Shades of blue

It's such a relief to have a new PC after the death of my laptop, I've really missed blogging and hoping. Great to be back and to be able to join in with the latest challenge over at Less is More which to is use shades of blue. Here's mine:

I've made a simple card using up some blue scraps (now that my scraps are all perfectly organised!) and the Word Window Punch to create my border. Then the Engraved Greetings sentiment stamped in Night Of Navy with a few highlights using a Tempting Turquoise marker.

Had to nip out to the boys playhouse to get a photo in the light!
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One Card Three Ways

this week over at Less is More, Mandi and Chrissie have challenged us LIMettes to create a one layer card using the sentiment as the main focal poimt. Hmm - I had planned on making four cards here but ended up with just three. I'll share and then explain!

 

So I have used the Engraved Greetings Happy Birthday stamp which I decided would be enough for this challenge on it's own. First I stamped in Versamark on to Tempting Turquoise card and embossed with black embossing powder. Next the Melon Mambo card made in the same way with white embossing powder. For my third card I used Versamark on the stamp and then half Tempting Turquoise, half Melon Mambo and embossed with clear powder. Here's the turquoise one with a couple of self adhesive rhinestone gems for that finishing touch!

 

 

Next the Melon Mambo version:

 

 

Now if you're wondering what happened to card number four, this is the story of it's failure to be. I decided it needed to be on Basic Black card and needed to be a pink or turquoise image not white - that would have been too easy and looked the same as the Turquoise fella. So I tried these methods:

1. Versamark and chalk - messy and not neat enough for me
2. Versamark, whisper white and tempting turquoise - just looked white!
3. Versamark, heat and stick powder, blue glitter - image not clearly defined
4. Mixing Whisper White reinker with turquoise reinker, daubing onto stamp - nope, didn't work either
5. Stamping Whisper White. Drying. Waiting. Carefullt lining up Stamp-ma-jig and over stamping in Turquoise - looked gray
6. Rumaged through my none SU stash to find my cosmic shimmer embossing powder that I knew would do the job only to find I no longer own them!
7. Gave up!

So I tried but after trying some more, decided to give in before I ruined any more black card. If anyone masters getting a stamped image to stamp brightly in pink on to black card - using only Stampin' Up! products - please, please share the secret of your success with me! I can colour images no problem but stamping just isn't working for me.

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