Well what an exciting day yesterday was with the start of the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. I hope you have had time to look over it and maybe even made up your Wish List. I hope you have a BIG piece of paper for that. Perhaps a notebook would be better. 😉
For today I thought we would chat about the new Incolors. Let’s meet them.
I must say, they are quite bright Incolors this year. I don’t often work with a lot of bright colours and I wasn’t too sure of them. They are growing on me though and I think if you aren’t too sure then just use them in small doses on a card and maybe not try and use all of them together. (That’s my solution anyway. 😉 )
I made up a set of cards using these colours.
It’s hard to see them all when there are so many. I have each one below. I used the Love What You Do stamp set and the new Stitched Labels Framelits. Love! Love! Love! these. If you love the Stitched Shapes Framelits you will love these.
It’s good to see a Colour Comparison to see how the Incolors compare to other colours. Each year I do a Punch chart to show them and have it in my studio. Every one who comes to classes likes to see the differences in the colours we use. I know I could probably do a fancy, schmancy computer generated one but where is the fun in that – and I don’t have time!! I know it’s not the most professional or quality presentation but we are about punching cardstock and sticking them on paper. 😉
Here are the comparisons. What do you think of the colours? What is your favourite Incolor this year?
Let’s talk about each of the colours.
Grapefruit Grove
I have to say this is fast becoming a favourite colour. I have used it quite a bit already. It’s a nice soft peach colour, a little lighter than Calypso Coral which I have used a lot of. It does work well with a lot of current colours.
HOW TO ON THE CARDS: Each card layout is the same so I will just give the details here. The “stitched” effect was cut on a piece of the coloured card and then cut with an Oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits. You might notice along the bottom edge of the white on each of the cards is a different “stitched” effect either straight “stitches” or xxx “stitches”. It is hard to see. I had a couple of attempts to cut these and found that I would get an ‘edge line’ from the Framelit which annoyed me. I ended up using the foam mat as the top plate on the Big Shot and found that reduced the line. I was happy with that.
The flower was stamped in the ink colour and then lightly washed over with the Aquapainter. It was then hand cut with scissors.
Call Me Clover
A bright green colour which might work great at Christmas time. It is much lighter than a few of the current greens.
Blueberry Bushel
I am liking this shade of blue. It’s not such a dark shade like the Night of Navy but not so “bright” which is a good addition to the blues. I think it will work well for Masculine cards.
Pineapple Punch
I have had a number of people say to me how they love this colour. Actually it was chosen as one of their favourite colours of all the colours. It wasn’t just one person either. So obviously it is a great addition. A bit more “truer” yellow perhaps. Warning: wear your sunglasses while looking at it. 😉
Lovely Lipstick
A bit darker pink to Melon Mambo. A number of people have said they really like this colour too. I think this is a little lighter than Berry Burst if you are comparing them too. It’s a nice pink.
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So there are all your 2018-2020 Incolors. I am sure you will see a lot of these colours over the next 2 years. I hope you get to play with these colours too.
Have a great weekend,
Jenny
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