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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Embellish - Text Color Trends Challenge

The Embellish Challenge is to use shades of black/grey and text.  The sponsor for this challenge is Hero Arts. (Yeah!)

I had fun playing this morning with the colors and stamps.
I sorted through all my Hero Arts stamps to pick out which ones I wanted to use. I decided to stamp the lovely flowers in a soft grey mixed with a slate blue/gray onto the envelope pattern background.  I added a touch of black to the petals with a watercolor pencil.

The text was added last. I inked up the definition cling stamp only along the bottom half of the stamp with a black dye ink. Wipe away with a wet wipe along the top edge of the ink to give it  blurred edges. Stamp over the envelope pattern background.  Wipe clean the stamp and repeat for the top half of the main image.

This works really well as the envelope pattern and friends definition are the same size stamp so positioning it was not a problem.
The butterflies were punched from glimmer misted crepe paper and stamped with the friends definition.
Products: Hero Arts - Envelope Pattern, Friends Definition, Sweet Threads - Thank You, Essential Messages

Hope everyone is having a lovely long weekend.  I am looking forward to using our pool as we are expected to get up in the 80's on Monday.
Suzz
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20 comments:

  1. Craft Addicts - Tracy EvansMay 28, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    This is so so striking, I love those images, mmmm might take a look at Hero Arts. Love this card. Tracy x

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  2. LinMay 28, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Beautiful design, Sue! What is it about text that is so appealing?

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  3. Virginia L.May 28, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Gorgeous, Suzanne!! Your background is stunning!!

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  4. SanneMay 28, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Amazing effect on this beauty Sue - and so many fantastic creations since my last visit - fantastic as always!

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  5. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)May 28, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Great job!

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  6. craftimammaMay 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Fabulous Sue! I too love text and that Hero Arts image is really lovely. I definitely think that definition stamp is on my wish list too.. This card is very impressive and classy.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  7. CinnamonSallyMay 28, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Stunning Suzz, love the black and white!

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  8. Basement StamperMay 28, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    This looks great, I love how you did the masking of the flowers and the text.

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  9. Lisa SomervilleMay 28, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Stunning in B&W - love your mix of images. You can save this one for me for next year's BD!

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  10. Dawn TMay 28, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    what an amazing combination of stamps Suzz. A difficult colour to work with but you really hit it...

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  11. CristinaMay 29, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    I'm floored. That is some AMAZING technique. And the results are stunning! Thanks for joining us at Embellish!

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  12. Sarah MartinaMay 29, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    This is stunning, Suzanne! I love the way you used the wipe away technique! Thanks so much for joining us for Embellish Color Trends!

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  13. veronicaMay 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    i love the way your flowers look. very pretty!

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  14. UnknownMay 29, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Such a lovely card! Your technique created a stunning background!

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  15. donna mikasaMay 30, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    So pretty, Sue! Love the grayscale colors.

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  16. Tiffany ErvinMay 30, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    I love these neutral shades of black and grey, so refined!

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  17. Sue McRaeMay 30, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Fabulous design Sue, I really like how you incorporated the text into the background.

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  18. Alice May 31, 2011 at 2:32 AM

    very pretty. lovely card and love how you used those colors!

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  19. JJ BoltonJune 1, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Lovely card! The mix of stamps is just perfect.

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  20. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Gorgeous layering of stamps, I love it!!

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