Challenge: March Color Challenge

3/13/2017

OK, I am hooked on these Lindy's Samp Gang color challenges. The one for March is somewhat out of my color box (I'm not much for pink and pastel) but I thought I'd try it anyway.

I started with a trimmed piece of card that had once served as packaging for a collection of papers. Not quite chipboard but not cardboard either. On it, I glued some embossed punchboard stickers from Heidi Grace:

While the stickers were somewhat in the color palette of the challenge, the background was not. So, I added gesso, texture paste and prills:

While waiting for this treatment to dry, I sprayed a petal burlap flower with Starburst "Salt Water Taffy", "Cosmopolitan Pink". "Kissing Kenickie Coral" and "Cape Cod Coral" and set it aside to dry.

Once the background was dry, I started adding Starburst sprays: "Salt Water Taffy", "Cosmopolitan Pink". "Kissing Kenickie Coral", "Cape Cod Coral" and "Merci Beaucoup Mint", letting them drip down from the top of the card. When the inks were driy, I added Versamark ink randomly and heat embossed with "Merci Beaucoup Mint" EP (on the "leaves") and "Golden Angel Wings" EP (randomly along the bottom of the card face)...

I placed my flower and added a die-cut sentiment in a shimmery pale green, one shade darker than the "Merci Beaucoup Mint". I mounted the card on the same shimmery pale green cad and then on a white notecard:

Products used in the making of this card were:

Inks: Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays "Salt Water Taffy", "Cosmopolitan Pink". "Kissing Kenickie Coral", "Cape Cod Coral" and "Merci Beaucoup Mint"; Versamark
Embossing Powders: Lindy's Stamp Gang "Merci Beaucoup Mint" and "Golden Angel Wings"
Die: Sizzix Thinlits "friends script" (660225)
Embellishments: Heidi Grace Punchboard Embossed Stickers "Maple Crest Ct" (12-72668/28291-6); Petaloo Textured Elements "Burlap Wild Sunflower" in ivory (1223200); USArtQest "Mini Prils" white (ANC801)
Papers: scrap package backing and shimmer green card stock; Paper Studio Value Pack Notecards "ivory"
Media: Liquitex Acrylic Gesso; Ranger Texture Paste
Adhesives: Ranger Multi Medium Matte; Xyron 500 sticker maker; Viva Las Vegas "Miracle Tape"

7 Comments

Solange

3/14/2017 09:55:30 am

So beautiful! Thanks for playing at Lindy's challenge!

Elena

3/15/2017 12:13:18 am

So sweet and beautiful! Love it! Thanks for playing at Lindy's challege!

Cindy Brown link

3/15/2017 11:02:06 am

Amazing Art wow Love This Thanks for your participation at Lindy's stamp Gang Challenge!

Caroline Elliam

3/16/2017 06:18:44 am

So pretty, you rocked the combo! Thanks for joining at Lindy's stamp gang!

Tina Stepanova link

3/25/2017 12:10:12 am

Wonderful project! Thanks for playing at Lindy's challenge!

Mary Catt link

3/30/2017 01:32:41 am

Beautiful work! Thank you so much for joining us at Lindy's color challenge!

Kerry

4/2/2017 04:48:15 pm

Lovely, Thanks for playing along at Lindy's :)

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Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971).
Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats. I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
Retired upon the return to the US so lots of time for our hobbies...