Showing posts with label Spiral Dye. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spiral Dye. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Colour Creations - Gorgeous Grape




Gorgeous Grape is our colour for week 19, a lovely strong, true purple. Back in the Seventies, when tie-dye was the "thing", purple would have been my colour of choice. In fact my first couch after leaving home was this shade!!! The participants in Colour Creations are all Stampin' Up! demonstrators and members of Art With Heart.


Spiral Dye
is a large background stamp from the Annual catalogue. Playing about with colour combinations is half the fun with this big stamp, and by rotating the card 180 degrees, the stamp fills in the gap. Fresh Freesia pairs nicely with Gorgeous Grape in both the ink and card.


Once the background was sorted, it was time to dress the card, and the Penned Flowers dies, from the Hand-Penned bundle were my choice.


A Layered Circle in the appropriate size for the sentiment fits snugly on the Stitched So Sweetly label. 


Glittered Organdy ribbon and pastel pearls add a touch more 'party' to this card.


 Add an off cut of the Spiral Dye to the inside for the finishing touch. Now head over to Michele to see her gorgeous creation.

If the next button is not working or you'd like to see the entire list of participants, go to Catherine Proctor's blog.




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Friday, 10 September 2021

Using a Stamparatus For Background Stamps

 
Wild Roses is a wonderful "all-over" background stamp, which actually stamps an area larger than a standard card base.




Gorgeous Grape was my choice because that's the colour I was wearing, but stamped in a background stamp it is quite overpowering! White was added, including the die cut flowers using Artistic dies, to tone things down.


There is quite a large panel of these pretty roses to work with. The stamp is quite an awkward size to use on a block, and I prefer to put it on the Stamparatus. The image doesn't always ink up evenly, and it is easier to repeat stamp on the Stamparatus.


I also tried out the Spiral Dye background stamp as seen on page 118 of the Annual catalogue. 


There is a technique where you turn it 180 degrees and stamp in a second colour.


Using Gorgeous Grape and Mango Melody may have been a poor choice, as it ended up looking like Halloween to me. Anyway, stamping in pastel shades seems a pleasing alternative. Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya are the subdued pair, next to my card.


Maybe a Melbourne Storm supporter could help me get it closer to the team colours, and I could add a cap? Next Tuesday, my Facebook Live will again feature the Stamparatus, and how useful it is for stamping sentiments. Buy your Stamparatus and spend just $5 more for your first SAB reward.

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