Sunday, September 14, 2014

Regarding Dahlias for The Paper Players

Maybe it's me, but did last week just fly by??? It's already time for another challenge at The Paper Players. This week the wonderful Anne Marie has a Color Challenge for us. The colors are warm and just perfect for this time of year!

One thing I love to do is make the same card with different color schemes to see how it changes the overall look. That's exactly what I did with this weeks colors. I used a card from last month (click here to see original) and recreated it with the challenge colors. Again, I've used a combination of new, current and retired products. The Baked Brown Sugar background panel was stamped tone on tone with the retired En Francais stamp. For the center panel a strip of Blackberry Bliss dsp from the Park Lane collection was used. The striped Always Artichoke paper is from the retired Designer Series Paper Stacks and the retired Delicate Details Lace Tape adds some contrast to the dark colors. Using Cajun Craze ink the current Regarding Dahlias image was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the retired Morning Meadow Hostess stamp set and was stamped using Blackberry Bliss ink. A piece of textured gold paper from Recollections was punched using an Elegant Butterfly Punch and three small pearls were added for detail. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Here are the colors:

Now, we would love for you to join us at The Paper Players (click here)! All brands of paper crafting products are welcome. The challenge is open until NOON (PST) on Friday, Sept. 19th. I hope you will stop by and see the fantastic creations the design team is sharing this week using the challenge colors. Can't wait to see your card in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

13 comments:

  1. That's gorgeous! Love the way you layered all the the colours!

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  2. Such a beautiful way to incorporate all the colors Andrea! Great choice of DSP with this stamp set-they're made for each other!

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  3. Love your floral creation, Andrea....I especially love that little bit of lacy-ness peeking out from the bottom of your panel! So pretty!

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  4. Lovely card! What a great use of the colors this week, love that sweet butterfly!

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  5. Georgeous, Andrea! What a wonderful mix of patterns and I love that gold butterfly! Great layout, too!

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  6. What a lovely card, Andrea! That butterfly is super sweet.

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  7. The paper used in the background and the graphic flower are perfect together -- the gold butterfly is very pretty with the pearl body.

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  8. I love all the layers on your card, Andrea. The butterfly is the perfect touch!

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  9. Regarding Dahlias is one of my favorite stamp sets! I love all the gorgeous layers and the golden butterfly is beautiful! XX

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  10. These colours are so beautiful together!

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  11. Andrea, you really brought the colors together beautifully with this multi-layered card. Fabulous
    hugs
    jaydee

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  12. I love all the patterns and papers you've used on your card Andrea - everything work so well together and the gold butterfly is the perfect finishing touch.

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  13. I just love all of the fabulous layers you used on your card, Andrea! You really showcased the colors wonderfully and I just love those 3 tiny pearls on the butterfly. Perfect! Thank you for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)

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Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. Wishing you a crafty day! 😊