Midweek blog #127 - Colouring using Stampin' Blends®

 Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.

This week I am sharing some colouring tips with you. Stampin' Up® have a beautiful stamp set called Country Flowers that has lots of whimsical pieces that are perfect for colouring in. I am creating a series of posts based around this stamp set & it's matching dies but to do that I first need to stamp & colour.

I used all different shades of Stampin' Blends® except for the insides of some of the flowers which is a Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write marker®. As there is a lot of images to stamp I decided to use up some of the leftover strips of Basic White cardstock from previous projects. I stamped multiple images of each stamp in a variety of colours then set to work colouring.

Firstly, a warning that I went a bit crazy with photographing the process. I used 6 different stamps & did a few different colour ways to show you how to create different effects. As there are lots of photos I'll try to give a brief description for each of them but some will be in groups.

The first is the stamps & dies with the images already stamped.

First I stamped the leaves in in Tuxedo Black.

They are coloured with Dark Granny Apple Green for the highlights & Light Granny for the whole image. I also decided to colour two more on scraps with Light & Dark Lemon Lime Twist.

Next was the milk pail image. I stamped 6 of them in Copper Clay, Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Pebbled Path, Smoky Slate & Basic Gray.

To achieve the variegated look on the milk pails I started with a dark colour to the outside edges of each pail then filled in with a lighter colour, blending the together for a smooth finish.

The colours used were:

Light & Dark Pecan Pie

Light & Dark Cinnamon Cider

Light & Dark Wild Wheat

Light & Dark Pebbled Path

Light & Dark Smoky Slate

Light & Dark Gray Granite

Light Crumb Cake

Ivory

SU900 & SU1000

Then on to the teapots. They are stamped in Pebbled Path, Night of Navy & Terracotta Tile.

The colours for the blending are:

Light & Dark Smoky Slate

Light & Dark Misty Moonlight

Light & Dark Boho Blue

Light & Dark Calypso Coral

Light & Dark Gray Granite

This time to create a lighter hue & highlight I also used Light Soft Sea Foam, Ivory & SU1000 over the top when finished.

Next are the stools.

So, after all of those props, I needed some flowers! There are two different versions, one is a bouquet, the other is a spray.

The leaves & small flowers in the bouquet are coloured in with:

Light & Dark Granny Apple Green

Light & Dark Orchid Oasis

Light Petunia Pop

Light Flirty Flamingo

Dark Bubble Bath

Dark Highland Heather

The larger fan shape in the image has two colourways:

1. Dark Granny Apple Green & Dark Mint Macaron

2. Light Orchid Oasis & Dark Moody Mauve

The final images to be coloured were the spray of flowers.

The leaves are Light & Dark Lemon Lime Twist while the flowers are:

Light & Dark Bubble Bath

Light Orchid Oasis

Light Moody Mauve

Light Melon Mambo with the tiny flowers having a smidge of Dark Cherry Cobbler over them.

Once all of the images were finished they were all diecut with the matching dies & here is the entire collection, ready to be used on future cards.

WOW, that was epic! but I had so much fun experimenting with all of the different colour combinations.

That's it for this card technique. I hope you enjoyed learning a little more about colouring with Stampin' Blends®  If you decide to try this technique I would love to see what you make so please feel free to pop over to my Facebook page at craftedbyalison & post a pic.

My next blog is on Sunday where I will be sharing some creations made with these images.

Next Wednesday's mid week blog looks at how to create beautiful, easy cards using the S.I.P method - Stamps, Ink & Paper. It's a great way to create when you are just starting out, have limited time or just need to create simply.

I hope you can join me for both of them.

Til next time, take care & keep creating. XX Alison