Julie has a wonderful Spring color combination for our next Color Hues Challenge:
We live just two blocks from Rochester's Highland Park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, and planted with over 700 varieties of lilacs. The annual Lilac Festival begins on May 10th and lasts until May 19th, so this combination was very timely. The Greetery just released fabulous lilac dies, but I don't own them, so I chose a lovely floral stencil instead. The Curved Floral Banner was part of a Gina K Kit a year or so ago. When I had finished stenciling it, I die cut it with the accompanying die. It also comes with a detailed die cut that creates an border around the whole image, but I decided I much preferred the soft, clean look of just the stencil.
I've always known purples were hard to photograph, and this card certainly gave me a run for the money. I spent way more time trying to get accurate colors in the photos than I did making the card. They're still not perfect. If you have a sheet of Concord & 9th's Lilac paper, you'll get the real picture!
The scalloped oval is from a pack from Dick Blick's, and I stamped it with a sentiment from the Gina K's Sweet Sentiments with Pinkfresh Studio's "Soft Lilac" ink. I added a few beautiful lilac gems to the oval as the finishing touch.
Please check out all the lovely cards from the Design Team and our Guest Designer on the Color Hues blog. Then come join us in the gallery!
