How about switching to a little navy, red, and green for this week's Color Dare Challenge?!?
Unfortunately, I have had a need for sympathy cards over the past few weeks, so the Color Dare challenges have been a great jumping-off point to build my stash.
For this card, I wanted navy to be the primary color. I pulled out my treasured (and very old!) SU! French Script background stamp and inked it with white pigment ink. Then I used oval stitched nesting dies to create an olive frame for the focal point.
The flowers are Memory Box dies - called Wildflower Stems. I found them in the sale room at my local stamp store, so they're new to me even though they're not readily available anymore. Keeping with the challenge colors and taking advantage of the “free” extras of white and neutrals, I tried to make the blooms resemble white coneflowers with brown centers. It was easy to ink the stems green while leaving the tips white to create the look of fresh buds.
The panel behind the flowers is splattered with green ink, Distress mica spray, and brown ink for added texture and interest. I knew I needed to incorporate the red from the challenge palette, so I tied a piece of red twine around the stems for a simple finishing touch.
I loved the challenge of these three colors together because they made me think a little harder about the card design. Hope you find inspiration and join the Color Dare Challenge. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
In kindness, Cathy
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