Field Flowers for the Pals Paper Arts #179

Today’s card is for the Pals Paper arts color challenge with Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry.  I have to admit, this one had me stumped for several days.  I tried something with the Sunflower background stamp, no good.  I tried several others, also no good.  I could get two of the colors, but the third seemed to trip me up.  Then I decided to use a technique I had used before and give the appearance of a sunset in the background fading to a pretty Rich Razzleberry and I pulled out my Field Flowers.  Here is my card.

IMG_1300 and the challenge that inspired it.

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 About the card
1. I tried so many combinations of the field flower elements until landing on using Rich Razzleberry on the stem and over stamp, and Crushed Curry as the Understamp.  Here are a few of my other attempts, and some other non related practice stamps.  I even had a few others on other scraps of paper now shown here.  Sheesh!

IMG_13022.  A light touch….that’s what I used to create the shading in the background for both the Crushed Curry and the Rich Razzleberry, with some blending where they meet.

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3.  The Rich Razzleberry on the sentiment and the addition of three (power of three, always) Candy Dots to balance out the focus.  I like texture in my cards and thought I would add ribbon or something to the Crumb Cake base but alas, I do not have any Crushed Curry or Rich Razzleberry ribbon in my ribbon drawer.  I opted for the embossing folder to add depth.

I hope you like my card today.  This layout can be used for really any type of occasion; birthday, thank you, sympathy.  And really, once I had my colors set it came together very easily and beautifully.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Lynn

What I used
Stamps: Blooming with Kindness, Field Flowers, Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Paper: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Accessories: Candy Dots, Label Bracket Punch, Dimensionals, Lacy Broquade Retired Embossing Folder. 

 

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About Lynn

Thanks for visiting my Site. My name is Lynn Kolcun and I'm a Stampin Up Demonstrator. I love being creative with paper and ink, learning new techniques and sharing my craft with you.

5 Comments

  1. Ah! OK why have I not stamped Rich Razzleberry (one of my favs) with Crushed Curry? (another fav!) Your blotter paper looks exactly like mine Lynn! I love this card with it’s texture from the beautiful albeit retired Lacy Brocade embossing folder and this precious sentiment layer! Oh! If only I could stay home and stamp I would jump all over this color pallet. Off to a Shoe Box Swap today..must get back to this! Thanks for sharing your lovely project!

    • Patti you made me giggle. I say the same thing about a stamp or color combo and why I haven’t used that yet. Hehe. Enjoy your swap.

  2. Lynn, This is truly lovely! I really like how you sponged up your sunset and then stamped the flower boldly in the forefront. Nice interpretation of the challenge!

  3. Lynn, this card is amazing! The more I look at it, the more things I see! Love the shading, and the use of the embossing folder just adds the perfect texture. Thanks for playing with us this week at Pals Paper Arts!

  4. All your time & effort paid off….it’s beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Pals Paper Arts! I hope you join us again!

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