Colour INKspiration is a fortnightly blog initiated by Bronwyn Eastley in Tasmania. The design team is made up of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all parts of Australia and New Zealand.You are at the blog of Rachel Palmieri, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. I run classes at my home studio in South Morang, Victoria, share Stampin' Up!® products and tools at parties for my customers, coach my lovely team and create cards and the occasional 3D project.
The assignment for the design team, and you if you choose to join the challenge, - use at least three of the colours. I may have strayed off-course with my first card by accidently using Flirty Flamingo as well, but I decided to include it anyway, as the second one is correct. Forgive me? Since I chose to use the Pigment Sprinkles, which are available in 6 Stampin' Up! colours including Gorgeous Grape. I substituted Melon Mambo for Lovely Lipstick and Mango Melody for Pineapple Punch. These projects are mainly for Avid Crafters, but can be adapted to beginners and casual crafters.
I began making my first project using Shimmery White card, heat embossed with gold using the background stamp Crackle Paint. This background stamp is a favourite of mine.
On this card, the colours dried to a soft and subtle tone of those bold shades, and a layer chocolate mud cake was popped on top of the Lovely Lipstick cake plate.
Piece Of Cake is a stamp set with a half dozen versions of cake, and so many sentiments that you can mix and match to your hearts desire. There is a cake and cake plate punch, which makes the stamp & punch perfect for a beginning stamper, while the techniques used here are for the advanced crafter. Beginners could try Designer Series Paper instead of the heat embossing and Pigment sprinkles.
Next card uses the same colours, but watercolour paper has been substituted for the Shimmer White and the result is quite different. The Pigment Sprinkles tend to be absorbed a little more quickly, therefore don't spread as much. I tried the new Glitter Black heat embossing powder for the sentiment and dragonflys. Casual crafters who have a Heat Tool could attempt this quite confidently.
Friend Like You is bundled with Friendly Silhouettes dies, so the foliage is all die cut in one piece from black card, and looks wonderful against the bright background. Bundles give you a lovely 10% discount off the products.
The inside of the card has just been stamped in black memento, and a leftover strip of the watercolour paper has finished off the card.
Perhaps these colours inspire you to create too, and if so, please add your creation to our Facebook Challenge page here.
The multi-talented Cathy Pinchbeck has something gorgeous and Christmassy to share, so click on the link to check it out.
I'd love you to choose my online shop to purchase from, and when you use the Host Code when asked at check out, I will send you a gift, along with a handmade card. The items listed below were used in my project above, and link to that item in my online shop.
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Great projects! I feel like we're in twin mode this week. Crackle Paint is a favourite of mine and I've just unpacked from my latest box both pigment sprinkles and the Friend Like You bundle!
ReplyDeleteForgot to say how much I love the cake card!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so pretty but the cake card is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteOh my that gold embossing crackle is amazing ... I love the look of the pigment sprinkles to add colour to that background.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Amazing colours! Wonderful techniques and ideas. So inspirational. Thank you for these fabulous cards!
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