When Stampin' Up inks get the blues

Have you seen the latest Less is More challenge? It's all about the colour blue - and the lovely Lizy Bartaby from my team is sponsoring this week too! I got all inky for this one using two of my favourites blues and the emboss-resist technique. Come and have a look:

I've gone with a simple layout that I use often, with a textured panel to add interest and a scene cut out with my 2 1/2" circle punch layered on top.

The clouds are stamped in versamark using a splatter image from Stampin' Up's brilliant Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I heat embossed them using clear embossing powder before stamping the trees from  Lovely as a Tree over the top with stazon ink. The trees were stamped again on a post it note and I cut the foreground away from the sky to create two masks. One was held over the foreground while I smeared my Coastal Cabana ink pad over the sky area and the other over the sky while I dragged the Pacific Point pad over the foreground area. I was trying to recreate a screen print style so I chose slightly crazy colours!

The sentiment is from the Express Yourself set which is full of phrases and words in this beautiful flowing style. This is one of the exclusive hostess sets, which are usually available with orders over £150 but members of my Stampers 6 club also have the opportunity to get hold of them for free. If you're interested in joining my club, click here for more information.

Here's what you'll need to make this project

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Lovely as a Tree, Express Yourself

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point classic inks, black stazon ink

Card stock: Whisper White smooth and core'dinations

Other: Versamark, Clear embossing powder, heat tool, 2 1/2" circle punch, paper snips, stamp-a-majig

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I'll definitely have the winter blues this week as it's nearly the end of the holidays. As my children are getting older I don't see as much of them as I used to as they have their own things to do, but the house always seems quiet when they go back to school. There's one more day before real life starts again though so, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the cinema!

See you tomorrow,