Pink Thoughts

Inspiration: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday (Create your own background) + Retro Rubber #99 + ColourQ #313

The inspiration for this card was a little random. A while ago, I had put the Survivor stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas (bought many years ago) aside to use on a card, so it was sitting on my desk. And this week, my local store made a video on pigment powders, so it made me want to pull out my Nuvo powders again. So the two products collided and I got the idea to make a bright pink panel with the shimmer powders as an encouragement card for someone who might be struggling with cancer. The sentiment I picked reads, "You're in my thoughts."

I used watercolor paper, die-cut it with the Dotted Rectangle Stackables dies and masked a rectangle in the center with purple tape. I then spritzed the paper with water and added powder until I was happy with the result. I used my heat tool to speed off drying. I added thin black washi tape to frame the panel and stamped my sentiment in the corner. The bunny was stamped and embossed in black on watercolor paper and colored with inks and an Aqua Painter brush. Nuvo Vintage Drops were added in the corners where the tape meets.

The colour combo was inspired by a past ColourQ combo. It's funny, the ColourQ challenges have often included mixes of pinks, which I often skipped over because I'm not big on pink. For a breast cancer card, though, pink was a must, so I went back to the pink combos I hadn't used yet and selected Melon Mambo + Pink Pirouette + Going Grey + White, which matched the shimmer powder I was planning to use perfectly.

 

 

 

 

  

 

Supplies
Stamps: Pensées au pinceau (Watercolor Wishes - Stampin' Up!); Survivor (The Cat's Pajamas)
Cardstock: Going Grey (Stampin' Up!); Grana Satinata Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper (Fabriano)
Ink: Basic Black Archival Ink, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Dotted Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn); White Medium Envelope, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Aqua Painter Brush, Pick a Pattern Washi Tape (Stampin' Up!);
Cherry Bomb Shimmer Powder, Earl Grey Vintage Drops (Nuvo)

 

Comments

[kath stewart]

beautiful background for a worthy cause, thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, hugs kath xxx

[Jo - Let's Art Journal]

Wow, such a pretty card! Your bright pink panel look amazing and that's such a cute stamp too 😀. It's such a wonderful way to support someone at a difficult time in their life too! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge again! J 😊 x

[Jan Clothier]

That is stunning, Cindy! I especially love the brightness of the pink contrasting with the black and white washi and wide white border. How clever to use the washi as a frame. All of it is a fantastic background and frame for your cute rabbit. Thank you for joining us at Retro Rubber Challenge with this gorgeous creation.

[Claire Grantham]

This is absolutely stunning, the pink background is so bright and that little Bunny is so cute. I love the washi border, super clever, I'll be trying that out. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT