Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI114

 Hello and welcome,

It's the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI114 and this photo was chosen by Lou Kitzelman. The photo is of Mooloolaba Beach in Queensland, I would so love to be sitting on that beach under the palm tree right now! 

The colour combination for #CI114 is Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green and Sahara Sand. As well as the chosen colours you may also add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Black and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory' and 'Bronze' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Old Olive instead of Granny Apple Green .... you get the drift). 

The challenge will run for almost 4 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 7th February 2022 details to follow at the end of my blog.

Today's card is a slimline card using the Blessings of Home Bundle which is on page 60 of the new Stampin' Up! Jan- June 2022 Mini Catalogue. This bundle is so beautiful and it's perfect for watercolouring. Which makes me happy and I need to do more of!

Starting with a slimline panel of Shimmery White Cardstock measured at 9.5cm x 21cm, I've inked up the large flower and foliage stamp in Stazon Black Ink and stamped randomly on the Cardstock leaving some white space for more stamping later on. 

When it comes to watercolouring I like to have a bowl of water and paper towel. I've used the very fine tip Water Painter for colouring in the stamped images. Sometimes I would mix the challenge colours together on a Clear Block or blend them together on the Shimmery White Cardstock. It's interesting to see how the challenge colours can create new colours for your project. 

I've also used the Friendly Hello Stamp Set which is FREE when you spend $180 on Stampin' Up! products. The stamp set is from the Saleabration Catalogue and it's in a bundle with the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper. I've used a couple of the smaller images stamped off before stamping the image onto the Cardstock.

I've layered the greeting over a few of the watercoloured die-cut pieces from the Flowers of Homes Dies and a strip of Sahara Sand Cardstock. The card base is Sahara Sand Cardstock measured at 21.5cm x 20cm and scored at 10cm. 

I hope I've inspired you with the latest challenge and I do hope you'll join in. We so look forward to seeing a variety of projects using the challenge colours. Please ensure that your project is new and made specifically for this challenge.

Use all of the challenge colours (or close substitutions) unless stated.

Upload only one picture per entry straight to the discussion wall and not in an album

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI114 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 7th February 2022.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI114 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

If you would like a copy of the new Stampin' Up! Mini January to June 2022 Catalogue and Annual Catalogue 2021 - 2022 please contact me here. 

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher