Gretchen Barron: Fun with Retiring Colors

June 17, 2010

Fun with Retiring Colors

Hello everyone! When I saw this color combination on Connie and Mary's site, I just knew I had to try it. And then, a couple of days ago, I was packing my daughter's backpack for Day Camp and realized her new swimming suit had the very same colors! That cinched it!

The colors are Bermuda Bay, Brilliant Blue, Green Galore and Summer Sun ... all retiring colors but aren't they great together!

So, I decided to get busy and created not one, but two, fabulous cards with this fun combo!

Here's my first one using the set I {Heart} Hearts! Now this is a twist to use these colors with the hearts, but I really like how it turned out!

Some of the hearts are punched with the Full Heart Punch. Most of them are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals! The ribbon is 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain in Bermuda Bay (also retiring).

I dry embossed the Summer Sun layer with the new Brocade Impressions Folder and the Big Shot. I also used the Scallop Oval Die to cut the Oval (and saved the Scalloped frame for another project). The sentiment is from the new Level 3 Hostess Set (to come out July 1st).

And of course, there's a little stamping on the inside as well just to add even more interest! So, what do you think of my bright and colorful hearts?

And here's the second card -- same colors but entirely different in the way it looks and the feeling it gives you!

I used the Watercolor Trio Stamp Set and colored directly on the rubber with Stampin' Write Markers. I cut out the Top Note Shape with the die and Big Shot and also used the Square Lattice Impressions Folder on the Brilliant Blue background layer.

The ribbon is again 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain and the sentiment is punched out and mounted using the Large Oval and Scallop Oval Punches.

Well, I think that will do it for today! Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you found a little inspiration and are able to carry that to your own stamp room!

Happy Stamping, everyone!