KW Colour Inspiration #41

A day late and a dollar short again... it's rather frustrating to miss the cut off, hence I haven't uploaded this even though it was done yesterday. And given the late hour, I'm gonna just cut to the chase.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Purely Pomegrate, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Looks Like Spring, Happy Everything
Inks: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Purely Pomegrate, VersaMark
Accessories: Sherbet Ribbon Originals, Spring Bouquet punch, 1" Circle punch, white embossing powder, Pretties Kit
Show watched while creating: Stargate (directors cut - don't ask me what was different, it's been too long since I saw the original)

Looks Like Another Sketch Challenge

I managed to tackle another challenge over the weekend, this card being for Beate's WSC #50. This one was quite straight forward but I still felt the need to consult my 8 year old, Tiarna, about a few things. She certainly seems to have an eye for design and creativity... she confirmed my assessment of what to do and what not to do with this card ! The large Looks Like Spring flower was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock using Close to Cocoa ink, with the second flower being stamped a second time to make it slightly darker (it's more noticeable in real life). Also on Very Vanilla cardstock I stamped one of the images from Circle of Friendship using Handsome Hunter ink. I punched this out with a 1" circle punch after punching out the center using a 1/2" circle punch. I cut the flowers out, layered them and stuck the inner circle on as the flower center. This was mounted onto a piece of Old Olive cardstock that had been stamped and sponged with Old Olive ink using a dimensional. The River Rock background has been stamped with both diamond images from Looks Like Spring, wrapped with Very Vanilla taffeta and Old Olive/River Rock ribbon from the Theater Ribbon Originals pack, and mounted to the Close To Cocoa card front. The outer section of the circle sentiment sits in place with a extra piece of Theater ribbon tied in the middle. The large flower piece has been layered over top with dimensionals (bet you didn't see that one coming!).

Can You Say 'Sparkle'?

This was my response to the third challenge from the Inklings cyberstamp, to use small stamps as the feature of your card. When I looked at my sets I really didn't have that many with a small stamp or two in them, but I picked this flower from Looks Like Spring as it was the smallest in the set and I don't recall using it before. I used Summer Sun, Barely Banana, Lovely Lilac and Almost Amethyst to stamp the flower, some being stamped without reinking to get the graduation of colour. Each flower centre was then treated to a dab of 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment, from the Warm Words set, was stamped with Lovely Lilac on Whisper White, punched out with the small oval, layered on a large Barely Banana oval, then holes punched in the ends and attached white organza and Apricot Appeal brads. I then ran the 2-way glue pen around the banana oval and covered it with Dazzling Diamonds before attaching it to the cardfront with dimensionals.