Inkspirational Challenge #2

So the color challenge at Inkspirational  this week was based on the picture below:

Red, Blue, Green with a little Yellow and flowers.

I had made a card for another challenge which I felt would (with a little more effort) fit into Inkspirational's

color challenge this week - so here is the card which I submitted.

So this is my card - I used the gorgeous stamp set from the Flirty Workshop On The Go.

This Workshop will retire at the end of this month - so if you love the limited edition stamp set that

comes in this kit - you need to move fast !

The base and sentiment piece were cut from Colonial White Cardstock.

I used the Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Ink for the sentiment and did 2nd generation stamping 

in the same color for the branches in the background. 

The sentiment was ink distressed with the same color ink.

I also sponged it onto the Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon using the white sponge tool 

from the Texture Tools.

I pleated the ribbon when it was completely dry and kept the pleats in place with Mini Glue Dots.

I used the Ruby Exclusive ink for the 3 flowers - again the lightest flower is 2nd generation - the left hand flower I rolled the edges again so that the color would graduate and the right hand flower was stamped twice and I cut out the center section and overlaid the 1st flower using 3D foam tape to give it dimension.

All of the flowers were ink distressed using the Sponge Dauber and Ruby ink.

The centers of the flowers were colored using the Creme Brulee (light) Exclusive Marker .

The leaves were stamped in Olive Exclusive ink. cut out and tucked around the flowers.

The sentiment was matted on Ruby cardstock which again was ink distressed and given height 

using 3D foam tape.

I used Liquid Glass on all of the buds on the branches and then scattered bitty pearls.

I used the medium sized Cream Pearls on the sentiment and the large ones on the ribbon.on the ribbon.

Finally 2 Pins from the soon to be retired Bling Assortment completed it.

So two challenges with similar cards and additional colors - hope you like it :O) 

Love Sara x

Inkspirational Challenges Card

I was so stinkin' happy with the finished result of this card. 

It was a challenge I found on the Inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com website.

The rules were to use black, bright pink, kiwi colors - I chose Black, Cotton Candy and Pear - which were the closest Close To My Heart Colors.

I stamped the tree image from 'A Tree' on Colonial White Cardstock and used Black Embossing powder with the Versamark ink and heat set the image.

I then colored the image using the corresponding Exclusive ink Marker Sets in Pear and Cotton Candy.

Matching cardstock in Cotton Candy and Pear to mat the image made it really 'pop' and I used the 3D foam tape to lift the Tree image.

I used the corner rounder with the guard removed to make the scalloped edges on both the black cardstock card base and the Pear cardstock mat.

I poked holes into the scallops on the black cardstock using the piecing tool and mat kit.

Large Clear Sparkles added the 'bling' and I tucked a scrap of pink 'bobble' ribbon under the main piece.

Black tulle ribbon tied into a knot onto the front of the card.

I love the finished image and hope you do too :O)

Love Sara x