It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. Suzy is hosting this challenge and we have a colour challenge for you:
These colours made me think Autumn/Winter, and I am so not ready to go there yet! But then I saw those beautiful florals over at Just Us Girls, with the striking dark purple bloom to the right of the centre of the mood board, and I decided to settle for simple florals and revisiting a fun technique - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
I thought the tiny floral stems from the Forever Florals bundle, along with a lovely swirly sentiment, would make a sweet clean and simple card and the flower heads themselves lend themselves nicely to the rock and roll technique: I inked my flower head stamp in Gorgeous Grape, then prior to stamping rolled the edges into my Blackberry Bliss ink pad. The result? Some pretty two-tone blossoms that really stand out against the white background:
I added a narrow strip of torn vellum to ground my stems and give my sentiment somewhere to 'sit' then added a simple twine bow to finish. I'm a lover of all things purple. so I particularly like the finished result on this card.
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
As a reminder, for our colour challenges, you must use all of the stated challenge colours. You may also use neutral colours; however, the challenge colours should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin' Up! colour names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other companies' products as long as you match the challenge colours as closely as possible.
Enjoy your day; I am still ploughing through a mountain of post holiday washing and ironing, but it comes with the territory so I'm not complaining! and I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
