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Ok after flipping through the catty at least a dozen times I am loving the ideas, but a lot of brown and various shades of brown/rust/mustard --
I am loving brown shades with that new cranberry -- that rebecca paper for one -- but I am not usually a "brown" person, KWIM -- I usually use other colors, any ones but that color when stamping or scrapbooking and I don't even buy brown shoes or decorate with any brown, actually cringe when they use a lot in decorating shows.
Are you a BROWN person or a NOT A BROWN person?? Just for fun --
In stamping?
In scrapbooking?
In your personal life (clothing, home decor)
I like brown just as I like all colors--it works sometimes and other times not. It doesn't look good on me usually, so I don't wear it or decorate with it, but I do like chocolate brown with pastels (sorry, Sara!), red, and in outdoors-y type layouts or cards.
I like brown just as I like all colors--it works sometimes and other times not. It doesn't look good on me usually, so I don't wear it or decorate with it, but I do like chocolate brown with pastels (sorry, Sara!), red, and in outdoors-y type layouts or cards.
Hey! There's something for everyone, right? LOL Just 'cause I don't like it, doesn't mean everyone else has to!!
There are lots of other things in the catty that I like!
If lovin' brown is wrong, I don't wanna be right! (LOL) Besides....it's the same color as chocolate! It's can't be all that bad! :mrgreen:
LOL!!!!! Yes, I agree anything associated with chocolate can't be that bad!!! I will admit yes that I have a few stamps of chocolate that I need to use brown with, yes!! Now where is that chocolate......
I am not a brown person at all ... I find it a depressing colour, it doesnt appeal to me. I did use brown in a few masculine cards I've made lately, and its okay for that ... but then again I also have a huge dislike for the colour green, no matter what shade. I think that grass and trees look wonderful in green (how silly would they look if they were purple or blue), but that's about it. Oh yes, frogs can be green too! I even asked a girl at work yesterday to look at the SU! colours (she is a green lover) and tell me which shades of green SHE thinks were the nicest, so I can choose a shade of green to buy in cardstock to do some Christmas cards. I try to sell a few cards at work every year and some people do like green!!!
LOVE brown.....for everything. I wear browns and tans all the time and I love the rich look of brown with just about ANY color. (In the winter, I even dye my blond hair caramel brown.)
I LOVE brown for crafting (brown and banana; brown and pink; brown and pale green; brown and more brown)... and occasionally for clothes. Not in my home though - that's all greens and dark reds.
LOVE LOVE LOVE chocolate! Especially chocolate that comes in brown wrappers (ie, not Cadbury's!)
I love, love, love browns. I craft with brown a lot (chocolate chip and close to cocoa with just about any color), I wear browns, and decorate with browns! I can't get enough of them!
Love brown. Our bedroom is brown (looks like coffee with cream). I accent with a blue (close to bordering blue, just a tad bit more blue). I love brown with the pinks, blues, soft greens, yellows. As a matter of fact, my daughter is getting married in September and Chocolate Brown is her color with a dab of red.
I LOVE BROWN!!!!! I use brown to decorate with. I think its such a rich color that it makes your house so warm and cozy! I am about to paint my living room a chocolate color and my kitchen is about to become taupe. I can't wait!!
LOVE it!!! Just got some new scrap paper- brown and pink mix, and brown and turquoise(I think) It is great!! LOVE LOVE LOVE brown with everything.....It's the new black!
I'm a convert to the new pink and brown (Regal Rose and Close to Cocoa) but not the orange and brown... yet! I have ventured into the turquoise and brown now but I don't have just the right stamp set for it. Guess I'll have to look through the catty again : )
I do use a lot of brown touches in my home--it is earthy and warm--baskets, natural wood, rust and maize and plum colors on the wall so brown is a natural complement to them. And I wear a lot of brown as I think it looks good with my dark brown eyes.
DITTO on the chocolate!!!! I'm staying at my mom's right now and there is not a lick of chocolate in the house... I'm dying here!!!! She's a health nut but Im ready to go sneak to the convenience store on the corner and buy myself a Frappucino and a Milky Way : )
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I use brown for my autumn cards and sometimes as accent color but I can't say that I use it all of the time. It comes in handy for certain occasions and seasons. I haven't really decided if I like the brown/pink combo or the brown/turquoise combo; still on the fence about brown and anything combo!!It's interesting to read everybody's thoughts on this. Thanks for posting the poll, Pigfingers.
I like the color brown but the way it is currently being used with pinks and blues does nothing for me. It seems like not that long ago it was all the rage to do that and now it's back again. lol Oh yeah and I don't like orange and brown together which is funny because I'm a vet student at Oregon State University and our colors are black and orange and the mascot is a beaver. :rolleyes:
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Love brown with everything, afterall it is the "new black" (some major fashion trendsetters even suggest that you can even wear it with black!) I probably wear something brown 3 or 4 days out of the week in some form, tan, dark/light browns. My furniture is brown leather, my car is a caramel brown, is that TMI? ;)
As far as card making goes, I would suggest brown with almost any color, it is just beautiful.
Love brown! Love it for clothes, accessories, shoes etc., I have a some shades of it in my home AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE it for stamping!!!!!!! Brown is the NEW black you know! ;) (Okay, yeah I know I'm a geek!)
My new favorite color combos are the colors in the new Simply Scrappin' Kit Friends and Flowers! Cool Caribbean and brown ~ LOVE it!
It has so grown on me! If anyone had told me 10 years ago that the hot colors now would be brown/pink/turquoise, I would have laughed out loud! But really, are there ANY of our 48 colors that DON'T look fabulous with brown in some shade or another????? I am using it on everything I stamp! Brown with any of the pinks, brown with apricot, brown with bashful blue, brown with cameo coral, brown with burgundy, brown with saffron....., okay, maybe not purple. I answered my own question. Maybe not navy, either.
What's your favorite brown combo?
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I LOVE BROWN!!!! I use it on cards, indecorating my home, and in my wardrobe!!! Brown is a warm rich color that doesn't seem to fade and look worn and washed out after one washing like black does in clothing.
POLL: BROWN or NO BROWN????
