Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI142

Hello and welcome, 

My name is Vicki Boucher, and I am from Melbourne, Australia. Tonight, is the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI142 this photo was chosen by Bronwyn Eastley.

The chosen colour combination for #CI142 is Soft Succulent, Shaded Spruce and Smoky Slate. As well as the chosen colours you may also like to add Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crumb Cake and metallics to your project. We also allow 'Ivory', 'Bronze' and 'Natural Tones' in the Stampin' Blends. If you don't have all the colour palette, feel free to use the closest SU substitute (ie: Lost Lagoon instead of Soft Succulent .... you get the drift).

The challenge will run for almost 2 weeks until 7pm (AEST) on Monday 8th May 2023 details to follow at the end of my blog.

For today's card I've used a brand new bundle from the Stampin' Up! 2023 - 24 Annual Catalogue and it's called Cheerful Daisies stamp set and dies. I went for a softer look with the challenge colours using Blending Brushes and Sponge Daubers. The Cheerful Daisies are actually on the front of the new catalogue and they will be available to customers as of the 2nd of May 2023.

There are lots of different detailed elements and I used Basic White Cardstock to die-cut the daisies and foliage out. Then with the Sponge Dauber I added Shaded Spruce ink to the center of the daisies and Soft Succulent ink with the Blending Brush for the bottom layer of the daisies. The leaves and fine twigs I used a mix of both Shaded Spruce and Soft Succulent.

Tip: To create the soft panel underneath the daisies, I used a stencil by die-cutting the fine twig die and placed it over the cardstock then with the Blending Brush I added Soft Succulent ink to the panel a couple of times. I also used Smoky Slate ink stamped some of the leaves and daisies so they would peek through, and this would create another layer to the card. 

To finish off the card I used White Baker's Twine and added White Classic Matte Dots. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Succulent ink onto Basic White Cardstock and die cut using the label die.

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.

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

Colour INKspiration Challenge #CI142 will run until 7pm (ADET) on Monday 8th May 2023.

To get your creative ideas flowing, make sure you check out the Crew's Project in the CI142 Album.

Please click on the link here to join the challenge.

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

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Stampin' Up! 2023 - 2024 Annual Catalogue 

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher