I love when I find a great color palette! When I was looking back at some of my old cards I made several years ago, I found one with a great color combination that was featured in the catalog (always a wonderful source on inspiration!). I really loved the layout and wanted to recreate it with colors from our current catalog. The colors I put together are bright and happy and I knew I had a winning combination.
The other piece to my inspiration was a new set of dies - only available in September - that pair with the Apple Harvest stamp set. I love that this die set is jam packed with pieces - many of them are additional pieces that compliment the stamp set. For the card in my video, I use the flowers and leaves, but stay tuned because I use some of the other dies and stamps too.
Gather your supplies:
- Cardstock: Bermuda Bay 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; Basic White (2) 4" x 5-1/4" and 1-1/2" x 4"; Bermuda Bay, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, Polished Pink and Orchid Oasis 1/2" strip plus scraps
- Stamp Sets: Celebrate with Tags and Quiet Meadow
- Die: Apple Blossom and Stylish Shapes
- Embossing Folder: Timeworn Type 3D
- Ink: Bermuda Bay, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, Polished Pink and Orchid Oasis
- Other: Iridescent Pearls
- Adhesive and Tools
For my white panel, I wanted an embossed design that was subtle so I chose the Timeworn Type. On top of this, I layered my strips of color diagonally with a tiny gap between the colors. To make them a little more interesting, I stamped the dots from the Quiet Meadow stamp set in the same ink as the paper. You can use any texture type stamp for this - just something rather small in scale. Once these are glued in place, trim off the edges and adhere this to your Bermuda Bay card base.
Next stamp your birthday sentiment on the small white piece. Cut this out with the banner die, along with flowers and leaves from the scraps of cardstock. I used one large flower, five small flowers (three for the inside) and six leaves (two large and four small). I added the flowers and sentiment with Dimensionals to my card front, and tucked the leaves under the flowers with glue. Iridescent Pearls add just a touch of bling to the flower centers.
The inside panel has Let's Celebrate You stamped in Orchid Oasis surrounded by three small flowers. I used the small flower from the Apple Harvest stamp set to add a few to the corner of my envelope.
There were so many ideas I had in my head with this fabulous color palette! Staying with the Apple Harvest bundle to begin, I stamped the pair of apples and colored them with Stampin' Blends. I used the color lifter to make the inside of golden delicious apple even lighter. After cutting it out with the die, I mounted it on a vellum circle (again, from my favorite Stylish Shapes dies) and popped this up on paper from the Tea Boutique DSP pack, which I had added a few of the crosshatch designs to in the corners. The sentiment was cut with a die (I used the trick to shorten a die shape to make it fit better) and placed over the white baker's twine.
Next I used the scallop (a sweet addition to the die set!) to cut a scallop off the top on 1-1/2" x 4" rectangles in each of my five colors. Save that little scallop for the next card. Layer the five colors together for your card front. I used the Better Days stamp set and fussy cut the design. The sentiment is matted in black and trimmed with the Black & White Gingham ribbon.
Time to use those tiny scallops! I adhered them to a black panel and added a black and white tea cup from the Cup of Tea bundle next to them. The flowers and greenery use all five colors and like I did on my first card, I used Iridescent Pearls for my flower centers.
The next three cards branch away from the Apple Harvest dies, but stay with the color palette. This one is super easy! I used the Watercolor Shapes stamp set to add circles down the right side (and envelope flap) of a Thick Basic White card base. The sentiment is from Good Feelings and Matte Black Dots are all that is needed to make this happy card.
The next two cards are made with Fluid 100 Watercolor paper. Both use a 3" x 4-1/4" piece which gets matted in black when dry, Water Painters and Ink Refills to color the designs. One uses stripes of color, dried between each addition and the other has all the colors blending into each other to form a colorful backdrop. I used the Summer Shadows dies for the flowers and leaves on the striped background and Stazon ink for the sentiment. Before mounting it to my card base, I spritzed it with a black Stampin' Write marker. The sentiment for the other one was embossed in white using the Charming Sentiments bundle. Before adding the colorful panel to my card base, I spritzed it with Wink of Stella to add just a lovely amount of sparkle. This one is a wedding card for my best friend's daughter who is getting married later this week.
I had a blast playing with this color scheme and the Apple Harvest Bundle. The dies are only available while supplies last during the month of September. There are other great dies available for this special offering too - don't miss out!
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