tone on tone in each of the colour sections, using stamps from the Lovely You stamp set.
The sentiment stamped in Smoky Slate is from the same set, and then using the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch I punched it out using the 3/4" size and then the 1" size for the Blushing Bride layer. The punch has a third option size, being a 1/2".
Lovely You Bundle
If you purchase the stamp set and the punch as a bundle, you'll save 10%. Layered banners in one punch is a fantastic idea!
Using Blushing Bride and Coastal Cabana cardstock, I die cut two butterflies from the Well Written Dies and a Blushing Bride heart from the Stitched Be Mine Dies. I only glued the body of the butterflies down and the inside of the wings. I added a touch of sparkle to these parts by brushing on some Wink of Stella.
Here's a close-up pic.
Here's a close-up pic.
On the inside of the card I brayered stripes in Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate directly onto the card. And I added another butterfly.
That's it from me for this week, thanks for stopping by.
You'll find the rest of the team's Blushing Bride creations by clicking on Catherine's blog link below.
Join us again next Wednesday for Week 6 of our Colour Creations Showcase from the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! Team.
See you then.
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I really love your colour combo Caroline. The Coastal Cabana is lovely addition and blends beuatifully with the pink and grey.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Caroline, a lovely colour combination and great brayered background. I think we've all done that with the washi tape and ripped our cardstock.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to create a "custom" background! I love the tone-on-tone stamping, and the lovely colours you've chosen, Caroline.
ReplyDeleteLove how you made the background this time round as well! Love your colour combination as well!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for making a DIY background Caroline! Combined with the tone on tone stamping it is very effective.
ReplyDeleteLovely Colour Combo and I love the striped background it is so effective. Beautiful card. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCaroline I love your colour combination and your technique - what an easy but so effective technique to custom make your own DSP, I love it! Thank you for sharing your Blushing Bride colour inspiration with us xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a great technique! Lovely idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to make a background for your card. It looks fantastic. Your cards is just lovely and I love your colour combination ❤️
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