Crafting Forever! Inspire Create Stamping Challenge #016 And New In Colours!

And our challenge is to use some or all of the 2016 – 2018 In Colours. 

I wanted to see if I could use all of the colours together for my card and I thought the Crafting Forever stamp set would be perfect for this.

To get the “splatter”background I did just that. I used an aqua painter which is essentially a water filled brush, dipped it in the inks from the ink pads and splattered it onto the whisper white card stock.

I also added some more splats using a stamp from the Timeless Textures stamp set which has lots of useful background stamps.

I have stamped the bottom half of the stamp which has the pot image onto the Dapper Denim Colour Theory Designer Series Paper. I love this crackle glaze effect on the DSP. Perfect for pots!

I”m not sure if you can see in the pic but after I had coloured the brushes in, using Stampin Write Markers in the same In Colours, I went over them with the Fine Tipped Glue Pen and let it dry. It gives gloss to the paint brushes and adds an extra dimension. My pot is cut out, slightly curved and raised with Dimensionals to make it slightly 3D.

I have used some more of the DSP to stamp the “Crafting Forever! Housework Whenever” and cut it out using one of the Stitched Shape Framelits in a square. I have embossed the sentiment using versamark and white embossing. I did try stamping it using white ink but it is much more effective when embossed. I have added some Bakers Twine in Whisper White and Dapper Denim and a few Enamel Shimmer Dots in Dapper Denim to finish it off.

I have loved these In Colours. Sadly we will be waving goodbye to these ones shortly. 

Did you have a favourite? They are now on our Retiring List. Which means they are only available whilst stocks last. That also goes for the reinkers – I would encourage you to get these whilst you can. They refill your ink pads and make sure you ink pads go on for years! The card stock, ribbons and DSP are also on the list. Once they are sold out, they will not be available to purchase.

I really hope you like my card. I think it would be great to send to a crafty friend. I might make them as my customer thank you ‘s this month. The splattering is fun and I know quite a few feel the same as me, that  Crafting is way more fun than housework!

All the products I have used are listed here with clickable links to my online shop.

Everyone who orders from me online receives a hand made card and a small hand made gift. Don’t forget to use the hostess code when you checkout to get an added gift from me when you place an online order. 

This Month’s Hostess Code is K2SAED93