Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.
Week 22 – Early Espresso
Today’s card features the Earthen Textures Bundle (stamps & dies). My card base is Early Espresso cardstock with a layer of Distressed Gold Specialy Designer Series Paper.
The background to my focal point, is a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, with one of the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks. I added Early Espresso ink with a Blending Brush, keeping it darker on the outer edges. When I sat it on the card, I felt it needed something more, so I used a Sponge Dauber to make the edges quite dark.
I began by cutting lots of different dies from my chosen colours and then played around moving pieces to work out my final layout. I needed to ground my urn on simething, so I cut a larger Decklede Crcle die and cut one side.
Can you believe how watercolouring can soften such bold colours? The palm/fan shape diecuts are Moody Mauve and Pretty Peacock and the urn is Easly Espresso! I also used the embossing die to add some texture, and the top is diecut in Basic White. Some Natural Wavy Trim was threaded through and adhered at the back. This allowed room for my sentiment to take pride of place in the centre of the urn. To finish off, I painted some Gold Metallic Enamel Effects Basics onto the ends of the fronds using a Water Painter filled with Isocol and a clear block.
Decorate the inside with some left over pieces.
Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Flirty Flamingo.
Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Andrea Sargent.
If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Cathy’s blog.
Product List
Stamps: Something Fancy, Earthen Textures*
Dies: Earthen Textures*, Deckled Circles
Card/Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Distressed Gold Specialty, Very Vanilla
Inks: Early Espresso, Moody Mauve, Pretty Peacock
Other: Natural Wavy Trim, Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, Blending Brushes, Metallic Enamel Effects Basics, Water Painters, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Sponge Daubers
* can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%
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