Simply Zinnia for Colour INKspiration 173

 

Welcome to the 173rd challenge at Colour INKspiration. Today's colour palette was chosen for us by the Challenge Founder Bronwyn Eastley. 

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 Leigh Mahoney as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Summer Splash for Shy Shamrock. 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 September 23, 7pm AEST.

Well, with a red and a green and a neutral it was pretty tempting to go down the Christmas road with this one - and I so nearly did. But then I got to thinking that it's only September! Make something else while I still can!

A colour and a green also leads to florals and that's where I went. I added in a touch of Crumb Cake add some variety and here's where I ended up....

The Simply Zinnia bundle, from Online Exclusives, has quickly turned into a go-to set especially this trio of blooms. Backed up with the Zinnia 3D embossing folder this set lets you make a card quickly and easily.

After stamping in Tuxedo Black, I coloured the images with Cherry Cobbler, Shy Shamrock and Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends. The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black then fussy cut. 

The DSP strips are from the Neutrals DSP stack and the 2024-26 In Color stack, both useful craftroom staples.

The finishing touch was the addition of a trio of Shy Shamrock Shimmer Gems from the In Color Shimmer Gems pack.

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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