A Colour Challenge for the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop - April 2024

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I am delighted to be taking part in the Ink and Inspiration blog hop for April 2024.

This month the challenge is to create a card using the colour selection or the atmospheric photo as our inspiration.

The bird looks so beautiful in the photo we are using to guide us and so I decided to use the Thoughtful Expressions set to create with. The stamped image is quite a close representation and the image just as tranquil. 

The starting point for my card was therefore the bird image. I stamped using Versamark ink and heat embossed using gold powder on to Fluid 100 Watercolor paper. I am by no means a watercolour painter, but I gave it my best shot and the embossed lines retained the colour well. I use an acrylic block as a palette and press it onto an ink pad to transfer the ink. I find this easy to clear up, and there is no mess in the well of my ink pad!

Using my narrow Water Painter I mixed some Shy Shamrock and Pretty Peacock to colour the wings making the tips slightly darker by adding more Pretty Peacock. The body is mostly Daffodil Delight and the head is Starry Sky. The tail feathers are a lovely rusty colour which was achieved by blending Berry Burst and Daffodil Delight inks (mixing red and yellow makes orange!). By remembering my colour theory, I managed to use all the colours except for Petunia Pop. After die cutting the image I added a sheen using the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush. I cleaned the tip between colours so that I didn't blend them into a muddy mess. The Wink of Stella is twinkling beautifully under my lights, but alas the photo doesn't capture the sparkle at all well.

I stamped a floral image onto a Pretty Peacock layer using matching ink for a tone on tone effect and then die cut the circle out. The little bird is mounted with Dimensionals onto a Shy Shamrock circle. A Basic Beige card base is topped with Shy Shamrock and Pretty Peacock layers  together with a sentiment stamped using Pretty Peacock ink. Basic Beige works really well with the watercolour paper!

The card is finished with a few splatters of Wink of Stella to add shine and a trio of Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems. This card doesn't resemble the idea I had in my head in the slightest. However, I am pleased with the end result and I hope that you are inspired by my creation. Please continue along the hop to see what the others have created too - click on the names below to enjoy their  projects. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment.

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Do you need any of the products  used on today's cards? If you live in the UK please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the current hostess code (April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX) to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

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April 2024 code: 9WCSE4QX