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.

Product List

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