Red and Green Ginkgo

Hi all.  There is a colour based challenge which I haven't entered lately called Color Hues, and this time the colours are red and green so I decided to base my card around this, and I ended up using my Globleland Ginkgo set of stamps, dies and stencil, and also a couple of different sets of stamps from fairly recent magazines..Creative Stamping No. 133 Typography and Indigoblu Mixed Media No. 8 using also one of the stencils.

I started by stamping the Ginkgo leaves onto a snippet of white card using Lucky Clover Distress Ink and using my stamp positioner.  I then decided the colour would be better a bit darker so used Forest Moss DI over the top and then with the stencil placed over it I added Lucky Clover DI blend through it for the leaves themselves.    I die cut them and I must admit I didn't quite get the die in the right place so tidied it up with my decoupage scissors.  I found another snippet of white card which I thought would fit nicely onto a 5" x 7" card and using a piece of copy paper I made a stencil using two of the ginkgo leaf shapes from the dies and I ink blended through it onto the card using Candied Apple DI but I wasn't happy with it so I sprayed over it with some water and wiped it which left just a very faint outline and I changed tack and decided to use a splatter stencil which came with the Indigoblu magazine, and also changed the colour to Adirondack Cranberry Ink.  I then found a slightly darker Color Box ink called Roussillon from a set bought eons ago and used a stamp from the Indigoblu set with numbers..well I managed to add two sets of the numbers which luckily was all I wanted but the stamp sponge just disintegrated and when I looked at the rest of the stack they were all much the same so in the bin they went.  Back to the Cranberry Ink and I added another couple of stamps from the Typography set..the definition of a flower, and another small type script which I decided to use over the top of a couple of the copy paper leaf cut outs and I added them onto the background.  

Putting the card together I thought a piece of vellum would be good sandwiched between the background and the leaves and I also die cut a rectangle from another snippet of white card to mount the background and topper onto using a Crealies Pierced Rectangle die.   I finished with another white snippet for the sentiment strip stamped using the Cranberry Ink and heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder. 

Thank you for dropping by and I'll see you again soon. 

I am also entering the following challenges:

We Love Stamping Challenge - July '24 Sun, Sea and Sand/Anything Goes.
Stamping Sensations Challenge - July'24 Anything Goes/Christmas in July.
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add A Sentiment.

Allsorts Challenge - No. 791/2 Season's Delights.

Try it on Tuesday Challenge - In the Garden. 

Snippets Playground Challenge - No. 485 Where we use our snippets of card and paper etc.

NBUS Challenge - No. 64 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff (the stencil and background stamps have not been used before).

I'm also playing along with Darnells I.D.E.A.S., a challenge she has set herself but invites anyone to join in.  This is Week 4: 'A' = Anything Goes.