Blogger Challenge: Week 73

This week’s blogger challenge was a color challenge using Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla or Whisper White. I love brown and blue together, so I knew I’d enjoy this challenge.

I used Best Wishes & More, the stamp set I received at last weekend’s SU! regional seminar for my card. I stamped the snowflake image randomly in Very Vanilla craft ink on a Baja Breeze piece cut with the Top Note die. Then I covered the stamped images with some Very Vanilla embossing powder and heat embossed the images.

I stamped a single snowflake in Baja Breeze ink on a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock, then punched this out using a 1 3/8” circle punch. I stuck a blue rhinestone brad through the center, then attached it to a Chocolate Chip scalloped circle with dimensionals. The sentiment “ready, set, snow!” was stamped in Very Vanilla craft ink on a piece of Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon. The craft ink looks really nice stamped on the ribbon. It doesn’t bleed at the edges like dye inks tend do.

I covered the cardfront with a piece of Pinstriped paper from Sassafras Lass I got from i {heart} papers. The colors in the pattern coordinate perfectly with the challenge colors. I layered this and the Top Note piece on a Chocolate Chip card base to complete the card.

For more inspiration using these colors, you can visit the other challenge participants. Links to their blogs are found in the sidebar on the right.

Materials Used:
Best Wishes & More stamp set, Baja Breeze Classic ink, Very Vanilla Craft ink, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Very Vanilla embossing powder, Chocolate Chip 5/8” grosgrain ribbon, 1 3/8” circle punch, scallop circle punch, rhinestone brad, Top Note die, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); patterned paper (Sassafras Lass-Pinstriped)