Spotlight on Nature for the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop - July 2024 | Color Inspiration Challenge

Happy Thursday, y'all!  I'm so glad that you're here and hope you are having a wonderful day!  Today I am hopping with the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop as we share inspiration for this month's Color Inspiration Challenge! There are several of us hopping today - you will find the list to follow along towards the bottom of my blog post - so sit back and enjoy your favorite coffee, tea, water, or smoothie as we share some handmade projects with you!

Today's Project

Enjoying the lazy days of summer, I opted to CAS(e) a Make and Take from OnStage Houston for today's project!  The layout may look familiar to some of you as it was a favorite of mine from the After Hours stamping event featuring the Spotlight on Nature Stamp Set!  The colors from this month's challenge definitely pulled my creative string to this bundle.  

Here is this month's color inspiration...

and here is what I created!

Project Details

I was inspired to use five (5) of the six colors and pulled in two of my basic go to neutrals (Crumb Cake and Basic Beige) to compliment the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.

The watercolor paper was trimmed to three identical sized pieces.  The images were inked with Basic Beige ink and stamped on the watercolor paper holding it down long enough to absorb the ink.

The flowers were watercolored with Calypso Coral ink.  The leaves were colored first with Old Olive ink and then with Garden Green ink.  The stems were watercolored with Garden Green ink.  The butterfly was colored with Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight inks.

The large coordinating die was diecut from Basic White cardstock and blended with Coastal Cabana ink along the edges to resemble the shading in the inspiration picture.  A smaller coordinating die was diecut from Basic Beige to feature more of this amazing basic color.

The Country Birdhouse white heat embossed sentiment on Crumb Cake has been laying around on my craft table just waiting to be used... I felt that it was the perfect grounding for the colorful card. 

The inside of the card was layered and stamped to compliment the card front allowing plenty of room to correspond to the recipient.  The Very Vanilla Medium Envelope (retired) front and flap was stamped to complete the card ensemble.

More Inspiration

I hope this project has inspired you and brightened your day.  There are some other amazing inspirations for you to see along this blog hop.  So glance below at the blog hop list - you are currently visiting my blog, Angie McKenzie (#1 on the list) - to see who is next as you sure don't want to miss any!

Blog Hop Index

Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner of the world!

Have a blessed day!

You Can Make This!

Here's What You'll Need to Get Started...

    BASICS

• Clear Blocks C, D, I; Stampin' Glass Mat Studio; Paper Trimmer; Paper Snips; Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine; Heat Tool; Embossing Additions Tool Kit; Bone Folder; Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive

    STAMPS

• Spotlight on Nature Cling Stamp Set  (Coordinating Dies are available with Bundled Savings)

    INK

• Basic Beige, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green and Old Olive  Classic Stampin' Pad; VersaMark Pad

    PAPER

• Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Basic Beige and Basic White Cardstocks; Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

    OTHER

• Spotlight on Nature Dies (part of the Coordinating Bundle); Water Painters; Blending Brushes

    

Print Recipe

Product List

You can purchase any of these supplies from my online store if you live in the USA and do not already have a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.

Time to Use Your Paper Trimmer!

        PAPER CUTS

• Very Vanilla - 3-3/4" x 5" 
• Basic Beige - scraps for diecutting 
• Basic White - scraps for diecutting 
• Crumb Cake - 1" x 4" (for heat embossing sentiment) 
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper - 1-1/2" x 4" (x3); scraps for stamping  
• Coastal Cabana - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4" (card base); 4" x 5-1/4" (x2)