It is my pleasure to be your hostess in the Color Challenge this week, and I invite you to welcome spring by making a card with some warm, summery colors: Peek-A-Boo Peach, Old Olive, and Calypso Coral. The dessert option this week is to use a punched or die-cut element on your card.
I must give credit to the amazing Jennifer McGuire for featuring the technique in a recent video, and to Rachel Tessman for suggesting the use of a notecard from the April 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit as the base for the card.
I used the First Frost stamp set, stamping some of the flowers in Calypso Coral and some in Peek-A-Boo Peach. I didn't care for the very pale appearance of the Peach flowers, so I stamped more flowers in Peach, but then used a sponge dauber smooshed in the Coral ink and dabbed onto the center of the stamp before stamping. I liked that combo the best!
The foliage came from both stamps sets listed below. I fussy cut the rose leaves, but used framelits for all the other shapes. Finished with a two-tone thanks die set and some Nuvo drops.
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37078
Mon, Apr 29, 2019 @ 7:33 PM
Oh my, what an absolutely beautiful creation! The blooms and leaves are so beautifully colored and have so much dimension. I now have to go check out your technique on Jennifer's bog!
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Registered: September 7, 2007 Location: Miamisburg, OH Posts: 43157
Mon, Apr 29, 2019 @ 7:40 PM
Loveliness Barbara! I did that technique again myself! It's so fun when you get going with it it's hard to stop! I adore this stamp set - it's a gorgeous card!
Registered: August 8, 2006 Location: Roseville CA Posts: 18519
Mon, Apr 29, 2019 @ 7:42 PM
The color challenge this week was inspirational and fun. I love your card - great job with the frame technique and I love the daubered flower centers. So pretty.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105130
Tue, Apr 30, 2019 @ 7:25 AM
Just gorgeous! I should have thought of two-step stampin' for these lovely colors!
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Registered: September 30, 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 8050
Tue, Apr 30, 2019 @ 7:33 AM
Holy cats, Barbara!!!!!!!!! Hallmark should hire you! :-D
In all seriousness, this card is nothing short of stunning. Into my favorites this went the second I saw it! THANK YOU so much for sharing, and for the lovely color challenge combination this week!
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Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31441
Tue, Apr 30, 2019 @ 8:23 AM
This is the second card that I've seen with this technique and I have got to try it. The results are so cool! Fabulous card, Barbara! Love the colors today!