Showing posts with label a colour challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a colour challenge. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2026

Gears & Textures for As You See It Challenge #381

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Our Teamie, Jan, came up with a stunning colour palette for our latest colour challenge! It's unusual, but really grabs your attention! We've allowed an exception for this one colour challenge in that you can feel free to use as much black, white, or metallics along with the challenge colours as you like. Here's the Challenge Banner:

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Now, here's how mine turned out, using the Gears & Textures Bundle!

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  • I started with a Basic Gray card base, cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.
  • I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Silver Foil from an old Silver Foil Specialty Pack, and ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with the retired Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder. It seemed to give the right vibe for this project.
  • I cut a 3 1/2" square piece of Basic White cardstock and backed it with a 3 3/4" square piece of Smoky Slate cardstock. I stamped several of the texture stamps from the Gears & Texture stamp set, using Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray and Smoky Slate ink. Then I adhere the two pieces of cardstock together and onto the card front as shown.
  • I die cut several of the gears from the 3 colours of cardstock and arranged them as shown in the photo. I used either glue or black mini dimensionals to adhere them to the card.
  • For the light bulbs, I die cut the bulbs from Smoky Slate and stamped the elements on them with Basic Gray. I die cut the larger size bulbs from Basic Gray, the glued the smaller bulbs onto them. The wires hanging them were drawn using a ruler and a Stampin' Write marker in Basic Gray.
  • I used a silver Adhesive Backed Metallic Gem on the center of the smallest gear in the middle of the lower stack of gears.
  • The sentiment is from Nature's Symphony. I stamped it in Azure Afternoon ink on Basic White and trimmed around it, so as to take up as little space as possible, then mounted it with mini dimensionals as well as a strip from the side of the mini dimensionals.
  • Enjoy!!
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If you live in Canada, and don't have a ®Stampin' Up!© demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.


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Friday, June 19, 2026

Sunset Coast for As You See It Challenge #375 - Jungle Colours

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 Why is it that every time I'm trying to get ready to go away for a holiday, all hell breaks loose on the home front, making it three times as difficult to get prepared, with three times as many tasks to do before I can go?? Can anyone relate?

I don't want to bore you, but we are going camping next week to my favourite campground. It's not far away, but it has it's own lake and lovely beach, the campsite has all the utilities, our friends are coming as well, and I'm so looking forward to the week! But it's also the week before our condo's AGM, and we're running into issues with our AGM package caused by our property management company, I'm preparing a powerpoint for a Town Hall meeting taking place next week that I'm going to have to come back for, someone got stuck in the elevator this afternoon, and I had to help, and I also had a card to make because this challenge happens! I'm going to be so ready to relax!

But I really love this week's Colour Challenge, created by Team member Joanne! The colours work so well together, even if they are all fairly bright! Take a look at the Challenge Banner:

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Right away, I saw a sunset over the ocean, and the opportunity to use the Sunset Coast bundle for the first time. Check it out:




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  • I started with a card base of Coastal Cabana, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4".
  • I added a panel of Lemon Lime Twist, 5 1/4" x 4".
  • I cut a panel of Basic White 5" x 3 3/4" and taped it to my Stampin' Glass Mat Studio with about 1/4" margin around the edges and I also used one tape in the middle for the separation of sky and sea.
  • Using blending brushes, I blended first a very little Lemon Lime Twist, then Melon Mambo, and then Berry Burst into the sky area, starting at the tape and blending upwards.
  • I adjusted the tape, then, removing it and partly covering the sky, making a mask at the line between sea & sky. I changed brushed and blended first Lemon Lime Twist, then Coastal Cabana towards the bottom.
  • I used the large sea texture stamp from Sunset Coast, along with Coastal Cabana, to stamp that texture near the horizon, then I added some Lemon Lime Twist, using the small sea texture stamp within it. I continued to use the large sea texture stamp with Coastal Cabana ink, but stamped off once or twice to create texture in the water all the way down. I added Wink of Stella to highlight the waves.
  • I die cut from the neutral Basic Black cardstock, the lighthouse circle, then die cut it again with a circle die. I kept some of the cutouts in the lighthouse and rocks because I wanted a more solid look.
  • I also die cut the sea birds, the sun and the sailboats, which look slightly out of proportion to me, and make me think of shark fins. The sun is die cut from Lemon Lime Twist card stock.
  •  I glued everything on where I wanted it and stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the panel with Memento ink. It looked better than I expected! The black silhouettes really stand out against the sunset and sea colours.

New from ©Stampin' Up!®

stampin' positioner

Did you know we have a new Stampin' Positioner! It's works on a great new principle!

And here are some great new kits to try:

shaded petals kit

Shaded Petals Kit

serene scenes kit

Serene Scenes Kit


Pretty Party Kit

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If you live in Canada, and don't have a ®Stampin' Up!© demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

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