Chris is our hostess in the Color Challenge this week, and she has really challenged me with her colors: Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, and Starry Sky. The dessert option is to add something warm. I'm hoping I qualify for desert with my sparkly gold "you."
I decided to use the gift die and stencil from the January "Let's Stamp Together" kit. I started with Bristol cardstock because I think inks blend better on it than regular cardstock. Since I was using dye inks, I needed all the help I could get! I ink blended, ever so lightly, with the three challenge colors, then used the same colors to ink heavily through the stencil. Then I die cut the shapes.
This card taught me, once again, that mistakes are merely opportunities for embellishment. There are tiny ink halo marks under the dot and star next to "for," neatly covered up. Even worse, I forgot to cut the shadow layer for "you," and glued the gold letters on the white layer, but the word looked terrible because it wasn't horizontal. No problem, I went back (next morning), peeled off the first "you," cut a new one AND the shadow layer, and voilà ! I'm finally happy with my card!
I'm eager to see what other paper artists create with these colors! Please join us!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82958
Fri, Mar 08, 2024 @ 3:23 AM
Lovely gifts and EF. A super pretty CAS card Barbara. Fun but pretty at the same time. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni