Color Inspiration

Going to Trader Joe’s is always trouble for me. It is impossible for me to walk out of there without buying some delicious treat for myself. A couple months ago it was chocolate covered sunflower seed, which may just be the sweet treat of the angels they are so wonderful. As I was pondering the wonderfulness of the sunflower seeds I notice how fantastic the color combo was:

I’m pretty new to Stampin’ Up!, and make fun of my upline Jess when she starts seeing SU! colors everywhere. All of a sudden, looking at this container I started doing it as well. Chcolate Chip? Garden Green? Old Olive? Summer Sun? Is that Pink Passion? What about that other yellow? Hmmm…doesn’t seem to match any of ours.

I used this color palette as the inspiration a card that I sent to Jess with a little present I was sending to her. It is a bit heavier on the green than was in the container, but I liked how the pink and yellow help make the card “pop”.

This was a nice and easy card to make. Using the Dreams du Jour set, I stamped the butterfly all over the Garden Green cardstock in Chocolate Chip Ink.

I then stamped the “Dreams” stamp in Stazon on Whisper white, and colored it using ink pads and blender pens.

Finally, I stamped the butterfly again on Summer Sun paper, cut it out, and glued it on the card using Tombow Multi and Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Recipe:

• Stamps: Dreams du Jour
• Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White, Summer Sun
• Ink/Coloring: Chocolate Chip, Black StazOn, Pink Passion, Old Olive, Summer Sun
• Accessories/Tools: Blender Pens, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombow Multi