Carol has chosen the perfect color combination for our early March Color Hues Challenge: Green and Gold. Typically, I'd jump right in with a St. Patrick's Day card, but this time I had other ideas.
I received a lovely gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studio from my son and his family for Christmas. I ordered just one design (plus the stencil) from the December release, and thought it would be a great one for this color combination.
This Detailed Leaf is so lovely, and I've seen it stenciled in a wide variety of colors, but I used my trio of green inks from Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated Ink which ink blends beautifully. The leaf was embossed in gold before adding the stenciling, and I fussy cut it since I didn't purchase the die.
When I went to my file of scrap metallic papers, I found this gold metallic that had already been die cut with Hero Arts Rounded Rectangles which was the perfect size. After layering the leaf on the gold, and then on the bright green card base, I found a perfectly-sized sentiment in the Pinkfresh Studio "Die Cut Sentiments" I purchased last year. So much luck!
I hope you'll join us at Color Hues and fill up the gallery with Green and Gold. Hop over now to see what our Guest Designer and the Design Team have prepared for your inspiration. I love the diversity of the cards that show up month after month on the Color Hues blog!
