Ranger's June Colour Challenge!

Hi everybody!

For the third time this year, Ranger Ink has posted a colour challenge.  I've been entering all along, but from here on out, I'll blog them as I go.  June's Seasonal Colour Palette challenge involves creating a project that uses certain shades of Ranger products to convey the idea of summer:

Looking at those great blues, and deep reds, I immediately thought of an Americana theme.  Once I hit my studio and got to work, I had so much fun, that I created two tags!

For the first, I thought about summer nights, and fireworks displays:

Materials used:

 - Ranger Inkssentials Black Craft Tags

 - Ranger Distress Ink: Aged Mahogany, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone, Stormy Sky

 - Ranger Distress Marker: Stormy Sky

 - Ranger Alcohol Inks: Cranberry, Denim, Slate

 - Core'dinations Tim Holtz Distress Collection: Aged Mahogany, Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone

 - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fades: Americana Background & Borders

 - DMC Embroidery Floss: S762 Silver Cloud

 - Canned air, white glossy cardstock, foam dots, double-stick tape from my stash

Looking at the list of suggested products, I noticed alcohol inks on the list.  I will admit that while I have several bottles of alcohol inks, I don't use them very often.  So I pulled them out, and set about making my fireworks.  I started with an ATC-sized piece of glossy cardstock, and as I dripped each colour onto the paper, I hit it with a blast of canned air.  Instant firework splatters!  Once I was happy with my fireworks, I set them aside to dry for a little while, and then rubbed Distress ink in the lighter blue over the top of them.  The alcohol inks resist the Distress, so I was able to darken my white "sky" without losing the colours of my fireworks.

I added some embossed and sanded and inked and sanded pieces, and some frayed embroidery floss tied at the top, and I have my fireworks!

Some more views:

Then I got to work on my second tag:

Materials used:

 - Ranger Inkssentials Manila Craft Tags

 - Ranger Distress Ink: Aged Mahogany, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky

 - Ranger Distress Stain: Aged Mahogany

 - Ranger Archival Ink: Cobalt, Vermillion

 - idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon

 - Core'dinations Tim Holtz Distress Collection: Pumice Stone

 - Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fades: Americana Background & Borders

 - Stamps by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous: CMS145

 - Double-stick tape, foam dots from my stash

Here I just went for a classic Americana feel.  From Memorial Day, to Independence Day, to Labour Day, holidays are how we mark time in the summer.  

More views:

That's it for now!  Look for my June tag in the next couple of days!  :-)

BAC