I can't believe doing this post got away from me!! That never happens! I've been back from vacation for only a few days, but I'm getting ready to leave for stampin up convention this week.
I had a team meeting last night and after they left, I fell asleep on the couch!
Gretchen has a fun sketch for us this week. I LEAPED out of my comfort zone with this color combination. :)
Colors: Midnight Muse, Tangerine Tango and Summer Starfruit, which I have another loving name for that I shouldn't share. :)
I started with a 3 x 4 piece of shimmer white and stamped a background using the new Reason to smile sunflower in tangerine, and stamped the small flower in midnight muse. Then, I used a blender pen to move the color around. For the center of the flower, I used the coordinating circle stamp and stamped that in the starfruit color in the center of each of my sunflowers.
I matted that with a 3 1/8" x 4 1/8" midnight muse layer.
I set that aside and grabbed a piece of the scrap from the shimmer, and stamped my sunflower for the focal point. I punched it out using my scalloped circle punch. Notice the funky edge on the flower? Well, I stuck the piece of card stock back on to a piece of computer paper, and rotated my punch and punched again. Then just removed the computer paper from the back and sponged it with tangerine tango ink. I like how it looks similar to the shape of the sunflower. That GORGEOUS embellishment on top is a summer starfruit dahlia. My absolute favorite new accessory from the main catalog! just glue dot it on any flowery project and you're good to go! :) I added dimensionals to the back of this layer and set it aside.
Next, I cut the "so kind of you" layer. This piece measures 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" and I just tucked it under the matte for the top layer.
Under that, is layer 2, it is tangerine tango 4 x 5 1/4", embossed with the fancy fan embossing folder. :)
And the base layer is shimmer white 11 x 4 1/4", scored and folded in half at 5 1/2"
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Rubbah hugs,
Selene Kempton
Beautiful Selene! Love the colors and how you punched the flower, as it goes with this stamp perfectly. I even had to go grab my punch and give that a try! Very cool.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I'm case'ing to advertise this set for my Open House on Tuesday! Thanks for the inspiration -- love the dahlia center!
ReplyDeleteLove the color combo--great job!! I'll see ya this week!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors you've used on this!!!! You should go out of your comfort zone more often!!!! Have a great time at Convention!!!
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