Rainbow Striped Card
I love the new Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper! This rainbow striped card was created using one of the sheets included in this Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration freebie. I shared a card the other day using one of the other patterns with a rose gold floral pattern. This sheet has silver stripes. I coloured the negative spaces between the metallic stripes with Stampin’ Write markers, in ROYGBV rainbow order. (Chanting to myself each time I switched colours to make sure I didn’t mess up haha!). I also tried using Stampin’ Blends, but found I got better results with the water based Stampin’ Write markers – in part because I could remove any excess from the silver stripes more easily with a kleenex.
The card also showcases the new Scattered Sequins Dynamic Embossing Folder on the Pacific Point background cardstock, and a few Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins. The sentiment and image are from the Tabs for Everything stamp set, punched out with the coordinating Circle Tab Punch. These are available individually, or together in a discounted bundle. Create your own rainbow striped card with these colours:
I shared this photo earlier on the YamStamps Instagram feed (plus a video to show off the metallic stripes!). I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Pacific Point and Elegant Eggplant to colour my rainbow stripes. There’s a few options to get this combination of colours – you could purchase the Brights and Regals Stampin’ Write markers, or you could go all in and get the Many Marvelous Markers set. I coloured one or two stripes at a time, then ran a kleenex along the stripes (carefully, not to spread the colour!) to remove excess ink. It was a calming thing to do, and easy to multitask – so I watched some Olympic coverage while I did this. There are four sheets in each package, so I have more colouring I could do while watching the games so I could make a bunch more rainbow striped cards….well, depending on what sport is being shown. If it’s hockey, I wouldn’t dare try to multitask! (too busy yelling at the TV screen haha).
I created a number of cards with this technique – you can get 18 cards out of one sheet of cardstock (each strip is 4″ x 2″), so I’ll be mailing them out shortly! In the meantime, I’m off to watch the Women’s Hockey Gold Medal Game – or at least try to watch it….if I can stay awake! Go Canada Go!
