Mornin' y'all. I've been feeling a bit under the weather since yesterday, not sure why, but I plan to take it easy today and get some rest to see if that helps. Not that I'm usually all that wild and crazy, but ya know. So far the craziest thing I've done is buy fourteen books : ) No wait, it was fifteen. I found a couple of lots of Hardy Boys books on eBay for cheaps and I got a couple new Kindle books as well. Yay new books! And Ryan has soccer practice tonight, which means a guaranteed hour of reading time for me.
Anyway, I did get a card made to share today, having some fun exploring different color combinations with Fern & Flora, and I thought I'd try one of the smaller floral stamps for today:
I used this week's Creative Colour Challenge:
And now I think the flowers look like California poppies, which is fun. I added just a teensy tiny bit of Smoky Slate shading on my image, but I ended up with a Smoky Slate card base just to make sure that color registers on my card. I did a mirror image of the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:
I almost always do my diagonals going upwards because it feels happier to me, is that weird? If I use patterned paper with a diagonal on a scrapbook page, it's going up towards the right with very few exceptions. Just how my brain works, I guess. Anyway, I debated what to use for that diagonal on the sketch, and decided to just die cut a couple of ferns.
That's it for me today, peeps. Daphne is already asking to go for a walk and then maybe I'll convince her to sit with me on the couch and watch The Mandalorian. Or take a nap. Cheers!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: Fern & Flora
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Pumpkin Pie, Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate
Paper: Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon, Thick Basic White
Accessories: Fern & Flora dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals
This is really lovely. I like your orange poppies and the ferns.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully coloured flower spray, Christy, makes them look so delicate on the large rectangle shape. Love the fern idea for the diagonal too! Thanks for sharing with us at CC&S
ReplyDeleteI love your card Christy, the flowers really pop! It's a lovely way to showcase the colour combination. Thank you so much for joining in with Creative Colour Challenges this week and I hope you're feeling better soon xx
ReplyDeleteThose bright poppies are lovely and the ferns for the diagonals work so well. Great colour combo too - I love the grey base. And yay for new books!! Thanks for sharing with us over at CAS Colours & Sketches too!
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous Christy - love the way you used the ferns for the diagonal stripe in the sketch. Thanks for playing along at CCAS
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