Monday, September 30, 2013

It's not easy bein' green!


I couldn't resist the title for this monochromatic card using Olive and Sweet Leaf Green for the Color My Heart Challenge #62.  The challenge is to create using the two shades of green and everything else must be neutral!  Now the theme this week for Heart 2 Heart is Au Naturale which is all neutral colors or something from nature!  So, I'm placing this card in that one also!

My color pallet consists of an Olive print paper from the Partridge and Pear CTMH from last year and Sweet Leaf ink on the tree.  The CTMH cardstock all come from the Basic set and I believe the colors are bamboo, cashmere, and saddle.  I used chocolate and saddle inks.  I embellished with Brown Sparkles from CTMH; they were included in the Huntington Workshop on the Go! The twine was in my ribbon stash ~~not sure of the brand on that.

The embossing was done with a Cuttlebug Paisley folder.

The stamp sets used are CTMH Country Born and Universal Backgrounds stamp behind the tree.

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**Emerald winner at Color my Heart:  September 28 - October 4, 2013.


10 comments:

  1. Beautiful. I love the tree and nice details in the message layer. Thanks for joining us at Color My Heart.

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  2. Thanks, Michelle! This was my first color challenge and it was a bit challenging for me; but I loved trying my hand at it!

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  3. I am a Kermit fan from waaaayyy back, so I love your post title! What a pretty card. All your details (texture, layering, accents) support the country/organic theme. Thanks for linking up with Color My Heart; we hope you'll "take the Dare" again!

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  4. Thanks! I love Kermit, too! We have a puppet my husband gets out and sings to the kids; he's such a trooper.

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  5. I love the Kermit theme of your title and your card is so pretty. I love the addition of the embossing to add texture. Great job and thank you for joining us at H2H

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    1. Thanks, Shirley! You can't go wrong with a Kermit reference! hee hee

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  6. Excellent two-for one! I love how you added the embossing. Great job with the color scheme! Thanks so much for joining us over at the Color Dare AND H2H! :)

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    1. Thanks! I'm always inspired by both of these great challenge sites!

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  7. What a beautiful card, Katrina! I love your addition of Saddle as a neutral. Thanks for playing at Color My Heart!

    Sarah

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    1. Thanks, Sarah! Saddle is popular over here ~~ English, Western or color! hahaha

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