JAI #664 - Colour Combo

Hidden deep in my Pinterest boards is a beautiful card by Daria Ermolaeva that gave me inspiration for this week's Just Add Ink colour combo.

Such soft, pretty colours - you can see why I couldn't resist playing along.

I did a little ink smooshing on my watercolour card using pool party, then some partial script stamping in the same colour. My leaves were stamped with lost lagoon and clear embossed before being coloured with both teals, then die cut and given some script stamping too. The butterfly was stamped in grey and coloured with lagoon and freesia inks but wasn't quite vibrant enough, so I applied some micro glaze to seal the inks, then went over the freesia with the matching alcohol marker. My finishing touches were some light stamping in a woodgrain pattern for my card base and white paint splatters. I didn't add a sentiment as I like to have cards on hand that are suitable for multiple occasions - this one ended up being a get well card.

Materials used:

• stamps - Butterfly Brilliance, Hardwood (SU), Leaf Canopy (Altenew), Create Happiness - Elements (Stamperia)
• card - pool party, watercolour
• other - water spritzer, MISTI, waterbrush, picket fence distress paint, paintbrush, Leaf Canopy die, Big Shot, Dimensionals, craft foam, sponge dauber, light fresh freesia Blends marker

Do head over to the JAI blog to see more of this gorgeous colour combo, and thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Age is Just a Number

Welcome! The card I have for you today is for the Color Throwdown challenge, a lovely combo I just couldn't resist!

They're described as cranberry, grey, yellow gold and rust. Here's my card:

I began with embossing a piece of heavy watercolour card with the numbered 3D embossing folder then added distress inks wild honey (for the yellow gold), rusty hinge and hickory smoke. There are a few splatters of cherry cobbler too (closest I have to cranberry), which is the main colour used for the butterfly along with touches of wild honey. The chipboard frame was given a coat of gesso then painted with hickory smoke paint with a touch of black soot added as I wanted it a smidge darker. Once everything was dry I gave both the background and butterfly a coat of distress micro glaze - this not only protects the inks but also brightens and holds the vibrancy of the colours. Magic stuff.

Materials used:

• stamps - Butterfly Brilliance (SU)
• card - smoky slate, basic grey, basic white, watercolour
• distress sprays - wild honey, rusty hinge, hickory smoke
• SU inks - cherry cobbler, basic grey
• other - Numbered 3D embossing folder (Tim Holtz), Big Shot, chipboard oval frame (Little Birdie), pearls, Dimensionals, craft foam, water spritzer, heat tool, sponge dauber, distressing tool, distress micro glaze

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept - Change of Seasons

Hello and welcome to a new season of challenges with The Card Concept. In case you haven't visited before, our challenges are held every two weeks (Sept thru June) and offer an inspiration picture for you to draw ideas from for your cards. You might choose the theme, the colours, or even one small aspect from the picture as the stepping stone for your creativity.

Here's our inspiration picture for challenge #179, Change of Seasons.

Here in Australia we're emerging from the cold winter months so I've used fresh spring colours on my shabby/mixed media card inspired by that gorgeous swallowtail butterfly. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Create Happiness Elements (Stamperia), Butterfly Brilliance (Stampin' Up)
• card - basic white, ARToptions - Viken (49 and Market), old olive
• Copic markers - BG72, C4, V09, BV00, BV01, BV11
• inks - mint macaron, old olive (SU), villainous potion distress ink (Tim Holtz), Memento tuxedo black
• other - Viken repositionable fabric tapes (49aM), distressing tool, Dimensionals, craft foam, picket fence distress paint (TH), brayer, paintbrush, clear embossing powder, heat tool, MISTI, sponge daubers, stencil, texture paste, spatula, Holiday Greens thinlits (TH), Big Shot, quote chip (TH)

If you create something we would love to see it in our gallery - you can find that here (as well as the rules for playing along) and also see more samples from my fellow design team members to inspire you. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept Challenge - Spring Garden

Hello and welcome to another challenge with The Card Concept. Here's our inspiration pic to get your creative juices flowing:

My card has a vintage vibe with lots of layers and was inspired by the overall garden theme. I really wanted to create a soft, almost ethereal ambience, so have featured rose gold embossing with pastel tones of pink, green and linen.

Materials used:

• stamps - Floral Outlines, Field Notes, Label Frames (all Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous), Butterfly Brilliance (SU)
• card - watercolour, very vanilla
• distress inks - tattered rose, antique linen, shabby shutters, brushed corduroy
• other - Dimensionals, MISTI, aquapainter, heat tool, rose gold embossing powder, embossing buddy, stitched rectangle die, Big Shot, craft foam

Be sure to check out the gorgeous cards my fellow DT members have made to inspire you over on The Card Concept blog. As always, we'd love you to join us by taking part in the challenge.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry