How do you decide on your colours

Yet another thing I love with Stampin' Up! is they have a Colour Coach. How many of you stand in front of your stash of card and can't decide on what colours to put together? Yep that used to be me, then  I invested in the Colour Coach.

It is such a great tool and I don't think we take advantage of it enough. I decided to challenge myself today and try and put together the same card design using the Colour Coach and use card colours that I seem to overlook. Here is what I came up with.

Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze

Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry

Rose Red and Marina Mist

Pink Pirouette and Crumb Cake

On a roll

Well I had a productive day today. I finished creating the 3 cards for my next stamp class in March and have even written instructions for 2 of them with pictures. So make sure you keep either Wednesday 6^th or Friday 8^th free and come along for a big night.

I then wanted to stock up on some cards so here they are.

The first one was CASED but I don't know who from. If you recognise your work thank you for the inspiration. I used Tangerine Tango card and teamed it with Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive. Don't you just love the Colour Coach for helping you put colours together? I sat the Elegant Butterfly Punch on a 2^3/4 inch DSP circle. The Birthday sentiment is from an old SAB set called So Happy for You. I keep dragging it out as I love the font.

This one I had to really scramble to get things to work. I thought I had Pool Party ribbon but I must have used it all, so I got my Very Vanilla Seam binding ribbon and dragged it through the Pool Party stamp pad. Yuk, that looked dreadful it didn't look at all like Pool Party. So I decided to wash it out and "what do ya know" it came out this nice Pool Party colour. Yipee... I then wanted it to look scrunchy so I squeezed it up and then put the heat gun on it to dry it out and set the creases. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment with Versamark and embossed it with White embossing powder. I then used a paint dauber and Pool Party ink to colour over the card. I rubbed the ink off the embossing with a tissue to make it pop.

My last card is my favourite. I have been wanting to play with this Dress Up Framelit Die for some time. Anyone that knows me and my little ladies will know how excited I was when I saw this in the catalogue. The sentiment came from the All Dressed Up stamp set. I used Early Expresso Co'ordinations card on the dress stand to get an aged look.

Card#3

Such a simple layout and I have seen it done in so many different ways. A few of us at Craft Group made this cute card with the new Scensational Seasons Stamp Set and Framelits from the new Holiday Catalogue. I think I am going to love the new Chevron Embossing Folder it's such a trendy folder.

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi , Cherry Cobler, Whisper White
Ink: Island Indigo
Accessories: Island Indigo Ruffled ribbon, Chevron embossing folder
Stamp sets: Scensational Seasons Stamp Set , Curly Cute
Punches: Postage Stamp, 1" Square punch

This morning I decided to try the same layout with a more feminine look. I used the Bliss Stamp Set from Sale a Bration and the Loving Thoughts Stamp Set. So soft and sweet. I used the Colour Coach to help me with the colour combination as I was struggling as to what colour to add with the Pink and Green. Thank you Colour Coach I wouldn't have come up with Marina Mist so easily.

Cardstock: Pink Piroette, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Ink: Marina Mist
Accessories: Organza ribbon, Manhattan Flower embossing folder
Stamp sets: Bliss, Loving Thoughts
Punches: Postage Stamp, 1" Square punch