I really had trouble with today’s color challenge. I pulled all the colors and then started pulling stamp sets that I could visualize all the colors in. I really liked the Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White layered. However, when I had to add So Saffron and
To make this card I used the 2 step stamping technique with the Stampin Up! Fancy Flower stamp set. I started with the Bashful Blue Base Flower. Note: You can also ink this image up and stamp off and then back onto your Whisper White to give it an even lighter, faded blue look and more definition. I did not try this here because I honestly forgot about it. However, I do think it would have made it even more interesting.
I then used Night of Navy Classic Stamp Pad to stamp the second Flower on top of the the light blue flower. You’ll see I free hand tore my So Saffron trim. However, if you are not confident in doing that or don’t like how it looks when you do… give the tearing edge a try. It’s a fantastic tearing tool that will help you keep a straight tear that is
My base layer is Night of Navy and then Bashful Blue. I decided to use the So Saffron as an accent layer to pull my card and color theme together. Of course, the top layer is Whisper White. Lastly I used a Simple Black Brad for the center of the flowers for an accent.
The Greeting I used is from the Level 1 Hostess stamp set called Afterthoughts.
Items Used For This Card Include:
- Stampin’ Up! Fancy Flowers
- Stampin’ Up! Hostess Set Afterthoughts
- Black Brads
- Bashful Blue and Night of Navy Classic Stamp Pads
- Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Night of Navy, Whisper White, and Basic Black Card Stock
- Tearing Edge
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