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 

Just Add Ink #460 Emboss Resist

Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink we have a fun technique challenge for you. Lou has asked us to Just Add Emboss Resist. 

Now I love heat embossing, it is just magic watching the powder melt and then turn glossy, in fact it's a rare card of mine that does not have any heat embossing on it! Coincidently, just recently I had watched a video from Jennifer McGuire (see her post here) where she made cards using what she called subtle resist. This basically involves putting a layer of colour down, then clear embossing an image over this, then adding more ink over the first layer. I started out with two things in mind I wanted to use a darker ink palette, and the images that were embossed had to be slightly broken so the difference between the resist and inked areas was distinct. Here's how it turned out.

I broke out another technique that falls in the oldie but goodie box, rock and roll stamping. Simply ink up your stamp in one colour then rock and roll the edges in another (usually darker) colour. This is a great way of adding colour variations and interest. I used my finger to help soften the edges between the two inks before stamping. After embossing my trees on the brayered background I sponged Whisper White ink over the top to create a halo of white around my trees. Once you wipe it off the embossed trees the trapped darker colour really pops against the now more muted tones. To finish off the card I added a little water splatter and some more neutral masculine-ish textures and it was done.

The Just Add Ink DT have a really great array of projects that are all about emboss resist, so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

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

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set $73.00	Nature's Roots Framelits Dies $68.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $39.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies $61.00	Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $17.00
Old Olive A4 Card Stock $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $14.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill $16.50	Versamark Pad $15.75	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Stamping Sponges $6.00	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon $12.25
Linen Thread $8.75	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00