Colour INKspiration #57

Hello there,

welcome to the Colour INKspiration 57 blog hop. If you are hopping your way around the blog hop, you will have arrived from Jackie Aitken's awesome blog. If you are starting the hop here but would like to go to the start at the  Colour INKspiration challenge page over on Facebook, just click the link to be redirected and ask to join the group, that way you can load your projects directly to the Facebook group.

Here's the INKspiration picture for this week. This week it's filled with a vibrant burst of colour featuring Lovely Lipstick, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green. 

Here what I came up with.

You can probably tell I love a bold hit of vibrant colour. I started by brayering my background, added texture with water and ink splatter, then a layer of white gouache splatter. Next I coloured up my flowers with Stampin Up! blends, adding a snipped "thank you" sentiment from a larger sentiment in the Rooted in Nature stamp set. 

Tip: Don't forget you don't need to use sentiments as they are, you can always use just a few words!

To embellish I added some delicate white glimmer foliage (I really liked that it added a more vertical element). I also added some additional foliage using vellum and a little stamped branch. The black outlines were added to the branch using a fine line marker. 

Tip: Another way to customise your card is to add hand drawn accents. 

Here I used the same fine line marker to add a "doodled" (with the assistance of a ruler) border around the edge of my coloured panel. Lastly, a light coat of Wink of Stella added that all important sparkle!

Hope you can join us and have some fun too! The challenge runs till Monday 24th June so there is plenty of time to join in. Next up, on the blog hop is Kathryn Mangelsdorf with a lovely project. Enjoy!

Project Recipe:

To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set $45.00	Budding Blooms Dies $57.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set $73.00	Nature's Roots Framelits Dies $68.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $50.00
Well Written Framelits Dies $70.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies $61.00	Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock $14.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.75	Sparkle Glimmer Paper $8.75	White Vellum A4 Card Stock $15.75	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Versamark Pad $15.75	Embossing Buddy $10.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Heat Tool $50.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50
Twine Baker's Whisper White $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Non-SU! Product: Copic 0.3m multiliner, white gouache paint