Handstamped by Rachel: Basic Gray

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 11 - Basic Gray Level Complete

Hello stampers, it's time for week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every Wednesday evening we have been featuring one of the Stampin' Up! colours. This week all of our projects feature Basic Gray, a versatile dark gray from the Neutrals colour family.

For card's today I used the Level Complete stamp set. I was inspired by this sample card from the catalogue.

I quite regularly use the samples in the catalogue for inspiration if I'm struggling. I reversed the colours by stamping the controller image numerous times on Basic Gray card stock with Versamark ink and White embossing powder.

To highlight the other buttons on the controllers I stamped the image on Real Red, Azure Afternoon, Garden Green and Daffodil Delight. I fussy cut the individual buttons with Paper Snips. These teeny tiny pieces were then glued to the Basic Gray card front.

The greetings were stamped on Real Red and Azure Afternoon with Memento Black ink.

All of the products used to make this card are available from my online store.

Now it's time to see what my lovely team member Rachel Palmieri has to share with us. Click on her name or the image below.

If you encounter any issues with the links in our hop please on to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the wonderful host of our blog hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Please visit again next week when we will be featuring Berry Burst projects.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Level Complete Cling Stamp Set (English)

[161563]

$42.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

$17.50

Azure Afternoon A4 Cardstock

[161728]

$17.50

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$17.50

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

$17.50

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

[108605]

$17.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$32.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$54.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$11.50

Paper Snips

[103579]

$19.25

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Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Colour Creations Blog Hop Week 7 - Basic Gray

It's Wednesday again and time for another Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Week 7 sees us feature one of our very versatile Neutral colours Basic Gray. I did think for a few minutes about trying to do a monochromatic card with Basic Gray, but it goes so nicely with so many of the other Stampin' Up! colours that I decided to use it as one of many colours instead.

As it is nearly time for the new July to Dec Mini Catalogue (that is not really mini) and the next Sale-a-bration I have lots of new stamp sets to inspire you.

When I saw these Hippos in the Sale-a-bration brochure I knew they would be a hit as they are sooooo cute. I have used the not so delicate, but really sweet ballerina Hippo on my Pull Tab Flip Card.

I mounted her in one of the frames from the Fabulous Frames Dies and then mounted this piece on to the pull tab mechanism. I am planning to write my own tutorial using the Fabulous Frame Dies, but in the meantime there are numerous tutorials on the internet.

I stamped another one of the hippos to go inside the pull tab. Both Hippos were stamped in Memento ink and coloured using the Blends Markers listed below.

My second card is the first Christmas card I am sharing with you this season. Most of the products used to make this card are available in the July to Dec Mini Catalogue that begins on the first of July. The stamp set is called Trees For Sale, and as an extra bonus there is a coordinating Die Set as one of the rewards from the upcoming Sale-a-bration promotion.

This time I have paired Basic Gray with a Polished Pink tree. The base layer of the tree is stamped in Polished Pink ink that has been stamped off once for a lighter shade. The second tree image is stamped in full strength Polished Pink ink.

The tree is framed by one of the dies in the Fabulous Frames Dies cut from Silver Foil. The background has been embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.

The Basic Gray background has been embossed using the really cute Whimsical Wonderland 3D Embossing Folder which is in the July to Dec Mini Catalogue.

The scripty greeting is also included in the Trees For Sale stamp set.

I hope you like my Basic Gray creations, next week we will be featuring Bermuda Bay.

Now it's time to see what my fellow team members have created using Basic Gray. The next stamper along in the Blog Hop is the lovely and very clever Diane Furniss.

If you have any issues following our Blog Hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the host of our hops and will have a complete list of tonight's participants.

Don't forget to check out the Last Chance Products list to pick up some bargain priced Stampin' Up! products.