#GDP049 using Penned & Painted from Stampin’ Up!

I treated myself to a new stamp set from Stampin Up called Penned & Painted.  I like its two step stamping style and that the flowers were realistic.

This week at the Global Design Project we have a colour challenge using Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight.  My first thought was floral as I can use those three colours on flowers and leaves.

It is a one later card and originally I wanted to create some dimension but it really did not need it.  The colours popped enough and the inked smoky slate background really makes the flowers pop from the card.

I stamped the flowers, leaves and sentiment in Black Stazon and using an aquapainter I coloured the flowers with Flirty Flamingo Ink and the leaves with Pear Pizzazz.  I did not use the stamp to fill in the flowers.  I then added flirty flamingo with the stampin write markers to the centre of the flowers to create some depth and shading and then coloured the centres with a Daffodil Delight marker  I got a deeper hue by simply colouring the area several times.  I did over stamp the leaf with the stamp to accent the middle with Pear Pizzazz Ink.

Finally I used a sponge brayer and a sponge to add Smoky Slate Ink around the edge of the card and around the flowers avoiding the sentiment.

I did feel a little bit of a fraud as this card so was quick and simple to make but decided not to add anything else as I did not think it needed it.

I love these challenges so much as they really stretch me and I tend to create something I would have never come up with on my own.  Why don’t you give it a try and join us this week.  Simply pop on over to the Global Design Project to upload your project and be in with a chance of being crowned one of the weekly winners and also one outright winner will be a guest stamper on our next colour challenge!

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