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Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were wonderful and that you started January with a loving heart.
This month's challenge is celebrating Pantone's Color of 2020: Classic Blue.
I'm a blue lover so I was excited to see this beautiful tone. I was even more excited when I saw that Gina K's Blue Denim ink and coordinating paper were that same classy color.
I've started to really love ink blending and thought I'd add some of that to my card using Gina's ink and my Life Changing Blender Brushes. For my stamp set I chose Gina K's Tall Pine stamp and heat embossed it with Alabastar white embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. I was able to stamp the tree line twice with VersaMark Ink to make sure my embossing was perfect. I used the Blue Denim ink to blend over my paper to create an ombre effect in my sky. I stamped the New Year sentiment from her Christmas Silhouettes stamp set. I cut the words AND A off so I could just use the Happy New Year. A little stamp surgery, lol. I used a die from the Greetery to cut out the trees. I made my banner by first stamping my sentiment and then using my Cut-Align to cut it to the appropriate height I wanted. I mounted/framed the image a couple times with Denim Blue and white cardstock. A pretty quick card and oh, so pretty!
Here is my card and some pictures of different steps during my process.
In the picture below I used Therm O Web purple tape to mask the sides of
my focal area. I ended up not doing the masking technique for this card, changing my design half way through. But the purple tape is amazing!
Below you can see how wonderfully even the Brutus Monroe embossing powder looked on my card.
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I hope you enjoyed this card and I hope you all enter this month!
This month you are challenged to use classic blue on your card in some capacity. If you don't have that specific color, a similar blue shade is fine.
As an added celebration this month, the first Monday of January, Gina K. and Brutus Monroe have each offered a prize as well!
This month's winner will receive:
1 $50 Gift Certificate to My Sweet Petunia,
1 $50 Gift Certificate to Gina K. Designs, and 1 A "Blue Prize Pack" valued at $49.99!!!!</sub>
<sub>EDITED 1/13/2020 to add another prize!!! 1 Blue Themed prize pack from Sue Doherty and Therm O Web!! Some blue foil and who knows what else?
What a way to start 2020! Thank you to Gina K and Brutus Monroe for helping me kick off 2020 in grand fashion!
UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All MISTI Monday Challenge Entries must be uploaded to your member gallery, with the specific challenge keyword, no later than Friday, January 31st at Midnight, Central Time to be eligible to win a $50 gift certificate to My Sweet Petunia! The winner will be announced in the evening on Sunday, February 2nd.
2. You may combine this challenge with other challenges, and also have multiple entries. Please use a full description on either how you used your MISTI or, if you don't own a MISTI, how you would have loved to incorporate its help!
3. Please remember to put in the correct keyword when uploading your image. Copying and pasting the challenge keyword is recommended to avoid typos.</sub>
__________________ A monthly MISTI challenge - with prizes!
Last edited by MISTI Monday; 01-13-2020 at 12:25 PM..
Wow! That is an awesome prize package. Will definitely be pulling out my blue denim ink, paper, and see what I can create.
__________________ Lisa Featured Stamper #671 Love sending BRAK cards. Dirty Dozen Alumni.CC927 Favorite Virtual Stamp Night April 19 - 20 Come Join in the Fun Here
Great challenge...loving blue! Here's my card. I used my Misti for the little "Love" sentiment and also for the inside verse. Here's my card (the blue looks richer in person):
I have GKD denim but mine doesn't look that color, mine is from a few years back and it isn't the ink.
I didn't read the entire post to see the bonus prizes! Great bonus.
This color makes me think of this song...
For me, Alan Jackson songs have to include Let It Be Christmas, and the video of It's Five O'clock Somewhere with Jimmy Buffett. This was lovely, though. I haven't listened to a whole lot of Alan Jackson, although when he did those truck commercials, I thought he was SO good looking!
This is one of my favorite Gina K blues!! Blue is also my Dad's favorite color, so thought I'd enter his card in the challenge. Thanks for the chance to win the wonderful prizes!
I have been thinking in blues all week, so I was happy to finally finish something in blue that I like.
__________________ Lisa Featured Stamper #671 Love sending BRAK cards. Dirty Dozen Alumni.CC927 Favorite Virtual Stamp Night April 19 - 20 Come Join in the Fun Here
__________________ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
My daughter has started saying "adulting is so fun at times" I thought of her as I made this card! She's in her 7th month of pregnancy with a toddler...I understand.
__________________ On a positive note, I'm too old to have a mid-life crisis! ~~anonymous
__________________ Lisa Featured Stamper #671 Love sending BRAK cards. Dirty Dozen Alumni.CC927 Favorite Virtual Stamp Night April 19 - 20 Come Join in the Fun Here
Ohh, love that prize package! Maybe Thermoweb will add Gina K's beautiful blue glitter gell, been wanting to get that but haven't been able to afford it, but boy that blue is just beautiful!! Congrats to whoever wins...My card is in. Had to try anyway. :-)
This really is my favorite blue to use from GKD (well, I also like her blue raspberry color but I don't know the name of that one unless it is blue raspberry!)
Bare with me...I go going on this color and with these stamps from IO that I couldn't stop...my desk is clear from these so hopefully you won't see anymore from me this month!!!
Awesome prize. I wish my craft room was ready lol. I want to play. Happy day everyone and Misti Monday.
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Used my regular MISTI to line up two panels exactly the same! Heat embossed both using white embossing powder! Cut the one panel down and sponged in two shades of blue!
I used the MISTI for a lot on this card. Besides the stamping, I lined my card front with the base. Works great!
__________________ Lisa Featured Stamper #671 Love sending BRAK cards. Dirty Dozen Alumni.CC927 Favorite Virtual Stamp Night April 19 - 20 Come Join in the Fun Here
Ooh some beautiful cards being made and in my favourite colour. I made a card last night that I needed for a friend and found some space on my desk amongst the clutter.
Now I’m thinking I might just have to play with blue this week......even if I can’t find my life changing brushes or have much spare time this week. This challenge rocks.
Good luck everyone.
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MISTI Monday January 2020 Challenge
