'Take A Technique' - Colour

A friend pointed out that as I love working with colour I should enter the April 'Take It, Make It challenge' run by Craft Stamper the magazine we both subscribe to.  So this is my first Take It, Make It Blog challenge and my 'Take A Technique' - Colour entry!

I decided to feature the Lawn Fawn 'Monster Mash' stamps and set then into a folding 3d box card.  The monsters reminded me of space so I decided to use circles (planets) along with the cut-out monsters to provide the dimension.  I made a template or die cut circles and used with distressed inks and cosmic shimmer texture paste on the blue card before spraying with distressed ink spray.  The die cut circles lost some of the strong distress ink colour when I sprayed with goosebumps to add texture and shimmer.  I coloured the die cut monsters with copic markers.  The monsters and circles where attached to the box using small strips of acetate.

Craft supplies used: Lawn Fawn 'monster mash' stamps Lawn cuts 'monster mash' Distressed inks: picked raspberry, seedless preserves, spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, mustard seed, crushed olive, mowed lawn, peacock feathers and evergreen bough. Copic markers: Y17, YG23, BG15, B02, B24, BV15, BV13, RV14, RV2, C02. Momento ink - tuxedo black Versafine - deep lagoon Goosebumps shimmer texture spray Cosmic shimmer clear texture paste Distressed spray - picket fence Orange, blue, yellow, white card, acetate Green ribbon / gems /  Double sided tape and 3d foam  Nestabilities circles and scalloped circles.

I then made the greeting and attached, along with some gems and the green ribbon.

Ready, Set, Stamp - July

The theme for the July 'Ready, Set, Stamp' was A Jolly Holiday – fun, bright cards to get us in the holiday mood using a beachy colour palette of orange, sandy yellow and bright blue.

My cards are 

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Craft Day - March 2015

The March Day was very busy with a mixture of styles including Card-io tapestry stamps, distress ink backgrounds, and embossed matting.  The need for 'engagement', 'fairy' and '90th Birthday' cards set the direction of the day.

Craft Day - February 2015

Cards made during the February 2015 craft day.  Technique of the day was 'resist' and the main stamp was the  Indigoblu Aloysius bear.

Ready, Set, Stamp - June

 The Craft Stamper 'Ready, Set, Stamp' for June had a theme of A Life on the Ocean Wave – Boats, ships, yachts, seascapes etc. On the sea, NOT under the sea using a mixed colour palette of royal blue, blue, pale blue and aquamarine. 

 I found this the hardest of the three Craft Stamper themes announced in December and wasn't particularly happy with my cards.

 

Ready, Set, Stamp - May

The Craft Stamper 'Ready, Set, Stamp' for May had a theme of Extra Texture – whether it’s multiple stamped layers or some texture paste, we want to see a bit of depth here whilst working with a colour palette of sage, mauve and rose pink.

The stamps featured in this card are Jofy stamps (23 and 24). Distressed inks were used on the background (Bundled Sage / Tattered Rose / Shaded Lilac) and texture was created using goosebumps. The stamps were coloured with distressed markers along with copics, further texture was created with glossy accents and glitter. The vase was stamped onto linen look card and cut out.  The flowers were cut out and layered to give depth and a bow added.  The main image was then matted and some gems added.

Ready, Set, Stamp - May

The Craft Stamper 'Ready, Set, Stamp' for May had a theme of Extra Texture – whether it’s multiple stamped layers or some texture paste, we want to see a bit of depth here whilst working with a colour palette of sage, mauve and rose pink.

To meet the requirements of this challenge Bundled Sage / Tattered Rose / Shaded Lilac Distressed Ink and Distressed Markers were used.  Texture was added by embossing one of the layers, a bundled sage card, with a 'dotty' embossing folder.  Another layer, the pink layer, was covered in glitter. Further texture was created using a stencil, first applying the three distressed inks then applying clear cosmic shimmer.  The stamped image was done using the Craft Stamper free stamp from the July 2014 issue.  After colouring the image with distressed markers a layer of glossy accents was applied.