Nina's Southern Accents: Crafty Challenge Blog Hop-Color Challenge

Monday, January 31, 2022

Crafty Challenge Blog Hop-Color Challenge

Hey Y'all!

If you enjoy seeing lots of crafty inspiration, you have come to the right place! The Crafty Collaborators are always excited to share projects to get those creative juices flowing. Today's hop is a Color Challenge:

I chose a new stamp, Oceanfront, from the new January-June Mini Catalog, to use for this challenge.

I don't usually venture "out of the box." When I am crafting, I stay true to nature...if the sky is blue, I make it blue, grass green, bugs and flowers as close to what their natural color is, green leaves, you know, nothing out of the ordinary.

But sometimes you see someone's project, and the colors are nowhere near what they are in nature, but it looks amazing. So, when I saw the color challenge, I immediately thought of this set, and said to myself, "Today's the day...we are living dangerously and going outside the box!" Lol! Of course, I had to stick with my wonky, vintage style. Before you check out all of the other amazing projects, comment below and tell me, are you an "in the box, stick to the normal colors" crafter? Or do you sometimes live dangerously and color outside the lines? I hope I've inspired you to live on the wild side, in the crafting world anyway. Any other wild living might get us arrested...let's don't go there LOL!

PS, this may become a habit….I stamped a purple ladybug yesterday…and I liked it!

Card Measurements and Instructions:

Cardbase: Basic White Thick 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, score @ 4-1/4, Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, and Vellum layers 4 x 5-1/4, Basic White 3-3/4 x 5.
Stamp "sky" image in Highland Heather, stamp "water" image in Coastal Cabana, and stamp "sand" image in Flirty Flamingo (I stamped it twice, one going one way, then turning the stamp 90° and stamping again.)
Stamp the "grass" image in Soft Suede
Stamp the sentiment (from In The Moment, Oceanfront has no words) in Memento
Staple a short length of ribbon to the top of the card. I used a Highland Heather Stampin' Blend to color the staples so it blends in a little better.
Tear the edges off of the Basic White stamped piece and the vellum
Use the blade of your snips to "scrape" the edges of the Coastal Cabana and Flirty Flamingo panels to create the worn, frayed look.
Attach the layers to the Cardbase
Stamp the grass image on the inside of the card

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