Tuesday 29 October 2013

ColourQ Hydrangea

Hiya!

This week at the ColourQ we have a soft and pretty colour combo inspired by this lovely patchwork quilt...


Now I didn't have most of these colours as Peach Parfait, Kiwi Kiss and Lovely Lilac have all retired and I generally tend to use just current product, so I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Wisteria Wonder instead of Peach Parfait and Lovely Lilac, and I made my own version of Kiwi Kiss using a mixture of Old Olive and Summer Starfruit reinkers!


When I saw the lavender/green combination I thought of the beautiful Best of Flowers set - thankfully the wonderful Claire who lives round the corner from me was kind enough to lend me hers so I could play! I used my 'kiwi' ink mixture to colour the leaves and stem with a blender pen (I also coloured some Modern Medley paper with the ink then cut into banners using the Itty Bitty Banner framelits) and coloured the flower with Wisteria Wonder with a touch of Marina Mist. I added a bunch of faux stitching with a Basic Grey marker and my favourite embellishments: ribbon and candy dots!

I used this week's Paper Players sketch for my layout...


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Best of Flowers, Express Yourself
Ink: Stazon, Old Olive, Summer Starfruit, Wisteria Wonder, Marina Mist, Basic grey marker
Paper: Modern Medley dsp, Venetian Romance dsp, Basic Grey, Naturals White, Watercolour, Whisper White
Accessories: Wisteria Wonder chevron ribbon, subtles candy dots
Tools: Thinlets Labels dies, Itty Bitty Banner dies

Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

3 comments:

  1. I didn't have many of the colours either Amy so I went for the 'less is more' approach! The purple bow is so pretty and pulls it all together beautifully. Love that sketch...may have to have a go at that one!

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  2. Just gorgeous, Amy! I love the stitched edges and how you featured all of the colors together. That big, beautiful bow is the perfect finishing touch. Love it! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)

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  3. A beautiful mix of colors and textures! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!

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