AECP - In the Mood for Color

Well life got away from me and it has been a while since my last post on here. I finally finished another class for the Altenew Educators Certification Program. 

The In the Mood for Color class taught by Stephanie Klauck is all about how colors can affect our moods, thoughts and feelings. I am going out on a limb and say that this is one area that I am not sure I can see for myself. I decided to make 3 cards using different color schemes and you my readers can decide for themselves if they get a different feeling based on the colors I chose.

BLUE CARD

Let's look at the blue card first. The color blue is said to give the feeling of calm and tranquility. 

For this card I chose 2 shades of blue and stamped out the same image just switching up the position of the stamp. I used a similar layout to one of the cards inside the stamp package. For those new to Altenew, every stamp set comes with several ideas for cards inside the package with color ideas. This is a good jumping off point when you want to make a card but can't decide where to start with a stamp set.

I layered the stamped image on a piece of navy blue cardstock, adhered it a card base, and then found some old embellishments in my stash called Rain Dots and the blue ones seemed perfect for this card.

Supplies:
Altenew Leaf Clusters stamp set, Altenew Tranquil Greetings stamp set, Lawn Fawn inks, Taylored Expressions cardstock, and Cloud 9 Rain Dots.

RAINBOW CARD

Then I decided to make a rainbow card. Rainbow encompasses all of the colors and is said to relate the feelings of happy, cheer, optimism, courage, energy, and growth.

For this card I picked 6 colors. Yes I know there are 7 colors in a rainbow but 6 worked better for this design. This card uses all of the stamped images to stamp across the top of the panel in each of the colors. The panel was then trimmed down, layered on a black cardstock panel, and then adhered to the card front. 

This seemed like the perfect card front for a large sentiment and since I had recently purchased the Altenew Waterbrush Hello die, it was the perfect size for this design. I cut the die 3 times in black cardstock and glued all 3 layers together for some added dimension. Once I decided where it looked best I then glued the sentiment to the card front to finish this design off.

Supplies:
Altenew Leaf Cluster stamp set, Altenew Waterbrush Hello die, Lawn Fawn ink, Taylored Expressions cardstock.

GREEN CARD

For my last card I chose green. Green is said to give a sense of soothing, growth, nature.

For the green card, I stamped 1 of the leaf clusters twice, connecting the stems together to create the look of a longer image. This card was stamped using Ranger Distress Ink in Twisted Citron with a little Mowed Lawn just on the edges on Ranger Watercolor Cardstock. When the Mowed Lawn wasn't giving me the desired look, I swiped the pad on my glass mat, added a little bit of water, and then using a paint brush I went along one edge of each leaf to add a little more color and texture to them.

Stamped the sentiment from Altenew Moroccan Mosaic and layered on green cardstock. 

Supplies

Altenew Leaf Clusters stamp set, Altenew Moroccan Mosaic stamp set, Ranger Distress Ink, Ranger Watercolor cardstock, Lawn Fawn cardstock.

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