Come see what new tool I am using lately to help me come up with new greeting card color combinations!
 

For some people coming up with brand new greeting card color combinations is easy and while I haven’t really met too many colors I don’t love,  I can use a little help now and then to bring a fresh eye to putting colors together. I challenged myself to step out of my color comfort zone and purchased The Color Catalog by Sarah Renae Clark. This fun to use program has endless color inspirations and I had a blast making this card with my very first try of it. 

Picking the Color Combination

Purple is one of my favorite colors to use when making paper flower projects.  I chose  a piece of purple cardstock, pulled up the catalog, chose to browse by the color purple and several really interesting combinations came up.  I chose to use the color combination below, colors I would never have thought to use together and I love how the rich deep colors look together on my card.

The Card Base, Sentiment and Frame

• Cut an A2 sized card base using white cardstock and cut the frames using purple cardstock.
• Secure the sentiment stamp and card base in the MISTI and stamp using Color Fuse Cedar ink.
• Cut the frames, turn them face down and apply strips of mounting tape around the back and attach them to the card front.

The Shelf, Vase and Floral  Arrangement

• Cut the vase using dark purple cardstock and the shelf using the dark cedar green cardstock.
• Use purple and dark purple cardstock to cut the flowers and dark cedar green to cut the foliage.
• Place all the flowers face up on the molding pad and form them using a small tipped stylus.
• Use glossy accents to attach the flowers to the foliage branches.
• Attach the foliage and flowers branches to the back of the vase using glossy accents.
• Apply mounting tape to the back of the shelf and flower arrangement and attach them to the card base.
• Attach one single flowers and leaves under the sentiment using glossy accents.

Check out my Window Frame Card using the same die sets with a soft pastel color combination.  It’s interesting to see how different color combinations make such a difference in the tone and theme.

5217D Rectangle Combo OPC #4 Die Cut [ RBB ] 5309-05D Vases and Shelves Die [ RBB ] 5309-09D Small Flowers #3 [ RBB ] 5309-04D Leaves and Greenery Die [ RBB ] 3334 Best Friend Set [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #9 [ RBB ] Paper Blossom Tool Kit 4/Pkg [ RBB ] Paper Blossoms Molding Mat [ RBB ] Glossy Accents .5oz [ RBB ] Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape [ RBB ] Scor-Tape .125″X27yd [ RBB ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC ] The Color Catalog by Sarah Renae Clark [ SRH ] Amazon.com: Mini Foam Dots… [ AMZUS ] Picket Fence Studios – Tools – Life… [ SBC ] Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ]

I will be sharing more fresh and new greeting card color combinations in upcoming posts so be sure to bookmark or pin your favorites!