Color Smash Masculine Card

I sat down and played a little with two techniques from last week, COLOR SMASH and COLOR RESIST.  I went with a masculine look and a simple design.



I must confess, the card I originally envisioned turned out terrible!  It happens all the time, a vision doesn't quite work in reality.  Well, that happened with this card!  I had planned on adding a butterfly over this background, but it was too busy and didn't look quite right.  So, I improvised and added a simple sentiment turning this into a fantastic masculine card!



The background has leaves embossed from Butterfly Basics then color added with the COLOR SMASH technique.  I only used two colors for the color smash, Mint Macaron and Wild Wasabi.  I added in a bolder sentiment in Mossy Meadow so it would stand out from the background.



Of course I had to add a leaf to the envelope, I love to coordinate!  I also added a nice sentiment inside with the hostess set Happy Birthday Everyone but forgot to take a pic...oops!  Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this masculine version and give these techniques a try!



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Can't Resist Me!

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop!  Bet you are wondering what's in store after seeing the unique title for today's post.  Well, how about a little COLOR RESIST technique?!



You should be arriving from Mary Brown’s fabulous blog, wasn’t her idea amazing!  If you are just starting out here, welcome and enjoy the ride!  Be sure to stop by all of the blogs to check out the cool cards we have for you today.

Our mission this week was to use color resist in some way and since I don't have the new Color Me Irresistible DSP,  I went with heat embossed color resist.



Since watercolor has been something I worked with this week, I combined it with the resist technique and I love the results!



Having the heat embossed image allowed me to freely add color with my Aqua Painter and ink.  I went right over the edges and added color outside the lines for a soft and pretty look.  There are several layers of color, especially on the flower petals.  I layered Soft Sky all over the card very lightly then went back in with deeper tones of Lost Lagoon and Night of Navy to bring the flower to life.  The stem was layered as well with Wild Wasabi since it coordinated so beautifully with the blues.



The toughest part of this card was the sentiment!  I wanted it to be soft and blend in, so I ended up adding a sentiment from Cottage Greetings.   It was heat embossed on a strip of watercolor paper then Lost Lagoon ink was added to make the words visible.  I love how beautiful this card turned out and hope you are feeling inspired!

Now it's time to head over and see what Debbie Henderson has for us today, I know it will be amazing!

Thanks for hopping with us today, we love inspiring you!  And speaking of inspiration, have you heard about the NEW Mini Session that will be starting tomorrow??  We are SO excited about this new format and hope you will  join us for only $8.95!  You can find all the details at Create with Connie and Mary.  Thanks for hopping by!  Happy Stamping!

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