One of the most rewarding aspects of taking the Online Card Classes Introduction to Color Theory was learning to use colors I would never have thought to the put together. In the class we learned about split complementary colors, which was used in creating this card. I would never have thought to put the softer hues of red and orange, or in this case deep pink and soft orange together, but it turned beautiful.
My crafting friend shared with me her recent purchase from The Ton Stamps called Riotous Wildflowers. I thought it would make a create card from using the color theory of split complementary colors.
I stamped the image onto Strathmore 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder. I love the rich look of gold embossing powder and thought it would be pretty with fall colors.
I used different hues of Daniel Smith Red, Orange and Blue Green. The background was a very light hue of the blue green color. The different leaves are all the same color, but each with a different intensity. The small flowers were full strength red, while the roses were a lighter hues of the same color.
Once the watercolors was completed and dried I die cut the 6 x 6 background panel using the Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials scalloped rectangle die. I wanted the beautiful background to not be covered by a sentiment and so I decided to die cut the Mama Elephant Happy Script Die from both Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock and Darice Sticky Back Foam. Having this pretty scripty sentiment still allowed the background to peek out behind the word. For the secondary sentiment a strip of watercolor paper was colored with the blue/green watercolor and when it was dried the word “birthday” was stamped with VersaMark Ink, heat set with the gold embossing powder, cut into a thin strip and adhered just under the die cut sentiment.
Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back of the focal image. A top folding A2 cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs Base Weight Ivory Cardstock. The focal image was adhered to the front Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and the card was done.
PRODUCTS USED:
- The Ton Stamps Riotous Wildflowers
- Mama Elephant Happy Script Die
- Winnie & Walter Sentimental Birthday
- Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Die
- Strathmore #140 Cold Press Watercolor Paper
- Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs Base Weight Ivory Cardstock
- Daniel Smith Watercolors: Cerulean Blue, Chromium; Hansa Yellow Light; Quinacridone Rose
- Darice Sticky Back Foam
- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
- VersaMark Ink
- Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
I love the look of a lot of white space on a card. This simple image makes it very easy to create a clean and simple card.
