Hi there! So glad you've come by again. Just want to say - the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog is live and you can order just as soon as you'd like. Woo Hoo! If you don't have a catalog yet and would really like to have one in your hot little hands, get in touch with me and I'll send one out to you as soon as I can.
For those of you who know my color preferences fairly well, it should come as no surprise that I'm not a 'hot pink' kinda gal. So what is very surprising to me is that I've tumbled so hard for the new 2021-2023 In Color - Polished Pink. Who would have guessed that I keep grabbing for that color? So, I thought since I liked it so much, that it should be the first In Color I'd focus on here so you can love it too! Got to say all the other colors are yummy too, but this is my favorite so far.
Here you go - everything shiny and new as can be! New stamps, new dies, new In Color ink and cardstock, new In Color Designer Series Paper, and even new jewels to boot! So let's get to work and unpack all this new yummy goodness together.
First up is the new stamp and die bundle - Color and Contour found on page 98 in the new Annual Catalog. The stamps are fun and loosely drawn, and the font for the sentiments is a combo of playful styles combined to make something wonderful. And the dies - wow! They are called Scalloped Contours Dies and have 5 different sized rectangle dies that all have different edges along with a scallop border and 2 flower dies. So fun!
For these cards, I started with a Basic White card of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half. The 1st layer is the Polished Pink cardstock - so warm and inviting. This was attached with adhesive to keep it flat. Next up is the Basic White layer that was die-cut with the largest of those rectangle dies. Don't you love the lacy edgework on this one? I did a little bit of stamping on this layer using the new Soft Succulent ink to stamp the sketchy leaf and also the speckle stamp in the opposite corners that was off-stamped to soften the look. Using just a corner of the speckle stamp, I added just a few dots of the Polished Pink to the speckles to brighten them up. Then it was attached to the card front using Dimensionals. I liked how the shadowing under the lacework was even more pronounced this way.
Now we come to some of the differences in the 2 cards. Did you notice them? Both cards use a piece of the 2021-2023 In Color DSP for the small pink layer in the center, but they are different prints. They were both die-cut with the 2nd smallest of the dies which has a scallop border and slits cut into the sides - so different!
For this 1st card, I stamped the outline daisy flower with Basic Gray onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock, then stamped the solid layer with the Polished Pink ink. I wasn't sure if I wanted the flower to be that dark, so I stamped another one. This time I stamped the outline with the Polished Pink ink, then stamped the solid layer with an off-stamped Polish Pink. Then they were both die-cut with the matching die. They both looked nice so I figured I needed to make two cards here.
I chose which sentiment to use and also stamped it in Basic Gray onto another scrap of Basic White cardstock, but the 2nd one I off-stamped the gray ink to soften the color to better go with the softer flower. Isn't it funny how you can change your mind about what you're making in mid-stream just because you can't decide which one to make, and it all still works out fine?
Here's a close up of the softer images card. I still can't quite decide which I prefer. How about you? What do you think?
On both cards, I decided to fussy cut around the sentiment instead of another die-cut rectangle. The flowers and the sentiments were all attached with Dimensionals for a little dimension. *grin*
The final decision was rhinestones or other embellishments or not. After going through my stash, I liked the greenish gems in the new Genial Gems jewels. They just seemed to bring out the bits of the Soft Succulent green on the card, but they weren't too big or overpowering.
That's it for today. Hope you're interested in trying out this pretty new In Color - Polished Pink. It's a softer bright, warm pink. That sounds like a contradiction, but that's the only way I can describe it. Stay tuned for more cards with a focus on another of the new In Colors. They really are great and I know you'll love working with them as much as I will!
Happy stamping and be sure to send out all those paper hugs that you've made to cheer up your friends.
Sharon
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