Hello Friend Color Challenge Card

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Our Crafty Challenge this month is a color challenge using these three colors.

Merry Merlot

Bermuda Bay

Cajun Craze

To be honest, these are not three colors that I would generally pick to use together. I tried several different designs and stamp sets before I created this Hello Friend card.

A stenciled background allowed me to do a bit of shading with the Bermuda Bay color. I really love how this background came out. I also added just a slice of Cajun Craze patterned paper from the In The Wild pack to add a bit more texture/pattern behind the stenciled background. The Biggest Wish stamp set has wonderful bold sentiments so I stamped FRIEND with Merry Merlot. Using my stamparatus allowed me to stamp it several times so it would be solid and dark.

***Special Tip**** Put your silicone mat under the grid paper in your stamparatus and your paper will stay in place even better than it does with the magnets alone!

In order to anchor the “hello” and the flower (from Delicate Dahlias- free with a $50 order), I overlapped them slightly. One Opal Round in the center of the flower and I called it done! Here’s a close up photo of the sentiment and flower.

Photo of the three stamped images over the stenciled background. Hello is stamped in Bermuda Bay, FRIEND is stamped in Merry Merlot as is the small flower.

instructions for Hello Friend Card

Cut a Cajun Craze card base, 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and score at 4 1/4″. Burnish the folds.
Cut a 1″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Cajun Craze patterned paper from the In the Wild paper pack. Adhere to the left side of the card base.
Cut a piece of Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″. Place it in the center of your stamparatus – with the silicone mat under your grid paper.
Lay the stencil over the basic white and use the magnets to hold it in place.
With a blending brush, apply Bermuda Bay ink over the stencil. Always tap a bit of ink off the brush on scrap paper before applying to the stencil. Cover some areas more heavily than others for a pretty variation in color.
Remove the stencil and wipe the ink off the top.
Place the FRIEND sentiment from the Biggest Wish stamp set on the lower right side of the stenciled piece.
Ink with Merry Merlot and stamp until you have solid coverage.
Line up the “hello” stamp so it slightly overlaps the top of friend, but hangs off on the left side.
Stamp with Bermuda Bay ink.
Stamp the small “fill in” flower from the Delicate Dahlias stamp set in Merry Merlot so that it overlaps both the “hello” and the “FRIEND.”
Adhere this piece to the card front.
Add an Opal Round to the center of the flower.

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Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the creations in this hop. We hope to leave you with lots of ideas for using these three colors on your next card.

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Lorraine
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