Oct 22, 2017 | Uncategorized |
#GDP109 is a color challenge this week using Basic Black, Old Olive, and Gold. Let me start by saying I really am not a yellow gold person. Silver – all day long. Not so much with gold.
What better to create with these colors than a Christmas card? I’d first made this card in Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler, and silver thread and then again using the #GDP109 colors. I used the Carols of Christmas bundle, Old Olive and Basic Black cardstock, the fabulous Merry Little Christmas DSP, gold thread, Stitched Shape die set, and the Sheet Music stamp. Ink was Basic Grey (for the Sheet Music background), and Basic Black for the sentiment. After I put the gold thread behind the sentiment I realized it is so fine that it almost can be overlooked and therefore, the card needed more gold. Enter my Wink of Stella pen, which I used as an accent on the trees at the bottom of the card and ditch surrounding the sentiment from the Stitched Shape square.
I love this stamp set, the whole bundle, the Sheet Music background stamp, and the DSP. Who would have thought that Black and Old Olive would have made this alternative colors for Christmas person so happy!
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Cherry Cobbler one as well:
Here’s the #GDP109 challenge link:
Have a Peachy day!
Sue
Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Fab Friday’s color challenge this week was to use Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, and Lemon Lime Twist. Not the first 3 colors I would put together but that’s what makes it a challenge, right? Melon Mambo and Lemon Lime Twist – that works. Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime Twist – that works as well. Put the three together, and I decided I also needed to include Basic Black to tone things down a little and to make the die cuts pop on the Flirty Flamingo DSP.
I love this In Color DSP! I am still working on some retired colors of this style and, for some strange and unknown reason, I ordered 2 stacks of the 2016-2018 In Color stack. I need to start really using more of this paper!
I also used the Sunshine Wishes thinlit set. I was sitting staring at the Melon Mambo base, the layer of Basic Black, the Flirty Flamingo DSP and a piece of the Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. Literally just staring at it, and then it hit me to use this die set. That’s when I decided I also needed to layer the Lemon Lime Twist on the black for the flower, sentiment, and butterfly (yes, I looked up sample cards on Pinterest to make sure I wasn’t the only one who saw a butterfly). All three elements are popped up with mini-dimensionals that I cut in half. (Hint: use the SU paper piercing tool to pick up and place down all those cut up minis. Believe me, it’s easier!)
I added the Flirty Flamingo ribbon, layered all my pieces together and then I sat and stared at the card I created. I was very happy that the picture I had in my head actually came out better than I thought, at least to me. This was one of those cards that, when finished, I thought “Blast! I did that!”
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Fab Friday color challenge:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 27, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This week’s challenge was a clean and simple horizontal 3 panel card. I kept the colors to Basic Black, Whisper White, and Flirty Flamingo. The combination of these colors really has a retro feel, as does the layout of the card.
Here’s my #PP354 card:
The Basic Black pattern is from the Pick-a-Pattern DSP. I just love this paper! Look at these fun patterns and colors:
I mounted two strips of the DSP on a Whisper White mat, which gave me the 3 panels. I added the sentiment from All Things Thanks, and mounted that on a Flirty Flamingo base. It needed something else to balance it, so I used 3 enamel shapes in Flirty Flamingo. The card is balanced, and the colors are as well. Win – win.
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy Day!
