Lily of the Valley Card ~ Color Dare #717

 Welcome to our new color challenge from our Team at Color Dare. Every Friday we give you a new palette of colors to inspire your creativity. Please follow the guidelines listed on the graphic seen below. Make sure your colors are a very close match to those in the graphic.

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

I love the dainty look of how my card turned out. I used a card from our Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes. They are a bit smaller in size (3-1/5" x 5") and are a fun size to work with when designing.

The Velvet Meadow DSP gave mr a sheet perfect for this color challenge. I layered it with Melon Mambo CS for a bold look. The small floral is a perfect size for the die cut frames. I colored it with Stampin' Blend markers. The green was brought out in the leaves and a few gems. The sentiment was stamped then punched out. I trimmed it down so the size fit the length of the sentiment. Oh....the flowers are popped up with Dimensionals for a bit of depth in the design

I also added some fun by embossing the flap of the envelope with the coordinating embossing folder. It adds such a nice touch and surprise when the receiver goes to open the envelope.

Direct link to Color Dare #717

Are you ready to give our color challenge a try? How are our colors speaking to you? We can't wait to find out! Have fun creating!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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Velvet Meadow Card ~ Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #685

Sometimes all of us crafters need a little help getting the creativity going. Our sketch challenge can be just what you need! Every Monday we give you a sketch to create with. You can do what you like with it: flip, flop, twist, turn, etc. We just need to be able to see the sketch in your design. 

The sketch goes like n Monday and our blog opens for entries on Wednesday. Let your creativity go as you use our sketch. We love seeing what you create! Have fun!  

My project is a card and it stayed pretty true to the sketch. Ad I got out the Velvet Meadow DSP pack I came across this pattern. Sometime you can let the beautiful papers do the "heavy lifting" for you! 

This paper is gorgeous! Parts of the design are flocked which adds a wonderful texture to your project. The tiny white flowers in the main layer are flocked and in the background the white leaf outlines are flocked. I love that about this paper pack!

I trimmed a section of the DSP to mimic the sketch focal layer. The Peaceful Pine mat works well as a mat and give dimension. 

For the sentiment I stamped on DSP. It didn't stand out enough so I used a marker to ink the edges and popped it up on Dimensionals. The ribbon knot was just enough of an accent and I could easily keep it small. 

I added some sparkle to the flower center using Wink of Stella. It's hard to photograph but you can kind of see it on the flower in the upper left. As I mentioned, the tiny white flowers are flocked and you get a bit more of an idea how it looks in this photo. 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Here is our sketch for this week. You can change the images and shapes if you like. Just have fun with it and see where it leads you! We can't wait to find out!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator 

MichelleLoncar.stampinup.net

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