Groovy Baby!

I've just uploaded this card over at the Elite Challenges blog, but I wanted to say a bit more about it here. After making the Bride & Prejudice card I felt like playing with more bright colours, and for something different I thought I'd try emerging colour with Bodacious Bouquet. What an interesting combination that turned out to be! Every time I look at it I start singing Miss Free Love! I would have loved something that said "groovy baby" or the like, but unfortunately this was the closest I had. I also find it really interesting how the Orchid seems to have separated a bit on the gloss cardstock, making those berries even more psychadelic.

I also wanted to let you know that has been anotehr update to the retiring list, with a lot of product now being listed as low in quantity, so you really do need to get in quick if you are after any of those items.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Pink Passion, Basic Black, glossy white
Stamp Set: Bodacious Bouquet, Say It With Scallops
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence, Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore, Pink Passion, VersaMark
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, scallop square punch, 1 1/4″ square punch, dimensionals, brayer
Show watched while creating: Heroes

Horses For You

And here is my "stepped up" card. For this card I added the "emerging colour" technique: stamped the horse using VersaMark, clear embossed and brayered Blue Bayou ink over the top. Once you wipe away the ink from the embossing you have the coloured images showing through the embossing and a little bit through the brayered ink. It produces a more complicated looking card, but it's really just a combination of two simple techniques. Now if I didn't have to unplug my OTT light every time I wanted to heat emboss I'd be doing this much more!

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Stamp Sets: Wanted, Occasional Greetings
Inks: Not Quite Navy, Mellow Moss, Soft Sky, VersaMark
Accessories: Blue Bayou "marker" (blender pen + refill), Soft Sky "marker" (blender pen + refill), Not Quite Navy marker, Always Artichoke marker, 1 3/8" circle punch, clear embossing powder
Show watched while creating: Stargate Atlantis, Bones