Good morning everyone! It's that time again for a new challenge over at Inkspirational! It's been a busy month or so making all those Christmas cards so we decided that we wanted to switch it up this time. The challenge theme is......Bah Humbug! No Christmas cards allowed!
I'm sure most of you are tired of making Christmas cards anyway. Now us Ink girls aren't taking a break from the challenges for the holidays however to keep things a little simpler we ask that you link up only ONE card for this challenge. :-) Anyway, here's my non-Christmas card....
I decided to play with a new stamp set by Waffle Flower called Hibiscus. It's one of those sets that has layered stamps. So, I decided to try the layered stamping technique. I first masked off a diagonal section off my card and stamped my large flowers first with Canary yellow Memento ink then the second stamp was done with Butter Bar to Orange Soda Ombré ink (Hero Arts) overtop. The smaller flower was done with Sea Glass ink (SSS) first then Tide Pool to Navy Ombré ink (Hero Arts) overtop. Then I stamped the leaves using the solid stamp first and blending Bamboo Leaves and New Sprout Memento inks and then stamping the outline stamp in Bamboo Leaves overtop. I removed the mask and then created two narrow strip masks and sponged on Sea Glass ink. Once these masks were removed I die cut the word happy and sponged Golden Glitz Delicata ink on it (only because I discovered that I have run out of metallic gold paper). I attached this to my card and stamped the birthday (STAMPlorations) in Bamboo Leaves. I like how this card turned out and it's certainly not Christmasy!
I do hope you'll pop on over to Inkspirational and see what the other DT ladies came up with too. Their projects are all fabulous! Plus, we've got a special Guest Designer joining us. Shirley from Shirley- Bee's Stamping Stuff! She's an amazing card artist with her own line of fantastic stamps. She's made a couple of great cards for us too!
I hope you enjoyed your visit and have a fabulous weekend!
I'd like to link up to the following challenges:
Waffle Flower December Challenge - stamp layering
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - die crazy
I'm sure most of you are tired of making Christmas cards anyway. Now us Ink girls aren't taking a break from the challenges for the holidays however to keep things a little simpler we ask that you link up only ONE card for this challenge. :-) Anyway, here's my non-Christmas card....
I decided to play with a new stamp set by Waffle Flower called Hibiscus. It's one of those sets that has layered stamps. So, I decided to try the layered stamping technique. I first masked off a diagonal section off my card and stamped my large flowers first with Canary yellow Memento ink then the second stamp was done with Butter Bar to Orange Soda Ombré ink (Hero Arts) overtop. The smaller flower was done with Sea Glass ink (SSS) first then Tide Pool to Navy Ombré ink (Hero Arts) overtop. Then I stamped the leaves using the solid stamp first and blending Bamboo Leaves and New Sprout Memento inks and then stamping the outline stamp in Bamboo Leaves overtop. I removed the mask and then created two narrow strip masks and sponged on Sea Glass ink. Once these masks were removed I die cut the word happy and sponged Golden Glitz Delicata ink on it (only because I discovered that I have run out of metallic gold paper). I attached this to my card and stamped the birthday (STAMPlorations) in Bamboo Leaves. I like how this card turned out and it's certainly not Christmasy!
I do hope you'll pop on over to Inkspirational and see what the other DT ladies came up with too. Their projects are all fabulous! Plus, we've got a special Guest Designer joining us. Shirley from Shirley- Bee's Stamping Stuff! She's an amazing card artist with her own line of fantastic stamps. She's made a couple of great cards for us too!
I hope you enjoyed your visit and have a fabulous weekend!
I'd like to link up to the following challenges:
Waffle Flower December Challenge - stamp layering
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - die crazy
Such beautiful colors, it makes me think of summer. Since it's anything but Christmas, I guess I will not be saying: Merry Christmas"!
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL, Kim! Such pretty flowers, paired perfectly with the lovely die-cut! Definitely a fresh change from Christmas cards (which I'm still making!). Sent you a big THANK YOU note...hope you received it!
ReplyDeleteHugs~c
Very cool!!
ReplyDeleteSkillfully done and fabulous zesty colours! Definitely unChristmassy!
ReplyDeletewow Kim your card is gorgeous.. love the color combo.. thanks for joining us at Waffle Flower Crafts December Challenge.
ReplyDeleteKim, I love the layout of your card. The big bold happy die cut is the perfect touch. Love your card. Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Die Crazy Challenge. Gayatri xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Kim! The colorful foliage looks great and I like the split/die cut sentiment. Creative design!
ReplyDelete- Shauna
Gorgeous card Kim, your layered stamping worked really well x
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!! Thanks so much for joining us at the Waffle Flower Challenge!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your color choices for the layering Kim! Thanks for playing at Waffle Flower Crafts!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Thank you for playing with us at Waffle Flower Crafts!
ReplyDeleteLove your layering technique! STurned out so beautiful! :) Thanks for joining Waffle Flower Challenge!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the stamp layering and pretty colour choices! Thanks for playing along with us at the Waffle Flower challenge!
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