Welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players. I'm delighted to share this one with you as this is the first challenge I've had the pleasure to set as part of the Paper Players team. I picked these colours because they're just so pretty together and I love them. I'm excited to see what everyone does with them.
Feel free to use white and black as well as an additional neutral such as Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, a gray or Crumb Cake/ Kraft. If black or white is your chosen neutral, then that's fine too.
This colour combo is perfect for florals - and I do have a soft spot for them. I went to Magnolia Mood, one of the Online Exclusive bundles. While I adore the large stamped image in this set, I've grown to appreciate this small flower die cut too.
Then there's my favourite embossing folder, Exposed Brick 3D, for the background.
I also made use of the Spotlight on Nature bundle. The lovely decorative edged circle is from that set and I used the splatter stamp to add some interest to background of the circle.
The white flower die cuts were coloured with Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lolly using a mix of sponge daubers and blending brushes.
The sentiment is stamped in Basic Gray ink because I like that it's just a bit softer than Tuxedo Black, especially when working with subtle colours. The label is from the Unbounded Love dies.
The Basic Rhinestone Jewels were coloured with the dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blend to give them a pink tinge.
You can pop over to The Paper Players page to see what the rest of the design team have done and to add in your own entry. We'd love to see what you do with these colours!
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
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I just love how you used the colors to create your flowers, Jan! Such a pretty combination! That speckled circle is a perfect backdrop for them as well!
ReplyDeleteJan... just beautiful! I never layer anything but I love the look... have to ask, do you die cut the leaves from the center of the green layer then use the outer edge for layering? I think that would be so much more efficient but maybe not easy to implement. Just curious.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eliz. You can do either. Sometimes I cut small die cuts from the mat layer, other times I'll use scrap pieces to do the die cuts from. It depends on whether I have scraps to hand or whether I think that the cut outs will make a difference to how the layers mat together. :-)
DeleteThis is a wonderful color combination you gave us to play with, Jan and I'm right up there with you sharing a fondness for florals. The flowers are really pretty and I think that exposed brick embossed background looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAbsoluty gorgeous card, congrats 💐😊 have a great day
ReplyDeleteJan, I love how you used the colors for those gorgeous florals. They work beautifully with your embossed background, too.
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jaydee
Jan, this is so gorgeous! I love the flowers and the embossed background adds so much texture! Such a lovely card!
ReplyDeleteThis is an absolutely stunning card, Jan! It perfectly showcases the challenge colors you selected. What amazing texture! The flowers are gorgeous. Have a wonderful weekend!
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