Color Wheel-Monochrome Green Butterflies

 I have been looking at the color wheel (see info at the end of this post).  There are 6 different combos on the color wheel that I want to try.  Today is the first combo and I am using the Monochrome Combo.  It fit well with the next challenge for Alphabet Challenge Blog.

The next alphabet is the letter "G" and at Alphabet Challenge Blog, they are calling for the color green so I submitted this card...

The sequins are sea-green so I think that is why it picked up a blue shimmer but they are actually green so I used a flash on the card to show it.

The 2 small butterflies are painted with LuminArte Green Tea Twinkling H2O's and has such a pretty green shimmer to it.

 

The top butterfly has 3 layers.  The second layer is vellum colored with Copic G24 green.  The top layer is vellum colored with the same LuminArte Green Tea Twinkling H2O's.

Behind the Memory Box Butterfly Spectacle die cut of butterflies and opening is a piece a green cardstock I had for years.  It has flowers and butterflies all over it.  It was perfect for the window area of the die cut when I popped it up with pop dots.

I am submitted this to G for green at Alphabet Challenge

 https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/g-is-for-green.html

 

 Now, about that Color Wheel...

 I have had an EK Success Rainbow Color Wheel for YEARS and never really used it. 

 I decided to do a bit of research and find out..how do you really use it?  I am never really sure when I pick my colors.  What really goes well together?  Apparently, using a color wheel, will help me to quickly pick out colors and options depending on what is my end goal!  The color wheel has a middle that spins around and you can move the arrows around to choose your colors. It will also have arrows to help with the different combinations.  Depending if you are going for a single color or up to 4. 

• Monochrome Combos is a variation of a color that you like and the shades would be clustered together on the color wheel.  For example: dark blue, slightly lighter blue, and light blue.  This is a great choice if you want your card to be identified with a particular color.
  
• Complementary Combos would be colors that are directly across from one another on the color wheel.  This wheel has a black arrow. This would work if you want a high contrast like yellow and purple or teal and red .  You can also mix up the shades like a teal with pink (shade of red). 
  
• Analogous Combos are colors that sit directly side by side on the color wheel like violet, blue and teal.  All three of the colors sit next to each other on the color wheel.  You can use 2, 3,or 4 if you want.  
• Split Complement Combos would be one color on the wheel but do not use the color directly across. Instead you would use the color to the left and the color to the right of the complementary color.  So if you chose yellow, directly across is purple but use the two colors to the right and left of the purple which would be blue-purple (to the right of purple and red-purple (which is to the left of purple).  This color wheel shows an orange triangle with two even sides and one short side.
  
• Triad Color Combos is a variant of the Split Complementary colors.  This one uses colors that are found equally spaced on the color wheel.  You pick a main color and the other two would be accent colors.  Remember you can use any of the shades of a colors to tone down any of the colors if you don't want to use a bright bold color.  An example of Triad color would be purple, green and orange or red, yellow and blue. It shows on the color wheel as a red triangle with three even sides.
  
• Another variation is Tetrad Combos.  Same as Triad but uses four colors and shows on my color wheel as green rectangle for a Rectangular Tetrad or a purple square for a Square Tetrad.   

Flying in Just to say Hello

Tomorrow we can all say "Well....Hello Summer!".

Flowers and Butterflies are perfect for saying hello to summer and to a good friend. 

 

Submitted to Challenge

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/f-is-for-flying-anything.html

  Supplies

• Brutus Monroe Flowering Vine Mixed Media Stencil
•  Gina K Blue Raspberry and Blue Denium Ink
•  Ranger Glossy Accents
•  Memory Box Morning Garden Butterflies
•  Scrapbook.com Hello Bloom Die
•  Scrapbook.com Sweet Expressions stamp (inside)
•  Blended Brushes

 

Wall of Flowers

Whenever I create a card and send it to someone, the warm feeling I get is so satisfying knowing that the project has completed its journey and served its purpose.

This card went out to a friend who I thought could use a little pick-me-up!

I used a brick stencil and Distress Oxide Weathered Wood to make the background.  I spritz the stencil that had the ink on it lightly with water and flipped it upside down onto another cardstock and got another background.

The Flowers were popped up to give dimension.

I hope it made her smile...at least for a moment.

Netta

Color Burst Cards

Just a quick post.......I just wanted to share some Color Burst cards I made from one of the backgrounds I created in Ken Oliver's class.  A whole lotta fun! 

The rest of the backgrounds were also cut and ready to use on some A2 cards in the future. 

Netta

Demure Flower

Finally found out the name of this stamp that I used on this post Birthday Wishes.  It is a rubber stamp from Penny Black called Demure Flower.    I have a few more stamped out from when I borrowed the rubber stamp but seriously considering buying this stamp!  

This image was colored with Copics # R20, RV21 and RV04.  I used Tropical Tangerine Stickles to give it a glitter effect.   Thinking of you is from Impression Obsession 

Thank you for stopping by!  

Beauty In Flowers

Someone dear to me recently lost her Grandma.  They were very close so it is a sad sad time for her.  I made her this card to let her know I am thinking of her.  

The top section is a die from Top Dog called Madison Border Die.  My husband got it for me for Christmas.  It is a bit intricate and I was very disappointed  that all the little pieces were not cutting out.  I recently found a metal sheet at Amazon.com that has been amazing!  It is called "CottageCutz Universal Shim Plate Die Cut" found here.    Two passes through completely cut all the pieces out and all I had to do was to easily poke out about 5 pieces that stayed on the die cut.   I was so happy money was not wasted on a die!

After stamping the image and heat embossing the image with white, I filled the flowers with liquid glue.  I used two shades of pink flock and pressed it on the flowers.  After drying, I shook off the extra.  It gives it a nice 3D soft look.

Tomorrow it will go out in the mail to her. 

Submitting this creation to:

 The Outlawz Twisted Challenge-Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great crafty evening!

Mojo Monday #287

I know two people who are very sad right now and they need a pick me up really bad.  I have a stamp that says "If your feeling blue-trying painting yourself a different color".  I knew that it was perfect for them and I had to choose the most brightest wild colorful paper that I had to go along with the Mojo Monday #287 sketch to create my card.

I used faux stitching around the outside.  As you can see, I used MANY colors of stickles glitter glue for the bubbles and for the fairy.

I hope it will bring a smile to their faces!

Come back soon!!  I have more to share!!

Netta

Saying Good-bye

A lady I know is retiring in a few weeks.  She is someone who has helped our office to be so much more than we were.  She is someone who has so much knowledge in her field and has gladly shared it with us.

I made her this card for the entire office to sign.  I did not take a photo of the inside but there are 6 layers inside...enough room for 2 people to write what they want on each sheet.   Thursday we will take a photo of the entire office and add that to one of the layers.

The Flower Stamp, button and paper are from Stampin' Up.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession. The fold on this card is called a Double Dutch Fold.  I made this card very long..5 1/2 x 7...as I needed enough room for everyone to write. If you click on it to enlarge it, you can see that the flower heads sparkle.

My new camera just arrived tonight and I cannot wait to play with it!  My other camera had a big spot on the lens that we were not able to get out.  I had to be so careful when I took photos because of that spot, I was only able to use the left side of the picture to avoid it. 

Good night all...I am off to bed!

Netta

So Serene

I discovered if I used Core'dinations Black Magic Collection cardstock and an embossing folder with my cuttlebug, the color on the backside popped through the front.  It is the cardstock that you can sand or tear it and the secondary color will show through but this way I did not have to sand it. The Stamping Up Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing folder is what I used is to create my background. I used three colors with a sponge to create the sunset and a rubber stamp from the Stamping Up set Inspired by Nature for the cattails.  To make the cattails, I used a punch (I believe has been retired from Stamping Up) to punch out the cattails and glued them down. 

A nice serene card!

Manetta 

Hello Friend

A little Liquid Leaf Gold painted on cardstock, Black Opal embossing powder, nestabilities and cardstock and you have a Hello Card for a Friend to let them know you are thinking of them!!

*smiling*

Manetta