These are my kind of colors! I love the complementary contrast of the turq/teal w/ the coral/orange.
I made a Wrinkle Free Distress bg on w/c paper. I did the turq/teal colors first, leaving some white space & when it dried, I did the coral/orange colors. Doing the colors separately helps prevent getting muddy colors. After it dried, I die cut it w/ the largest matting basic die so it would be just a tad bigger than the turquoise Vintage Flourish Pattern die cut. Before I attached it, I sponged just the edges of the turq to help better define them. I tucked the Gilded Gate in the bottom of the turq. die cut & stamped the greeting w/ the Versafine onto a small Vintage Label die cut. The coral orange layers were also die cut, the edges sponged & I added just the fancy ends of the smallest Vintage Flourish dies cut out of teal, on top of the coral. The die cut Keys were threaded thru the lacy teal layer.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 5:38 PM
So elegant!
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 @ 5:43 PM
Oh, Wow! I have never heard this sentiment before, and I am in LOVE with it. I also appreciate the tip about doing the colors separately for the background. This card is stunning! Love the keys on the ring and all the other die cuts. Ooooooh . . . . :-)
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