by Joanne James3. March 2016 08:05
Today it's time for a new challenge over at Create With Connie and Mary and this week we have a colour combination for you:
I thought this colour combination was quite an unusual one and I did spend a lot of time working out what to do with it! Eventually there were two things that set me off on the path that led to today's card: one was the desire to use a piece of the coloured Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper and the other was this card by the lovely Connie Babbert! I loved the layout of Connie's card and knew when I saw it that it would be perfect for what I had in mind - here is the end result:
I decided to use Hello Honey for my card base and make a feature panel of the Color Me Irresistible paper - this paper is quite dramatic but the hint of pattern and combination with the other two challenge colours worked perfectly. A few layered Botanical Builder flowers and a happy birthday sentiment from the 'Tin of Cards' stamp set, finished with a black satin ribbon bow, finish my card. I just love the flower combinations that you can achieve with the Botanical Builder Framelit Dies - in addition by sponging the centres and edges and adding feathered lines using the tip of your Stampin' Write marker, as I did on the largest of the blooms on today's card, it's easy to create beautifully realistic and dimensional flowers.
Here is today's visual summary for easy reference:
Do visit the other Design Team members to see what they did with this week's colours; there's lots of inspiration over on their blogs too!
Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project; until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
- Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
- Botanical Builder Framelits Dies
- Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set
- Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper
- Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock
- Hello Honey A4 Cardstock
- Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad
- Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
- Cajun Craze A4 Cardstock
- Basic Black 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon
- Neutrals Candy Dots
- Project Life Corner Rounder