Howdy Fellow Stampers -
WOW! What a weekend! It was so crazy and so busy, I didn't even get to designing for the week; including today's Paper Players challenge design. So now, I'm behind!! Crossing my fingers that I will get caught back up through the week here; but please bear with me. We may take a day off just to take a breath and do a little catching up! We'll see how it goes.
So, I did settle in tonight to getting my Paper Players [PP288] challenge design completed (along with trying to get my new computer system up and running). I combined today's PP challenge with this week's Global Design Project [GDP029] challenge - one a sketch challenge, the other a color challenge, so it worked perfectly! I had a little fun, and created a little bit of an unusual design for my normal aesthetic; however, I kind of like it. I'm pushing myself to try things a little bit differently; I'll be interested to see what you think.
Here's a better look at today's color combination (I actually substituted Chocolate Chip for the Early Espresso; I hope it will be close enough for GDP) ~
Rather a different combination, don't you think?
Let's see what you think about what I did with these colors!!
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. This card base is cut from Whisper White cardstock, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". I laid one background layer on today's design, in Bermuda Bay! The decorative layer is my focal point today, and we'll talk about that a little bit next.
- Botanical Builders. I'm playing again today with the Botanical Blooms stamp set, and the coordinating framelits. I really do love this set. Instead of laying just some straight boring layers down like the sketch would imply, I created 3 layers using the leafy curved vine from the framelit set. This is Chocolate Chip, Tangelo Twist, and a piece of the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum, overlaid with each other after being cut with the framelit -- so fabulous!!! Don't miss out on this Vellum -- this a Sale-A-Bration product and there are only 3 days left of Sale-A-Bration before it's all gone!!!
- A Pairing of Blooms. These fabulous flowers (if you haven't played with them yet, you're missing out), are so intricate and just so lovely! I adore them. I cut 3 different flowers from Whisper White cardstock, then sponged them with Tangelo Twist ink using a sponge dauber ~ starting darker in the center, and softer along the edges. I curved the petals with my bone folder; then pressed the centers inward with my thumb while curving the petals upward and outward. This is how I got the shape you see to these flowers. They are adhered with dimensionals, and finished off with some pearls, of course! LOL
- A Perfect Pairing. Today's perfect sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration set, Perfect Pairings!! It looks like it belongs!! Stamped in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White, I cut the 1" x 5" strip with the Banner Triple Punch and adhered it with dimensionals. I love how the entire look just seems "perfectly paired" for each other! 😉
I hope you have enjoyed today's card design. What do you think of the color combination GDP came up with?? Interesting I thought; not one I would have naturally thought of or gravitated to. In the end, I thought it looked pretty good, however. Sometimes doing something different can be freeing creatively!
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Until Next Time . . .
