Altenew's Color Your Day class taught by Therese Calvird was right up my alley with how I create cards. This class is all about finding new and unusual color combinations for your projects. Therese talks about how to use a color wheel in that class as well. If you struggle with making color choices or stepping outside of a regularly used color combination this might be the right class for you.
Pro tips: Look for color inspiration everywhere. Color wheel, photos, fabric, other cards, color challenges and in my case Sarah Renae Clark's Color Cubes.
Therese also suggests a 70/20/10 ratio for using colors on your project.
For this card I stamped the image from Altenew Gracious Peonies and then using the coordinating stencil & blending brushes I colored in the image using 2 purples and 2 greens that I choice using the Color Cube card I had selected. I was able to get plenty of color variation by changing how lightly I blended with my brush.
Once my image was colored I used the coordinating die to cut out the image as well as cut 2 additional out of white cardstock. By layering the 3 die cut pieces I get just a little pop up of the image without using a bunch of foam tape.
I played around with the image on the card front until I was happy with the position and using a Mini Misti stamp positioner I stamped the sentiment from the Gracious Peonies set with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Once the sentiment had cooled off so I did not risk smudging it I used Bearly Arts glue to attach my floral image and then adhered the piece to a card base.
Therese also suggests a 70/20/10 ratio for using colors on your project.
For this card I stamped the image from Altenew Gracious Peonies and then using the coordinating stencil & blending brushes I colored in the image using 2 purples and 2 greens that I choice using the Color Cube card I had selected. I was able to get plenty of color variation by changing how lightly I blended with my brush.
Once my image was colored I used the coordinating die to cut out the image as well as cut 2 additional out of white cardstock. By layering the 3 die cut pieces I get just a little pop up of the image without using a bunch of foam tape.
I played around with the image on the card front until I was happy with the position and using a Mini Misti stamp positioner I stamped the sentiment from the Gracious Peonies set with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Once the sentiment had cooled off so I did not risk smudging it I used Bearly Arts glue to attach my floral image and then adhered the piece to a card base.
Supplies Used
Stamps - Altenew Gracioius Peonies
Ink - Taylored Expressions, Lawn Fawn, Concord & 9th, Versamark
Paper - Taylored Expressions, Hammermill
Misc - gold embossing powder, Bearly Arts glue, Color Cubes
Stamps - Altenew Gracioius Peonies
Ink - Taylored Expressions, Lawn Fawn, Concord & 9th, Versamark
Paper - Taylored Expressions, Hammermill
Misc - gold embossing powder, Bearly Arts glue, Color Cubes
Beautiful card!
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