Hello friends! It's time for a new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers! Mary is hosting this week and has chosen Real Red, Blueberry Bushel and White with a dessert option to make a patriotic card. I don't send cards for Independence Day but do need a bunch of cards for upcoming birthdays, so dessert is not for me this week. I also joined the current Free For All challenge at SCS, where the theme is Summer (use the link above to the SCS front page to access both challenges). And finally, I'm joining the current color challenge at Sunday Stamps, which worked well with the SCS Color Challenge.
I started with a lighthouse scene, stamping in black pigment ink on watercolor paper, embossing with clear embossing powder and watercoloring using SU reinkers in the red and blueberry colors, plus some Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow (SU neutrals) plus brown and gray distress inks. The Blueberry Bushel reacted beautifully to water, so I was able to get a darker blue for the water and a nice lighter blue for the sky. Once dry, I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the windows, then die cut the panel and the larger blueberry layer, along with the heat embossed sentiment.
The focal point was adhered to the embossed panel, wrapped with some retired Crumb Cake twine, then added to a card base with foam tape.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a great week!
Stef
Stamps: From the Vault Beach and Sea (Hero Arts), Big on Birthdays (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Ranger watercolor, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturne, Versamark, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow; Hickory Smoke and Ground Espresso Distress Inks
Other: Hero Arts Ultrafine Clear embossing powder, Layering Squares & Stitched Shapes framelits, Sentiment Labels dies (SSS), Seaside embossing folder, Crumb Cake Thick Baker's Twine, Sakura White Gellyroll pen
I started with a lighthouse scene, stamping in black pigment ink on watercolor paper, embossing with clear embossing powder and watercoloring using SU reinkers in the red and blueberry colors, plus some Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow (SU neutrals) plus brown and gray distress inks. The Blueberry Bushel reacted beautifully to water, so I was able to get a darker blue for the water and a nice lighter blue for the sky. Once dry, I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the windows, then die cut the panel and the larger blueberry layer, along with the heat embossed sentiment.
The focal point was adhered to the embossed panel, wrapped with some retired Crumb Cake twine, then added to a card base with foam tape.
Thanks for visiting, I hope you have a great week!
Stef
Stamps: From the Vault Beach and Sea (Hero Arts), Big on Birthdays (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Ranger watercolor, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturne, Versamark, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow; Hickory Smoke and Ground Espresso Distress Inks
Other: Hero Arts Ultrafine Clear embossing powder, Layering Squares & Stitched Shapes framelits, Sentiment Labels dies (SSS), Seaside embossing folder, Crumb Cake Thick Baker's Twine, Sakura White Gellyroll pen
4 comments:
This is gorgeous, Stef - what a great way to use that embossing folder, too - love the deboss side just as much as the fashion side, lol. Such a lovely shore image - beautifully colored! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!
Very pretty card, thanks for sharing with us at Sunday Stamps!
This is lovely! Great coloring and scene. Love how you placed it on that great embossed background. Thanks for sharing with us at SUNDAY STAMPS :)
Oh my goodness! This is super duper cute! I love your coloring, and your choice of embossing folder behind it. Love it! Thanks so much for playing along this week at Sunday Stamps!
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