Wow – didn’t the first week of Colour INKspiration go off with a bang???

Thanks for joining us. If you haven’t yet and want to see what all the hype is about, click here to request to join us on the Facebook page.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then it’s over to you with a 12 day period for crafters to upload their own creations using the challenge colours.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook.  The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

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Challenge #2 is a mix of earthy greens & blues, a soft purple and the stark contrast of Whisper White.

I {LOVE} the inspiration picture and have stored this away to use this as photo inspiration in the future.

Actually, how beautiful would one look in real life – I’ll have to see if my fave succulent supplier The Fairy Gardener can make me something similiar.

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For these colours, I wanted to try them with the new Big on Birthdays stamp set from the Occasions catalogue.

It’s a 12 piece set with large sentiments and awesome fonts!!!

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This card breaks a few of my colour ‘rules’ (I never use Wisteria, “blue & green shouldn’t be seen”) – but that’s what colour challenges are all about!!!

Wisteria Wonder for the flowers, Mint Macaron for the leaves, white background & Soft Sky card base.

Once I’d finished the card, I decided it needed something to lift it – since the Wisteria is such a dark colour, especially in marker form.

So, I added Fine Tip Glue pen over all the flowers – creating a glossy finish.

It looks awesome & was the extra pizzazz the card needed!

What’s your tip for finishing touches?

Sometimes it’s the difference between a nice card and a gorgeous creation!

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Next stop on the Colour INKspiration blog hop is the clever Jackie Noble!

If you can see yourself creating something the challenge colours, join us on Facebook to upload your entry.

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Product List

Big On Birthdays Photopolymer Stamp Set [142877] $47.00	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $14.00	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292] $14.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $12.25	Subtles Stampin’ Write Markers [131263] $51.00	2015-2017 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers [138333] $26.00	Twine Baker’s Whisper White [124262] $5.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00