#TGIFC236 Color Challenge

Hello and welcome,


Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for the TGIF Challenges and it’s a color challenge. I just love to do a challenge when I can.

The latest challenge is #TGIFC236 using the following colors Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso and Calypso Coral. These colors remind me of the Autumn season but they also can be masculine colors too. That’s why I’ve created this card for my Father In-law, his birthday is coming up later in November and I just love the combination of this color palette.

If you’ve been following my creations for a while you may of seen my hubby’s birthday card that I created back in May for his birthday. Well I just love the layout so much that I wanted to create a similar card for his Father. The Rooted In Nature Stamp Set and coordinating Nature’s Roots Dies from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue are just perfect for a masculine card.

I started off with the card base in Early Espresso, added a layer of Calypso Coral and Early Espresso for the card front. Before layering the two pieces of Cardstock, I ran my Paper Snips along the edge and curled the corners with my Bone Folder to give the card an old look. I also stamped the leaf image onto the Early Espresso Cardstock.

I used a piece of Calypso Coral Cardstock and ran it through the Die Cutting Machine with the Corrugated Embossing Folder. To give the corrugated some depth, I lightly ran the Calypso Coral Ink pad over the Cardstock. What do you think of this technique? 

The leaves have been stamped in Pear Pizzazz Ink onto Pear Pizzaz Cardstock and I also repeated this with the Calypso Coral leaves. Once the leaves have been die cut out, I then used a Sponge Dauber in the same coordinating color and sponged ink around the edge of the leaves. 


To give the card some shine I’ve used the gorgeous Celestial Copper Ink, stamped the smaller leaf image onto Early Espresso Cardstock and die cut the images out.

I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso Ink onto a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock, die cut out with the Stitched Nested Labels one of the smaller dies. Sponged Early Espresso Ink with the Sponge Dauber and lightly sponged around the edge of the Cardstock.


To finish off the card I tied a small double bow using Line Thread which coordinates well with these colors.


Thank you for visiting my blog today. To see the other amazing creations from the TGIF Challenge team pleaseclick on the link here.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher