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Our blog hop challenge this time around is color blocking. It took me a few tries to get the right shape and color combination that I was happy with, but once I found it, I am super thrilled with the outcome. I hope you enjoy it!
Beautiful, Elegant and Fun!
The beautiful floral stamp from the Fancy Phrases stamp set was a perfect stamp for this technique. It's a bold enough image to stand alone and large enough to work well for the color blocking. I simply cut pieces of cardstock in sizes and shapes that were pleasing and spaced them with just a little gap between each piece. Trying to space them evenly and not bump them when stamping was probably the most challenging part! 😅. Carefully picking up each piece to emboss it was the next challenge.
I wanted all the color blocks to be in the same color family and it didn't look right to simply stamp them with a darker ink color. Embossing the floral image with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder gives it the WOW factor paired with the Silver Foil Sheets for a touch of elegance. Twirling some Blushing Bride twine behind the birthday wishes adds a sense of whimsy and the Metallic Pearls are the perfect finish for a something extra in the flowers.
DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS...
Materials and measurements:
- Stamps:
- Fancy Phrases stamp set
- Paper
- Petal Pink - card base 4-1/4 x 11 scored at 5-1/2, 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 upper left block
- Silver Foil Sheet - 4-1/8 x 5-3/8, 1 x 3
- Very Vanilla - 4 x 5-1/4
- Calypso Coral - 2 x 2-1/4 upper right block
- Flirty Flamingo - 1-1/4 x 2-1/4 lower right block
- Terracotta Tile - 1-3/4 x 3 lower left block
- Ink:
- Terracotta Tile with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder
- Versamark ® with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder
- Embellishments:
- Blushing Bride twine - from Snail Mail Twine combo pack - 10"
- Metallic pearls
Tools and Supplies:
- Tools:
- Heat Gun
- Paper Trimmer
- Take Your Pick Tool
- Adhesives and more:
- Stampin' dimensionals, Stampin' Seal
Assembly Tips & Techniques:
- Stamping on foil sheets can be tricky as they are a little slippery and the ink takes a while to dry. The benefit of the ink needing time to dry is that you can easily emboss over any color with the clear embossing powder. Embossing the greeting ensures that the ink won't smear on the silver foil.
- Gently rubbing the piece of cardstock you intend to emboss on with wax paper hinders the embossing powder from sticking to the cardstock other than where the stamped image is inked.
- To make sure all my pieces fit on my card properly I dry fit them all first. I placed the largest piece first, which in this case is the lower left, and then positioned all the others. Yes, the lower right piece intentionally extends to the edge of the card base. 😁
- When positioning twine or ribbons to peak out behind cardstock, I recommend running a strip or two of adhesive on the back of the cardstock and tacking your ribbon or twine on it. It's easy to move around until you get it where you want it before you attach it to your card front.
- The Birthday wishes sentiment is attached with Stampin' Dimensionals so the twine easily fits behind it.
I hope you've enjoyed your stop here on the blog hop. It's so fun to see all the creativity from everyone. May you be inspired to get creative by all you see today!
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