My card this evening is for this week's color challenge at Splitcoaststampers. I am the hostess this week and the colors I chose were Calypso Coral, Cinnamon Cider and Crushed Curry with your favorite green for dessert.
I intended to make a fall card with the colors since I thought the coral would be a good substitute for an orange like Pumpkin Pie. But as I started to think about a design I kept coming back to this stamp set. Last week was the first time I had used it and I love it.
This card also uses a die from the Forever Greenery set and two rectangles from the Stitched Rectangle set. The stamps do not have matching dies - I used a Scan 'n Cut because I'm not one for fussy cutting. Although I have friends who love that! The background is embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.
I love to color and this set is wonderful to watercolor. I used my Stampin' Write Markers in the challenge colors plus, Old Olive (my favorite green) and then Early Espresso, Merry Merlot and Mossy Meadow. These two are Stampin' Up! neutrals and can be added to the Splitcoaststampers colors.
On this card the neutrals allowed me to add some dark contrast in the leaves, branch and bird bellies. I actually started to make some of the leaves look like they were changing colors but then realized that in fall the tree would not have flowers on it!
I used a blender pen and the markers on an acrylic block to color. For this technique, you color the marker on your block and pick up the color with the pen.
I'll be offering a beginning coloring class next month using this technique. For more information click here!
Place ANY order with me between now and October 30 and use Hostess code ZDR37F4U and I will send you a free PDF of instructions for two cards using Whiskey Business.
If your order is
$150 or more DO NOT use the code and YOU will receive the Hostess
Benefits! I will still send the PDF.
Products used today:
- Stamps: Free as a Bird
- Dies: Forever Flourishing,
- Paper: Whisper White Thick, Cinnamon Cider, Vellum
- Ink: Stazon,
- Accessories: Rectangle Stitched Dies, Blender Pens, Calypso Coral in the Stampin' Write Markers - Subtles Set, Early Espresso, Merry Merlot & Mossy Meadow in the Stampin' Write Markers - Neutrals Set, Crushed Curry & Old Olive - Regals Set, Cinnamon Cider & Bumblebee (substitute for the Crushed Curry) - 2020-2022 Set, Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder,
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