Stef is our hostess in the Color Challenge this week, and she has given us some new SU colors to work with: Mango Melody, Grapefruit Grove, and Shaded Spruce. The dessert option this week is to include either dots, stripes or plaid in your background.
I pulled out my Concord & 9th Floral Fill-In stencils and patterned papers and found a paper design with stripes in the background. Dessert! :-) I used the stencil with the larger openings and sponged on Mango Melody. Then I overlaid the stencil with the smaller openings and sponged on Grapefruit Grove ink.
I was all set to use a blender pen and ink from the stamp pad to color the leaves, and I could not find any blender pens! I'm probably the world's most disorganized stamper, but I'll blame it on still not having completely unpacked from having new carpeting installed. Whatever, I improvised! I grabbed a water brush and touched the tip to the stamp pad. I feared the extra water would ruin the paper, but I'm happy to say the paper stood up to the extra moisture with no problems at all!
The rest is self-evident, I think! Stamped, embossed, punched, die cut, and Nuvo drops, white gel pen, and voila!
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni