Carol has chosen the perfect color combination for our early March Color Hues Challenge: Green and Gold. Typically, I’d jump right in with a St. Patrick’s Day card, but this time I had other ideas.
I received a lovely gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studio from my son and his family for Christmas. I ordered just one design (plus the stencil) from the December release, and thought it would be a great one for this color combination.
This Detailed Leaf is so lovely, and I’ve seen it stenciled in a wide variety of colors, but I used my trio of green inks from Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated Ink which ink blends beautifully. The leaf was embossed in gold before adding the stenciling, and I fussy cut it since I didn’t purchase the die.
When I went to my file of scrap metallic papers, I found this gold metallic that had already been die cut with Hero Arts Rounded Rectangles which was the perfect size. After layering the leaf on the gold, and then on the bright green card base, I found a perfectly-sized sentiment in the Pinkfresh Studio “Die Cut Sentiments” I purchased last year. So much luck!
I hope you’ll join us at Color Hues and fill up the gallery with Green and Gold. Hop over now to see what our Guest Designer and the Design Team have prepared for your inspiration. I love the diversity of the cards that show up month after month on the Color Hues blog!
Oh, how lovely, Karen! I love how you’ve colored this detailed leaf and surrounded it with gold and a gorgeous greeting.
Karen, you’ve inspired my CH card[s] today! Love your choice from Pinkfresh – what a great kid you’ve got there!
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Fab card and great fussy cutting of that stencilled leaf Karen, must admit I would rather have another stencil or stamp than the matching die cut. Well I am a cheap skate, must be the Yorkshire heritage!!
Once again you excel; the colouring is exquisite!
Amazing fussy cut – beautiful card.
What a wonderful Christmas gift and well put to use. The close-up shot of those leaves really show how well you stenciled them. Gorgeous take on the colors, Karen! See you soon!
This is gorgeous!!! I love the rounded corners. Hats off to you for getting such a wonderful photograph of the shine!
What a beauty, Karen! I love leaves & now this set is going on my wishlist!
Your leaf card is absolutely gorgeous; a wonderful way to embrace – and elevate – the green/gold combination. WOW!
hugs~carol
Isn’t it just great when those leftover bits work beautifully together to create something totally different? The sentiment and gold metallic panel look so intentional, like you created them just for this card, and obviously go perfectly with that gorgeous leafy stem. Love this to pieces, Karen!
I love those perfectly colored stems edged in gold and placed on that glittery gold panel! Beautiful CAS design using these colors!
Karen we were on the same wavelength with the PF die. I love how you used a sold gold background to put behind the beautiful stenciled leaf stem! Such a lovely gift from your family, it is so nice that they got you something crafty!
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