Thursday, April 8, 2010

Bird in Sunset - a 411 colour challenge

The colours to be used together to make a card were:  ruby red, more mustard, garden green and creamy caramel.  This presented quite a challenge for me.  Here's what I came up with.  A warning - put on your sunglasses, as this card is bright!
Stamp set:  Asian Artistry
The base card is creamy caramel.  The next layer, which is embossed with the finial press folder is ruby red, although in this picture it looks almost orange.  After embossing, I lightly brushed some creamy caramel ink over the raised surfaces.
The garden green scallop circle was made using the Circle Scallop die and the Big Shop. After  embossing it with the polka dot embossing folder I again lightly brushed creamy caramel ink over the dots.  The edges of the scallops were sponged with creamy caramel as well.  A portion of the scallop was removed to allow it to fit on the front of the card.
The More Mustard scallop circle was made using the Scallop Circle #2 die and the Big Shot.  The scallops were sponged with creamy ruby red and dotted with Crystal Effect.
A 2" circle was made using Circles #2 die and temporarily adhered to the middle of the scallop.  The perimeter of the circle was sponged with ruby red and more mustard to get the sunset effect.  After removing this circle, a small amount of more mustard was sponged in the middle of the "sun"
The image of the bird was stamped twice.  After cutting out the second image, it was placed over the original image with a stampin dimensional. Crystal Effects was then applied over the bird.
A ruby red dragon fly can be seen flying into the sunset.
The designer paper almost had all the colours I needed, but it fit so well I decided to use it.  The ribbon is garden green organza ribbon (retired)
This colour scheme challenged me, and I produced a card that is bold and bright.  Let me know what you think.

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