I am happy to be hosting this week's color challenge. I've chosen Cinnamon Cider, Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow as our colors. The dessert option is to add any pink.
I originally saw some fabrics with these colors together and was intrigued. They also struck me as being the colors we see in nature as the Minnesota winter moves towards spring. We've been fortunate to have great weather to be getting outdoors this past week. While we are seeing hints of subtle greens as the snow disappears we still enjoy crispy cinnamon colored scrub oak leaves on hikes around area lakes.
I started my card by stamping the large blossom branch several times: once to be colored and die cut and more as kind of a background toile look. As I played with these pieces I decided to color just the background of the toile piece - in Soft Sea Foam - to use as a border. The main blossom branch includes all the challenge colors though just a bit of Mossy Meadow in the shadows on my leaves. I added a Soft Sea Foam background with my blending brush.
Though I had a few ideas for my pink choice, once I committed to doing a ribbon technique post later this week I couldn't resist using this Petal Pink ribbon for what I now am calling a "suspender bow".
Suspender Bow technique: Fold a large (34-6") piece of twine or ribbon in half. Holding the fold about 1 1/4" from the bottom of of your layers, wrap the rest around the card and bring it up around the bottom. Loop the ends through the fold and tie it into a knot and then a bow. The bow usually holds firm on its own though you can put a mini glue dot under the bow to make it more secure.
I hope you can find a way to work these colors into your art this week! I look forward to seeing what pink you add or if you will go a bit lighter without dessert.
I've posted more about this card and bow on my blog.
Date: Monday, March 8, 2021 GMT Views: 2453
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105288
Tue, Mar 09, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
Just beautiful!
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Registered: March 5, 2018 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 405
Tue, Mar 09, 2021 @ 11:18 AM
This is stunning! What a great color challenge you created that leads different crafters in different directions. Thanks for the bow instructions, too. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more cards with this special ribbon technique.
Registered: December 30, 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 1269
Tue, Mar 09, 2021 @ 11:55 AM
Chris, your beautiful card makes me smile. I love cards with sweet sentiments and yours has one. Love the florals and the cool Suspender Bow technique. I'm terrible at tying bows but I think I may give that technique a try!
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79895
Tue, Mar 09, 2021 @ 1:59 PM
Wow, such wonderful soft colors and love the texture Nice ribbon treatment as well.
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