Get Well Soon - The Spot Color Challenge #161 ~ Rick Adkins

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I made for this weeks creative challenge over at the spot using a fun inking and die cut inlaid technique. I used the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set and matching dies to create my card.

This is the second time I've started todays blog post. I made one card using what I thought was the right color combination. Only to find out once I sat down to write the blog post and got half way through and realized that I used a wrong color. So, last night at 10:30 pm I headed back out to the studio to create a card with the right color combination.

Color Challenge:

Before I get into the details about my card I want to share with you about this weeks creative challenge at the Spot. This week's challenge is a color challenge with a fun set of colors. This weeks color challenge showcases a 2021-2023 In Color (Fresh Freesia), 2020-2022 In Color (Magenta Madness) and a Core Color (Granny Apple Green). Here's a look at the challenge card that inspired the color combination for my card.

You can click on the challenge image to check out what the other design team members came up with or play along with us this week.

Instead of cutting all the die cuts in different color cardstocks. I cut them once from Basic White Cardstock and used my Gel Press and my inks to color the white cardstock die cut pieces. I used Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia, and Magenta Madness Inks to color with my Gel Press. I then placed the outline down onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Basic White with Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and added all the inlaid pieces like a puzzle. Some of the pieces like the inlaids of the leaves I colored twice to get a slightly darker color.

I then heat embossed my sentiment from the Blossoms In Blooms Stamp Set with the white embossing powder from the Basics Embossing Powders collection onto a piece of Fresh Freesia Cardstock I added Basic Pearls to the center off all the large flowers and colored a few bigger pearls with my Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blend before adding them to the smaller flowers.

Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have a wonderful week and that you will give this weeks creative challenge at the Spot a try. If you are not on my email list make sure you sign up today to get the latest updates on my classes and events. If you need any of the supplies that you have seen today you can pick them up in my online store by clicking on the item in the Stampin' Up! Shopping List below. When you are shopping make sure that you see my name and in the topper upper left hand side of your screen in the store. If not go to your account and make sure to pick me as the demonstrator you are shopping with.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins

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For my May Crafty Corner Monthly Card Club I am using the Party Puffins Stamp Set for this sweet class. If you are not a Crafty Corner Monthly Club Member no problem you can still take the class. I offer this class to both Club Members and Non-Club Members. You can find out all the details about the club/class by clicking here. The deadline for this class is May 20, 2021.