Colour Inkspiration 26

Colour Inkspiration is a Facebook challenge that gives us a lovely colour palette to play fortnightly.
Here's the current challenge.

The colours and gorgeous graphic just screamed the seaside, so I got out Seaside Shore. It's been a bit neglected of late but it is a set I love.

The masked column uses all four colours. The shells/starfish are stamped in Sahara Sand and clear embossed. The seaweed was stamped in Tranquil Tide and clear embossed then I water-coloured the interior.

The fish are gold embossed and coloured with Stampin' Write markers. One is directly embossed onto the column and the other fussy cut so it could be popped up on dimensionals to give some depth.

This inside sentiment is from Seaside  Shore.

Update: Delighted to make the Top 5 at Colour Inkspiration!

Ingredients

Card: Tranquil Tide, Shimmery cardstock

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Perennial Birthday

Inks: Sahara Sand, Bermuda Bay, Emerald Envy, Tranquil Tide, versamark.

Other: gold and clear embossing powder, dimensionals, Stampin' Write markers in the three greens, aquapainter, sponges

CAS Colours and Sketches 218

Looking through the catalogue to see what was retiring reminded me of this set, Seaside Shore, which was my first purchase from last year's catalogue. I've used the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches for inspiration.

I find I never have enough Thank You cards, so this seemed a good chance to stock up.

I like the clean, crisp look of this card stemming from the strong colours, white space and straight lines. Good to have a card in the stash that could be given to a man, as well.

Update: Happy to be a Weekly Winner at CAS Colours and Sketches.

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky

Other: Aquapainter, sponges, dimensionals

Fab Friday 103

As soon as I saw the sketch at Fab Friday, I knew I had to play it. So many ideas came to mind but I went with the one that let me play with a recently neglected set, Seaside Shore.

I seldom make shaker cards. In fact, this is only the second one I've ever made. It seemed the right approach with this set and this sketch. So, here it is...

I took a tip from Jennifer McGuire and glued a few sequins in place inside the shaker, just in case everything fell to the bottom. The Calypso Coral button was leftover from a previous year's Sale-a-bration deal.

On the inside...

In the end, a card that would suit male or female. I like that it retains a clean look, despite the use of patterned paper and a lot of layers.

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, DSP from By the Shore, Window sheet

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Big on Birthdays

Inks: Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral

Other: Seaside Textured embossing folder, foam strips, Square framelits, Calypso Coral button, Linen twine, sequins from the sewing cupboard.

Global Design Project 60

Brian King is a designer and card maker whose work I have a great deal of admiration for, so I was delighted to see that this week's challenge at the Global Design Project is to case one of his cards. It's quite intimidating to try to case such a talented person but I decided to focus on the expanse of designer paper, the centred panel with an off the frame element and a simple colour scheme.

I've not used Seaside Shore for a while so gave it an outing on this card. Cute bear, cute fish. The orange fish is masked from the seaweed while the blue fish is fussy cut so he can hang off the frame.

Sadly, the clear Wink of Stella on the seaweed does not show up very clearly. It gives a nice bit of shine that complements the metallic bubbles. The small circle metallic shape is just the same size as the open bubble in the stamp set.

And, a little peek inside...

Update: So delighted to be a Winner at Global Design Project!

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, DSP from By the Shore

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Calypso Coral, Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Stazon Black, Mint Macaron (inside)

Other: Mint Macaron Stamp'n'Write marker, Clear Wink of Stella, silver metallic shapes

Just Add Ink 327

One of my favourite challenge sites is Just Add Ink and it's a colour challenge this week.

The colours naturally made me think of the Seaside Shore suite of papers and stamps but I didn't want to go overly nautical.  Something I've always struggled with is masculine cards and I'm also pretty slack about getting to terms with some of the packaging goodies I own. So, I set myself the task of a card and co-ordinating gift bag, suitable for a male and inspired by the colour challenge.

Here's how that ended up.

I'm really happy with the gift bag. It's the large size, made with the gift bag punch board. The bits I'm most pleased with are the 3D effect on the 'For You' created with the Soft Sky shadow layered in behind and the inlaid stars.

The card picks up on the themes of the bag and also uses a new set for me, Better Together.

Update: Utterly delighted to win at Just Add Ink!

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, DSP from By the Shore, Very Vanilla, scraps of Soft Sky and Calypso Coral

Stamps: Better Together

Inks: Dapper Denim 

Other: Lots of Labels framelits, Mini-treat Bag thinlit set, Circle framelit, Subtles enamel shapes, dimensionals, Burlap ribbon, Gold binder clip

Just Add Ink 320

I really liked the sketch at Just Add Ink as soon as I saw it last week but I kept delaying starting because I had it in my mind to make a shaker card .... and confession time - I've never made one before.

So I've dillied and dallied my way to almost the last day of the challenge but have come up with this.

I cut the DSP so that the pattern of stripes was as symmetrical as possible.  The little scallop shells are clear embossed over Mint Macaron and Mint Macaron ink, with little touches of gold to tie it in with the anchor. 

Because the sentiment is quite small, the lower portion of the card looked too empty, so I added the anchor from the set. I stamped and fussy cut it, then worked a bit of magic on it to make it look more like it was made from aged metal.

I'm quite glad that I waited until the new foam strips became available before tackling a shaker card. The foam strip made making the well for the sequins much easier than I'd anticipated and in the end, it wasn't such a scary proposition after all!

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron scraps, DSP from By The Shore, Window sheet

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Mint Macaron, Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky, gold, versamark

Other: Clear embossing powder, sequins from the sewing box, Night of Navy solid baker's twine, sponges, foam strips, circle framelits

The Paper Players 303

This week's challenge colours at The Paper Players are just so very pretty that I wanted to used them.

I'm not quite sure how I got lead to an underwater scene. I suppose it was that Island Indigo put me in mind of the ocean. Anyway, here's how it ended up.

I particularly enjoyed experimenting with building up the water-coloured background by adding in extra layers of colour and stamping in the bubbles. I also liked the idea that the school of fish linked into the 'from all of us.'

Update: Delighted to have this card selected as A Cut Above at The Paper Players.

Ingredients

Card: Island Indigo, Mint Macaron, Whisper White, watercolour paper

Stamps: Seaside Shore, One Big Meaning

Inks: Island Indigo, Mint Macron, Sweet Sugarplum, versamark

Other: Oval framelits, White embossing powder, markers in Island Indigo, Mint Macaron and Sweet Sugarplum, Seaside embossing folder.

Inkspire Me 255

The colours in this week's challenge at Inkspire Me are just made for my new current favourite set, Seaside Shore.

As soon as I saw Seaside Shore in the catalogue, I wanted to make an aquarium card where it looked like the fish were in a tank. Here it is:

Update: Delighted to win this challenge at Inkspire Me!

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, By the Shore DSP, Very Vanilla, Window sheet

Stamps: Seaside Shore

Inks: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky

Other: Lots of Labels framelits, dimensionals, Calypso Coral thick twine, Stamp'n'write markers - Soft Sky, Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral.

As You See It 137 - DT Card

It was great to see all the entries in the last Dad-themed challenge at As You See It. There were lots of fabulous entries to pick from - and it was a tough choice too! This week, we're back with a really quirky little sketch for you.

I've been having a bit of a love affair with my new set from the 2016 Catalogue: Seaside Shore.

The hanging elements in the sketch made me wonder what they'd look like with fish playing in out out of them, like a little fish party.

Here's how that idea turned out...

We'd love to see how you see this sketch. You've got the next fortnight to show us. Entries close at 11.55 p.m., Wednesday 29 June.

Ingredients

Card: Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, By the Shore DSP

Stamps: Seaside Shore, Endless Birthday Wishes

Inks: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron

Other: Dimensionals.

CAS 177 PCCC 198

My box of catalogue goodies arrived during the week but I've had to wait until Saturday night to really get into it. The set I wanted most was Seaside Shore and I've used it with the inspiration sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches.

As it happens, the colours at The Paper Craft Crew work well with this set too.

The three colours from the four choices that I'm using are: Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and the new colour, Dapper Denim.

I like the linen twine added into this mix. I think it's suitably nautical and was a little more restrained than the Calypso Coral twine I thought about using. The new Seaside embossing folder is a real beauty and I feel I'll be using it a lot.

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at CAS Colours and Sketches this week!

Ingredients

Card: Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Seaside Shore, One Big Meaning

Inks: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron

Other: Seaside embossing folder, Scallop Tag punch, Linen twine, Dapper Denim marker, dimensional, post it notes for masking