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Friday, 1 July 2011

Colour me summer

The challenge this week in the Crafty Secrets member forum over at Splitcoast Stampers is to focus on the colours of summer treats. I do like to take my Crafty Secrets stamps beyond the obvious vintage look sometimes so I've gone for a clean and simple, one layer card with a graphic feel to it.

I've opted for orange, watermelon and lettuce for my colours: fresh fruits and salads - yum!

The colour blocks are just "stamped" by inking up my smallest acrylic block, spritzing with water and then pressing it directly onto the card blank. The starfish were stamped with Versafine and then painted with bleach to remove some of the colour - Versafine doesn't react with bleach so your stamped image retains its detail.

Stamps:
Seaside set plus sentiment from Mini Memories (Clear Art Stamps by Crafty Secrets)

Paper:
Smooth white

Ink:
Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Sunset Orange, Watermelon, Lettuce)
Versafine by Tsukineko (Onyx Black)

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have a great weekend!
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9 comments:

  1. Alison1 July 2011 at 17:38

    A wonderful bright summery card Joanne! Must remember that tip with the bleach & versafine! Thanks for sharing! x

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  2. Kathy1 July 2011 at 18:03

    I love the bright zingy colours here, Joanne

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  3. Paula Whittaker1 July 2011 at 19:02

    wonderful colour combination - lovely and summery

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  4. Gez Butterworth1 July 2011 at 19:59

    FaBuLous card Joanne. Love where you have placed your sentiment :)

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  5. Kaz1 July 2011 at 20:43

    This is gorgeous, I love those colours and thanks for the tip about versafine and bleach xx

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  6. Janice1 July 2011 at 22:17

    Lovely bright card and clever use of bleach.

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  7. Dotty Jo1 July 2011 at 22:20

    Love the bright colours and thanks for the tip about Versafine. i recently discovered that you can emboss with it... and get really lovely results! Jo x

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  8. tracy3 July 2011 at 07:53

    i love this card joanne:)

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  9. Caroline5 July 2011 at 15:19

    Lovely card Joanne, love how the bleach has removed the colour...x

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