I was thrilled to be asked to be one of the November Guest Designers for the Color Challenge. This is my first card for it.
I don't have Stampin Up ink or papers so have to get as close as I can with the supplies I have.
To get the first two colours, I used different Magicals powders. I sprinkled them on mixed media cs and spritzed with water, getting them to dissolve and flow. They give some lovely shimmer to the background that, unfortunately, I could not capture in my photo.
I die cut the pine tree using mixed media cs. I pressed a couple of shades of green and one of brown on my craft sheet, spritzed with water, and did the splash technique on the tree, continuing to add and blend colour until I got something close to the dark green in the challenge.
For the silver, I die cut a silver glitter star and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in silver - heat embossing is the dessert option this week.
To assemble the card, I die cut two more pine trees out of white cs, glued them together, then glued my green one slightly offset to give a slight white edge for more contrast from the background colours and to give a little impression of snow on the branches.
I die cut two white snowbanks, one of which has the sentiment on it.
Date: Monday, November 5, 2018 GMT Views: 1038
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Accessories: various aqua and green Magicals, Stampendous Silver Tinsel embossing powder, Tim Holtz Pine Tree Bigz die, sloped hills dies, small star die
Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Tue, Nov 06, 2018 @ 9:18 PM
Susan, you created a remarkable background using the Magicals to get colors so closely related to those for the challenge. The die cut tree is beautiful. Great card, Susan!
Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70705
Fri, Nov 09, 2018 @ 12:47 PM
Terrific! Love the tree against the creative & colorful background. Love the grunge look. The sparkly sentiment is a nice touch. Wonderful use of the colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Tue, Nov 13, 2018 @ 3:46 PM
Your Magicals background is fabulous...what glorious colors together. Love your artsy three and stars and your watercolor techniques to achieve your colors for your tree and the Color Challenge. Super card!
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