Hi Stamping Friends!
Like many in the blogosphere, I let my blog go into hibernation. I looked at y list of posts, and there are 5 in the drafts. I had a bit of a rough 2018, so many projects suffered a bit.
But I was stamping a fair amount, just not posting here. In fact, last fall I was asked to join the Dirty Dozen on Splitcoaststampers!! My term began in November and completes in April. Because the Dirty Dozen projects are only available to Fan Club members, I can not post them here until months after my term. By then, I might forget about it! LOL
I also kept busy with Virtual Stamp Night duties; in fact we are prepping for the spring event now.
But last Friday, while looking at the MIXability challenge on SCS (be inspired by tin tile ceilings), I decided to search for an interesting color combo. I have The Color Throwdown bookmarked, and saw a very tough palette staring me in the face! Of all the weeks to decide to look for a challenge not on SCS! I needed a masculine birthday card, so I gave it a go. This took forever! Ha!
My card base is basic gray. I covered a card front-sized piece with aluminum foil, and ran it through my Big Shot with the chevron embossing folder. I coated some portions with versamark, and heat embossed with copper powder. I also added some gold pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. Grabbing a Spectrum Noir alcohol ink purple marker (hey, it is a MIXED media challenge!) I started coloring a portion of the card front, and thought Yuck. That's when I decided to cut 4 tiles out of the card front so the purple would be random. The chevrons were set up in alternating directions. There wasn't enough purple, so I added the center circle. All of the purple was coated with the gold pigment ink (which doesn't show) and heated with clear embossing powder. As you can see, I also have a strip of cajun craze which is partially coated in copper embossing. The sentiment is from SU's "Epic Celebration."
It was hard to photograph, so I took 2 angles. I think this took me 2 hours to finish, compared to 15 minutes for the Free4All challenge to use our birthstone color! I definitely need to get more comfortable with mixed media projects! But at least, it inspired me to wake up my blog! Hope to see you again soon!
Inky {{{HUGS}}}
Kim
Such a great idea with the foil! Wonderful card.
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I love your technique with the tin foil! Great card! Thanks for sharing with us at the Color Throwdown!
ReplyDeleteI love your card using foil! Very pretty. Congrats on the SCS Dirty Dozen!
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