Color Fusers Blog Hop July 2022

Hello crafters, welcome to this month's Color Fusers Monthly Blog Hop! This month, our colors include Petal Pink, Poppy Parade & Smoky Slate. Now, Poppy Parade isn't a colour that I use much, its quite bright and I'm more a pastel kinda gal. That got me thinking, and I decided to water colour flowers because then I could control how deep or pastel to make Poppy Parade.

I started by stamping the flowers and leaves from the Happiness Abounds Bundle onto a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock, covered with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set.

To add colour I first flooded a little water using the mid size Water Painter to the centres of the flowers and where I wanted the colour to be darker, then using the smallest Water Painter I picked up colour from my Poppy Parade ink pad and added to the water, then left to dry. When dry or almost dry I repeated the process to fill the remainder of the flower with Petal Pink, to later cut with the coordinating Blossoming Happiness dies.

Whilst the flowers were drying I started work on the card front, applying Smoky Slate ink with a Blending Brush to the upper left side of a piece of Shimmer White Cardstock - I traced a guide using the Lattice Split Card Texture Die. Once I was happy with the blending I die cut the lattice, then added the sentiment and heat set.

I added a mat of Basic White the same size as the card front, then adding a Petal Pink Mat for a thin layer of contrast before adhering the the Poppy Parade card base. Now for my favourite part, adding the flower arrangement. Using a Light Smoky Slate Stampin Blend I added a touch of colour, fading/blending out with a colour lifter marker, finishing by adding three Basic Rhinestone Gems.

Be sure to continue on through the rest of the Color Fusers Blog Hop by clicking the button below for lots more inspiration using this month’s colors. Next up is the amazing Tami Hewlett!

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Color Fusers Blog Hop Designers:

Melissa Kerman
Sue Vine
Tami Hewlett
Brenda Nelson 
Bonnie O'Neill
Melanie Hockin
Janneke Dijkstra de Jong
Julie Kettlewell

Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed viewing my project. Stay tuned for more inspiration and tips this month. I’ve listed the products I used below, just click on the picture and be taken directly to the product. 

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