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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Embracing Color and CAS...

Two cards today for two different color challenges.   One of my goals this year is to embrace the use of colors outside my comfort zone more.  I'm doing that with both these cards, especially the second card. 

The first card is for my favorite color challenge ColourQ.  This week Arielle chose a super fun and bright color combo of Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Taken with Teal, Melon Mambo and white.   I'm not a huge fan of Tangerine Tango (or any orange for that matter), but combined with the other colors I totally love it.   I went really CAS for the card which wasn't hard for me to do as CAS is my favorite style of cardmaking.  That's another goal for this year... to really embrace my inner CAS!  Two different Stampin Up! sets were used for the card:  Priceless & Whimsical Words.



The second card is for a new to me color challange:  Curtain Call.  I have been taking a look at the color combos from Curtain Call for several months now and finally decided to play along with this week's combo of Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Cherry Cobbler & white.   This combo was harder for me to put together in a good way, but I think I succeeded by keeping it CAS.  I followed the current sketch from Splitcoaststampers for the card, as well.  This card uses a Stampin Up! set called Syle Beautiful.  Love the damask type motifs in this set!



Thanks for taking a peek... hope you embrace color and whatever might be your style of cardmaking!

Supplies:  ColourQ:  PTI White & Simply Chartruse cs; SU! Taken w/Teal & Tangerine Tango cs; Ink:  Memento Tangelo & PTI True Black; Ribbon:  PTI Raspberry Fizz; PTI Scalloped Edge die; Stamps:  SU! Priceless & Whimsical Words
Curtain:  PTI White cs; SU! Always Artichoke & Marina Mist; Ink:  SU! Cherry Cobbler, VersaMark; Ribbon:  SU! Pacific Point; SU! Spiral punch; Fiskars corner rounder

9 comments:

donna mikasa said...

you embrace color very well, rosie! love the scallops!

Christina said...

You did a fabulous job with both color challenges, Rosemary! I especially love the way you combined the bright colors on the first one. The CAS style is perfect for both! Thanks for joining us at the Curtain Call and ColourQ this week!

velta said...

Oh My!! Rosie...you have blown me away...these cards are so elegant...The first thing I said to my self when I saw these..."WoW!" Great art work girl!!!

Michelle said...

Hi Rosemary!!
I love both cards! Your colorQ card is perfect! I love the orange flourish behind that beautiful bow!

Elise said...

Embrace, away, Rosebud! I love to see you s-t-r-e-c-h yourself, in this way! EXCELLENT job! They BOTH exude FUN! Yeee Haw!

Brenda said...

Beautiful cards Rosemary! Love the colours and your design on the Colour Q card!

Yapha said...

Great cards! Love the scallops on the first one! Thanks for playing with us at the colourQ!

Sylvia said...

Hi Rosemary! Your cards are lovely! Your ColourQ card is simple and has a lovely design! Thanks for playing the ColourQ challenge this week.

Wendy said...

I love your ColorQ card...pretty awesome how you used the color combo. What a simple and beautifull design.