Friendly Foliage Card ~ Color Dare #687

 Let's give a new color dare a try! Each Friday our team at Color Dare Challenge gives you a color combo to spark your creativity. This week we give you 3 colors of which you must use at least 2 of the colors. There are also Free colors other than use along with your 2-3 colors from the graphic. Do not add any colors beyond what is listed in the graphic. 

Make any paper craft you like. When you're ready to join our challenge use the direct link below the graphic.

For this challenge, the Friendly Foliage set spoke to me. My Upline has been inspiring her team with ideas using this set and I just had to give one of them a try. I love how we are such a sharing community!

Using all 3 colors in our challenge I came up with this lovely look and I'm so pleased with it. I tried layering the colors in different ways to see how they best looked for this design. Be sure to do that when you're creating to find the best combination of your elements.

The dies for this set are amazing! You can get the entire focal image cut at once using the nesting dies. See below.

I cut the purple layer to fit behind the die cut foliage and layered on another piece of cardstock. The embossed layer adds so much texture to the design! 

Adding the touches of Gold with the ribbon and gems ties the design up a notch and gives it some sparkle, too.

The inside of the card show how I added a piece of the leftover purple DSP to the right edge making the design carry into the inside as well. 

The 2 dies for the larger image nest with each other. You can use them alone for different look or together to get the look I've made today.

When you remove the die after cutting you get this lovely image cut on both the outdid and inside of the image. This gave me the option to place the purple paper behind the image for a beautiful contrast with the other layers.

Now it's your turn to create and share using our color challenge. It's a lot of fun and we can't wait to see how our colors inspire your project!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

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Friendly Foliage Bundle

Friendly Foliage Card ~ Color Dare #681

 Hello and welcome! Every Friday our Design Team at Color Dare gives you a new combination of colors to create any paper craft you like. There are a few rules you need to be aware though. You can't add extra colors other than what is listed in the graphic. When there is a "color of choice" this color must not be one of the Free colors offered. Your colors should be a very close match to those shown in the graphic.

This color challenge does have a "color of choice" to go with the two colors shown in the graphic. That gives me 3 colors to use + any of the Free colors. I didn't use any Free colors this time and just created with my 3 colors. I used Pretty Peacock, Cloud Cover and my color of choice is Soft Sea Foam. 

The image is from a new stamp bundle called Friendly Foliage. I love the set as it can be used for a variety of occasions both masculine or feminine. Having that kind of versatility makes it even more economical and that's always a good thing!

With all the background I decided to add texture with the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder. This is one of my favorites! Using the darker CS it created a subtle look that doesn't compete with the image.

I stamped the foliage in Pretty Peacock on Cloud Cover CS. The image was die cut twice. First with the die that cute out the basic outside shape. Next I used the die that cut around the inside of the shape between the stems. 

In my color of choice, Soft Sea Foam, I die cut a background piece of CS for the layer behind the plaid. I also used this color for the sentiment layer and inside the card. I few gems and I called it done!

Direct link to Color Dare #681

Take a look at the NEW Friendly Foliage Bundle. I brat you'll like it as much as I do!

Why not give our color challenge a try? It's a lot of fun when we get you started with the colors. We love seeing what you create dressed in our colors!

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle Locnar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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