Inspiration: Mojo Monday 407 + ColourQ #138
I ordered the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set and dies during the free shipping day promotion and got around to playing with the set today. I also got the All Wired Up background stamp, as it was an abvious good pairing with the chick set. The wire is smaller than I expected, but it still works. I pulled out my watercolor paper to try and make a colorful background with the wire embossed in gold. It didn't end up getting used on this card (might make it on another card later), but I was down to the last few pieces of my watercolor pack and noticed the packaging was white on the back and had nice texture to it, so I embossed the background in gold on it and tried watercoloring. The paper is clearly not might to watercolor on, as I couldn't spread the color around and the paper buckled badly right away, so I put a pin in that idea and went back to actually using watercolor paper. That being said, once I started preparing my pieces for this card, I realized I really liked the look of the gold embossing on the packaging paper, so I ended up incorporating it in my design. Felt good to use up something that would otherwise have been discarded as well.
I wanted to use gold embossing on my stamped images as well to tie it all together, but I knew I wouldn't be able to use my Stampin' Blends if I did that. I found a workaround to still get the embossing. I used my stamping tool to stamp the images in Blends-friendly ink (Memento). Important stamp: I made sure to wash my stamp but leave them in place in the stamping tool. So after I was done coloring my images with the markers, I put the cardstock back in the stamping tool where it was before, I inked my stamps in VersaMark, stamped over the colored images and added gold embossing powder on top. It turned out so good!
I did a bit of stenciling with Shimmery White embossing paste on the striped patterned paper, and I added circles of all shapes around the main image, as well as a few banners from the matching dies, and the French sentiment included in the die set. I added resin dots in matching colours and stamped my envelope to match.
Color Combo: Bumblee + Poppy Parade + Pool Party + Crumb Cake + White
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Salut poulette (Hey Birthday Chick), All Wired Up
Cardstock: Bumbleebee, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Whisper White
Designer Series Paper: Neutrals, Brights, In Color 2020-2022
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); VersaMark
Accessories: Fêtons Entre Poulettes Dies, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Blends Markers,
Shimmery White Embossing Paste, Basic Patterns Decorative Masks,
Stitched Shapes Dies, Circle Punches, All the Trimmings Embellishments,
Playing With Patterns Resin Dots, White Medium Envelope, Bumblebee Ribbon,
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
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