Then I thought about this card that I saw yesterday morning (someone had posted a question about it on the demo-only forums on Splitcoast) and finally (finally!) an idea struck me. So here's what I made.
So on her card linked above, Elizabeth stamped on colored cardstock with Whisper White ink, then stamped over it with a color (same stamp). So I thought I'd try it. I stamped the base of the flowers in white, then over-stamped with Flirty Flamingo; the flower petal detail was done in white and then Berry Burst so it's got a bit of colorful dimension to it (this card was hard to photograph). The centers are done with white and then Blackberry Bliss. The ferns are Night of Navy, stamped off once, and a few little white dots just for interest.
The color combination came from Sunday Stamps:
The closest I could get that palette to SU! colors was Blackberry Bliss, Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, Island Indigo (didn't use that one), and Night of Navy. The colors on my card came across a lot more muted but I don't know, I kind of like it? I used the sympathy stamp from Rose Wonder just because you can never have too many sympathy cards in your stash, and it fit well in the space I'd left next to the flowers. I lined the inside of the card with Whisper White so if/when this gets sent out, the recipient will be able to read the message inside.
I'm also entering this in the Paper Players challenge again:
For some reason the card doesn't look really CAS to me, maybe because the flowers take up the majority of the space on the card front, but really it's a one-layer card except for the sentiment. Maybe it would look more CAS to me if I'd done it on a white card base, but I wanted to experiment!
That's it for me today. Cheers, y'all!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: Painted Harvest, Rose Wonder
Ink: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, Night of Navy
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy
Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals
I do like how this turned out, Kik. It's very nice and the navy background is good. That's one of my favorite colors. I would have never thought to lay down WHITE first and then another color on top, but it sure makes the colors pop on the dark background. Good thing to take note of.
ReplyDeleteWe were laughing at your texts last night about the hand clapping and stuff along with the other "achievement". So funny. Ryan is definitely a BOY.
Oh, this is so beautiful - I love the colors on the darker background - and now I totally want to try this stamping color over white craft - it looks gorgeous! You chose a great stamp set for this effect! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!
ReplyDeleteI think the darker cardstock really makes this technique pop! It's a beautiful effect with the stamping over white ink! Thanks for playing along over at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteA great CAS card Christy that proves your 'white space' doesn't need to be white to be CAS. I'm glad you had fun experimenting - that's what it's all about. Thanks for joining us over at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteLOve the effect on that darker background looks fantastic
ReplyDeleteand beautiful font of the sentiment too
lovely use our color combo
many thanks for playing along with us at Sunday Stamps this time
hugs
Monika
This is just gorgeous. I have to try your technique. TFS.
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