Hello hello! I hope the month of June has gotten off to a good start for you. Here in my area, families with school-aged children are gearing up for the last few days of school. Now that my boys are older, we know a lot of students who are celebrating graduating from high school. It’s a busy but fun and joyous time of year!
As usual at CAS Colours & Sketches, we start off the month with a color challenge. Our hostess for June is Lizy, and she’s chosen a color combo using some of Stampin’ Up’s newest In Colors. Now, we realize many people may not own cardstock and ink in these colors yet, but that’s OK – just use whatever product you have that most closely matches.
Since I don’t have access to the new colors yet, I’ve substituted other colors, thanks to an In Color Comparison chart created by my friend Helen. The stamp I used is one of my newest purchases. One of our CC&S challenge participants used it recently and I fell in love with her card, so I was glad to be able to order the stamp through Amazon. It just arrived the other day and WOW – I guess the dimensions of the stamp didn’t really sink in with me, because this image is BIG! It doesn’t quite all fit on an A2 sized card front. But I still think it’s really cool. I’m not quite sure what type of flowers these are supposed to be, but they remind me of calochortus. (Calochortuses?) Anyway, I stamped the image on watercolor paper and used watercolor crayons smoothed out with blender pens to add color to it. For the pink petals, I used a mixture of Cameo Coral and Rose Red.
Be sure to stop by the CAS Colours & Sketches blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created, and to give a warm welcome to Jan, our Guest Designer for the month of June! Then make your own card using the challenge colors and share it via the linky tool by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, June 10. We’d love to have you join us!
Supplies:
Stamps: Charming (Penny Black); Everyday Messages (Stampendous)
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Sage Shadow (Stampin’ Up); watercolor paper (Artist’s Loft)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: watercolor crayons, blender pens (SU)
