It's Friday and that means another great challenge on the TGIF Challenges Blog! We LOVE bringing you weekly paper-crafting inspiration, and are so excited to have you join us. This week we are hosting a fabulous colour challenge.
As everyone knows by now, I love flowers and one can never have too many floral stamp sets, right?! So when I saw this combo I immediately reached for the gorgeous new Delicate Dahlias Stamp Set. And what is even better than a brand new stamp set, earning it for FREE! Right now Stampin' Up! is having it's best promotion of the year, Sale-A-Bration and with qualifying purchases you can earn free products.
A Black and White colour combination can really make an impact, especially when you add in a pop of colour. Coastal Cabana is such a beautiful, bright and refreshing colour, but is one I rarely reach for, although after making this card I think I will be using it more often now. I really wanted to focus on creating bold contrast. This card is all stamping, no patterned paper to be found, which is definitely rare for me.
The card base is Thick Basic White Cardstock layered with a piece of Coastal Cabana. To create the large focal background layer I stamped the outline image several times using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Next I stamped the solid image in Coastal Cabana Ink on a scrap of Basic White, then lined up the outline image and stamped over top of it. I know not everyone likes fussy cutting, but using my trusty Paper Snips made it quick and easy.
Here you can see the fine detail of the large flower stamp, I just love how much texture there is with this type of solid images stamp. To make the sentiment really stand out I stamped it on a strip of coloured cardstock then trimmed it to size. Next I tied a double bow with White Twine and attached it to a die cut piece of Basic Black Cardstock, then added the sentiment with Dimensionals. A few splatters of Wink of Stella and some Matte Black Dots finsih the card off.
I hope you can join us this week and make sure to check out the TGIF challenge blog for some more awesome inspiration!
All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping.
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