Country Birdhouse for Colour INKspiration 174

 

Welcome to the 174th challenge at Colour INKspiration. Today's colour palette was chosen for us by Crew Member Vicki Boucher.

Isn't it a pretty combination of colours?

If you haven't played with us before, we are a group of Stampin' Up Demonstrators from the South Pacific. Challenges are shown and entered via our Facebook Group page. If you don't belong, and would like to, click here. Don't forget to answer the three easy questions you'll be asked when you ask to join the group.

Each challenge, Top Picks and a winner are chosen by the crew and the winner offered a chance to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. We welcome Heidi Heuvel Vd as our Guest Designer for this challenge. We also welcome two new members to our Crew: Sharon Dalton and Alisa Tilsner. I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing their creations in the Crew Inspiration Albums. 😀

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Fresh Freesia for Bubble Bath. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

This challenge is open for two weeks and closes Monday October 7, 7pm AEST.

Between the gorgeous graphic and the ever so pretty colours, it was hard to look past something floral for this challenge. However, I've gone for flowers with a bit of a twist - a birdbath scene. Out came the Country Birdhouse bundle and the remains of my Country Woods DSP collection. 

I used retired Stamparatus to mirror stamp the bird, but you can use a silicon mat for the job if you don't have a Stamparatus in your stash. 

I enjoyed playing around arranging the flowers cut from Bubblebath, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape. Pool Party worked well as the 'green' foliage.

Once again, I got good use from the Stylish Shapes dies - the banner is a perfect match for the 'happy birthday' in the stamp set. I'm sure this set would win the prize for the most used die set in my craft room!

We'd love to see what you do with the challenge colours. You can join the group in the following link, if you aren't already a member. Don't forget to answer the questions when you ask to join. You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with these colours in the Crew Inspiration Album on the Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook page.

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