The biweekly color challenge is up on the Blog at Color My Heart Color Dare. This is Challenge #581 and runs through Thursday evening, January 11, 2024. I love these colors together, choosing Rosy, Peach, and Lagoon plus a bit of silver metallic. You may substitute colors that are a close match so I selected Melon Mambo, Blu-raspberry, and Petal Pink as substitutes for the original colors.
First, the front of the bright pink card base was embossed for texture. The silver die-cut band was added along with two hand-cut strips of blue-green paper. In addition, the poinsettias and leaves were die-cut. A circle was die-cut from vellum. The poinsettias were inked with a touch of bright pink ink.
It seems there is almost always a lesson to be learned when crafting even if you're not a beginner. The sentiment, "Rejoice", was stamped three times on the vellum circle with Versamark ink and silver embossing powder. As I assembled the elements, I realized that the small sentiments on the vellum did not show up well against the bright card base, so I die-cut a smaller circle from peachy cardstock and colored it with a bit of ink. I inserted it behind the vellum so the sentiments were more visible. I also added five silver pearls. The inside of the card was lined with a panel of white cardstock and stamped with a silver embossed sentiment. A poinsettia was added for decoration.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to join us at the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge Blog to read the guidelines. Our challenges are biweekly in duration and begin every Friday morning so there is always an active challenge in the works.
Happy New Year!
Melanie
Materials
Stamps: Honey Bee "Heart Be Light" (sentiments on front and inside)
Inks: Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo; Versamark
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink; Cardstock Warehouse Blu-raspberry
Paper: Stampin' Up! Vellum; Scrapbook.com "Holographic"
Dies: Kokorosa "Three Poinsettias", Spellbinders "Winter Borders", Hero Arts Infinity (circles)
EF: KWellam Christmas Snowfall
EP: Wow! Metallic Silver Super Fine Powder
Misc.: Pink Fresh "Matte Silver Pearls"
So pretty with the embossed background. We can always learn new things - that’s what keeps it interesting!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Mel... love everything about it, the flowers so pretty, the vellum you used to not hide the beautiful embossed background, the border dies and colors. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYour card looks like a beautiful gift. I love everything about it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a striking combination! I stared at this card for a while taking it all in.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card! I love the leaves in 'lagoon' and the bold BG makes everything else pop!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!! Love the flowers and how you used the velum for the sentiment.
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