Stampin’ Up! – Playing in The Rain – #TGIFC402

It’s been a long time between posts – I’ve been very slack! I hope that you all have had an amazing start to a fresh new year. Let’s hope that this one is full of magical memories.

I am sharing this post a little late as this post was suppose to go live yesterday – whoops! Better late than never they say!

At TGIF it’s a fresh new challenge and I have plans to be a lot more committed to playing along with the challenges this year and what better way to start than with a fun colour challenge.

You can head over and check out this week’s challenge here.

I have to say that Balmy Blue and Early Espresso are not in my top used colours – which is why these challenges are so much fun – they get you out of your comfort zone!

For the challenge this week I decided to have a play with a brand new suite/stamp set called Playing in The Rain. It features these adorable little critters and they are just so much fun to colour.

To have a play I actually created a somewhat simple card without too many layers!
I used a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and stamped my images in Staz On Black Ink before colouring them in a mixture of the three colours. I have added a touch of Smoky Slate around the image to help it pop.

Here is a close up look at the finished card where you can see I have added some stamped raindrops in Smoky Slate and a beautiful sentiment heat embossed in white on Basic Black.
The fun clouds are from the same set and are watercolored in Balmy Blue.
I die cut these fun clouds out using the corresponding dies. It was fun to add some on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly I added some Wink of Stella and some gorgeous For Everything Fancy Sequins in Blue.

Lastly a look at the inside of the card where I have added some of the beautiful Designer Series Paper from the Playing in The Rain suite and a strip of some Shimmery Gold Paper with some more stamping.

I hope that you found some inspiration from today’s post.

Be sure to go and check out this week’s TGIF challenge here and play along.

Playing In The Rain Bundle (English) [160551] $96.25	Rain Or Shine Specialty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160540] $27.00	For Everything Fancy Sequins [159187] $27.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $14.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $14.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $14.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $14.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $14.00
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Fine Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Paper Pack [160428] $17.50	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $16.25	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $16.25
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.25	Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $47.00