Color Combos

 Do you ever get bogged down using the same colors over and over? I love blues and greens, so I tend to turn that direction. To get myself out of that rut, I have started looking for different color combos to try out. A challenge called Color Fusers has helped me with this. So today I’m going to show some different color combos and demonstrate using one.

 Here's a list of some of the color combos that I have gathered...most of them from the Color Fusers  Challenge.

BERRY BURST   LOST LAGOON   BLACKBERRY BLISS

AZURE AFTERNOON   DAFFODIL DELIGHT   PUMPKIN PIE

 PETUNIA POP   SUMMER SPLASH   PEACH PIE

BUBBLE BATH   COASTAL CABANA   SOFT SEA FOAM

POOL PARTY   ORCHID OASIS   FRESH FRESIA

GARDEN GREEN   REAL RED   CHERRY COBBLER

BUBBLE BATH   PRETTY PEACOCK   POOL PARTY

PUMPKIN PIE   POPPY PARADE   SHADED SPRUCE

My YouTube video features the cards below made using some of these combos. The Easter Greetings butterfly card is demonstrated on the video

 

This first card uses Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, and Blackberry Bliss. I used ink and blender brushes and Sketched Butterflies cut from Basic White. The Basic White cardbase is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4". The Berry Burst mat is 4" x 5 1/4" and the Basic White cardfront is 5" x 3 3/4". I heat embossed the sentiment from Storybook Friends in black. There are 3 Basic Rhinestone gems to finish the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This second card uses the combo  Azure Afternoon, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. The cardbase is a Z-fold in Azure Afternoon. See this older video demonstrating how to do the Z fold. I used the Terrific Toadstools bundle to create the focal image and added clouds from Under the Moon stamped in Basic Beige. The birds are from Scenic Pumpkins. The DSP is from To Market and the ribbon is Daffodil
Delight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The next card features Petunia Pop, Summer Splash and Peach Pie...all current In Colors. I used the smallest Stylish Shapes square die to cut the cardstock pieces. The stems and leaves use Autumn Leaves dies and Summer Splash cardstock. The sentiment is stamped on white, bannered and matted on Summer Splash cardstock.

 

 

 

 

The last sample I did features Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Pretty Peacock. I used the new Mixed Florals stampset and a background stamp from Spotlight on Nature. The black mat and the Basic White cardfront are cut with 2 of the Deckled Triangles.

 

I hope that you will give some different color combos a try. I'd love to know what combos that you have used. You can put that in the comments below! Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Thursday Mystery Card for Feb. 16, 2023

 I hope you were able to watch the video either on my Facebook Page or on You Tube. It is so fun to make this card clue by clue so go give it a try!!

Here is Clue #1 - the supplies that you will need to gather in order to make this card.

Clue #1

1. Card stock that coordinates with your DSP choice - 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" and 3-1/4” x 8-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4”.

2. DSP pattern #1 - 3” x 4” (more of the focal design - pattern will go portrait).

3. DSP coordinating pattern #2 - 1” x 4” (2 pieces- pattern also goes portrait).

4. Basic White or Very Vanilla cardstock - 3” x 4”.

5. Basic White (or vanilla) cardstock to die cut or punch image for focal image (approximately 2-1/2-3”)

6. Coordinating colored cardstock to go behind image from #5 if desired.

7. Basic White (or vanilla) cardstock strip to fit sentiment.

8. Stamps - focal image and sentiment.

9. Coordinating inks, ribbon and embellishments

As you follow the clues, you will begin to see this card come together rather quickly even though there are 13 clues.

So I hope that you have given the Mystery Card a try.

Now for the 'reveal'!

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The first card I made using this template was using Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper and dies from Cottage Rose. As you can see, I added one of the flower dies to the inside as well.The card base is Early Espresso and the ribbon is Gold Shimmer from the Annual Catalog. The dots are Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots, also from the Annual Catalog. The sentiment is from the Cottage Rose stamp set.

For the next card I made, I decided to go a little more whimsical, using the Playing in the Rain bundle and Rain or Shine Designer Series Paper. I die cut the fox from the DSP and mounted him on a Stylish Shapes circle in Old Olive. The two papers are from the Rain or Shine pack, mounted on a Flirty Flamingo cardstock card base. The ribbon is White Glittered Organdy from the Annual Catalog and the gems are the Rhinestone Basic Jewels also from the AC. The sentiment and the inside stamps are from the Playing in the Rain stamp set.

The last sample I made is using one of my Annual Catalog favorites - Hues of Happiness. For this card, I only used the Designer Series Paper and Hope and Prayer stamp set also from the AC. 

I keep a stash of flowers diecut from the DSP, ready to use on a card. So I grabbed a few of the flowers that would coordinate with the paper I used on the front, adhered them with dimensionals and also some with just glue. I added the sentiment with dimensionals, tied the Fresh Fresia ribbon into a bow to glue dot above the sentiment and finished off the card with 3 Pastel Pearls. 

I hope you have given this Mystery Card template a try and love it as much as I do!! You can comment or e-mail me from within my profile if you have any questions.