Tracey has given us the lovely Yellow and Brown color combination for the next Color Hues Challenge.
I started out with a general idea of where I wanted to go, but as is often the case, the final card is somewhat different. I started with a Classic Kraft card base, and played around with some different design ideas as well as some different die cut leaves and sprigs. I ended up with the Essential Arches dies by Ellen Hutson. I love that they cut both an arch and a frame. By die cutting them in two colors, you get a perfect set of arches with a darker frame.
I used Papertrey Ink papers for all of the die cuts: Cocoa Bean and Dark Chocolate for the arches and sentiment banner.
The “Leafy Sprig” by Poppy Stamps is one that’s been in my die collection for years. I originally thought I’d have a cluster of them, perhaps tied with twine, but ended up preferring just two, one from Lemon Tart and one from Summer Sunrise.
The sentiment is from my favorite Pink & Main set: Special Day, stamped in Dark Chocolate ink on a Cocoa Bean banner die cut with My Favorite Things, Itty Bitty Strips die. I thought about adding some embellishment, but decided on a set of five scored lines behind the focal image and the sentiment.
I’m sending this one over to the current Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge: Birthdays.
This was actually the second card I made the challenge. I like the first one as well, but it was an almost complete CASE of one Debby Hughes made several years ago when the stamp set, “One With Nature” was released by Simon Says, so I decided to make a second card for the Color Hues blog. Here’s the original:
This one was a lot of fun to make. I layered the solid and open leaves in two colors of yellow and brown on white cardstock, and then cut it down for the card. The side panel is cut from Dark Chocolate cardstock.
Then I added the tag with two die cut leaves and a sentiment from Gossamer Blue that was included in a scrapbook kit years ago.
Be sure to hop over to the Color Hues blog to see all the creative takes on this color combo by the Design Team and our two guests this time around.
You know, Karen, I’m so glad you shared the second card as I LOVE it and was reminded that the older sets (I also own this) still make GREAT cards! Your first card is a fabulous design and so elegant. I love how it turned out, the scoring and arch frames make it!
Two fab cards Karen. Love the subtle embossed lines down the middle of your first card, just enough to lift without over powering. 🙂
Karen There are two great cards and was not surprised when I saw that you made another one after our conversation. You always do a wonderful job using scoring as a design. I need to think of that more. Love them both!
Oh, I remember that wonderful SSS nature stamp set and her card. I always wished that I had bought it but something else bumped to the top of my wishlist. Both cards are wonderful inspiration for this color challenge.
These two cards are reason enough to check through some older dies & stamps. My favourite accent on the first card is the dry embossed lines.
Two gorgeous cards with these colours. They both are very elegant with beautiful designs. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing at ATSM.
What lovely cards, Karen and I particularly love the first one. It looks so stylish in those colours and the scored background is a great addition.
Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM and I hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs
Carol x
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