For my C.O.D. challenge today, I chose the card at the bottom of page 11 in the January-June 2020 Mini Catalog:
This Stampin’ Up! card features the palm trees image from Timeless Tropical, but of course this sample is not way back in that part of the mini! (It’s actually showing off the sentiment, from Thanks for the Laughs.) It just proves that I need to look at every sample in a catalog for my inspiration! Here’s my prettier-in-real-life version (how I wish I could get lighting like the professionals use!):
Because I have a particular recipient/occasion in mind for this card next week, I substituted a sentiment from Under My Umbrella. I colored the trees with the “direct to rubber” technique, coloring with Stampin’ Write markers directly on the rubber, breathing on the stamp to moisten the ink, then stamping. It’s always a surprise, and never the same twice! I wonder if the Stampin’ Up! artist actually used a marker on the stamped image for more control.
See those little speckles? I looked and looked through my sets to find a tasteful little ink spatter — not snow, or fallen leaves, or confetti, or something that looked like a cooking accident. I just know I have one somewhere. But where?
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 Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker [120973] |
 Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker [100079] |
