yellow and grey...

Hey friends!!   Popping in with a couple of cards that I made last night both cards use the same color scheme of yellow, grey, black and white.  This color combo is featured in the Simon Says Stamp March card kit.   One card is for the Viva La Verve sketch challenge - week 2 and the other card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge, as well as the current Paper Players challenge - CAS floral.

Last night when I made this card (for FMS and PP) I wasn't really happy with how it turned out.  But this morning when I walked into the kitchen and took another look at it I really liked what I saw.   Do you ever do that?  Not like something when you make it and then when you see it a few hours later really like it?  I cut the grey panel and then partially embossed it.  A piece of patterned paper from the SSS March kit was cut as a mat for the grey panel and then adhered to the grey panel.   The kit included a fun little die called Medium Dot Line and I used that to cut the little strip behind the flower.  The flower (from the SSS February kit) was die cut, stamped with SU!'s So Saffron ink, I added some silver metallic thread behind the flower and then adhered it to the strip.   The entire piece was adhered, sentiment added (from the SSS set Sparkle & Shine) and the panel adhered to the card base.

Now, when I finished this card I really liked how it turned out and I still do, lol!!  The only thing I would change is the yellow ink that I used.  I bought Stampin Up!'s Hello Honey ink and to be honest, I don't really like it.  It is rather harsh looking and not very pretty.  But I think by using more grey I was able to tone it down.  The stamps and dies are from Verve.  I used the Verve sets So Fluttery and Unto Us.  I die cut the label using the Verve Classy Label die and then stamped it with the corresponding image using Hello Honey ink.  The butterflies and sentiment are from So Fluttery.  Die cut them, stamped the outline with Hello Honey and the solid in grey.  Everything else is pretty self-explanatory!

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; PTI Fresh Snow linen; SSS grey; PP:  Authentique; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp and Verve; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp, Verve and My Favorite Things; Inks:  VersaFine Black Onyx, Stampin Up! Hello Honey & So Saffron; paper doily; twine; embossing folder; silver metallic thread.