A side benefit of making the thank you card for Dr Demaira was that there was a stamp of a stack of presents in the same set that I borrowed from my upline. I stamped a few of them in rose red and real red and pacific point and then realised that they’d look really great if I coloured the three presents in different colours. So I got out my stampin’ write markers and tried it out. I really like how it worked – I got suggestions from the Colour Coach which worked well. I used pacific point, melon mambo and pumpkin pie.
Base: 8.5″ by 5.5″ melon mambo
Top layer: 4″ by 5.25″ very vanilla
Stamp sets: Cool cats( retired), Sassy salutations
Inks: pacific point, melon mambo, pumpkin pie
As I said, I simply coloured in each present using a different stampin’ write marker; then I moistened the ink by breathing on it hard (just channel the end of a run) and stamped onto the very vanilla. I would never have partnered these colours but I trusted the colour coach and loved the result. I definitely recommend that tool. The backgrounds dsp in melon mambo to line the envelope finished off the card.
I had previously done another card where the mat and colour of the sentiment was the same as the biggest present and I think it looks almost monochromatic. Somehow all the Tempting Turquoise pretty much overshadows the Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz. It’s a completely different look and another example of how different colours can totally change the card.
I stamped and coloured a number of pieces of cards in this stamp for later use so stay tuned for more examples.