Butterfly Gala in Grace’s Garden.
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Today we are bringing you a bold, summer-inspired color scheme for our Color Challenge #378 at CAS Colours & Sketches. The Stampin’ Up! colors to use as a reference are Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green and Pacific Point. You must use all of the stated challenge colors. You may also use neutral colors; however, the challenge colors should be the most noticeable ones featured on your card. We use Stampin’ Up color names for reference, but you are welcome to use any other companies’ products as long as you match the challenge colors as closely as possible.
So here we go, this is what I have come up with for you.
Love, love, love this color combination, I am so anxious to see what you guys come up with for this challenge. For this card I used Grace’s Garden and Butterfly Gala. I have a great tip for you with Butterfly Gala. If you find yourself to be the Butterfly sort and love using them on your card, pages, journals, etc. I sit down and create backgrounds of all sorts using the inks I have and create a Master Board of sorts. When that surface is completely dry, I stamp the butterfly outlines in Butterfly Gala (also Butterfly Wishes) on the Master Board, then punch them out with the Butterfly Duet Punch. Big Butterflies, small butterflies, all created at the same time in all sorts of different colors – ready to go. Click HERE to see the post I have for these Butterflies.
The card comes together pretty easily. I started with a Granny Apple Green mat, attached a piece of Gorgeous Grape card stock that is dry embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. On piece of Whisper White cardstock I created my scene from Graces Garden in Granny Apple Green. This scene uses the stamping technique that creates the mirror image. Using the Stamparatus and the Silicone craft mat, stamp the image onto the craft mat, place your card stock over the image on the craft mat, give it a back rub and there ya go! I do recommend stamping the mirror image first and then working around it. Once I had both images stamped out I colored the images with the Granny Apple Green and Gorgeous Grape water color pencils. On another piece of Whisper White cardstock, I stamped the same floral image from Grace’s Garden a 2nd generation stamping shade of Granny Apple Green, then colored with the same watercolor pencils. I cut out the front scene with the largest Stitched so Sweetly Scalloped Rectangle die. Attached all the mats together with liquid glue. Once all together, I attached fun foam to the back of the panel and then attached everything a Thick Whisper White Card base. Once that was in place I attached the Butterfly with liquid glue. The greeting “Hello” is stamped in Gorgeous Grape and comes from Grace’s Garden stamp set. The die used to cut out the greeting is from the All Dressed Up dies. Another technique at play here by shortening the die cut (cutting a portion, then adjusting die to fit the length needed while not overlapping the already cut other side) to fit the greeting.
The inside Whisper White liner is attached to a Gorgeous Grape mat and then attached inside the card. I added another previously created tiny butterfly.
Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about how this card came together. Hopefully you were even inspired just a bit. Below are pictured links to all the items used for this card, click the link of the item to be taken to my online store where you can learn more about each item. If you would like to learn more about this challenge or to see what other talented designers have created for this challenge, hop on over to CAS Colours & Sketches. I will return soon with something new. Until then, stay safe, and by all means keep crafting, exploring and creating. See you soon.
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| STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE | MINI STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE |
| Wide 6″ (15.2 cm) platform for all your crafting needs. | Smaller 3-1/2″ (8.9 cm) platform for your on-the-go crafting options. |
| Weighs approximately 8.1 pounds (3.67 kg). Platform folds to make transporting easy and to take up less space when storing. | Weighs approximately 2.7 pounds (1.22 kg). Lightweight, compact, and portable. Platform folds to make transporting easy and to take up less space when storing. |
| Works with all Stampin’ Cut & Emboss dies and embossing folders. | Works with Stampin’ Cut & Emboss dies and embossing folders that are narrower than 3-3/8″ (8.6 cm). Dies and embossing folders that are compatible with the Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine are indicated in the product description in our catalogs and online store. |
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