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Ironically, I struggle with the orange colour and almost made a rainbow card. 😂 My first thought was to go the obvious autumn theme route, but then decided to put a couple of never-before-used (NBUS) Hero Arts (HA) products to work and stretch out summer.
Warm & Cosy crisp dye inks from Altenew were used to stamp the scene with the HA Color Layering Sunset Over Waves stamp set on Bristol paper. A sun mask was die cut from masking paper next using a HA Circle Infinity die. Stamped the water layers first, adhered the sun mask and ink blended leftover orange ink from a blender brush for the sky. Removed the mask and stamped the clouds. For a bit of sparkle, applied clear shimmer to the sun and the sunlight reflection trail in the water.
The Tropical Foliage Window was die cut from black cardstock. The sentiment from Everyday Sentiment Strips was in my stash. It had been heat embossed on black cardstovk with white embossing powder, then die cut out with the Sentiment Strips fancy die. Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.
I want to thank Makira and the CO team for this GD opportunity. For inspirations from the team and/or to link up your entry, please click HERE. Hope to see you in the gallery. Thank you for stopping by.
Challenges:
NBUS #67 - new stamp & die
A fabulous card, great stamping of the sunset and I love the tropical die cut frame.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at Try it on Tuesday. Avril x
I love how you framed that sunset. The black makes it pop. Thanks for joining us at TIOT. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteYou stretched out summer beautifully, Trina! What a beautiful scene and I love how it pops with the black frame! Congratulations on another Guest Design spot!
ReplyDeleteWhat a marvelous card, Trina! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous card,.It makes me realize I need a warm weather holiday :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing card and as always your use of colour is phenomenal ! You created such a beautiful warm,tropical scene I nearly had to put my sun glasses on. Great to hasve yopu as part of the team at Colorful Options this month.
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A beautiful sunset scene. Thank you for linking your card with us at Try it on Tuesdays.
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Wow - what a stunning card, Trina! I love how it looks a little different from each angle and the black frame is perfect.
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Carol x
This is absolutely stunning! I love the tropical use of the color orange. I too tend to go autumn/halloween with orange. But, there are so many other options. Thank you for designing with us this month! Have a great week! Cheers, Makira
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful, Trina. Like how the sunset scene was created using the orange palette--such a clever way to design for the challenge. tfs
ReplyDeleteGorgeous use of orange for your sunset! Congrats on being Guest Designer!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely- a tropical sunset would be really welcome at the moment! Thanks for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning, Trina! I can't believe the glow you achieved! It looks like a painting! Congratulations on guest designing and thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. I can just picture being on that beach and watching that tropical sunset.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fabulous scene, Trina!!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a gorgeous sunset scene you've created!
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