For the Color Challenge hosted by Mary. Her terrific colors are: Real Red, Gorgeous Grape and Garden Green. Dessert option is anything goes.
I was under the weather and have not been in my craft room for a week. The colors are great, but I was having trouble getting into the creative groove after being sick. I perused around and found a Paper Pumpkin kit that inspired me. The mailbox image is preprinted with red and neutrals Basic Black, Smokey Slate, Gold Foil. I stamped the hearts & flowers at the top with Gorgeous Grape and Real Red. Using a very old set, Scenery, I stamped the grassy patch at the bottom with Garden Green ink and sponged a little also. The sentiment was stamped in Real Red on a banner from the kit. Then, I die-cut a postage edge mat from Gorgeous Grape and attached everything to the printed card from the kit. I thought to possibly include a real postage stamp and in my stash, I found a Forever stamp with a heart in just the right colors! It had been used to send me a card, but was not cancelled. I popped up the sentiment.
It was fun to revisit this kit and use these colors. When I was all done, I realized that the preprinted red items from the PP kit are actually Poppy Parade, but I had thought they were Real Red. So, my dessert is using Poppy Parade. The ink I used for stamping is Real Red.
Hope you are doing well & crafting and you will give the color challenge a whirl. TFL
Date: Monday, February 5, 2024 GMT Views: 394
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Splitcoast Challenge Hostess Proud Fan Club Member
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Wed, Feb 07, 2024 @ 2:59 PM
Diane, I’m so sorry to hear that you’ve been under the weather, and I hope you’re feeling all better by now. You certainly did a beautiful job with this card. I especially love the real postage stamp superimposed with the mailbox. Such a clever idea!
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Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Wed, Feb 07, 2024 @ 4:39 PM
I am glad you are feeling better! Sweet card! I think I have some of these pieces left from that paper pumpkin, too.
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