This is for Color Challenge 395 - Perfect Plum, Summer Starfruit and Tangerine Tango. I subbed in Crushed Curry for the yellow since that's what I had and I definitely ordered dessert because in my opinion there is no color combo that Pool Party won't make even better! Besides my neutral browns, I did use Island Indigo for the sentiment. Just could not help myself, it was the best color for the job! My main flower center and the sentiment are both embossed, hard to see in this somewhat unfocused picture. I find any color challenge that includes a bright orange really hard, but I managed to embrace it (my Tangerine Tango spot was happy to get used for the first time) and ended up with certainly the most brightly colored card I've made to date. Thanks for looking!
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012 GMT Views: 2710
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Registered: December 24, 2010 Location: Mendham, NJ Posts: 6085
Thu, Oct 04, 2012 @ 4:24 PM
Fabulous card! The colors look great together with those pretty flowers. I too struggle with bright orange, I think I've only used it once or twice. But your card looks fantastic!
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40390
Thu, Oct 04, 2012 @ 8:53 PM
Very pretty card, I agree with you on the colour Pool Party!! I have just had a look through your gallery, you do lovely work, look forward to seeing your future cards!!
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Thu, Oct 04, 2012 @ 11:48 PM
I was just reading the thread you started about sets you "hate" . You may have struggled with those flowers, but they make a lovely loose frame for the sentiment panel. I hope that now you've broken the block that you'll find more creative ideas to come up with for this set.
Registered: April 21, 2012 Location: North Texas Posts: 1055
Fri, Oct 05, 2012 @ 5:34 AM
You certainly nailed this challenge beautifully!! I agree about Pool Party - it's a welcome guest to pretty much any color party. Love the texture on your card!
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