The colors of today's card were a bit out of my comfort zone, but since the Heart & Home Suite of Products combines these colors in its products, I guess it must be OK.
I'll be honest. I doubted that combining Cinnamon Cider and Basic Gray was a "good" idea, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it. I actually like it! What do you think? Thumbs up? Thumbs down?
Like the card I shared on Monday, I decided to make my own Designer Series Paper for the Cinnamon Cider cardstock on the left of the card front. So, I got brave and started stamping the large flower from the stamp set in Basic Gray on the Cinnamon Cider Cardstock. Once again, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I liked the color combination. Sometimes, it is good to move outside of our comfort zone, and I love how I can use the guidance of the amazing designers at Stampin' Up! to encourage me to try something new.
The Heart & Home Designer Series Paper that is part of this Suite of products is amazing. The reverse side of each of the floral patterns is a different woodgrain pattern in Basic Gray. I used one of them here to stamp my BIRTHDAY sentiment from Biggest Wish
The Basic Gray doily behind the flower is another of the products in this Suite. It comes in a package of three colors, Basic Gray, Misty Moonlight and Cinnamon Cider. Now you can understand the color combination.
I wanted to add a touch of color to the flowers, but I didn't want them totally colored. I decided to just add a little color to the center and wanted to make it Cinnamon Cider, but I don't have a Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blend. I thought about water coloring like I did on Monday's card, but I had already stamped the image with Black Memento on Basic White cardstock, so a Stampin' Blend Marker was really the best technical choice. So, I put my brain in gear to see what I could come up with. I recently purchased the new Neutrals Collection of Blends so started playing with various combinations of those to see if I could get "close enough". I tried about five different colors, and when I laid my scribbled test pieces next to Cinnamon Cider cardstock, I decided SU400 and SU600 were "pretty good". Actually, more than "pretty good", don't you think? If I hadn't told you I didn't use Cinnamon Cider, I bet you wouldn't have even known. Needless to say, I was very excited about my discovery. Now I'm curious how many other brownish colors of cardstock I can match with my Neutrals Stampin' Blends.
For the inside of my card, I layered two colors of cardstock, Basic Gray and Cinnamon Cider. For the time being, I have left it sentiment free. I'll decide which sentiment I want to use when I decide who is going to receive it. Some friends can receive a sentiment with a bit of sass, but others -- well, maybe not.
If you would like a tutorial for this card, please use this link to download a FREE copy.
The products I used are listed below.
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