Today we start a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge. Our fearless Leader Nancy chose the fun color duo of Teal & Silver. Teal is defined by a darker shade of blue-green but I think we all have an idea of what teal looks like so I hope you show us what that is for you in our gallery. Please also welcome Loll and Joanne as our guests this challenge!
I started off by embossing a piece of grey/silver cardstock with the Concord & 9th Berries & Boughs embossing folder. It was trimmed down to 5 1/4" x 4" to allow a small white border. It was attached to the card base with foam tape.
I chose Concord & 9th's Oceanside cardstock for my teal and die cut my poinsettia from it. It's a Poppystamps die called Delicate Poinsettia, I just love the stitched details! There are three dies in the set and after they were cut they were glued together.
I die cut some berries from mirror cardstock for the centre of my poinsettia. I used the berry die from Concord & 9th's Boughs & Holly die set. The berries were glued into place. I also cut some branches from the same set with matt silver cardstock, I set those side while sprayed Shimmer spray on to the poinsettia and then I spray in with white acrylic paint spray. I hadn't used the white acrylic spray in a while and although I did a test spray when I aimed for the flower I got a big splotch but I was actually happy with the way it looks. The poinsettia leaves were curled up a bit for dimension and it was added to the card front with a foam dot. The extra branches were tucked in around the poinsettia.
The Merry sentiment is from Concord & 9th & Kristina Werner's Merry Greetings Builder stamps and coordinating dies. I die cut one layer from mirror silver cardstock and then cut two more layers from matt silver. They were glued together with liquid adhesive to make a dimensional sentiment.
To finish odd the card I added a few small silver foil pearls around the poinsettia just to give it a little more sparkle!
I'm excited to see what you do with the colors for this challenge!
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Love your embossed background Tracey, it sets off your pretty festive arrangement perfectly. :)
ReplyDeleteI like your pretty little teal poinsettia, Tracey! This is a wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Christmas card using the challenge colours, Tracey. I love the pine bough background in gray, which sets off your gorgeous teal poinsettia. The silver accents add some lovely shine.
ReplyDeleteIt's another beautiful CAS design, Tracey! The silver mirror cardstock adds just the right amount of shine, and that poinsettia is elegant against the embossed background.
ReplyDeleteSmitten with your pretty teal poinsettia; I love that you've made it the star of the stage which, by the way, is lovely as well. Inspired and inspiring!
ReplyDeleteHope you and your family are doing well.
Hugs and love~c
Tracey, your card is CAS, elegant, and absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I love everything about this card from the embossed background, the lovely Poinsettia, the shiny evergreen boughs, berries and sentiment, and all those delightful splatters!! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteThat pretty poinsettia looks so pretty against that background. I love how the EF matches the silver needles perfectly! I think the splatter always adds a little somethin' somethin'! My mom used to always say that phrase. Thanks for the memory.
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful teal poinsettia stands out against the embossed silver background, Tracey. This is such a beautiful and eye catching card.
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous poinsettia, Tracey! The splatters worked out just right and this looks so pretty on the embossed pine boughs!
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