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It is my turn to host the challenge across at the Paper Players this week and I was asked to create a color challenge. Personally, I love these colors they are so rich and versatile. The Paper Players design team did an amazing job with these colors and I personally can't wait to see what you all do with them. I loved these colors so much that I made two cards for the challenge. The one you see on this post and you will see the Christmas card I made with these colors later in the week. yep… Christmas card!
For my first card I knew I wanted to use French Foliage, but did it with a little twist. I wanted to give an overall shimmer and softness to the stamped images and I'll talk about how I did that after you see the pic.
A lot of masking went into this stamped panel, I can tell you.
Here's how I made the card:
- I stamped the Oak leaves and then cut out individual maks for each leaf. I stamped those in Cajun Craze.
- I then inked up the oval leaf with Bravo Burgundy and stamped those on my Very Vanilla layer. I then added masks to each of those leaves.
- The final step was to ink up the french script stamp with Night of Navy and stamp that over the masked leaves.
- I then removed all of the masks and let the ink dry. I used some Ranger Perfect Pearls powder (gold) all over the top of the stamped images. (I used the setting Perfect Medium on the image first". I brushed the pearls over the image with a paintbrush. I know you can't see the golden shimmer, but it is there when you move the card around in the light.
- Lastly, when the shimmer was where I needed it, I took a paper towel that had been sprayed with just a little Stamp Cleaner and gently went over the image. I love the result.
My Christmas card (that you will see later this week) took about 10 minutes to do from start to finish. So I can't wait to share that with you later.
I really hope you will play along with my challenge this week. All you need to do is make a new card and then pop along to thepaperplayers and add your card to the link. You have until next Friday at 12pm PST to enter your creation.
Now, don't forget to pop along to the design team and check out what they have created this week.
- Card stock: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy
- Stamps: French Foliage, Friendly Phrases
- Inks: Cajun Craze, Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy
- DSP: Regals Patterns Pack
- Tools: Big Shot, Flower Die, Woodgrain embossing folder
- Accessories: Regals button; Linen thread
9 Responses
Wow, that leafy panel was certainly a labour of love! Looks fabulous in these colours and the rosette is the perfect accent! Thanks for the great colour combo this week!
I’ll be the shimmer and shine is just gorgeous in real life! This is so pretty, Jaydee. Love the woodgrain background and your stamped leaves are just what I imagined with these colors…perfect!
Gorgeous! What a wonderful fall creation! That French Foliage is the BEST fall set ever!
Beautiful, Jaydee! I love how you stamped the script using the masking technique. The woodgrain panel is the perfect backdrop.
Absolutely gorgeous, Jaydee. French Foliage is one of my favourites too, and I always love what you do with it, but you really outdid yourself this time.
Wow! Love the fall colors and the new background folder. I never would have thought to use those colors together. Isn’t Stampin’ Up the greatest?
I just LOVE that embossing folder and simply must get it. You’ve used it so beautifully with so many cards. :o)
French Foliage is such a versatile stamp set and this card is gorgeous! Of course, how could I not love a card that highlights fall so beautifully? ;o)
Hugs!
P.S. Hi Lou!
Love the embossed background and your rosette. Thanks for visiting my blog, always love the comments and glad you stopped by 🙂
Stunning card Jaydee! Love the layered leaf & script images, & that gorgeous woodgrain background. Thanks for such a fabulous challenge this week. I thought the colour combo was a bit daunting at first, but there have been so many beautiful creations made with it – it’s totally awesome!! 😀