Thinking Stamping: Tasteful Touches

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Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Tasteful Touches for CI102

Welcome to a new challenge at Colour INKspiration! We have this lovely image to get you thinking, chosen for you by Crew Member Lou Kitzelman.

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 two 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.

If you don't have an exact challenge colour, feel free to replace it with whatever you have that's closest. Black, White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and metallics are free colours, as are flesh toned Stampin' Blends.

I loved the bright pop of the Polished Pink against the neutrals and it got me thinking of a bright flower against leaves. In turn, this lead me to Tasteful Touches because of the bold bloom and the lovely eclectic mix of other stamps in the set.

I started by stamping the big bloom in Basic Gray, then colouring it using Polished Pink Stampin' Blends before fussy cutting it out. I stamped the tattered lace in Smoky Slate and the foliage in Basic Gray.

I used the Basic Borders dies to cut the stitched curved edge of the Basic White card front and another matching layer in Polished Pink.

I used the foliage stamp in Smoky Slate on Smoky Slate for the bottom layer. The sentiment is from Best Years, stamped in Basic Gray. A few Polished Pink gems finished off the design.

We'd love to see what you do with these colours. You can add your project, see the other entries and look at the Design Team inspiration by clicking here. We'd love to see what you do with these tranquil colours.

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. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below.

Product List

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152562]

$48.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

$18.50

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

[131291]

$18.50

Polished Pink A4 Cardstock

[155711]

$18.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$20.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$15.75

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$15.75

Polished Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155520]

$19.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$19.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$61.00

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152568]

$42.00

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

[152883]

$48.00

2021–2023 In Color Jewels

[155571]

$14.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Tasteful Touches for PP534

When the retiring list comes out, I like to go through my shelves and see what's staying and what isn't. I was pleased to see that not only is the Tasteful Touches set staying but so is the fabulous In Good Taste DSP. Along with that pleasure was a touch of guilt at not having used this must-have set as often as I should have!

This week's sketch at The Paper Players seemed a good opportunity to remedy that. 😀

The card base is Gray Granite, with a narrow mat of Early Espresso. I've used on of the In Good Taste DSP designs for the card base and one of the wood grain ones to cut the rectangles and the trellis strips to make the horizontal element of the sketch. You can see why I'm happy this set of paper is staying with us for another year!

I stamped two of the flower images in Merry Merlot and shaded them using a Blender Pen. I had a metallic gold pen on my desk, so used that to stipple the centres before fussy cutting them. I stamped the foliage image onto the card base before attaching the woodgrain rectangles, then stamped a couple more and fussy cut them. I used the last of my In Good Taste wooden elements for this cluster too. If you'd like some before they retire, check out the Last Chance Products tab in my online store. You can go there by clicking the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar of this blog.

For the sentiment, I used the 'thank you' from Art Gallery and cut it with one of the dies from Tasteful Labels, the die set that originally bundled with the Tasteful Touches stamp set. Although these items will be available in the next catalogue, the bundle price will disappear at the end of April.

Product List

Tasteful Touches Bundle (English)

[154098]

$101.50

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154421]

$46.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$18.50

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

[121686]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

In Good Taste Designer Series Paper

[152494]

$44.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$15.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

[147112]

$15.75

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$15.75

In Good Taste Elements

[152476]

$13.75

Ornate Layers Dies

[152726]

$78.00

Many Medallions Dies

[153584]

$71.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$25.50

Paper Snips

[103579]

$20.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$8.50

Friday, 19 February 2021

Tasteful Touches for AYSI 244

I enjoyed seeing the great entries in the last colour challenge and we're all excited to have Anita Trippi join us as Guest Designer for our next challenge at As You See It.

This time round, it's a 'fill-in-the-blank' challenge. This one had me thinking for a few days: what colour makes me feel the most cosy?

I went round and round thinking about different colours that make me feel warm and safe. In the end, I opted for Very Vanilla. Not only is is cosy by itself, it adds warm and richness to any other colours that it plays with. One of my favourite cosy combos is Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Gold so I went for that.

Since I wanted Very Vanilla to be the star, I used a Thick Very Vanilla Base with an angled mat of Early Espresso peeping out from the Very Vanilla card front. I've textured that with the Tasteful Textures 3D embossing folder.

I stamped two of the flowers from Tasteful Touches in Early Espresso and fussy cut them out. I used a gold gel pen to stipple colour the centres. The tattered lace stamp from the same set is repeat stamped in Crumb Cake to create the background. Then I've added in some foliage fronds from the Forever Gold Laser Cut Specialty DSP - and from the looks of this photo, I'll have to go back and attach some of it a little more thoroughly but will have to wait until I'm back home from holiday. 😀

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings and punched with the Classic Labels punch, shadowed in Early Espresso and popped up on dimensionals.

We'd love to see what your cosy colour is. You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry at the As You See It Challenge site.

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. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or clicking on any of products below

Product List

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152562]

$48.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146667]

$76.00