Paper Artsy is having a challenge. Actually they have one every two weeks or a fortnight as they say. To check out this challenge and this company click here. As you may have guessed, Paper Artsy is a British company that just happens to make the adorable and whimsical stamps. I live in a small town and can't find Paper Artsy here or in my neighboring big city. Maybe a trip to England?
Back to the challenge: the first challenge of 2017 is pink and orange. Two colors that I don't think I've ever used together. But once I started looking around it was everywhere! Here are my two favorite examples:
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| A card from a friend |
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| some tissue paper from a gift |
My inspiration for my first project came from Tillie Tulip. I loved how saturated everything was. Click here to find it.
I decided to make a card and fill the background with pink and orange. I plucked a piece of card stock from my scrap box. Using my ink blending tools, I swirled Distress Ink Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry in different areas of my card being careful not to let them touch. I dried it and then tried again. After I dried it a second time, I flicked water on the background to do a little color lifting.
Then I got my Paper Smooches Pip Squeak Stamp Set and used the little stamps all over the background. The bib wouldn't stamp nicely so I put it in time out. I got this stamp set in an amazing deal that you can read about here. I put three of the little stamps on one side of my acrylic block and three on the other. I pressed the stamps in some Memento Tuxedo Black ink, pressed down on my background, flipped my block and repeated until the background was done. If I used more than three stamps on my block, I didn't get a good impression.
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| card detail |
I did a little color lifting where I used a wet brush to paint water on the images and then blotted it up with a paper towel to lighten the color. I added white gel pen for extra highlights. Then in the pink spaces I used the gel pen to add little dots. For contrast I used a black ballpoint Sharpie pen to add dots in the orange area.
For the sentiment I punched a 2" in. circle from vellum paper. I stamped the sentiment from the set in Versa Mark ink and then used Ranger platinum embossing powder. I also embossed the edges of the circle. A few gems in pink and orange wrapped up this card.
I have so many baby showers coming up that I know I need to make more baby cards. This one was so fun to make, I'll have to make more.
Consider trying some pink and orange. It'll brighten up your winter.
Blessings,
Carolyn
P.S. Would you like a peek at my store? www.etsy.com/shop/PinkBunkadoo
Materials: all materials either come from my little shop on Etsy or are affiliate links from Amazon where I buy most of my crafty supplies.
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| So fun to make |
I have so many baby showers coming up that I know I need to make more baby cards. This one was so fun to make, I'll have to make more.
Consider trying some pink and orange. It'll brighten up your winter.
Blessings,
Carolyn
P.S. Would you like a peek at my store? www.etsy.com/shop/PinkBunkadoo
Materials: all materials either come from my little shop on Etsy or are affiliate links from Amazon where I buy most of my crafty supplies.