Distress Ink Color Pop: Lucky Clover!
Hello! It’s Color Pop Day! I really look forward to this every month! I’m kind of sad that this is the next to last one! The last color has been announced and it’s Candied Apple. That makes 12 new beautiful colors in 2015. It’s been great fun to anticipate the new colors. Today I am featuring the gorgeous Lucky Clover! The color for November. Oh my. It’s awesome! It’s a beautiful emerald, bright, clean green. I like this one a LOT! The swatch above shows you where this new green fits into the Distress Ink color family. I put another swatch at the end of the post to show the rest of the greens for you. I find this really helpful when I’m trying to decide on colors. This color said “Starbucks” green to me! Ha…I can find a coffee reference in just about anything! I paired Lucky Clover with some rich brown hues to make a coffee themed card.
How totally adorable are these Mini Coffee Dies?? They are called Fresh Brewed. There is a hot cup and a cold cup in the set. I used the cold cup to make a pair of drinks for the focal point of my card.
I used the Lucky Clover Ink to make a watercolor panel as an accent piece on the front of the card. This really pops the color! I added tiny green banners for just a little bit of Clover throughout. The sentiment strip is from the Occasions Small Talk stickers. I cut the sentiment in half and put half of it in the top corner, and the other half in the bottom corner. This is one of my favorite sayings and I love that it was part of the stickers pack!
My background layer is super fun! I made it using the Sizzix Texture Fades “On the Go” embossing folder! Coffee cups! I embossed it onto a piece of watercolor paper and then edged it with Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Ink. Ground Espresso was the natural choice right?!
One tip for getting your embossed images to stand out is to gently ink over them. After embossing, I took a sponge dauber and barely went over the coffee cups. This creates a depth and shadow for the embossed parts. I wanted it to look like coffee cup rings on my paper. To create this I put some Ground Espresso Ink onto my craft sheet and added water. Then I took a small juice glass, rolled it around in the ink, and put it on my paper. So fun! I used the new Tim Holtz Splatter Brush to add drops of ink also.
To make my cups, I die cut the shapes three times out of watercolor paper. Then I cut the different pieces apart with scissors. Then I added color to the pieces. The fun part was adding lots of Rock Candy Distress Glitter to the lid piece! When I assembled them, I used foam tape to pop up the center piece, and added a mirrored star.
I used some brown and white paper string to add a bow. I used the Deco Type Letters to spell out the word COFFEE on my card….and started putting the whole thing together.
Here is the other color swatch. This shows most of the greens in the Distress Ink product line. They are all beautiful! Tip of the day: CLICK HERE to get your downloadable color chart for all of your Distress Inks! All the new colors have been updated. Print it out on nice thick cardstock and stamp all your colors! I keep my chart on my desk at all times.
Okay, that’s it for today! Thank you for joining me for another episode of Tim Holtz Distress Ink Color Pop! Have a great day!
Awesome card! Love what you did with the coffee cup dies and embossing folders!
Oh love seeing all the details behind making this fabulous card!
I think this color was the best of the whole set! I wanted more greens so I was happy to see this one!
What a lovely shade of green. I love distress inks. Super cute card!
This looks like a lovely shade! Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing :)
BEAUTIFUL colour and FABULOUS card!!!
My favourite is Twisted Citron :)
Beautiful well designed card….love all TH colors.
I really enjoy seeing you create with the new distress colors each month. I hope Tim keeps adding more colors for 2016…is that possible? The embossing folder is in my shopping cart now. I like seeing all your details of your cards…keep doing that. Happy 2016 to you Wanda.
I like the color “Mowed Lawn”, but I think that my favorite is, still, “Broken Glass”.
Beautiful card–love all things coffee. Like all TH colors. Favorite is “Wilted Violet”.
I’m loving this bright and vibrant new hue from Ranger!:)
Happy New Year SSS! This new colour looks so yummy!:)
This new shade of green is really pretty!:)
Love this new shade of green!:)
Lucky clover really brightens up my day!:)
This is my new favorite color!:)
Another pretty color to add to my collection!:)
What a brilliant new color!:)
I love this beautiful and fun card!:))
I love how you created the coffee mug rings on your background. How fun!:)
What a gorgeous new color!
I like this color a lot too!:)
Thank you for including the color swatch. It is really helpful to compare this color with the other greens!:)
Oh gosh I don’t know but maybe this Lucky Clover. It is so hard to pick out one.
I agree, Lucky Clover is such a beautiful bright, clean emerald. I love it!:)
This colour is definitely going into my wishlist!:)
Adding the Rock Candy Distress Glitter is such a fun touch to your card!:)
I love this brilliant bright green hue so much!
What a fun vivid new color. I love your project, Wanda! Every little thing is so well thought out and so lovely to look at. There have been a lot of great new colors but Wilted Violet stands out for me.
What a fun card!:)
Your card really perks me up!:) Happy new year, Wanda!
I really love how you assembled and decorated the Starbucks cup. How fun!:)
I really look forward to your next creation with candied apple!:)
I love the layers and dimensions of your card.
I simply adore the embossed background. Would it be inappropriate if I described it as cute? I love all things miniature!:)
Your card showcased lots of fun techniques. I can’t wait to try them out.
This has to be the best color!:)
What a gorgeous new color!
AHHH! What a lovely shade of green!
I’m head over heels in love with this pretty new colour!:)))
Wow! What a gorgeous shade of green!:)
I’m in love with this pretty coffee card!
Love this coffee themed card, Wanda! Each TH color is better than the last!
Ok, this is just flippin awesome! I love EVERYTHING about this card! I always enjoy the color charts too for the side by side color comparisons. Thank you!
SQUEAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this Card!! Such a FUN Design Wanda!! =) Humm!! This is a HARD HARD HARD Question!! I have LOVED SO MANY of the New Colors and I have narrowed it down to my Top 4 FAVORITES (Cracked Pistachio, Abandoned Coral, Ground Espresso and Candied Apple) Can’t WAIT to see what is going to be COMING in the Year Ahead!! THANKS for the FUN and have a FABULOUS New Year’s Eve/Day/Week!! HUGS!! =)
Love the green!
Your card is awesome. Love the little coffee cups and that new color is so pretty. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
LOVE it super cute and gorgeous color!!
so clever how you did the coffee ring!!
favorite color from this year is a hard one…maybe cracked pistachio ?
This color is prettier than I thought.
Wow this is one yummy color! I love the card using this color!