It is my delight to be a guest designer for the Color Challenge for July! This lovely color combo sure did nudge me out of my comfort zone, but thatâs okay, I like being challenged. It leads to new things. Thank you Jeanne! I started with Blushing Bride poinsettias in the background for a more classic Christmas card and ended up adding Melon Mambo flowers & a Granny Apple Green palm for a tropical look. The verse from Psalms speaks about the earth being glad, so the flowers and palm fit right in. There are stamped tropical stripes for desert. Thanks for looking. Have fun with the colors! Looking forward to seeing what you create.
Date: Monday, July 1, 2019 GMT Views: 1036
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Registered: November 19, 2005 Location: Bethel Park, Pa Posts: 37103
Mon, Jul 01, 2019 @ 7:41 PM
this is beautiful Diane- love how you used these non-traditional colors and how you took a non-Christmas stamp set and turned it into a Christmas card- creative work- welcome to the team for July
------------------------------ Mary Marsh SCS Color Challenge DT Coordinator My Blog- The Charmed Life
Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Mon, Jul 01, 2019 @ 8:44 PM
This is so pretty Diane, with the flowers and palm leaf giving your card such a pretty tropical feel, and the sentiment that firmly brings us back to the Christmas holiday!
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Mon, Jul 01, 2019 @ 8:52 PM
Wow Diane! I absolutely love this card! It is so joyful and a bit unexpected with the Christmas/tropical theme which I just love. You have me going hummmm on how I can think out of the box now. You really chose a wonderful color combination for the color challenge Diane. This is a real wow card! ~Karen.
Registered: December 3, 2013 Location: Southern California Posts: 3543
Mon, Jul 01, 2019 @ 9:19 PM
This is so creative Diane. I love tropical Christmas cards! The tropical florals and leaf blend so well with the poinsettias in the background and sentiment to make it a wonderful Christmas card.
------------------------------ Jeanne My blog: spectrum-ink
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Tue, Jul 02, 2019 @ 8:54 AM
Nicely done, and so non-traditional and yet gorgeous.
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
Registered: April 3, 2010 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 14
Tue, Jul 02, 2019 @ 10:55 AM
What a great use of your non-Christmas stamps with a Christmas theme. I love the palm leaf detail and the pretty tropical flowers really pops! Beautiful card!