Quick Color Challenge Card

One of my favorite stampers--Lyssa Zwolanek--posts a color challenge every Sunday.  Even though this last-week-before-school has been the most hectic last-week-before-school ever, I played along with Lyssa's challenge.  The three color combinations are

1. Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Basic Gray
2. Strawberry Slush, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky and Elegant Eggplant
3. Blushing Bride, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo and Smoky Slate

I choose combo #3...and then realized I only had a few scraps of Melon Mambo cardstock. Doh!  I pulled a this card together really quickly.  It's not what I originally had in mind.  I made several creative changes during the process.  In the end, I think it turned into a pretty card--and a really interesting layout.

You can play along with Lyssa, too.  You can find her Song of My Heart Stampers by clicking on the link over there on the right, under stamping blogs I love.  Song of My Heart Stampers is right at the top.  If you play along, send a photo of your card to Lyssa's email address.  Tell her I sent you!

(Stamp Sets: Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Card Stock: Blushing Bride, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate; Inks: Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Word Window, Modern Label, and Boho Blossoms Punches, Brights Candy Dots)

Lyssa's "In Love with Color" Weekly Challenge

I recently saw that one of my fave stampers, Lyssa Zwolanek, hosts a weekly color combination inspiration challenge on her blog Song of My Heart Stampers.  Lyssa posts three color combos on Sunday mornings.  This week (8/4/2013) the combos are:

1. Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzaz
2. Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Rich Razzleberry
3. Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Garden Green and Crisp Cantaloupe

 

Since I'm on vacation, I don't have all my stampin' supplies with me, so I had to make do with what I brought with me. I'm playing along with color combo number three--AND using the new Thinlits Label Card Die!!  Here's what I came up with:

If I knew what I was doing with picture-taking and editing, you'd see that I've used Soft Sky from the Sweater Weather DSP in the Holiday Mini Catalog, Crisp Cantaloupe and Island Indigo Ink and Card Stock.  To get the 4th color for the challenge, I used the Season of Style Washi Tape from the Holiday Mini (which may or may not be Garden Green, but let's just pretend, shall we?).  I adhered the washi to Whisper White Card Stock and then cut the arrows using the elements in the Thinlits Label Card Die set.  Other "ingredients" for this card are Yippee-Skippee!, Gorgeous Grunge,  and Hello Lovely Stamp Sets, Basic Rhinestones, and the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

Welcome to In Love With Color! Weekly color combining inspiration can be easily found at your fingertips here at Song of My Heart Stampers. Updated with the latest Stampin' Up colors, and keeping an eye on trends in fashion, home decor and papercrafting, Song of My Heart Stampers shares three different color combos every Sunday morning for your inspiration.Want to play along? Send a link to a project inspired by one of my combos to me at zwolaneks@att.net, and once a month I will pick a favorite to feature on the first Sunday of the month. Enjoy!