Colour INKspiration #62

Hello there,

welcome to the Colour INKspiration 62 blog hop. If you are hopping your way around the blog hop, you will have arrived from Rachel Palmieri's 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 dash of spring featuring Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Whisper White and Call Me Clover. 

Here what I came up with.

Hope you can join us and have some fun too! The challenge runs till Monday 9th September so there is plenty of time to join in. Next up, on the blog hop is the lovely Elizabeth Gross with something special to show you. Enjoy!

Project Recipe:

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Product List

Daisy Lane Cling Stamp Set $40.00	Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set $45.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Stitched Lace Dies $61.00	Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00
Daisy Punch $31.00	Medium Daisy Punch $28.00	1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch $28.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $15.25	Call Me Clover A4 Cardstock $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad $13.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Gold Faceted Gems $8.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $7.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50

Retired SU!: Big Shot die cutting machine

A little something polka dot

Hi there,

I wanted to do Kristina's challenge this week as I decided to skip last week - and with a day to mull it over I had loads of ideas, I was trying to keep it simple, because I don't have alot of time to do the challenge. But this card turned out so much simpler than anything I had envisaged. When I opened up my stamp set cupboard my eyes fell on Polka Dot Punches and I just had a flash of an idea and decided to follow it through.

Firstly, these are the colours Kristina picked for this week.

While the card is simple, there are a few little touches that take time and points to note - I used Basic Grey and Basic Black markers to colour in the stamp, then at the end went over some of the dots with a clear glaze/aqualip pen. The sentiment is also stamped in versamark and then embossed in white. That about sums it up so here is the card.

I have thought about tinkering with it- ie adding more complexlity as that is what I naturally lean towards - for example you could punch out various layers of the stamp in black, white or gray and then mount them on dimensionals so the flowers/tree are more three-D but I don't have the time so I will have to leave it in what I hope is a state of elegant simplicity.

Recipe:
Stamps:Polka Dot Punches, So Many Sayings
Ink: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Versamark
Card Stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: Scallop Circle punch, White narrow grosgrain ribbon, white embossing powder and Heat Gun, Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Sakura clear glaze/aqualip pen