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Wednesday 15 July 2020

Colour Creations: Cajun Craze

Hi!


Wowee, it's Wednesday evening already! The school holidays are flying by! Thankfully I've had lots of time for crafting and even sewing while the kids are home. Speaking of crafting, this week the Colour Creations Showcase is featuring a colour that we all find difficult to use - Cajun Craze. For a long time it kind of sat out there, all on it's own in the colour range, a little unloved. Now we have Terracotta Tile and Cinnamon Cider as fabulous companions. I decided to play with just Cajun Craze tonight, though. 

scissorspapercard, Stampin' Up!, Colour Creations, Celebrate Sunflowers, Subtle 3DEF, Seaside Notions, Masking

I stared with a piece of Very Vanilla card, and masked off the stripe along the bottom. I then used my sponge brayer to lay dow the Cajun Craze ink. While it was still masked, I stamped the larger leaf from Celebrate Sunflowers along the strip, leaving space for the two leaves that extend beyond the stripe. I had to lay the sentiment stamp on the card so that I knew exactly where the top leaf would go!

scissorspapercard, Stampin' Up!, Colour Creations, Celebrate Sunflowers, Subtle 3DEF, Seaside Notions, Masking

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment with Memento ink. It needed to be as straight as I could make it, and the Stamparatus is the perfect tool to achieve it. Finally, I ran the whole piece through my Big Shot using the Subtle 3DEF, and then popped it up over a VV card base.

scissorspapercard, Stampin' Up!, Colour Creations, Celebrate Sunflowers, Subtle 3DEF, Seaside Notions, Masking

I repeated the process for the inside, except that the stripe ran along the very bottom of the card. This was actually my second go, as I got a bit too enthusiastic with the sponge brayer on the first try, and ended up with ink going over the other edge of the masking tape. Oops! Thankfully, I could just flip the cardstock over and use the reverse side.

Thanks for joining me again tonight. Please head on over to Catherine's blog to see the rest of this week's Cajun Craze cards. I can't wait to see what everyone has made with this colour.

Bye for now,

Tina

12 comments:

  1. So simple yet so effective - your card is stunning and elegant Tina. Thank you for sharing your Cajun Craze inspiration with us tonight xx

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  2. Love your card Tina. Very elegant and eye catching. Would work in many different colour combinations.

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  3. Love it - just so elegant, I really love this sponging technique to make it look like there are extra layers on the card.

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  4. This is a lovely way to showcase such a rich colour, Tina. Simple, but very striking, design!

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  5. I'm in love. Your card is simply gorgeous. Your brayered strips with stamped leaves is lovely, especially with a couple of escapee leaves. XXX

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  6. Amazing card Tina. Simple but GORGEOUS! Feel a case coming on!

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  7. Fantastic simplicity, but draws your eyes straight to the design! Love it!

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  8. Great card Tina, perfect in its simplicity.

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  9. What a lovely effective idea Tina, Simple but elegant at the same time, Love it.

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  10. A stunning card both inside and out Tina. Simple but elegant. I love the way you nestled in your greeting.

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  11. I love the simplicity in design of your card Tina. I really love the look of the large leaf stamps and how they extend from the band of Cajun Craze into the Very Vanilla.

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  12. Ok this is just gorgeous! I love the subtles embossing folder but this is gorgeous. Love it with the line of cajun craze. You are just so creative and inventive. i want to come live in your head for a while!

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