SIP #42 Color Challenge!

Wow!  Can you believe Stamp, Ink, Paper has alredy had 42 challenges now??  It seems like the time has flown by!  This week is probably my favorite color challenge we've had!  

I absolutely LOVE the color combination of Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy!  This week's card is a very special birthday card for my sweet friend Nikki who has a birthday on the 10th!  

This is the Joseph Coat Technique that is a emboss resist on top of sponged color.  My friend and co-design team member Ginger Pelfrey showed me this technique a few months ago.  The only change I made for this one was that the final coat of Night of Navy was sponged instead of using a brayer.  This is only because for the life of me, I could not find my brayer!  lol

 For the emboss resist panel I started with a 3 1/4" x 5" piece of Shimmery White Cardstock.  I began sponging Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay Ink randomly. 

After my sponging was completed, I stamped the feather stamp with Versamark from the "Lovely Amazing You" stamp set in different directions onto the sponged cardstock.  I then sprinkled clear embossing powder over the feathers.  

I embossed the feathers until they were completely shiny.  Next I clear embossed some of the splatters from the "Awesomly Artistic" stamp set.  Once those were also shiny and completely embossed and then cooled down, I began sponging the Night of Navy Ink over the entire piece.

Once I had the Navy over it all, I  used a paper towel to remove the traces of Night of Navy that were over the embossed feathers and splatters.  

I layered the panel onto Soft Sky Cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment "good wishes your way" in Night of Navy ink onto a Bermuda Bay stitched circle.  The good wishes your way sentiment is also from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set.  I added a Night of Navy and Soft Sky Banner with "Happy Birthday" from the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set.  I also added a Brights Collection button in Bermuda Bay threaded with some linen thread and tied in a bow.  Last but not least I added some Doodle Bug Sequins.

For the inside I stamped a Soft Sky piece of cardstock tone-on-tone with the same splatters and then added a Bermuda Bay Feather.  I adhered it to Bermuda Bay cardstock to bring all of those fabulous colors together!  Did I mention I love these colors?? lol

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Lovely Amazing You stamp Set

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set

Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

Night of Navy Cardstock

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Soft Sky Cardstock

Versamark Ink

Soft Sky Ink

Bermuda Bay Ink

Night of Navy Ink

Triple Banner Punch

Bright Collection Buttons

Linen Thread

Stampin' Sponges

Non-Stampin' Up! Products:

MFT Dienamics Stitched Circles

Doodlebug Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

March D's Stamping Team USA Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to D's Stamping Team USA March 2016 Blog Hop!  This month's theme is Birthdays! If you've already been hopping you should have landed here from Deb Naylor's fabulous blog!  If not, make sure you check it out!  She is super talented and I know you will not want to miss her inspiration!   

As you probably know by now, the fabulous Shannon West with Stampin' Up! has started a Birthday craze with her awesome hashtag #Imbringingbirthdaysback!   I am totally on board with this endeavor and am working on building up my Birthday Card inventories now so what better theme for a blog hop!  

I was straightening up my craft area and putting away some cardstock when I noticed how beautiful Calypso Coral looked with Basic Gray.   I  just knew I wanted to use these together for my card!  I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic Gray Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  My next layer was  a piece of Calypso Coral DSP Paper Stack.  The 3" x 4 1/4" piece of Calypso Coral was stamped tone-on-tone with the floral stamp from Awesomely Artistic prior to mounting on the  3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Basic Gray cardstock layer.   The sentiment from Birthday Blooms was stamped in Calypso Coral Ink onto Whisper White and then cut out with the Deco Labels Framelits.  I also cut a larger Basic Gray Deco Label to mat it and then attached the layers with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The Dragonfly from Awesomely Artistic was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto the Coral layer and then also stamped and embossed with Black embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.  Since I had already stamped it on the coral, I didn't have to fussy cut the small antennas on the head.. this saved me a lot of time.  I attached the fussy cut embossed dragonfly onto the stamped one with a glue dot in the middle of the body.  I then made some loops of Silver Thread around the dragonfly tucking it under the wings.  Once I had the loops the way I wanted them, I adhered the end of the dragonfly's wings with gluedots onto the thread to secure it.  Lastly I added a small bent piece of Silver Sequin Trim to the bottom of the Deco Label with two glue dots to secure it well.

Here is the inside of my card..

For the inside, I stamped the "dear friend" sentiment from Birthday Blooms in Calypso Coral Ink onto a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Whisper White Cardstock.  I added two stamped off sections of the flowers from Awesomely Artistic also in Calypso Coral on the top and right side and then stamped the dragonfly in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I hope you enjoyed my card and are ready to head over to my sweet friend, Megan Thompson's blog!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here's a list of the Stampin' Up Products Used:

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set

Birthday Blooms Stamp Set

Silver Sequin Trim

Brights Collection Designer Series Paper Stack

Silver Thread

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Basic Gray Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Calypso Coral Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Stampin' Dimensionals

Snail Adhesive

Mini Glue Dots

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina