Our twenty first colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "highland heather" from the subtles collection. I have chosen highland heather, melon mambo and pumpkin pie from the colour coach to work with today for my creation.
For my card today I begun typing Happy birthday! on my computer filling the screen and printing it onto whisper white cardstock (Helvetica font, size 11, if you want all the details 😀) and I then used old plastic gift cards/store loyalty cards and dots of classic stampin' ink refills (on clear blocks) and swiped my three ink colours across the printed cardstock. I will mentioned that I have a laser printer, I am not sure if the ink will run/smudge if you have an inkjet printer.
I die cut the letters to spell Happy Birthday in both basic black and silver foil to create a shadow effect when layered together and I finished off the card front with a matt of silver foil on highland heather card and with faux resin dots.
Close up
Inside card
Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating.
Here is my card from 2018 in case you wanted to see how I used the colour swatch in another way.
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Just wow Ros - you are so creative and I love your handmade DSP. Thank you for inspiring us all with your Highland Heather card.
Posted by: Catherine Proctor | October 21, 2020 at 08:26 PM
Wow - this is awesome! So creative, as always, Ros. I love the application of colour, over the typed sentiments, on the front, and the die-cut letters look great in silver and black. The carrying over of the theme, to the inside of the card, is very cool.
Posted by: CHRISTINE BLAIN | October 21, 2020 at 08:49 PM
You are SO clever Ros!! I love that you incorporated printing to make a unique background that works SO well for this card.
And I also love that you have used "tools" that didn't cost you anything - old CC cards.
Posted by: Kathryn Ruddick | October 21, 2020 at 09:04 PM
This is such a funky card, Ros. Great colour combo that I would never have thought to use. Love the inside embellishment, too.
Posted by: Judy May | October 21, 2020 at 10:38 PM
Wow, that is such a striking card, Ros, love your bright colours and the shadowed letters look awesome.
Posted by: Kate Morgan | October 23, 2020 at 03:18 PM
I always look forward to seeing what interesting and inspiring technique cards you share Ros, and this card is no exception. It's so creative, and I love the look of the foil and black lettering. This is really a great looking card. Love it!
Posted by: Caroline Manwaring | October 24, 2020 at 12:16 PM