It’s Thursday and time for this week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge! We have a color challenge planned for you as we pair Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Old Olive together. It’s a Tropical Party and You’re Invited to my Island Oasis! How’s that for using the names of the stamp sets and Designer Series Paper used to create this card all in one sentence? I hope that you have as much fun designing your projects as I did in making this card for you! And if you don’t have these exact colors, it’s OK! Just use something similar!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:
- Dare to be different! By zipping the sentiment from Please Come through a Crimper, a touch of whimsy was added in seconds. And with a card that is visually “busy”, the eye is drawn immediately to the sentiment.
- Odd man out! Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive are the foundation colors for the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper. Therefore, I decided to cast Real Red, the odd man out, in the role of “pop” star. The card base, matting and red flowers just “pop” right out at you!
- “To bow, or not to bow”…that is the question. I opted to not make a bow. Instead I layered the ribbon. Despite the perfusion of blossoms and the funkiness of the sentiment, the look of this card is still clean and tailored, with grosgrain ribbon adding to the texture and dimension.
I hope that today’s card serves as an inspiration for you. That is one of my goals when designing for the PPA. I would love to see your creations using this color combination. So before you head off to your “creative space”, won’t you please leave me a comment? And remember to Email Me if you have questions about any of the techniques that I use. Until next time…
Stamp Set: Tropical Party (W 118515; C 120081—Summer Mini), Please Come (115046); Inks: Real Red (103133), Tempting Turquoise (100814), Old Olive (102277); Designer Series Paper: Island Oasis (117173—Summer Mini); Card Stock: Whisper White (100730), So Saffron (105118), Real Red (102482), Old Olive (100702), Tempting Turquoise (102067); Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine (113439), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119176), Little Leaves Sizzlits Die (114511), Crimper (101618); Glitz and Glam: Tempting Turquoise 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon (109038), Old Olive 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon (109054), Bold Brights Brads (106957)
Holy Toledo . . . you really hit a home run with this challenge. Everything is gorgeous. That’s my favorite DP of the moment, BTW.
Hugs, M
WOW, wow, wow!! This is absolutely stunning! Love the combo of bright colors and fab texture! 🙂
I’m invited!? Where we goin’??? I’d love to rec such a beautiful invite!! Great job Ann!!
WOW this is stunning — love what you created with these bright happy colors!!
Congratulations on your retirement. I too retired from teaching (second grade). Retirement is so wonderful. Think of ll the time you will now have to stamp!
Very pretty…Love the punch of red…..really pops! {SMILES}
Your are so right about that bit of crimping – perfect! Love how the textured background looks here – beautiful!
What a bright cheery card!. I just love your layers of the Island Oasis paper and all the texture. The background paper is my favorite.
That looks absolutely stunning, and I would never have thought about running the sentiment through a ribbler. What a great idea.
I also just wanted to give you my email address, as my blog is offline until I change addresses as I have had quite a bit of upset from another crafter this week.
Joaustin22@aol.com
Lots of love x
Oooh, so very pretty! I love all of your details and the way you put everything together. Love those flowers…as you can tell!
Snappy title, Ann! Your card is beautiful–I just want to touch it! SO 3-D!!
Love the bright colors, and the “island feel”! Brilliant as usual! ~Bonnie~
So festive, Ann.
Love everything about it.
What a great card, Ann! Love the DSP you used! It worked perfectly for this challenge! As always, great job!
Absolutely goregous Ann. I hope I can play this week.
Mary
I am so looking forward to your retirement. We will be able to get a more frequent high on your wonderful work. This card just screams “look at me”!
Ann, this is incredible! I love it to pieces! Wonderful job and very inspiring!!! This is a great color challenge! Can’t wait to play along!
Aloha, Ann! What a beautiful, bright and tropical card. FAB!XO
Oh Lady, love that texture and all those layers. Awesome card!!! Hugs,
As usual – gorgeous job, Ann! Love the flowers and the texture!
Mike
Another stunning card !!! I love the different textures and your right, the flowers just pop… love the color choices…
great job Ann…
hugs
Darlene-Joy