I've been trying to do the challenges over on splitcoaststampers and Friday's limited supplies challenge is using only 2 colors out of one Stampin' Up! color family. I thought this would be easy, but it's the "only 2 colors" part that tripped me up. Here's my attempt at this challenge - Earth Elements was my choice. Maybe it's because it's overcast today that made me pick Really Rust and Old Olive. Not the most fun colors, but I do like them together. I'm an autumn girl after all. Then it all came together when I looked at this entry in Nicole Heady's blog over at
{capture the moment}. I loved this little technique and thought it added so much to the picture while using simple stamping. I borrowed a lot from her card, and hopefully soon I can be so creative all by myself without needing to CASE other stampers so much. Cheer me on, won't you? I used Artfully Asian for this card and stamped the twig in basic brown on Kraft cardstock.
I colored in the flowers, berries, and leaves with Stampin' Up! watercolor wonder crayons (really rust and old olive again), then used my blender pen to soften the color. Now I was on my last leaf stamp over on my tiles and I didn't stamp straight, so there is some missing ink. I hate that! I wasn't about to go and cut out a new sheet and distress it again, so I'll just leave it. It's killing the perfectionist in me though. I really like stamping on Kraft paper, especially with craft or chalk inks, so I'll have to play around with more of these later. I used my Stamp-a-majig to break up the phrase "Each day provides its own gifts." and put it on 2 lines since the sentiment was too long to place over my fun tiles. I love my Stamp-a-majig and use it all the time to rearrange my sentiments. Much easier than cutting the blocks... heh!
I've been trying to do the challenges over on splitcoaststampers and Friday's limited supplies challenge is using only 2 colors out of one Stampin' Up! color family. I thought this would be easy, but it's the "only 2 colors" part that tripped me up. Here's my attempt at this challenge - Earth Elements was my choice. Maybe it's because it's overcast today that made me pick Really Rust and Old Olive. Not the most fun colors, but I do like them together. I'm an autumn girl after all. Then it all came together when I looked at this entry in Nicole Heady's blog over at {capture the moment}. I loved this little technique and thought it added so much to the picture while using simple stamping. I borrowed a lot from her card, and hopefully soon I can be so creative all by myself without needing to CASE other stampers so much. Cheer me on, won't you? I used Artfully Asian for this card and stamped the twig in basic brown on Kraft cardstock. 
I colored in the flowers, berries, and leaves with Stampin' Up! watercolor wonder crayons (really rust and old olive again), then used my blender pen to soften the color. Now I was on my last leaf stamp over on my tiles and I didn't stamp straight, so there is some missing ink. I hate that! I wasn't about to go and cut out a new sheet and distress it again, so I'll just leave it. It's killing the perfectionist in me though. I really like stamping on Kraft paper, especially with craft or chalk inks, so I'll have to play around with more of these later. I used my Stamp-a-majig to break up the phrase "Each day provides its own gifts." and put it on 2 lines since the sentiment was too long to place over my fun tiles. I love my Stamp-a-majig and use it all the time to rearrange my sentiments. Much easier than cutting the blocks... heh!
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