Hello - Color Challenge

It's time for another biweekly challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare. This is Challenge #583, running through Thursday evening, January 25, 2024. The color board is shown below and features a Fancy Five color array. At least three of these colors must be used.

I was on the horns of a dilemma because I had placed an order for some of these colors and to replenish others but my order was delayed at the FedEx Hub in Kansas. What to do since I did not have "at least three" of the required colors? As my deadline approached I finally went to my scraps and selected papers that I believed were a close match to the color board and quickly constructed the challenge card. My colors may not be a precise match to Mulberry, Periwinkle, and Mink, but they're as close as I could get them using my existing stash.

I thought about keeping this card 'Clean and Simple' but as I discovered a few patterned paper scraps, I just had to use them. The white cardstock panel was embossed for texture. A few strips of paper were adhered to a scrap of cardstock then trimmed to size and adhered to the white embossed panel as if to underline the greeting. I wanted to add dimension to this decorative unit keeping it at less than 1 mm. By backing it with another scrap of cardstock I was able to keep within that measurement.

The greeting was die-cut from black pearlescent cardstock and added to a coordinating die-cut shadow of patterned paper. This was popped up using 1 mm foam tape. Five pink-ish gem stickers were added for interest. The card front on the black mat was adhered to a "Mulberry-ish" colored card base and lined with a white cardstock panel. The inside of the card was decorated with a few banners from the same scraps as used on the card front.

Visit the CD 583 Blog to see the Design Team's cards. We hope they inspire you. Color Dare Challenges begin each Friday and run for two weeks so we always have an open challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog. 

Melanie

Materials

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Basic White plus scraps; off-brand of Pearlescent (black)

Patterned Paper: Scraps from various collections

Die: Pink & Main "Hello" w/shadow

EF: Spellbinders "Loops"

Misc.: Honey Bee gem stickers & CTMH thin foam tape