The new Color Hues Challenge is live. It took me awhile to come up with an idea for this color combo chosen by Jules:
The obvious choice was florals, but I really wanted to stretch myself to come up with a different theme. Thanks to my friend, Kelly Schirmer, who loaned me the necessary die and stamps I got just what I wanted--a very cool typewriter. (The only typewrite die I own is very tiny, and would not have made much of a statement.)
The fabulous typewriter dies & stamps are from The Greetery, Vintage Type. I die cut the pieces from two hues of teal, adding some gold accents and embossing. The florals (which I own) are also from The Greetery, Wildflower Mix. The blooms were die cut from coral cardstock, and the stems and leaves from a dotted vellum purchased years ago from Papertrey Ink. The accompanying stamps from Vintage Type are for the flourishes on the typewriter, and for the letters and numbers on the keyboard.
I wanted a sentiment with a typewriter font, and found one on display in a printer's drawer that hangs in my craftroom. It's a wooden stamp by Hero Arts, and I had to stamp it multiple times on the cute paper die that comes out of the typewriter. It makes me even more appreciative of acrylic stamps and my MISTI.
The only embellishment were three hearts die cut in coral with Simon Says Holiday Shapes. Once I added the typewriter to the black card base, I put some dimensional squares behind the paper, and tiny bits of black dimensional adhesive to a few of the flowers.
There is, as always, lots of inspiration for this color combo on the Color Hues blog. Take a look, and then join us.
