Hello crafty friends! And thanks for popping in!

Welcome back for Colour INKspirations Challenge #111. The photo for this challenge was picked by fellow Crew Member, Nicole Wilson and our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Michele Miller.

The card I'm sharing today is a little product heavy but you could easily omit one of the stamp sets and attempt your own watercoloured background. Myself, I wanted to have a play and see if I could achieve a watercoloured-looking background using the Artistically Inked stamp set. For those who like to be in control of their creative processes, using this stamp set is also a great option.

Supplies Needed:

Dies: Christmas Trees Dies
Stamp Sets: Peaceful Deer, Artistically Inked
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent
Inks: Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen
Colour Accessories: Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake Combo, Colour Lifter
Embellishments: Subtle Shimmer Sequins
Tools: Paper Trimmer, Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Scissors, Take Your Pick Tool, Foam Mat (for stamping with the photopolymer stamps)
Adhesives: Mini Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Tombow Liquid Glue

How To Assemble:

For this project you will need:

A card base in Crumb Cake cardstock

A piece of Very Vanilla cardstock for the inside

A mat of Evening Evergreen measuring 1 1/4" less on two side than the card front.

A piece of Very Vanilla measuring 1/8" less on two sides than the piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock.

Scraps of Very Vanilla (for the deer and sentiment), Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen cardstock (for die cuts).

Grab the two watercolour images from Artistically Inked stamp set, create a backgound using Crumb Cake ink.

Stamp your sentiment in Evening Evergreen ink.

I've used 'Merry Christmas' from Peaceful Deer Stamp Set and I've stamped this on a strip of Very Vanilla cardstock measuring at least 2 1/2" x 3/8".

Stamp the deer in Crumb Cake ink using the Stampin' Pierce Mat for cushioning.

Colour the image with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

I wanted only very subtle colouring. I went around the outline and over any areas which would have shadows with the Colour Lifter then went over the top with the Light Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend.

I went over the Crumb Cake with the Colour Lifter pen again to blend the harsh lines created with the Crumb Cake.

Fussy cut the image.

Adhere the piece of Very Vanilla on top of the Evening Evergreen cardstock.

Adhere the three tree die cuts and attach the deer with Mini Dimensionals.

Glue this to the front of the card base.

Trim the sentiment and adhere to the card front.

Add a few embellishments from the Subtle Shimmer Sequins using the putty end on the Take Your Pick tool to help with placement.

Stamp one of the solid tree images from Peaceful Deer in Evening Evergreen ink onto the large piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and glue this into the centre of the card.

Again use the Stampin' Pierce Mat for cushioning when stamping.

Feel INKspired to join the challenge? I would love for you to join in our colour challenges. It's a great way to take yourself out of your comfort zone and use different colours!

Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Just a reminder to use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Thank you so much taking the time to drop in. I hope I have inspired you and if you like what I have shown or if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section below.

Take care, stay safe and have a great day!

Monica xx

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Product List

Peaceful Deer Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156891]	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542]	Christmas Trees Dies [156339]
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575]
Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576]
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608]	Subtle Shimmer Sequins [156407]
Paper Trimmer [152392]	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673]	Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199]
Paper Snips [103579]	Take Your Pick [144107]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]