Thursday, August 1, 2013

August Color Play

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the August Papertrey Ink Color Play! This month I've chosen a photo that reminds me of all of the beautiful produce available right now. I am so inspired by the vibrant colors at my local farmers market and I knew when I saw this photo that it would be perfect for a Color Play feature.


Just look at those colors! Aren't they gorgeous? The beets, tomatoes, and greens are so wonderfully earthy!


To start, I die cut the scalloped circle, small circle, wine tag, and leaves from Rustic White cardstock. The wine tag was also cut from Limeade Ice. I stamped my flower using Scarlet Jewel (stamped off once for the petals and at full strength for the detail) and Summer Sunrise (the circle was stamped off once and the small flower was added at full strength). I used stamping off here to give my flower a bit of extra visual texture. The leaves were stamped using New Leaf ink. Next, I stamped my polka dots onto my wine tag with Limeade Ice ink. Then, I trimmed down the sides of the tag ever so slightly so that there would be a thin border when the two wine tags were layered.


I stamped my sentiment and the whole wine tag bonanza was adhered to a woodgrain-impressed Kraft base. I adhered my leafy branches to the wine tag and curved their ends upward for a little dimension. The flower was mounted with foam tape as was the flower center. To finish the card, I added three rhinestones (colored to match with a Copic marker) in varying sizes to the flower's center. That's all for me and this month's Color Play. I hope you'll try out the palette for yourself and share your project over on the Papertrey Ink Challenge forum! Until next time...

Recipe:
Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Turning A New Leaf, Polka Dot Basics II, Mini Blooms - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Kraft, Rustic White, Limeade Ice - Papertrey Ink
Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Dark Chocolate - Papertrey Ink
Other: Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circle Die Collection, Turning A New Leaf Die Collection, Sketched Shapes Die Collection (circle), Wine Tag Die, Woodgrain Impression Plate - Papertrey Ink; Y38 Marker - Copic; Large and Medium Rhinestones - Darice, Small Rhinestone - Mark Richards; Foam Tape - Scotch

8 comments:

Cindy H. said...

Your card is so beautiful! Love the color inspiration - so pretty.

Leigh Penner said...

Super pretty card, Lizzie!

Karen C. said...

Love the colours and design of your card. the flower really pops against the polka dot background and wooedgrain texture. Definitely pinning this one!!

Joni Andaya said...

Love the color combo on this Lizzie! Look so fresh and vibrant.

Tracey McNeely said...

Lizzie your card is absolutely gorgeous, Ii am so impressed how perfectly you got the flower stamped on the scallop. I struggle with the placement every time I use that one. Love your colour scheme!

Kathy Mc said...

Lizzie, these are the best colors and you really rocked your Color Play! Love your card!

Kathryn A said...

Great card, and lovely colours!

Randi said...

YUM:-)