Simply Zinnia – Thank You

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Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#715) challenge.  This week, Claire has selected a wonderful set of colors.   

What to do with them?

I was inspired by the Tic Tac Toe (#260) line: Ink Blending; CAS, and Die Cut.  I picked the current Just Add Ink (#727) Sketch as it was ideal for clean and simple styling.

For my themes, I opted for Beautiful Blossoms (#22) as they were looking for vibrant colored Flowers and The Flower Challenge (#97) for Flowers with a Thank You greeting.

Here is the result:

SIMPLY ZINNIA – CHANGING LEAVES – PP715 – TTTC260 – JAI727 – BBC022 – TFC97

Steps:

  • Card Base: (8½” x 4¼” scored at 5½”) Basic White cardstock.
  • Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Basic White cardstock.
    • The Zinnia Floral image from the Simply Zinnia stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • Cross Strip: (1½” x 5⅛”) Basic White cardstock scrap.
    • Using Blending Brushes, the Afternoon Azure, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie inks were added to the Strip.
    • The same Zinnia image was also stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then the Strip was adhered in place to match the background flower.
  • Sentiment: Basic White cardstock scrap.
    • The sentiment, Thank You, from the Changing Leaves stamp set, also an On-Line Exclusive product, was stamped separated with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then die-cut with the (1¼”) Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.      

The sentiment was popped up with Dimensionals completing the card.

Such a pretty and colorful Floral Thank You card.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today and I hope you will consider joining us for this week’s Paper Player’s challenge.  I would love to see what you create.  Please remember that to be considered for a win, you may only enter three other challenges with the same card.

Cheers,  Jolanda!

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Published by Jolanda Johnstone

Owner of THE INQUE SPOT STUDIO - Creative Space for Stamping & Paper Crafting and Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in South Carolina.

14 thoughts on “Simply Zinnia – Thank You”

  2. The black line floral images look fantastic against the perfectly masked and blended area. Thanks for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and sharing your lovely card with us.

    Donna xx

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  3. What a lovely card, Jolanda! The blended strip is a creative way to use the challenge colors. I love the clean and simple vibe that is going on! Have a wonderful week!

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  4. I do love a blended ink column and this one’s a beauty. The colours look like a rainbow. I’m also a big fan of the zinnia set so this is all one big tick for me. Lovely card. 🙂

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  5. You always have such clever ideas for our challenges Jolanda, and doing an ink blend for your column is brilliant. The zinnia outline stamp is lovely as well. Have a great week!

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  7. I would not have thought to ink blend these colours Jolanda but what a triumph! They look beautiful and make your line art zinnias really stand out. Fabulous!

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