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Four Colour Combination

September 27, 2019 8 Comments

Yesterday while thinking of other things I decided to play with a four colour combination for a design challenge. The colours chosen by the Hand Stamped Sentiments team were Grapefruit Grove, Terracotta Tile, Mint Macaron and Pretty Peacock. My immediate thought was to create something with an autumn feel, maybe with leaves and berries. Then I decided that was a bit obvious.

Instead I grabbed some Saran Wrap (cling film) and started stamping an abstract background, and everything fell into place.

Card with four colour Saran Wrap stamped abstract background and "It's all messy" sentiment from the Here's a Card Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

FOUR COLOUR BACKGROUND

To create this abstract background I simply scrunched up some Saran Wrap in my hand and gently tapped it onto an ink pad. Then I gently tapped it onto a layer of Whisper White Card. After stamping all over with one colour I then used fresh Saran Wrap to stamp the next until I’d used all four.

As so often happens when I use the Saran Wrap technique, I was pleasantly surprised by the results. So I decided to use this abstract design as the coordinating feature for my project.

Taking another layer of Whisper White Card I masked off all but a 3/4″ strip down the right-hand side. Then I stamped the four colours over the strip.

With that done I stamped the fours colours over the flap of a Whisper White Medium Envelope too.

IT’S ALL MESSY

Next I went looking for a sentiment that would fit the four colour background. After a little searching I spotted the perfect one in the Here’s A Card Stamp Set.

I stamped “It’s all messy, the hair, the house, the heart, life” onto a piece of Whisper White Card with Pretty Peacock ink. Then I punched it out using the Everyday Label Punch.

Close up of card with four colour Saran Wrap stamped abstract background. #papercraftwithme

I liked the contrast between the colourful background and the white sentiment but it needed something else, something messy. So I took some Grapefruit Grove 1/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon and attached it to the back of the sentiment with Tear & Tape Adhesive. Bizarrely it took me a little while to get the ‘messy’ look I wanted but in the end I was happy. Now all I needed to do was put everything together.

I created a card base from Grapefruit Grove Card and on the inside used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to fix the piece with the four colour strip.

Then with more liquid glue I mounted the main panel onto some Terracotta Tile Card , and then onto the card base.

Finally I added the assembled sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals and I was done.

HSS CHALLENGE

Logo for Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge #HSS324 (Sep 24 to Oct 7, 2019)

Here’s the challenge logo for #HSS234. I must admit that they weren’t colours I would naturally have put together but I can see a lot of possibilities.

I may even make something else using this four colour combination, just for fun.

PURPLE POSY IS HERE!

If you’ve been waiting patiently for the new Purple Posy ink pad and/or refill, wait no longer.

The new Purple Posy ink pad and refill from Stampin' Up! are now available to order. #papercraftwithme

Late yesterday afternoon Stampin’ Up! announced that the ink pads and refills with the reformulated ink are now in stock and available to order. Prepare to see an abundance of projects using this pretty pale purple!

PRODUCT LIST

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Terracotta Tile 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Terracotta Tile 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Whisper White Medium Envelopes
Whisper White Medium Envelopes
Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon
Grapefruit Grove 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon
Here's A Card Cling Stamp Set
Here’s A Card Cling Stamp Set
Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad
Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin’ Pad
Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad
Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
Everyday Label Punch
Everyday Label Punch
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Tear & Tape Adhesive
Tear & Tape Adhesive
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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  1. geraldine says

    September 27, 2019 at 10:27 am

    I do like the four chosen colours and I bet you’ll be the only one using this technique. It turned out just great! I like it!! TFS

    Reply
    • Tracy Elsom says

      September 27, 2019 at 10:51 am

      Thank you Geraldine

      Reply
  2. Cathy Dahl says

    September 27, 2019 at 11:05 am

    A very pretty card, love this technique.

    Reply
    • Tracy Elsom says

      September 27, 2019 at 11:06 am

      Thank you Cathy

      Reply
  3. Jenny Engelke says

    September 30, 2019 at 10:25 am

    Oh wow!!!! This technique produced beautiful results! L absolutely love how this turned out! I’ve never tried this technique before, but you’ve made me want to try it now! Thanks for playing along with us at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

    Reply
    • Tracy Elsom says

      September 30, 2019 at 10:26 am

      Thank you Jenny. The technique is a lot of fun and you never quite know what you’ll end up with.

      Reply
  4. Robbie says

    October 7, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    Wow I had no idea that you created that background using saran wrap. I thought it was paper. Loved seeing this technique. Thanks for playing with us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

    Robbie

    Reply
    • Tracy Elsom says

      October 7, 2019 at 10:20 pm

      Thank you Robbie

      Reply

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