A World of Thanks for FabFriday

It’s time for another great FabFriday challenge!  Mindy Backes has picked four soft, sweet colors for this challenge – Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach, So Saffron and Mint Macaron.  What a beautiful palette!  I had a lot of fun with a painting technique that helped me keep these colors soft.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Thank You Stamp Sets.  You might not have noticed (because I stealthily concealed it), but this stamp set combines three stamp sets on one card – and all of them are filled with thanks.  Can you name all three?  The background, filled with lots of great thank you’s in a variety of languages, is stamped with the A World of Thanks background stamp – that’s the obvious one.  The “THANKS” was masked from “THANKS for being a great friend” from the Window Shopping stamp set.  I added tape over the “for being a great friend” part of the stamp, inked the stamp with Mint Macaron, removed the tape and then stamped the word “THANKS.”  I added “You’re the best” from All Things Thanks in Peekaboo Peach.  Yay!  
• Coloring the Background Stamp.  How, oh, how do I pull together all of these soft, sweet colors?  I used my Stampin’ Write Markers to paint directly on the background stamp, gave the stamp a big, breathy huff and stamped down on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.  I tried this a couple of different ways – here’s what worked best for me.
  • Hold the stamp at an angle so you can see the shine when ink is added to the rubber on the back of the stamp.
  • Start with the lightest color (I started with So Saffron) and roughly color on the stamp.  I didn’t want bold lines of color, so I painted roughly in areas of the image.
  • Pick up where you left off with the next lightest color (that’s Peekaboo Peach on this card).  Allow the colors to blend a bit (allow the darker color to makes its way into the lighter color so you don’t stain your lighter pen).
  • So forth and so on.
  • Huff on the stamp to moisten the ink that may have dried while you were busy painting.
  • Enjoy.  You’re awesome!
• A Little Flower.  After the sentiments were stamped, I needed a little something to balance things out on the panel.  I grabbed a Calypso Coral scrap piece of Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper.  I fed it into my Tree Builder Punch and punched the cute, little flower.  I snipped each indention toward the center to add a little depth to the flower and then topped it with a small Pearl Basic Jewel accent.  After I was done, I realized the flower “dotted the i” in “merci”.  Totally not planned, but it’s a fun mistake.

Stamp Sets:  A World of Thanks, Window Shopping, All Things Thanks  Papers:  Peekaboo Peach, Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla, Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack  Inks:  Mint Macaron, Peekaboo Peach, Stampin’ Write Markers (Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, So Saffron)  Accessories:  Tree Builder Punch, Pearl Basic Accents, Stampin’ Dimensionals

A World Of Thanks Clear-Mount Background Stamp – 139315

Price: $15.00

A World Of Thanks Wood-Mount Background Stamp – 139312

Price: $20.00

Window Shopping Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 143265

Price: $18.00

All Things Thanks Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 143097

Price: $19.00

Tree Builder Punch – 138295

Price: $18.00

Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack – 142744

Price: $10.00

Pearl Basic Jewels – 119247

Price: $5.00

Subtles Stampin’ Write Markers – 131263

Price: $29.00

2016-2018 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers – 141393

Price: $15.00

2015-2017 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers – 138333

Price: $15.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to the Fab Friday site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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