more color mondays – cajun craze, daffodil delight and pebble path

more color mondays – cajun craze, daffodil delight and pebble path

Today’s color challenge uses some fall color favorites in Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight with a beautiful new 2023-2025 In Color Neutral – Pebbled Path! I combined color blending and water lifting for a bold and beautiful Fall Rays of Light card!

Measurements:
Base: Cajun Craze 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Daffodil Delight layer: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″
Basic White layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″
scraps of Basic Black for die cuts
Scrap of Daffodil Delight: 3/8″ x 4 1/8″
Scrap of Basic White for butterfly die cut

Using Blending Brushes on the Basic White layer burnish a little more than the top half with Daffodil Delight ink.
Burnish the bottom half with Cajun Craze ink and blend the colors together in the middle.
Using a Water painter, flick water droplets onto the inked surface to create a lifting effect on the blended background.
Stamp the top half of the Rays of Light background stamp with the Daffodil Delight ink pad. Stamp the bottom half with the Cajun Craze ink pad slightly overlapping the yellow area. Using a blending brush wipe off some of the Cajun Craze ink in the center area to create a more graduated color gradient.
Stamp the rays of light onto the blended background.
Adhere the Basic White inked layer to the Daffodil Delight layer and then to the Cajun Craze card base.
Die cut a few stems from the Meadows die set and arrange on the bottom right side of the card.
Die cut a butterfly from the Meadows dies and blend in Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze ink.
Adhere to the top left hand portion of the card.
Stamp Thinking of You sentiment on the Daffodil Delight scrap and adhere over the black dies near the bottom of the card.
Add In Color Dots to finish off the card!
Hope you enjoyed these techniques and color challenge and if you try this color combination please consider sharing your creation with us all on today’s Facebook post at http://www.Facebook.com/nataliegramley in the comment section!
Now go and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

rays of light card

rays of light card

Today’s card is a simple stamping card – fast and delightful…I spend the last few days packing up and moving our youngest son home from college with the help of his older brother and all the while feeling a little under the weather soooooo…. I wanted to get you all a fun cheery card today – one that was bright but also easy!

Measurements:
BASE: Crushed Curry CS 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White CS : 4″ x 5 1/4″

Attach the Rays of Light background stamp to our largest acrylic block and apply Crushed Curry ink to the entire surface.

I like to place the Basic White cardstock on my work surface and stamp the image rubbing all sides of the stamp through the acrylic block then turn it over and rub the backside of the paper gently as to not dislodge the paper from the stamp and make sure all of the ink has transferred to the paper.

Using Tuxedo Black memento ink and the sentiment from the Good Feelings stamp set. I stamped this large sentiment in the lower left hand corner of the Basic White cardstock.
With a Blending Brush and Poppy Parade ink apply ink to the edges.
I love these Iridescent Pastem Gems and added three of them to the cardfront for extra bling.
Attach the Basic White card stock to the Crushed Curry card base.
Cards do not always have to take up loads of time or effort – this is a fun, bright and cheerful card that took no time at all to create and will brighten a friends day! Hope you enjoy some crafting time today and go and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie