Hello Stampin’ Friends,
How are you doing this fabulous day? I’m feeling better every day, so I felt it was time to challenge my brain! I decided to pick a color combination … then design the card. What was I thinking? In reality, it wasn’t that hard. You’ll understand as you follow me through the steps.
It began with the Sweet Taffy designer paper and my choice of “Pumpkin Pie” …
Once I had the designer paper color, I when through the Color Coach to get my color pallet for my card. As you can see … Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy completed my color combination.
For some fun and texture I embossed the base of my card with the new “Large Polka Dot” embossing folder. Oh boy … this one is going to get used a lot!
With the base done, it was time to adhere the designer paper, I matted it with the Night of Navy and scalloped one edge with the Scallop Edge Border punch. The combination of these two colors emit a burst of energy!
Next I wanted a focal point that really stood out, so I picked the Hostess stamp set: Bloom with Hope. This is the perfect stamp set to play with your Blendabilities, and as you have seen if you follow me … I use it a lot.
I used the Pumpkin Collection of Blendabilities, then added the Cherry Cobbler. These two combined created such a warm and beautiful flower. The Old Olive collection was used for the greenery and ties in nicely with the color scheme.
I used the Circle Framelit dies to cut out my flower image, then chose the 2-1/2″ punch to mat it because it is smaller & there was not as much of the Cherry Cobbler cardstock showing. I used the Cherry Cobbler for the mat so it would pull out the cherry highlights out of the flower.
Finally my greeting … I must say, I have wanted to use the “Endless Birthday Wishes” stamp set for a long time, so I pulled the Happy Birthday from there! This is the cutest stamp set and is Photopolymer. If you like your stamps clear and stickin’ to your blocks … these are for you!
The greeting was popped up with the Stampin’ Dimensionals. I tried really hard to add a 3rd circle (in the flower shop, we always designed with odd numbers) but on this card … it just didn’t work! Sometimes less is more.
Stay tuned because in the next few days I’ll tell you how you can get the Bloom with Hope Hostess set and a Free color collection of Blendabilities Markers!
Hope you enjoyed today’s card and it’s brightens your day a bit.
Take care ~
Linda's Stampin' Escape 
Wow…..beautiful card. I love the colors. It all comes together just perfectly. Nice job!!
Thank you Kathie for you sweet comments. Can’t wait to share the Blendabilities with everyone!
I LOVE this card!! I wouldn’t have put those colors together but wow!
Thank You Barb! It’s fun to experiment with color, and the color coach is a great tool to have.