Wednesday, August 14, 2024

STAMPIN' UP! LAYERS OF BEAUTY CARD IN CALYPSO CORAL

 




This week's Colour Creations blog hop sees us showcasing Calypso Coral.  I've used this lovely colour combination, with the Layers of Beauty bundle:





I stamped the large floral spray in Versamark ink, on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.  After sprinkling white embossing powder over the image, I used my heat gun to melt the powder.  The white-embossed outline on watercolor paper was a bit hard for my old eyes to see well, to be able to colour, so I started off by adding a wash of Petal Pink ink all over, and around the edges of, the image.  To watercolour with my Stampin' Up! inks, I squeeze a couple of drops of reinker into a palette/dish, and use a Water Painter to dilute and paint with the ink.

Once the Petal Pink ink was dry, I was able to add the additional colours, one at a time.





Here's a closer look at the background, and the sentiment.  On a panel of Petal Pink card, I stamped Sketched Plaid in Petal Pink ink.  I sponged the edges of this piece with Petal Pink ink, and mounted it on a slightly larger piece of Basic White card.

Using a sweet little die from the Layers of Beauty Die set, I cut a Calypso Coral tag.  I like the font of the "thanks", created using a Labeled with Love stamp.  The stamp says "thanks friend", but I covered the "friend" part with washi tape before inking the stamp with Versamark.  I removed the washi tape mask, stamped on the Calypso Coral tag, and sprinkled white embossing powder over the word, then melted the powder with my heat tool.  A Flirty Flamingo Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dot was added to the tag.

The large scripty "friend" was die-cut using Friends For Life Dies.  I stuck Adhesive Sheet on a piece of Calypso Coral card before cutting the finer layer of the word.  This made it easy to stick the word onto a Basic White die-cut mat of the same word, after peeling off the backing paper.




Using reinkers and a Water Painter, I coloured the daisies in Flirty Flamingo ink, with Petal Pink for the centres.  The roses are Calypso Coral, and the leaves Old Olive.

The coloured focal piece was cut out using the co-ordinating die.





Inside the card, I added a Basic White panel.  I stamped Sketched Plaid in Petal Pink ink, on a smaller piece of Petal Pink card.  After sponging the edges with Petal Pink ink, I adhered it to the bottom of the Basic White piece.




Next up on tonight's blog hop is Di Furniss:

If the link doesn't work, or if you would like to see a list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares, every week.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Until the end of August, there's a sale on a number of Designer Series Papers from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.  Click on the graphic, to check them out in my online store.







Product List
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7 comments:

  1. Your heat embossed and hand coloured Calypso Coral flower is absolute perfection, Christine! The plaid background works so well with the floral centerpiece and I love the large "friend" die with the "thanks" tag too.

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  2. Rachel Woollard14 August, 2024 21:38

    The white embossed image gives a lovely subtle effect to the card. Your colour scheme is gorgeous, I especially like that you have coloured the edge of the flowers in Petal Pink.

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  3. There is so much to love about this card, from the stamped plaid background to the colouring. The way the flower image is embossed with white and coloured is my favourite element.

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  4. Theresa Gerrard15 August, 2024 08:16

    Such a pretty card my dear. The white embossing of the floral spray is very effective and your watercolouring is beautiful. Love how you have combined the 2 sentiments to create the one lovely one. The sketched plaid background is a perfect choice.

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous, and it matches you blog background 😍 The white embossed stamping and your beautiful colouring skills take it to the next level 🧡

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  6. What a great tip to do a light watercolour wash after heat embossing the main image, brilliant idea for our aging eyes. Your watercolouring is just gorgeous. I have never been inspired to look twice at that Sketched Plaid stamp, but wow, I thought it was DSP!

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  7. I really love that flower over the Sketched Plaid background Christine. A little bit country or something.

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