Floral Spray Card ~ Color Dare #709

This color challenge gives you a lot of choices in your colors. You MUST use Brown Neutrals or Black. You can add TWO colors of your choice to go with your Neutrals. Do not add any colors beyond the two and the Neutrals.  

Make any paper craft you like. When you're ready to join our challenge click on the direct link below our graphic. Have fun!

I used Crumb Cake as a Neutral and added Night of Navy and Golden Glow as my two colors.  The ink I used to swipe the embossed design is actually Misty Moonlight but it comes out darker on the Crumb Cake. 

If you haven't tried this swiping technique yet, please do! It's very easy and fun. All you have to do is emboss as usual then take an ink pad and lightly drag it across the embossed design. That's it! You can swipe as much or as little as you like. I love how the design pops so much after swiping!

After swiping I trimmed it down to size and matted on Night of Navy CS. Next I added the ribbon. The ribbon was wrapped around the CS and tacked to the back with tape. I tied a toe and used a Glue Dot to adhere it to the ribbon. For me that is a lot easier than tying to the CS in one step. 

The sentiment was stamped and punched then popped up with Dimensionals. I added a few Dots in Golden Glow to go with the ribbon. 

Since this is a Thank You card I left the inside blank and will write a custom message when I use the card. I had some left over CS from the front of the card and used that and some ribbon on the inside. Don't forget to decorate the inside, too!

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Now it's up to you to shoe us how our challenge sparks your creativity! We can't wait to see what you create! Have fun!

Michelle Loncar

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