Colour Creations Blog Hop - Basic Gray

Hello and welcome my friends,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you another colour for Colour Creations blog hop and we are now at week 9 with the Art With Heart Team in Australia. 

The next colour is Basic Gray which is part of the Neutrals range and it's a colour I don't normally use that often, but I'm happy on how this colour palette works so well together in my project. Basic Gray comes in Cardstock, Classic Ink Pad, Ink Refill, Embellishments and Designer Series Paper. 

Today's card I went with the Layers of Beauty bundle (163519) and the coordinating Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks (163517). I used the large size floral image, stamped in Basic Gray ink onto Basic White Cardstock and then I stamped the same image again twice in Melon Mambo ink onto Basic White Cardstock.

Layers of Beauty bundle and Decorative Masks 

The Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks makes colouring easy when using Blending Brushes and ink. The set includes 5 masks that are meant to be layered, one by one, to create pretty coloured roses. The masks are numbered 1-5 so you know which layer comes next. There are also notches in the masks to help with perfect alignment. I only used the first three masks to colour in the flowers and I didn't colour in the leaves. Using the masks gives you variation in colour and depth. 

Exciting news is that this bundle plus many more are all on sale with an extra 10% off the bundle from 5th June - 30th June 2024, so take advantage of the sale and add some new bundles to your collection. 

Last week I went with a sketch challenge called THIS or THAT for the month of June and it's located over on Stampin' Up! Official Instagram page. You can also find lots of helpful sketches on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. So, this week I decided to use the other sketch and go with THIS.

I used the second largest circle die from the Spotlight on Nature Dies (163580) and die-cut out part of the Basic Gray Layers of Beauty stamped image. I used the Layers of Beauty large die to die-cut out a section of Melon Mambo floral stamped image and layered them together under the Basic Gray floral image. I also die-cut out a few of the detailed leaves in Basic White Cardstock and placed them under the stamped floral images.

I used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Fold (162189) and embossed a panel in Basic White Cardstock. I'm loving white on white detail at the moment when it comes to card making.

I heat embossed the sentiment which is from the Something Fancy Stamp Set (160416) onto Basic Gray Cardstock and die-cut the sentiment out using the second smallest circle die from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. To finish off the card I added a few of the Basic Gray Pearls to the card.

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

Now for the next blog please visit the very talented Catherine Proctor click on the link below.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher