Mix It Up Monday: Summer Silhouettes with watercolour technique

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for the final colour combination from this set of In Color charts.  But don’t despair, next Monday I’ll have a whole new set of charts for you to print off and use as inspiration for a year’s worth of projects using a brand new set of In Colors!

I can’t believe I actually managed it… I actually post 45 projects Mix It Up Monday projects over the year, probably 46 actually as I think I accidentally used the same combo twice! Some of them were really easy, but some gave me such trouble - you can tell those easily as they are largely white cards with just a splash of colour. 

But before then, here’s my final project using the 2015-17 charts – hope you like it! I began by stamping the stems in Black Stazon as it’s waterproof, then created the watercolour wash effect by inking up with Elegant Eggplant and then spritzing with water before stamping. I did the same again with a small flower stamp and Delightful Dijon - the water has spread out the image so much that it just looks like splashes of colour. 

Finishing touches were added with the Wink of Stella brush pen (which you can’t see in the photo) and some dots with the fine end of the Delightful Dijon marker (which I forgot to add to the recipe).

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Product List

Summer Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [126447] £18.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock [108614] £6.50	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £6.50
Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper [138439] £11.75	White 1-1/4" (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904] £8.25	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £7.25
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969] £6.00	Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] £6.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.25	White Perfect Accents [138416] £4.50

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Caturday: more kittens!

How cute are these two? This pair are half of Rosie’s kittens at the cat shelter. They’ll be a lot bigger than this now as I haven’t been for a couple of weeks. Aren’t they adorable?

Meanwhile, in other animal news, son is looking after the school chicks for the weekend. It’s not going brilliantly. They only had three hatch in the end and two were very weak. Unfortunately, Stephen died overnight (we shouldn’t have named him!) and Janine is not looking so good either. Bernard is going strong though – fingers crossed that it turns out to be a Bernice instead, because if it’s female, we re keeping her!

Summer Silhouettes with watercolour salt technique

This is another of my watercolour salt backgrounds; one of the nice things about this technique is that you end up with lots of lovely backgrounds which you can use at a later date to create a quick project.
I stamped the sadly soon-to-be-retired Summer Silhouettes on top and embossed some white seeds in white. I kept the card really simple, with some pink spatters on the background, to allow the main panel to remain the focal point. 

Summer Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [126447] £18.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517] £18.00	Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139950] £18.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £6.50	Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] £7.25	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731] £7.25
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] £4.50	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956] £6.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122934] £3.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [119672] £3.00

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Vintage Leaves with Going Places DSP

I made some retirement predictions when making these cards and I’m glad to say I wasn’t 100% correct. I knew that Timeless Textures was sticking around, as Stampin’ Up!® had already tipped us off about that one, but I feared the Vintage Leaves and dies would retire; happily they are sticking around for another year at least.  I expected the Antique Brads to retire and, sadly, they are not only retiring but sold out in Europe. 

I expected the Going Places DSP to retire as the whole DSP range is invariably replaced every year. But I also thought Guy Greetings could go as it has been around a while – but I’m glad it’s staying as it’s such a useful set. 

So, two out of four isn’t too bad!

The card on the left was the Make & Take at a recent party. We stamped Delightful Dijon onto Hello Honey cardstock (still available as of last night!) and cut it out using the leaf dies. The Going Places paper was cut into strips and arranged into panels , which we topped with a simple banner. 

I also showed the card on the right, which is a slightly ‘stepped up’ version; this features some minimal distressing using the Timeless Textures stamp set, plus some linen thread and the lovely Antique Brad. 

Both were sort-of CASEd from this project by Mary Deatherage. 

Vintage Leaves Photopolymer Bundle [140235] £38.25	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] £18.00	Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set [138828] £32.00	Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack [140581] £7.25
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] £6.50	Hello Honey A4 Cardstock [133685] £6.50	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £7.25	Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] £6.00
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645] £6.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] £6.00	Antique Brads [117273] £5.50	Linen Thread [104199] £4.25

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Mix It Up Monday Oh My Goodies and Something to Say

It’s Mix It Up Monday and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.   It’s a holiday here in the UK so let’s hope the weather holds (it never does for bank holidays though!).

Another outing for Oh My Goodies and the matching Decor Labels Framelts, along with my most-used punches – the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack – before they are gone for good.  Plus there’s the Color Me Irresistible Designer Series Paper, too – this is a lovely mix of embossed papers, half in In Colors and half in white so you can colour them yourself. I’ve used Watermelon Wonder here, to fit in with my colour combination. 

I struggled a little with this as I don’t have a Mossy Meadow marker, so I compromised with a pool of ink from a refill bottle, and a blender pen. It’s a bit smudgy but it’ll do. 

Only one Mix It Up Monday project left to go from this set of charts – phew! 

Oh My Goodies Clear-Mount Bundle [140253] £32.25	Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134180] £20.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	White 1-1/4" (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904] £8.25
Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] £4.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00	2015-2017 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [138333] £13.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] £6.50	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] £6.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £6.50
Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper [138439] £11.75

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