I just jumping in with a quick post today since I also need to work on a couple of posts for tomorrow... This is a bit of a revision of an earlier card but with current products. I did it for a color challenge I'm hosting today over at Splitcoaststampers and to be honest I was quite tickled with the way it turned out.
- Dessert for this challenge is to use white craft ink, which I used on the Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing folder before running a piece of Night of Navy cardstock through my NEW Cut and Emboss Machine. These will be available in early September! I was so happy with the way it turned out. I just gently tapped the pad onto the inside of the folder - on the side with the Stampin' Up! logo. The Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge allows you to add any colors in the Stampin' Up! Neutrals so Night of Navy gets to be part of the challenge if you wish.
- I added cut off about 5/8" off one side and flipped this strip over and attached it underneath to provide extra contrast on the white card base.
- I used a white scrap for my Misty Moonlight greeting and added a few skinny strips for upper and lower borders. I didn't worry about the strips being even but did pay attention to using the thicker one on the bottom. I tend to like putting more weight on the bottom of an element than on the top.
- My daisies from Daisy Lane were stamped with Misty Moonlight after stamping on scratch paper twice before stamping each one on my Whisper White cardstock. You will sometimes see this referred to as 2nd, actually 3rd, generation stamping. Then they were punched with the coordinating punches and layered 2 deep. The centers are colored with the Mango Melody Blends.
- I used some Granny Apple Green leaves cut with the Boho Indigo dies. They aren't what I would say are botanically correct but I felt they looked at home with these daisies.
- I tried to add some embellishment dots but in the end it seemed that the "flatness" of the white craft on the background looked better without any added shimmer and shine.
Here is a look at pile of color combination pieces I had assembled before diverging on this card. It looks like I have a little more assembling to do...
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