Paper Sunshine Project

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Color Challenge Week #1

My friend Shannon Cole decided to start a color challenge for her Stampin' Up! group. She offered up a small prize to a random winner every week! The rules are:

Do the best you can with the colors that are presented in the photograph attached
All supplies MUST be current Stampin' Up! products
An additional challenge this week was to use the Oh So Succulent Stamp set

Here is week #1's inspiration:

The Stampin' Up! colors identified were:

Old Olive
Pear Pizzazz
Rich Razzleberry
Night of Navy
Pacific Point
Whisper White

Here is my submission:

Techniques

My stamp sets are VERY wet, so for all of the outlines I used the stamped image as is. Then for the internal colors, I either stamped off once or used a dauber to lessen the amount of ink on the stamp.

Sponged edges were done by holding the cardstock in my hand & dabbing a sponge in an ink pad, then dragging it along the edges of the cardstock until effect desired resulted.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment directly on the card, but sure enough - it came out crooked! - So I stamped it again on a scrap piece and popped it up instead! (pictured in group shot below)

Supplies:

Old Olive Ink
Rich Razzleberry Ink
Night of Navy Ink & Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Daffodil Delight Ink
Oh So Succulent Stamp Set
Navy Twine
Pearls
Sponges / Daubers
Glue Dots
Pop Dots / Dimensionals

***Shop Stampin' Up! products here!***

Here are the group results as well:

If you are interested in playing along – see Shannon's blog: www.creatingforgrace.com
~Enjoy!

*Most products used were Stampin' Up!, but occasionally other sources as well

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Watercolor & Kathy Davis

Ever wonder what to do with the thousands of images from those day-by-day desk calendars? I use them as art on my cards!!! I usually scope them out before the holidays to see if there is a must have - but sometimes I wait until after New Year's to get a deal. This one I just could not pass up - it is by an amazing artist named Kathy Davis.

For this card - I used manila file folders, cut them down to card front size and "water-colored" them with the t!m holtz technique, ran them through the embossing machine, then sponged on more color (several colors really...). I also edge the artwork with some more color.