Color Fusers Blog Hop – February 2022

Hello and welcome to the February Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we are using a color combination of Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, and Calypso Coral. I LOVE anything blue, so this combo is right up my alley. In fact, the combination immediately made me think of the ocean, because Calypso Coral is a perfect accent color for shells, coral and fish.

For my project, I selected the Awesome Otters Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set. You can earn this set for free with a $50 qualifying purchase through the end of this month. We’re already half way through Sale-A-Bration, so I figured I needed to get some good use out of this sweet set.

I created my own “ocean” design in the background with Misty Moonlight and Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers and an alcohol ink technique on Vellum. If you’ve never tried this technique, it’s super fun and yields different results every time. Use the brush end of the markers to scribble on Vellum Paper. Then, use a paint brush and some 91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol to move the ink around and create abstract shapes. After my Vellum dried, I layered it over a Basic White card base to make the colors really pop.

I stamped the otters with Memento ink and colored them with every shade of neutral brown and gray Stampin’ Blend Marker available. To make the otters’ fur look more realistic, I colored with small, thin lines, so when the ink blended it appears like thick fur.

I also used blends to create my “kelp.” I took a little artistic license here and made Calypso Coral kelp (versus brown) to go with the color challenge. They are cut, along with the Vellum, with the new Sea Dies.

In the background, I used the Picture This Dies to cut all the rectangles in one shot. I love that die set! Then, I dry embossed the entire layer with the Bark 3D Embossing Folder so it appears like waves. Nature is fun … bark can look like waves. Don’t you just love that?

Be sure to continue on through the rest of the Color Fusers Blog Hop by clicking the navigation buttons below. We have some exciting new team members that are sure to inspire you with this month’s color combination! Next up is my Artisan friend Brenda Nelson!

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Color Fusers Blog Hop Designers:

1. Melissa Kerman
2. Tami Hewlett — You Are Here
3. Brenda Nelson
4. Bonnie O’Neill
5. Melanie Hockin
6. Sue Vine
7. Janneke Dijkstra de Jong
8. Julie Kettlewell

Have a wonderful and create day!

Use Host Code 9ZEM4RAE for purchases at my online store to qualify to receive free exclusive project tutorials. This month’s PDF includes 12 fantastic tutorials designed by my demonstrator friends and I to inspire your creativity! The projects feature products from the 2024 Annual Catalog, Online Exclusives, and new January-April Mini and Sale-A-Bration Catalogs. Enjoy!

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