This week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, they are asking us to use three colors of ink, paint, or another color medium of the same kind. From distress ink to gelatos, acrylic paint to watercolor pencils – pick the medium and the trio!
Over the weekend, I had been playing with all the new Distress colors for 2015, using different stencils and stamps to create backgrounds for future use. I decided to use one of the backgrounds, add to it, and play with color trios. I chose my background made with THS 002 "Bubble" and Distress Ink "Fossilized Amber". I added "Distress Ink "Squeezed Lemonade with THS 045 "Treads" and then Distress Ink "Ground espresso" with THS 048 "Argyle". Now I had a background I could trim to card size.
Now, for the foreground. I was trying out all my S.U! stamps form my stash and found one that hadn't even been mounted yet: "Big Blossom". I tried stamping it with "Ground Espresso and was very unhappy with the end result. It just never stamped cleanly and smoothly and came out blotchy every time. I came back in with a broad water brush and more "Ground Espresso" and tried painting out the blotches. It helped a little but, as you can see, it still was very grainy in appearance. Still, I decided to go with it and fussy cut it.
Next I layered the trimmed background with a cardstock very close in shade to the "Fossilized Amber" and attached to a prefolded ivory cardstock card base. I added the blossom and trimmed the petals where they hung off the card. I added a sentiment (VAP! Crafts "Surprise!" from the Birthday Party set) in "Ground Espresso" and scattered a few amber rhinestones (Hero Arts "Gemstones" CH126) about:
Over the weekend, I had been playing with all the new Distress colors for 2015, using different stencils and stamps to create backgrounds for future use. I decided to use one of the backgrounds, add to it, and play with color trios. I chose my background made with THS 002 "Bubble" and Distress Ink "Fossilized Amber". I added "Distress Ink "Squeezed Lemonade with THS 045 "Treads" and then Distress Ink "Ground espresso" with THS 048 "Argyle". Now I had a background I could trim to card size.
Now, for the foreground. I was trying out all my S.U! stamps form my stash and found one that hadn't even been mounted yet: "Big Blossom". I tried stamping it with "Ground Espresso and was very unhappy with the end result. It just never stamped cleanly and smoothly and came out blotchy every time. I came back in with a broad water brush and more "Ground Espresso" and tried painting out the blotches. It helped a little but, as you can see, it still was very grainy in appearance. Still, I decided to go with it and fussy cut it.
Next I layered the trimmed background with a cardstock very close in shade to the "Fossilized Amber" and attached to a prefolded ivory cardstock card base. I added the blossom and trimmed the petals where they hung off the card. I added a sentiment (VAP! Crafts "Surprise!" from the Birthday Party set) in "Ground Espresso" and scattered a few amber rhinestones (Hero Arts "Gemstones" CH126) about:
Products used in making this card were:
- Inks: Distress "Fossilized Amber", "Squeezed Lemonade" and "Ground Espresso"
- Stamps: VAP! Crafts "Surprise!" and S.U.! "Big Blossom"
- Papers: scraps of white and amber cardstock, prefolded 5 x 7" ivory card
- Embellishments: Hero Arts Gemstones Yellow (CH126)
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