Colour Creations: Basic Gray

 Hi!

Thanks for once again joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are making Basic Gray the hero colour on our cards - a tricky task, I think! It's not a colour that naturally takes the limelight, it's more of a supporting actor.

I still had my Level Complete stamp set on my desk, and it seemed the perfect choice for featuring this dark gray. In my day, all game consoles and controllers seemed to be made of dark gray, black or beige plastic. I've paired Basic Gray with Lemon Lolly and Azure Afternoon. I love a gray and yellow combo, and the pop of blue sets both off nicely.

The main controller is heat embossed using Silver powder on Basic Gray cardstock. I actually meant to emboss it in black, but I picked up the wrong powder and it was too late before I realised. Oh well - I think I actually prefer the silver now! I used some Fine Tip Adhesive glue on the buttons to give them a bit of texture.

Apologies for the photos tonight - I've had a sick young man all day who is very cuddly when he's poorly, so I've had to make this card in bits and pieces while I could. It was dark before I got to take photos. Family comes first, and he's a little more important than nice photos!

It's time to move on from my blog to that of my lovely friend, Christine Blain. She's a whizz with masculine cards, but she may just trick us and make a feminine card with Basic Gray. I can't wait to find out!

If you run into any issues with links, please jump on over to Cathy Proctor's blog to help get you back on track. She does a marvellous job each week of keeping us all sorted.

Bye for now,

Tina