by Joanne James5. November 2015 08:05
Today it's time for a new challenge over at Create With Connie and Mary and this week we have a great colour challenge for you:
I used the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch as the basis for my card today - a largely one layered card, except for the banners and it also showcases a fun new technique:
I used extra thick Whisper White cardstock for my base and stamped two of the three trees from the White Christmas stamp set onto the bottom corner of my card in Memento Black. I coloured the trees in with my Smoky Slate Stampin' Write marker and added a couple of cardinals, coloured in Real Red for a little colour. Now for the fun technique! This was shown to me recently by the lovely Monica Gale who used it on a card stamped with the Wonderland set. for the snow on my trees and on the ground, I added a thin line of Tombo glue, then sprinkled this with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and then white embossing powder, then heated it gently with my heat tool. This causes the glue to puff up and produce wonderfully textured and sparkling snow - such a neat effect. To finish my card, I cut a reverse banner using my Triple Banner Punch - I simply fed the paper in from the underside of the punch and used the piece which normally you would throw away - from a scrap of Merry Moments designer series paper that has Real Red and Smoky Slate stripes. Finally to add a little extra sparkle, I added a thin banner of red glimmer paper - I just love this stuff!
I spent ages working up different cards for this week's colours and eventually settled on this one. It's very pretty in real life and has lots of texture for a predominantly white card, but it was incredibly difficult to photograph and I'm not sure that the picture really does it justice.
Do visit the other Design Team members to see how they used this week's challenge colours; there's lots of inspiration over on their blogs too!
Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project; until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
- White Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set
- Embossing Buddy
- White Stampin' Emboss Powder
- Heat Tool (Uk)
- Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue
- Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
- Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
- Banner Triple Punch
- Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock
- Red Glimmer Paper
- Smoky Slate Stampin' Write Marker
- Real Red Stampin' Write Marker