COLOR COMBO

Today's challenge for our Blog Hop - Stamping with Friends - 

Inspiration from Around the World is a:

Did you ever wonder what the world would look like if our leaves were not just yellow or green or fall reds and oranges?  How about pink leaves or blue leaves or pink & blue leaves. Sometimes my artful creations in paper crafting are realistic, but today my card is bringing all these colors together!

I'm the Card Connoisseurs Susan Boback.  I love ink and adding color.  This is a fairly easy project and while its not new, it has been quite popular in 2024. 

You are inking the background which is EMbossed - raised above - the leaves design. 

I used the Stampin' Write makers to color the leaves by hand in four of these colors.

If you're new to the markers of Stampin' Up!, the Stampin' Write are water-based and can also be spritzed with water, used for watercolor techniques, and will wash off tools and skin and most clothing if washed in cold water right away.  The Stampin' Blends are alcohol based and more permanent. If you want to spritz them, it'll have to be with rubbing alcohol, and they do not wash off of clothing, or skin or tools unless you use an alcohol wipe or other cleaner. 

As shown above, color the leaves in any of these colors:  Shy Shamrock green, Flirty Flamingo pink, Fresh Freesia lavendar, Blueberry Bushel blue, and then I added Crushed Curry yellow.  Since I don't use these colors together, I found this quite a challenge. But when I saw this as art -   and it didn't have to be realistic - it became fun to meet this challenge!

Choose an Embossing Folder with a deep imprint AND a lot of background space - I used Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder   (Please note that if a product says "Currently unavailable" on our Stampin' Up! website, it is back ordered - check back again) 

Emboss on White cardstock - Basic White

Turn over the cardstock so you are using the DEbossed side: that's where the leaf images are lower than the background.

Add any non-traditional color to the images, staying in the lines. Do this quickly - this is not a color by number picture that should be exactly perfect but more abstract art.  

Open a full-size ink pad - which I found works the best, as opposed to the small "spot" square pads -  and hold it in your hand face down. I used Shade Spruce green.

Press lightly at first and drag the ink pad across the print, applying slightly more pressure to the background areas. 

Try not to stop in the middle of the print - you don't want to get the lines from the end of the ink pad. 

Turn the print sideways and drag the ink pad across the print again.

Now you've added ink to the background which makes the leaves colors pop out.

Trim your print and mount it on a bright background. I used Blueberry Bushel, one of the five colors and also one of my favorite blues.   

Add a sentiment like "Wishing you the brightest birthday" from Cheerful Daisies stamps, or leave without and use for just about any occasion.   Make a double bow of silver trim to attach under the tag.

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Now hop over to the next blog and see more creativity using these five colors!