Tricia's Stamping Creations: Crafty Challenge September Blog Hop Color Inspiration

Welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop as we explore this month's wonderful color challenge using Bermuda Bay, Merry Merlot and Cajun Craze. With today being the first day of Fall, I think these colors are perfect for creating a Fall themed card design.

For my card design today, I decided to pair the Textures & Frames stamp set with the In Your Words stamp set to create a warm Fall themed card design. Both of these stamp sets are exclusive during Sale-a-bration and can be earned as a free reward. I love the abstract designs in the Textures & Frames stamp set and chose several of the images to create the designs for this card. I also added Copper, Gold and Silver to help step up the design.

Products Used:

Textures & Frames stamp set (item #156616) Sale-a-bration Reward with a qualifying $50 Order

In Your Words stamp set (item #156619) Sale-a-bration Host Reward

Intricate Leaves Dies (item #153566)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

Bermuda Bay Cardstock (item #131197)

Cajun Craze Cardstock (item #119684)

Merry Merlot Cardstock (item #146979)

Basic White Cardstock (item # 159276)

Copper Foil Sheets (item #142020)

Bermuda Bay Classic Ink Pad (item #147096)

Cajun Craze Classic Ink Pad (item #147085)

Merry Merlot Classic Ink Pad (item #147112)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Linen Thread (item #1044199)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Merry Merlot Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Cajun Craze Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Layer 2 - 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"

Basic White Cardstock

Focal Layer - 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Sentiment Label die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

Copper Foil Sheets

Detailed large leaf die cut with the Intricate Leaves Dies

This card design was so much fun to create and I love the way these colors work together. I love how the metallic embossing powders helped step up the background design for the focal layer and the Copper detailed leaf adds a wonderful finishing touch to the card design. The Textures & Frames stamp set has so many amazing images that are perfect for creating fun background designs. I used the splotch image to create a tone on tone look for the Cajun Craze cardstock layer. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the Bermuda Bay cardstock layer and the sentiment label to add dimension to the design. The Linen Thread bow is the only embellishment that I added to the design as I felt that the embossing and the Copper foil added enough bling without overwhelming the card.

This wonderful Fall themed card design would work well for a variety of occasions and would make a great masculine card design. I had so much fun creating with this beautiful color combination and can't wait to try creating more card designs with them. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help encourage you to explore creating your own wonderful projects with this color combination. There are so many amazing products in the Stampin' Up! catalogs to help you create your own unique designs.

Now it's time to visit the other wonderful blogs participating in today's blog hop. Please click on the links in the Roll Call List below to visit with these talented artists as they share their wonderful ideas and projects with you. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you enjoyed about our projects. I hope that you enjoy our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you. Remember that Sale-a-bration ends September 30th, so place your order soon to avoid missing out.