Tricia's Stamping Creations: Ink. Stamp. Share. September Monthly Blog Hop Color Inspiration

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Ink. Stamp. Share. September Monthly Blog Hop Color Inspiration

Welcome to the Ink. Stamp. Share. September Monthly Blog Hop and this month we have a fun Color Challenge. We have been challenged to create a project using at least three of the following colors: Soft Succulent, Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Polished Pink and Rich Razzleberry. You will be visiting with talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators as they share their projects and ideas using these wonderful colors to help inspire you.

I love participating in Color Challenges as it helps me to explore new possibilities and helps me step outside my comfort zone. The colors in this month's Color Challenge are so beautiful and I love how well they work together. I decided to create my card design with all five of these beautiful colors.

For my card design, I chose to use the wonderful Gorgeous Leaves stamp set from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog. I paired it with the sentiment from the In Your Words stamp set, which is the Sale-a-bration Host Reward you can earn free with a qualifying party/order and is available only until September 30th. To create my design, I used the soft colors for the background and the darker colors for the focal leaves. I love the non-traditional colors for the leaves and how they pop against the background. The Gorgeous Leaves stamp set is so versatile and works well with so many color combinations.

Products Used:

Gorgeous Leaves stamp set (item #153365)

In Your Words stamp set (item #156619)

Stitched So Sweetly Dies (item #151690)

Soft Succulent Cardstock (item #155776)

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (item #146988)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink Pad (item #147091)

Polished Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #155712)

Soft Succulent Classic Ink Pad (item #155778)

Petal Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #147108)

Soft Sea Foam Classic Ink Pad (item #147102)

Soft Succulent 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon (item #155780)

Polished Pink 3/8" Open Weave Ribbon (item #155714)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Soft Succulent Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Label die cut with Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

One of my favorite things about the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set is the wonderful variety of images it has and how well they work together to create collage designs. I chose to use the large dot background image with Petal Pink Classic ink along with the smaller dot background image with Soft Sea Foam Classic ink to create a muted background for my design. Using the three large leaf images, I stamped them with the remaining colors to create a beautiful design. For the sentiment label, I die cut the label from Soft Sea Foam cardstock with one of the dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and stamped the sentiment from the In Your Words stamp set with the Rich Razzleberry Classic ink. I attached a piece of the Soft Succulent and Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbons across the front of the card front and attached the sentiment over the top with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then attached the card front to the Soft Sea Foam cardstock layer and then attached it to the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish off the card design, I added Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the sentiment label and the card front for a touch of bling. I love how soft and pretty this card design is and how the ribbons add a pop of color to step up the card design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore creating your own wonderful projects with these beautiful colors. There are so many possibilities to explore with Stampin' Up!'s coordinating products.

Now it's time to visit Verity's blog and see what she has created with this month' Color Challenge. Just click the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. Don't forget, Sale-a-bration ends September 30th. Earn these exclusive free products with a qualifying order before time runs out.