Polished Stone Color Challenge

 Today's card is for a color challenge. The challenge can be found here. The colors we were to use on the card were, old olive, night of navy and wild wheat. A second part of the challenge was to make it a Christmas card if you'd like. You know, Christmas in July kind of theme.

I wanted to make a polished stone card background so I followed the tutorial found here.  

I stamped and die cut the sweater then colored it with Copic Markers and my Stampin' Write Marker in Wild Wheat.

I added Wink of Stella to the white areas of the image. The sweater was added with dimensionals. I added the image to the layered olive and navy paper and put it on tilted instead of straight. The ribbon was added then the polished stone piece was added to a navy card base

Keywords: CC1060

Stamps: Sweater Weather-Colorado Craft Company

Paper: white, glossy, night of navy, olive dsp

Paper Size: A2

Ink: night of navy, memento tuxedo black, silver

Accessories: rubbing alcohol, navy and olive reinkers, cotton balls, Stampin' Up Night of Navy ribbon, glue dots, dimensionals, Sweater Weather die, Sidekick, SU Wild Wheat Stampin' Write Marker, Copic Markers, clear Wink of Stella

Techniques: polished stone, coloring

Have you ever done the polished stone technique? It's a very easy technique. It's one I learned years ago and have always been amazed at how the ink and alcohol work together to make such cool backgrounds.

Simply take a cotton ball and add some rubbing alcohol then a few drops of reinker. You can use one, two or even three colors. Some people even add a metallic ink color as well. Then you just pounce up and down on your glossy cardstock until your colors are how you want them. You can use a clothes pin or something to hold the cotton ball so you don't get ink on your hands. 

Because you are using alcohol, it dries very quickly and you can use it right away. It's fun to come up with color combinations that match your designer series paper if you are using any.  If you're not sure what colors to use, look at some of the designer series papers you have to see what they have combined. Then look for those ink refill colors in your stash.

I have seen people color an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of glossy cardstock then cut it into separate card sizes. Keep in mind too, you don't have to make 4" x 5 1/4" panels. You could cut strips for your background, you could use dies and make shapes or words and use those in combination with images for your card.

I enjoy making 4" x 5 1/4" panels in different colors. I might have 4 or 5 different cards all with different color combinations.  Sometimes when I'm doing a technique like this, I think of color combinations I'd like to try, so while I have all of the supplies out, I try out the ideas I have.

This is a fun technique which can be used in many different ways. I hope you give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue