Magnolia Mood for Colour INKspiration 178

Welcome to the 178th challenge at Colour INKspiration. Today's colour palette was chosen for us by Crew Member and Stampin' Up! Artisan, Vicki Boucher. Aren't the colours just so soft and pretty?

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're delighted to have not one but two Guest Designers: Janette Goodall and Yvonne Spikmans - Van Bruggen.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest, for example Peach Pie for Calyspo Coral. 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 December 9, 7pm AEST.

Well, I just couldn't help myself. I took the obvious path and went with a floral card. Really, what's the point in having beautiful floral stamps if you don't use them? 😀

I got out Magnolia Mood  bundle from the Online Exclusive section. These products are ones that can only be seen online and not in any paper catalogue. It's worth a browse in here as you might well discover some things you thought had retired! You can view the online exclusives here.

I stamped the large spray of flowers and two buds in Old Olive then coloured them with Calyspo Coral and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends. After die cutting them out, I also cut the large spray die in Soft Sea Foam to create a background of lacy leaves.

The fun part was layering up my various stamped images and die cuts to create the bouquet. The Basic White panel was embossed with the Dotted Circles 3D embossing folder. Striking, isn't it?

The sentiment is stamped in Old Olive and I used a die from Everyday Details to create the label. To create the Calypso Coral jewels, I coloured some Basic Rhinestone Jewels with the darker Calyspo Coral Stampin' Blend.

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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