Stampin' Up! Basic Gray

 

Welcome to a Week 9 of the Colour Creations Showcase blog hop. This week we continue our journey through the remaining Stampin' Up! core colours, working in alphabetical order, with this week's feature colour being Basic Gray. Basic Gray is as the name suggests a strong gray colour and a member of the Neutrals Group of colours. 

This week the bundle chosen to feature is actually one that I purchased sometime ago but until this week was yet to be inked up. It is the Online Exclusive, Fluffiest Friends, and is super cute. I have always been a fan of oink and gray together so the colours for this week are Basic Gray, Pretty In Pink and Basic White, with a few splashes of Granny Apple Green and Pecan Pie.

 The super cute cat has been stamped in Black Memento ink and then coloured using Smoky Slate Stampin Blends as there are no Basic Gray Stampin Blends, along with use of the colour lifter. For the cute nose and the flower, Pretty In Pink blends have been used. This has then been die cut with the corresponding die from the Fluffiest Friends dies and popped up with dimensionals onto a piece of Basic White card that has been die cut using a Deckled Circles die. This white circle has been stamped using the floral stamp from the Fluffiest Friends stamp set and coloured using Stampin Blends. This was then mounted onto a piece of Pretty In Pink card also die cut using Deckled Circles. 

Rather than stamping a sentiment this week I have chosen to use the Wanted To Say dies, cutting the letters in Basic White and mounting on an outline using Basic Gray card. I did try reversing this order but it didn't seem to "pop" as much as this option.

 The flowers have been die cut using the flowers from the Around The Bend dies and a "reverse" side of one of the papers from Lily Pond Lane. Designer Adhesive Backed Dappled Dots in Pretty In Pink have been added to the flower centres. 

Once again this week I have chosen to use a piece of the 6 X 6  Designer Series Paper as the base, but this time the feature colour is Basic Gray. This has then been mounted onto a piece of Basic Gray card and then onto a thick White card. 

 To add interest to the card inside, more of the flowers have been stamped and coloured like on the front. This time some grass has been added using a die from Fluffiest Friends and Granny Apple Green card. 

Next in tonight's blog hop is the talented Sharon Davern. I look forward to seeing her lovely creation this week.

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As always enjoy your week.

Theresa