Pam is our hostess in the Color Challenge this week, and she has asked us to make a card using Soft Suede, Old Olive and Gold. The dessert option is "Christmas Greenery."
This beautiful die from Cottage Cutz seemed like a perfect starting point. I cut the image three times, then cut the ribbon and the tree from the green cut, and the tree trunk and ground from the brown cut, and glued them onto the gold ornament.
I sponged Old Olive ink on a piece of DS paper from the new Petal Gardens paper stack, then adhered that to a white card base. The layer behind the ornament was created with alcohol inks and Yupo paper, and matted with Soft Suede. This layer was popped up on foam tape.
I thought it was challenging to make a card limited to these three colors, but was very happy with my results.
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
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Mon, Jul 10, 2017 @ 9:47 PM
I felt the same way about the 3 colors at first Barbara - but boy the gallery is full of beautiful cards already and this is one of them!! Love the tree in the middle of the beautiful ornament!!
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Tue, Jul 11, 2017 @ 5:57 AM
I, too found this a difficult color combo to work with in the beginning - probably because I naturally gravitate to jewel tones in most of my work - but your result is superior . . . . The mottled ink bg is wonderfully subtle and works to push that gorgeous ornament into the spotlight.
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Tue, Jul 11, 2017 @ 10:30 AM
Love the intricate gold ornament!! Would love one like this in real life for my tree You can never have to many Christmas ornaments I think, but my husband would totally disagree if you could see our garage
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