The first thing that came to mind for this week's color challenge was YIKES! Then as I wrapped my head around this combo – I fell in love with it! I wanted to make a card that focused on each color and I was very happy with the results!
Here is week #5's inspiration:
The Stampin' Up! colors identified were:
- Tangerine Tango
- Crushed Curry
- Smokey Slate
- Basic Black
- Whisper White
Here is my submission:
Hero
This one focused on the black. I used a piece of scrap paper for the polka dots and stamped the Basic Grey Ink on Basic Grey Cardstock for the bottom half.
I edged the tan cardstock with a scissor's edge to rough it up some.
I popped up the sentiment with Dimensionals and adhered it to the ribbon & orange cardstock with glue dots as well so the Dimensional would adhere to the ribbon. I fussy cut the birthday focal piece and the orange banner & roughed it with scissors as well.
Supplies:
- Tangerine Tango Cardstock
- Crushed Curry Ink
- Basic Grey Ink & Cardstock
- Basic Black Cardstock
- Baked Brown Sugar Cardstock
- Whisper White Cardstock
- My Hero Stamp Set
- Best Badge Punch
- 5/8" Burlap Ribbon
- Pop Dots / Dimensionals / Glue Dots
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Happy Birthday and Many More
I saw something similar to this on Pinterest & thought it would be a good use of the overall color wackiness on the pillow – so I created the background with a stamp.
For the birthday focus, I stamped the stamped twice – once with orange and them again with black & cut out the black "birthday" and layered it over the orange "happy…and many more". I then popped the whole thing up with Dimensionals.
I added a few rhinestones for a little bling on the Basic Gray border. I also added Wink of Stella to the black die cuts leaves but you cannot see it in the picture.
Supplies:
- Tangerine Tango Ink
- Crushed Curry Ink & Cardstock
- Smokey Slate Ink
- Basic Gray Cardstock
- Basic Black Cardstock
- Baked Brown Sugar Ink
- Whisper White Cardstock
- Memento Black Ink
- Work of Art Stamp Set
- Birthday Stamp (CTMH)
- Rose Garden Thinlits
- Rhinestones
- Pop Dots / Dimensionals
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Sending Smiles Across the Miles
I love this little VW Bus & have been waiting to find a perfect use for it – focus on Orange allowed for the perfect match! I pawed through all of my Washi tape to find the right color combos that would work with the inspiration, so here ya go!
Supplies:
- Tangerine Tango Ink
- Smokey Slate Ink
- Basic Gray Cardstock
- Whisper White Cardstock
- Washi Tape Assorted
- Lift Me Up Stamp Set
- VW Bus (CTMH)
- Scrap of Silver Grey Ribbon
- Pop Dots / Dimensionals / Glue Dots
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Happy Retirement
So who doesn't have a million scraps of white paper laying around – I decided I wanted to try to weave some together to see what happened. This card focuses on the Greys. If I did this card over again – I would make it a Confirmation or bereavement card maybe – the weave ended up looking like little crosses to me.
I edged the Basic Gray Cardstock with a scissor's edge to give some texture to the stark background.
The Happy retirement sentiment is popped up as well as some of the flowers. I also added rhinestones to the flower centers.
Supplies:
- Tangerine Tango Ink
- Smokey Slate Ink
- Basic Gray Cardstock
- Crushed Curry Ink
- Memento Black Ink
- Whisper White Cardstock
- Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set
- Petite Petals Stamp Set
- Petite Petals Punch
- Scrap of Silver Ribbon
- Pop Dots / Dimensionals / Glue Dots
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Collection:
Here are all the cards for this color challenge that I made.
Here are the group results as well:
If you are interested in playing along – see Shannon's blog:
www.creatingforgrace.com
~Enjoy!
*Most products used were Stampin' Up!, but occasionally other sources as well
