I have the pleasure of wrapping up the
Stampin' Addicts Retiring Colors Blog Hop. Each member has highlighted one of the lovely colors that are retiring as part of Stampin' Up's Color Refresh. I am going to show how pretty they are in combination with each other.
I started by spreading out all the retiring colors and rearranging them into various combos. The results were unexpected and fun! I have had these colors at my fingertips and yet had never put some of these together. I hope you are inspired to try some new combos yourself and then be sure to stock up on your favorites while they are still available.
First I went with a masculine combo of Not Quite Navy, Bravo Burgundy and More Mustard. Then to lighten it a bit I added Bashful Blue. These colors complimented the Fan Fair DSP nicely.
Then a softer combination of Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery and River Rock. A touch of Baja Breeze ink around the butterfly makes it pop. Also the Baja Breeze Seam Binding will be retiring in May.. love that stuff! And speaking of "love" did you notice the stamp? That is from the Best of Love stamp set which is part of the Best of 25 Years sets which are bringing back favorites from the past.
And finally a very feminine combination of Riding Hood Red, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Lucky Limeade. The image is colored with markers of all four colors. I am a marker collector and love having past colors in my collection for shading images so don't forget to get the markers too while you can!
I do hope you have enjoyed seeing just some of possibilities of these colors.
Please click on the links below to hop forward to Tanya's remarkable Regal Rose creations
or backward to Sara's luscious Lucky Limeade projects. Enjoy!!
Hard to pick a favorite but I'm going with the Masculine card with the Fan Fair DSP. Such rich colors!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Betty! Love your first card.. so awesome!
ReplyDeleteWowzer. A masculine card that looks masculine and nice! I have a hard time with them sometimes! All of your combos are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAmazing wrap up Betty! Such great color combinations and layouts. You totally rocked it!
ReplyDeleteOK, that bike card is just calling out to me! Love it! They are all lovely, but the bike card blows me away :) So glad you could make it to this hop!
ReplyDeleteBetty, you are seriously amazing! Those cards are fabulous, and you did an incredible job of using all of the colors in great combinations!! Hats off to you! What a great way to wind up the hop!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards - all of them! Great color combinations and designs. Love the shadow detail around the butterfly. It really does make it pop!
ReplyDelete(Like you, I keep all of the markers for coloring, too. Glad to see i'm not the only one :) )
Wow...just wow! Love all these combinations!! Wonderful cards!!
ReplyDeleteI love all three cards! Each one accomplishes its purpose. Thank you for the tribute to the retiring colors.
ReplyDeleteGreat job summing it all up! Love all of these.
ReplyDeleteSo clever to just play around with different combinations to see what "works". And these all definitely work! Each one is lovely, completely different, and beautifully show off all the colors. Great way to wrap up the hop - thanks, Betty!
ReplyDeleteBetty, beautifully done! Love the first card, well I guess I love them all. WHere do you find the time...
ReplyDeleteBetty, you did a beautiful job!! So glad you joined in!!
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