Stef is our hostess in the color challenge this week, and she really challenged me with Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach and Emerald Envy! The dessert option this week is to use your favorite embellishment.
My two cards started out with a new-to-me technique, demonstrated by the amazing Jennifer McGuire. I love watching her videos, but usually I find I don't have the needed supplies on hand to dive right in. This week I had everything on hand to try "Glazed Distress Oxide." Not knowing where the journey would take me, I decided to do one panel of all coral and peach shades, one panel of green shades, and then a third panel with both colors.
This is the first card I made, which started with the multi-color panel. I covered it liberally with an anti-static pouch. Then I stamped a large leaf-and-vine image on it with VersaMark ink, sprinkled with white embossing powder, and . . . Oh, no! The bottom part of the image was OK, but the top of the panel was completely covered with white powder!
I went ahead and melted the powder anyway, and then used a stitched square die to cut out the part that looked OK. (I do plan to experiment to see if I can figure out why that happened. My current hunch is that the micro glaze probably dries if left overnight.)
From that point on, this card sorta made itself. I need a sympathy card, and debated whether this color combination was too cheerful. I toned it down by using more of the peach and a couple of touches of black, and I think it works OK. My friend will appreciate the thought behind the card, anyway.
Please click here to see the second card I made with the other panels.
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week.
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Tue, Mar 06, 2018 @ 10:26 AM
I love the panel! Beautiful!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.