Hi Crafty Friends! I have found that a great way to spark my creativity is to participate in a challenge. The parameters of colors, theme, products, design, etc. can sometimes be difficult and has been for me in the past. However, I am finding that lately these challenges really gets my creativity flowing. I so much enjoyed participating last month in Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge I decided to do this on a monthly basis. Please check out the October Inspiration Challenge and I hope you join in on the fun.
One of my favorite products from Altenew is the Hello Beautiful: Craft Your Life Kit. The floral images are very eye catching and as always the stamp set has wonderful sentiments and sub sentiments.
Supplies Used:
- Hello Beautiful: Craft Your Life Kit – Altenew
- Fancy Hello Die – Altenew
- Blush Cardstock – Altenew
- Obsidian Black Ink – Altenew
- Crystal Clear Embossing Powder – Altenew
- Mini Blending Brush – Altenew
- Rose Quartz Crisp Dye Ink – Altenew
- Pink Diamond Crisp Dye Ink – Altenew
- Maple Yellow Crisp Dye Ink – Altenew
- Grass Field Crisp Dye Ink – Altenew
- Shadow Creek Crisp Dye Ink – Altenew
- Jet Black Ink Spray – Altenew
- Instant Dimension Foam Tape – Altenew
- Beeswax Cardstock – Spellbinders
- Lucky Clover Cardstock – Altenew
I never put the 3 colors for this challenge together intentionally so it was fun to pull out some ink pads and cardstock in these colors and think about how I wanted to use them. The idea came right as I was drifting off to sleep this same day and I quickly grabbed a post it note and made a quick sketch for the next day. I do sketch lots of ideas for cards but not all come out as I envisioned, but this card is exactly what I pictured.
- I began by cutting my cardstocks into strips. The Lucky Clover is cut to 1×5.5″, Blush is .5×5.5″ and the Beeswax is .25×5.5″. I adhered this together layering them and stacking them on the right side of the Lucky Clover piece.
- Next, I die cut my Fancy Hello one time from each color and I adhered those to be the same as the cardstock strip (Lucky Clover, Blush then Beeswax). I also offset these slightly so you can see all three colors. I love this look and I don’t think to do it often enough. It makes your word dies more versatile as it gives a little different look. Make sure to give this a try.
- Next I stamped the two flower image from the Hello Beautiful Stamp Set in Obsidian Ink. I then poured Crystal Clear Embossing Powder over the stamped image and heat set it. Obsidian Ink is a pigment ink and takes some time to dry so it works perfect to use clear embossing powder on.
- I then grabbed the stencils from the Hello Beautiful: Craft Your Life Kit and my Mini Blending Brushes (these are my favorite blending brushes). I used the stencil that works with this image.
- If I use 2 colors for coloring a stencil I always start with my lightest color then add the darker color toward the center and base of images for dimension. The flowers are blending with Rose Quartz Crisp Dye Ink then Pink Diamond Crisp Dye Ink. The leaves start with Grass Field Crisp Dye Ink then Shadow Creek Crisp Dye Ink. Lastly, I used Maple Yellow Crisp Dye Ink to ink blend the flower centers.
- After I finished ink blending this image, I used the coordinating die to cut out the flower image.
- I used a 4.25×5.5 piece of white cardstock and used Jet Black Ink Spray and a paint brush to splatter some ink onto the white panel.
- Make sure the splatters are dry so you do not smear any of the ink splatters.
- Then I adhered the layered cardstock strip to the left side of the panel.
- Then under where I planned to place my “Hello,” I stamped my sub sentiment which is from the Hello Beautiful Stamp Set. I used Obsidian Black Ink to do this and let it dry completely before finishing my card.
- I adhered the “Hello” in place.
- Using Instant Dimension Foam Tape on the back of the floral image, I adhered it to my card.
- Then I cut off any overhanging bits of the leaves and attached the entire panel to a top folding heavy weight card base.
I hope you give this Inspiration Challenge a try and see if it helps you get creative. Thank you for stopping by!!
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