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Monochromatic Cajun Craze -Iconic Imagery

Welcome to the weekend friends, We’re kicking off our Saturday with Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop challenge. This week we are featuring Cajun Craze which is part of our Regals collection. I love this deep, rich colour and used it in a variety of ways on my card today using the Iconic Imagery bundle.

Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop, Cajun Craze

I started with 6 pieces of the Iconic Celebrations Designer Series Paper. These were slightly longer on one side and I arranged them evenly on an Early Espresso matte layer.

HOW TO CREATE CENTRE LABEL

  • Cut 1cm strips of Iconic Celebrations DSP
  • Adhere to Basic White Cardstock
  • Die cut with the label die
  • Emboss with Painted Texture Embossing Folder
  • Using a Blending Brush, go over the raised areas of the image with Early Espresso ink
  • Go around the outer edges of the die cut using a Blending Brush with Early Espresso and Crumb Cake ink
  • Die cut a label from Crumb Cake Cardstock
  • Cut this in half and adhere under the striped label to form a matte

I set out to use a Cajun Craze card base for my card base but found the colour a bit too deep for the look I was going for. Instead of changing my design, I decided to get creative with ink blending. By blending Petal Pink Cardstock with Cajun Craze ink, I achieved a lighter shade of Cajun Craze that perfectly complemented my card.

Once I had done this I needed another element that blended in with this tone so I die cut the large leaf from Petal Pink Cardstock and blended with Cajun Craze and Early Espresso ink. Around this I added several other stamped and die cut autumn leaves.

I cut apart the gold ribbon and added strands under the heat embossed sentiment to add a striking contrast against all the rich Cajun Craze elements.

I hopey you have enjoyed this creation and you can find a fully supply list at the bottom of this post. If you live in Australia, you can shop supplies in my Online Store or by getting in touch with me.

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CASEing the Catty CTC484 – Annual Catalogue

Hello friends, Welcome to our CASEing the Catty Challenge and for CTC484. Today we get to CASE anything from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. Well, you know when the there is such a large selection, it’s harder to make a choice!

I really loved the ‘You inspire me’ square card on Page 74 of the catalogue. There are so many elements in this card to be inspired by such as the background stamping, layout or square card.

What I really loved in this card was the colour palette so I selected these colours for my card.

I flipped the colours around a bit, making Summer Splash the predominant colour.The matte layer was embossed with the Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder and I added some ink blending over it in Summer Splash to highlight some of those embossed leaves.

The leaves were stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolour Cardstock. I stamped 2 leaves in Saddle Brown Stazon ink and watercoloured them in Calypso Coral, Petal Pink and Wild Wheat using ink refills.

The larger leaf was stamped in Calypso Coral onto Fluid 100 Cardstock. Then I added some Calypso Coral and Wild Wheat onto the stamp using a Water Painter. As the stamp set is photopolymer, I was able to align the image over the previously stamped image. The slight dampness which was on the Water Painter was sufficient to create movement on the ink and create some areas of deeper colour.

Some glimmer die cut sprigs from the Flowers of Beauty Dies were added inbetween the watercoloured leaves and placed on a die cut circle from the Spotlight on Nature dies. I added some tone-on-tone shading with Petal Pink around the circle.

A heat embossed sentiment on black and some Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments (from the upcoming catalogue) complete this card.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are inspired to try some of these techniques. Please leave a comment as you follow through to see Monique Fielder’s project.

Caseing the Catty Sunday Challenge, Next Button

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CASE?

To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit and when you CASE you can be copy the project directly or be inspired by elements of it to make it your own.

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Ink Blending with Changing Leaves Bundle

Blessed Sunday to you! I created this card for my FB Live on Wednesday using the Changing Leaves bundle and I shared a fun ink blending tip to colour those leaves.

This bundle includes a stamp set, dies and hybrid embossing folder. It’s absolutely beautiful and I just love all the texture it gives.

The Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder I’ve used on this card will be available in the September-December Mini Catalogue. It’s one of my favourite products in there.

I’m following Card Sketch #271 at Sketch n Scrap and I love the little extra strip at the top on this sketch. On my card I added a torn strip of paper along with the Nature’s Sweetness DSP to create this look.

Check out that gorgeous texture on those autumn leaves. With the hybrid embossing folder it’s so easy to create this stunning look.

For all my tips to create this card, please watch the video below.

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