Inky Paws Challenge #215 ~ Color Challenge

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for a new Inky Paws Challenge... a beautiful Color Challenge! 

I sure hope that you'll join in the fun and play along with us with your Newton's Nook Designs products! You have until Friday, February 2nd to get your entries in for the #215 Color Challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #215 - Color Challenge

Absolutely gorgeous colors... Pink, Teal, Ice Blue & Cookie Dough Brown!! Love them!

I'm trying to ink up some stamps that I haven't used yet so I thought the Caffeinated Cats Stamp Set would be a cute stamp for this challenge. But I wasn't quite in a mood to color up the whole image so the Spotlight Technique was perfect for this card. I die cut the panel using the large postage stamp die from the Framework Die Set. And die cut a portion of the kitty panel using a stitched circle die from the Circle Frames Die Set. I also die cut a piece of Coastal Cabana card stock from Stampin' Up using the scalloped and stitched circle die also from the die set. 

Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used to color up the spotlight circle:

Cookie Dough Brown Cat: RV10, RV13, R00, R20, E30, E31, E33, Colorless Blender

White Cats: RV10, RV13, R00, R20, C00, C1, C3

Cookie Dough Brown & Ice Blue Cups: E30, E31, B000, B00

Ice Blue & Pink Cups: B0000, B000, B00, RV10, RV13

Teal & Pink Cups: BG0000, BG11, BG34, RV10, RV13

I heat embossed the sentiment with my go to combination of products... I applied TE Anti Static Powder to the Coastal Cabana card stock, stamped the sentiment with Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions, added Alabaster White Embossing Powder to the ink from Brutus Monroe and melted the powder with my Wagner Precision Heat Tool. Once the sentiment was cooled I wiped off the excess anti static powder with a microfiber cloth, trimmed up the sentiment and popped it {and the spotlight circle} up on the card using Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape.

You can check out my process in making this card here... Spotlight Technique | Caffeinated Cats | Inky Paws Challenge 215 | Newton's Nook Designs.

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project using the color combo of Pink, Teal, Ice Blue & Cookie Dough Brown. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Monday ~ April 2022 BOM Bloomy ~ Spotlight Technique ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a fun twist on the Spotlight Technique with this month's Background of the Month stamp. Rather than just a plain black and white background, I thought it would be fun to ink smoosh the background and then Spotlight a die cut portion with coordinating Copic colors. 

I die cut the stamped background with a stitched circle die from the Stitched Circle Stacklets from Taylored Expressions. I ink smooshed the background with Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide inks.

I die cut a scalloped rectangle from Kraft card stock with a scalloped rectangle die from the My Favorite Things' Blueprints 20 dies and mat my background with it. I die cut a circle from Kraft card stock using the Additional Circles dies from Waffle Flower and mat my Spotlight piece with it. I adhered the sentiment from the Love You Dearly {April 2022 Sentiment Kit} to the Spotlight piece and popped both up on the card with foam tape.

I Copic colored the Spotlight circle with the following Copic Markers:

Leaves ~ YG11, YG23

Petals ~ Y11, Y06, R12, R22

Background ~ BG000, BG23

Flower Center ~ Y11, Y06, Y15

I adhered the scalloped rectangle panel to a Cool Caribbean card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". And adhered the card front to a white A2 top fold card base. I finished off the card with a few Spring Bling Rhinestones. You can check out my process video for this card here... Membership Monday | Background of the Month | Spotlight Technique | Unity Stamp Co.

Isn't this month's Background of the Month stamp just gorgeous!?! I love how quick and pretty it can be colored up with some ink smooshing! Or how beautifully it can be colored up with Copic Markers! You can check out the Background of the Month membership over at Unity Stamp Co.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Sending a Happy Hello with the Paint the Day Background Stamp ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Unity Stamp Co. is having a fun birthday celebration for Angela's 49th birthday!! Last week they released some fun new stamps and even some fabulous die sets... and this week they've released some more amazing stamps!! I'm sharing a card today using the amazing new Paint the Day background stamp kit!!

I had a fun idea for coloring this one up... I used a few different circle dies and lightly traced around them over the stamped Paint the Day Background. I did seven circles to represent the seven colors of the rainbow.

I copic colored the paint brushes within the circles using browns, neutral greys and cool greys.

Here's a list of the Copic markers I used:

Heads ~ {brown} E53, E55, E57, E59, {white} C00, C1, C3, C5, {grey} N0, N1, N3, N5, N7

Ferrules ~ N0, N1, N3, N5, N7

Handles ~ E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

And then I colored the background of each circle with a color of the rainbow starting with the top right circle. Here's a list of the Copic markers I used:

Red ~ R14, R20, R27

Orange ~ YR15, YR21, YR68

Yellow ~ Y00, Y06, Y35

Green ~ G07, G14, G20

Blue ~ B000, B00, B12

Indigo ~ BV02, BV04, BV08

Violet ~ V12, V15, V17

Once all the circles were colored I erased the pencil circles and trimmed my panel to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8". I adhered the paint brush panel to a black card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" and then adhered the panel to a white A2 top fold card base. I stamped the sentiment from the Sometimes I Wonder {March 2016 Sentiment Kit} with Wow Clear Embossing ink on black card stock and heat embossed Alabaster White Embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment and popped it up on the card using foam tape.

Such a fun way to do the spotlight technique! It did take some time and staying in the lines was also a bit of a challenge at times but it sure was worth it! Head over to the Unity Stamp Co. website to check out all the amazing new releases and of course, there's a wonderful sale!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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