AWHT COLOUR CREATIONS SHOWCASE - WEEK 16: FLIRTY FLAMINGO

 

This week's colour, with which all of us taking part in the Colour Creations Showcase are creating, is Flirty Flamingo.  This is one of my least favourite, and therefore least used, of Stampin' Up's colours!  However, I've risen to the challenge to use as many colours as I can, in the 50 weeks of our Colour Creations weekly shares, so I was determined not to be beaten.  I haven't missed a week in the 16 weeks so far, and have no intention of missing any, if I can help it!

Cathy Proctor co-ordinates our showcase each week.  She has a comprehensive list on her blog of all the participants.  We would love for you to visit all our blogs, and leave some comment love if you feel so inclined.

I issued myself a double challenge this week.  In addition to featuring Flirty Flamingo, I was determined to use a stamp set that has sat on my shelf and seen very little use.  I chose Parcels & Petals, and the Perfect Parcel Dies, designed to use in conjunction with the stamp set.  My colour combination is one suggested by Stampin' Up! (and one that I would never think to use myself - so, a triple challenge!):

I'm not a big fan of pink paired with burgundy or red, so this one was a bit of a stretch for me!  I worked around it by limiting the amount of Merry Merlot used.  

After stamping the flowers in Flirty Flamingo ink, on a die-cut circle of Whisper White card, I added some leaves in Soft Suede ink.  I then stamped the flowers again (with some extras) on another piece of Whisper White card, and fussy cut them.  I used an eraser on the end of a pencil, to pick up ink from my Merry Merlot inkpad (I just tapped the eraser end onto the ink pad, as if it were a stamp).  I then "stamped" it as flower centres.

On the main panel of Flirty Flamingo card, I adhered some flourishy die cuts, from Perfect Parcel Dies, also cut from Flirty Flamingo card.  I then ran the panel through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine, inside the Subtle 3D embossing folder.

I stamped the flowers, and centres, on a scrap of Whisper White card, after "stamping off" onto scrap paper, to give a slightly lighter impression.  I then stamped the sentiment over the top in Soft Suede ink.  This piece was cut out using a label from the Perfect Parcel Dies.

Here's a closer view of the fussy cut flowers adhered over the top of the stamped ones, on the stitched circle (that is mounted on a Soft Suede scalloped circle).

Please hop over to Cathy's blog, to see the other Flirty Flamingo creations on show this week.

I've listed below all the products used to make this card.  They are available to purchase from my online store, 24/7.  If you live in Australia, I would love for you to shop with me.  Just click on any of the thumbnail images below, to get to my store.

Product List

Parcels & Petals Cling Stamp Set [149317] $37.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25
Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $13.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Perfect Parcel Dies [149627] $61.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $50.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON IN MISTY MOONLIGHT & JUST JADE

I could go on for days sharing all the floral designs in Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous new Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper.  Oh, wait ... I have!  There are so many beautiful patterns, and I'm just loving creating with them.

How's this for a pretty colour combination?  Whoever came up with the saying "blue and green should never be seen" didn't know what they were talking about!  😄

I stamped the sentiment (from the Parcels & Petals stamp set) in Night of Navy ink, and die cut the panel using the new Tasteful Labels dies - they're coming out on 3rd June, along with the papers, enamel dots, and ribbon on this card.  The ribbon is from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo.  It's super-soft, and lovely to tie bows from (and it reminds me a little of gauze bandages!).  The fern frond, from Positive Thoughts, was stamped in Versamark ink on Just Jade card, and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The sweet decorative border at the bottom of the spotty Misty Moonlight paper panel is from the Ornate Borders dies collection.

The Flowers For Every Season paper pack is certainly going to be well used in my craft room, over the coming year.  I am so looking forward to having the inkpads and markers in the new In Colours, to be able to do lots more matchy-matchy creations!