Hello Stampin' Friends. Today's creation was inspired by the color challenge at SSINK.
I love how the card turned out. But when I first saw the color challenge I was not too sure about these colors actually working together.
And that is what I love about a challenge it gets me to try things I would not think of on my own! And I love the result!
Here's how I got this amazing background:
Start with a piece of Shimmer White card stock.
Sponge on the darkest color first, so that it is darker at the edge and lighter as it goes up.
Sponge on the second color starting over the top of the first color, where it starts to get lighter, blending the two colors. Repeat this with the third color.
Then, take a cup of water, dip your fingers in it and flick the paper with the water. Let this dry and you will see how the water absorbs some of the ink. Leaving lighter spots.
I then stamped my lantern images in black, don't you love how one looks like it's swinging in the wind? I DONT, but it was my second try with the lanterns so I decided to just go with it instead of wasting paper. So, I'm saying it that it is gently swinging in the warm evening breeze, it makes me feel better.
After stamping the lantern I splattered some Gold Wink of Stella over the top. I adore this little pen so much!
Then I stamped another of the images from the Moroccan Nights stamp set across the bottom in Rich Razzleberry ink for some subtle pattern.
The sentiment is stamped and embossed in gold and comes from the Sheltering Tree stamp set.
Touches of gold finish off my card, starting with Gold Thread behind the sentiment, tousled around and stuck to the back of the banner. A thin strip of Gold Glimmer Paper lines the bottom of the card. And I colored 4 Rhinestone Jewels with a Gold Sharpie Marker and stuck them on for an added touch of elegance.
Here are all the fun things I used to make this card:
Stamps: Moroccan Nights, Sheltering Tree
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Peek-a-Boo Peach, Pear Pizzaz, Basic Black and Versamark
Paper: Rich Razzleberry card stock, Peek-a-Boo Peach card stock, Pear Pizzaz card stock, Shimmer White card stock, Gold Glimmer paper
Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels, Gold Thread, Gold Wink of Stella, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools: Sponge, Heat Tool, Water
You can find all the things I used here at my online store:
We'd love it if you stop by SSINK and see what the other designers have created for this challenge and come play along with us too!
Thank you for stopping by my blog, it's one of my favorite things to share my creations with you! I'd love to hear from you, feel free to leave a comment or questions below for me.
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