Double Challenge Tuesday - First Frost Birthday and Christmas in July

This Tuesday is another with two color challenges for me.  Once again they are similar - each has two pinks and a green, but I went in completely opposite directions with regard to style and theme.

The first card is for CAS Colours & Sketches and uses:

It is also for the challenge at Addicted to CAS - the theme is Weddings this week!

I decided to make a card that would be generic enough to use for multiple occasions.  I stamped the front but can finish the inside when I decide to give the card.  The sentiment  that I used is from Beautiful Bouquet and has several sentiments that can be used differently depending on what other sentiment they are paired with.  I plan to use this for a birthday card but given the colors, it could easily be used as a wedding card.  Beautiful Bouquet has sentiments for both events, and the font style is such that it blends well with a wide variety of images.

On this card, I used a sponge dauber to color the stamps in that were loaded in my Stamparatus in Petal Pink.  After the first stamp, I used it again to color around the edges of the stamps in Flirty Flamingo.  This gives the pretty two toned look.  Because the colors are so soft, I used Gray Granite rather than black for the sentiment.  Although hard to see, the  left side of the card is embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing folder making it look like linen paper.  It is subtle but does give some contrast to the smooth right side of the card.   To give it just a little something extra, I added a clear flower embellishment.

Card 1:
Stamps: Stampin' Up! First Frost and Beautiful Bouquet
Dies: Stampin' Up! Frosted Bouquet
Ink: Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite
Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White Thick
Accessories: Frosted Flower Embellishments, Sponge Daubers, Stamparatus

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My next card is for the color challenge at Splitcoaststampers, where I am the hostess this week.  I picked Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green to go with this month's theme of "Christmas in July."

I used this new-to-me set by Waffle Flower called "Cookie Time" and a sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs set Smell Like Christmas.   The images are stamped in Memento ink and colored using Copic markers and color matching the challenge colors.  Since they are pretty small images I did not do a lot of shading on them, making  them quicker to color (but not exactly fast).  Although I had fun making this card, it may not make my list of "easy to reproduce in large quantities" for my Christmas card list.  That said, I do send my "one time only" cards to certain friends and relatives so this surely will make that cut this Christmas and be sent out!

Card 2:
Stamps: Waffle Flower Cookie Time, Gerda Steiner Designs Smell Like Christmas
Ink: Copic markers 
Paper: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Granny Apple Green DSP

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