Textured Notes for Colour INKspiration 200

 

Welcome to the 200th challenge at Colour INKspiration! We can hardly believe we've been going for 200 challenges. I have not been on the team the whole time but I have been for most of it and what a great team it is to be part of. They're all wonderful crafters!

Be sure to check out the Crew Album for this challenge as lots of our past designers are joining in with us for the Big Birthday.

Join us in celebrating 200 challenges by showcasing your favourite Stampin' Up! colour. It can be a current or retired colour. You can use your chosen colour plus any of the free colours we allow: Basic White, Basic Black, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake and metallics.

This challenge runs for nearly two weeks and will finish on Monday December 8, 7pm AEST.

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 Catherine Proctor as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

Which colour will you choose? I found this part very difficult, rather akin to being asked to name your favourite child. I could name the handful of colours I seldom use but choosing a favourite is nearly impossible. I realised that my favourite colour could alter by the day, my mood - even the weather. I spent a few days with Coastal Cabana out on my desk but when I sat down to create, it turned out that Blueberry Bushel was the colour I actually meant to use! Maybe if I crafted tomorrow, it would transmute into something different again. 😀

I love that there is a  bright playfulness in Blueberry Bushel, while still maintaining some gravitas. Initially I mourned the loss of Pacific Point in the last revamp but have come to enjoy this colour in its place. 

Using torn copy paper as a mask, I stamped in some leaves from Textured Notes and some splats from Elements of Text in Blueberry Bushel. Then I added in some text from Elements of Text in Crumb Cake and sponged colour with Blueberry Bushel and a blending brush.

After removing the mask and trimming the panel down slightly, I added it to Crumb Cake card, then to the Blueberry Bushel base. 

The sentiment is from Textured Notes and is cut using one of the dies from that bundle. The foliage comes from the Gallery Blooms dies and the trellis from Perfectly Pears, cut from Basic Beige.

The embellishments are basic rhinestones coloured with a dark Blueberry Bushel Stampin' Blend.

The Crew and I would love to see play with your favourite colour.

You can see what the rest of the Design Team, and some Design Team alumni, have done with these colours in the Crew Inspiration Album on the Colour INKspiration Challenge Facebook page.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

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