Colour INKspirations Challenge #104 is now open over on our Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook Page. The photo for this challenge was picked by fellow Crew Member, Rose Packer and our Guest Designer this challenge is the fabulous Tracy Held.
- Stamp Set: Art In Bloom, Quiet Meadow (dottage), Inspiring Thoughts (sentiment on the cards)
- Dies: Messages Die, Painted Labels (for the cards),
- Card Stock: Basic White (for the stamping), Cherry Cobbler, Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic White (for the cards)
- Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Memento Tuxedo Black
- Ribbon/Thread: Linen Thread (for the cards)
- Tools: Acrylic Blocks, Paper Trimmer
- Adhesives: Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals (for the cards)
- All images are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
- Stamp the outline flower images randomly in groups of three
- Stamp both outline leaf images around the outside of the flowers
- Using the co-ordinating fill-in image, stamp the flowers in Cherry Cobbler, using second generation stamping to create a second tone.
- Using the co-ordinating fill-in images, stamp the leaves in second and third generation Memento Black Tuxedo ink.
- Stamp the smaller three-flower image around the larger three in Cherry Cobbler
- Take the dottage stamp from Quiet Meadow (or any other dottage stamp you have) and stamp this in areas to fill in any white space between the flowers and around the edges to 'fill-out' the clusters.
- Trim down the cardstock into four equal pieces. Mine measures 3/4" smaller than my card front. Keep the scraps as you can use these for the inside.
- Glue this onto a mat layer that measures 1/8" larger on two sides. This will give you a narrow 1/16" border on all four sides.
- Wrap some linen thread around and tie a bow. To step it up, I added the open scallop from Painted Labels Dies and glued this down under the Linen Thread.
- Stamp your sentiment on a scrap of Basic White cardstock and die cut with the Messages die. To add definition, I added ink to the edges of my die cut.
- Attach this to the front of your card with Dimensionals.
- Trim down a piece of Basic White cardstock to fit the inside of your card. Add a strip of the stamped images trimmed away to the lower edge of the piece of Basic White cardstock and adhere to the inside of your card with Tombow Multipurpose Glue
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