PP685 Color Challenge From Claire

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week and it's a color challenge week!  If you know Claire, you know she likes bright bold colors!  Check it out:

These colors just sing of spring, but I went in a different direction:

I recently did some shopping and got this little tree and die on sale from Colorado Craft! It hadn't gotten any ink yet, so I thought I'd make a non-traditional Christmas card!  To be really artistic, I could have inked every line with a marker and stamped it all on one diecut, but I was lazy, so I cut out several trees and lined them up in my Stamparatus and inked them in all the challenge colors, then snipped them into layers and adhered them to one tree.  Not the most aesthetically-pleasing technique, but it was certainly easier!!!

I diecut a panel of Basic White with an Everyday Detail die, then ran it through a snowflake embossing folder and mounted it on a square Crushed Curry card with a wee little Bermuda Bay mat.  I added a few bright pink sequins for fun.  I used the circle diecut as a base for my sentiment on the inside:

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and it was inked up in Granny Apple Green!  Since the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge this month is looking for non-traditional colors, I'm entering there as well!

The design team has done a fabulous job with these colors!  Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to check out how they used Claire's palette!  Then come play along with us too!  We'll be waiting to see what you create!

My little ice cube orchid began blooming a couple weeks ago....it has almost all the colors in it from our challenge this week, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Word Tree Mini (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Ink	Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Details Dies,Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Word Tree Mini Die (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings Die (Simon Says Stamp), So Saffron Blend (ret)