This is my card for CC589. Barbara is our hostess and she chose rose red, elegant eggplant and island indigo for her color trio. Dessert is to use ribbon.
This week we are also saying goodbye to Peggy and so we decided to dedicate the challenge to her this week. You can read more about it here. I went with a beach themed card because Peggy loves the beach. Well who wouldn't- living in Florida (lol)!!
I am using some new dies from Reverse Confetti and also their June sketch #37. Love the octopus as well as the little crab stamps and dies.
My background dsp is from the Stampin-Up "festival of prints" collection. I thought the stripes gave it some nautical appeal. The colors in the paper are island indigo and early espresso. Espresso is a deep rich brown shade but sometimes it wants to photo darker and look black. I am using it as one of my neutrals this week along with very vanilla.
Stamped my octopus and crab in rose red and the whale in island indigo. To get the eggplant shade on the card and dessert, I used elegant eggplant ribbon and candy dots. The side flags are cut from early espresso cardstock.
The sentiment is from the Reverse Confetti "seaside" set. I stamped in elegant eggplant ink. I chose this sentiment because Peggy has done a fantastic job for the past 7 years for our team. Goodbye and God bless my sweet friend!!!
Hope you can play along with us this week. Check out the other DT samples for more inspiration.
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 @ 7:44 PM
Aww, what a sweet card, Mary. That sentiment is just perfect with your die cuts. You've used Barbara's beautiful colors perfectly with this card. Many thanks, Mary, for extending an invitation to join the CC team. It's been great fun.
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Registered: October 30, 2007 Location: Posts: 26718
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 @ 7:54 PM
You made these colors work well for an ocean themed card, Mary!! Love the pp and your 3 little flags along with the cute sea creatures - and tricky way to get that ribbon in!
Registered: November 7, 2004 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 15142
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 @ 7:57 PM
Your card is perfection! The diagonal background to showcase my beach friends, lol! It has been a pleasure working with you over the years. We still need to have that Color Challenge team get together!! Big Hugs!
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Registered: September 24, 2007 Location: WA Posts: 13885
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 @ 8:25 PM
What a wonderful card, Mary, and a fitting tribute to our sweet Peggy! I love how carefully you managed to get in all the colors, dessert, and a perfect sentiment for her, as well. Such a fun and cute card!
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Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Mon, Jun 27, 2016 @ 8:30 PM
This is so creative, Mary with those cute ocean creatures and the fun sentiment in tribute to Peggy! Love the dp in the background and the banners too.
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