Color Your Day Level II

In Color Your Day Lesson 5 Therese Calvird created a lovely water color from the Best Mom stamp set.

I wanted to try that same idea on black using the Altenew Metallic water colors.
The background is Tim Holtz black paper intended for use with alcohol inks.
The  Book Club stamp set is heat embossed in gold on one card and clear embossed on the second card to create more of a no-line look.

The center circle is die cut then embossed using the Altenew Berries and Leaves stencil.

We are all attracted to some colors more than others.  So there is a natural tendency to go to those colors when making cards.  Pinks, purples and blues dominate my projects.  With the help of a color wheel I’m going to change it up and use colors not usually found in my cards.
The colors analogous to the orange family range from  red to coral to tan to rust.  Two of these colors are in the  second layer of Triumph Tulip on this card.  Two tan tones are used for the stem and leaves from the Tulip stamp set.

This involved some masking.  Second generation stamping was used on the darker colors so they wouldn’t over power the lighter colors.

The sentiment strip (from Totally Tropical) has those same colors applied with a blending brush.
A few clear embellishments give the card front a little highlight.

Working with color is what I love most about stamping.  It is so satisfying to play with colors and come up with just the right combination.
Debbie Hugues has a color inspiration board on Pinterest.  This photo of a peacock is the inspiration I selected from her board to pick complementary colors for this Begonia card using Copic markers.

Proportionately this is 70% purple/magenta, 20% teal and 10% green.  The dominate purple element is the Begonia.  The Leaf Frame Cover Die and a portion of the leaves are teal. The leaves are also green at the top edges.

The happy birthday sentiment comes from For All Seasons.

The Color Your Day Class inspired me to dust off my color wheel and find new color combinations.
The wheel also encouraged me to examine why some colors work together and some don’t.
The class also reminded me of the 70-20-10 theory which helps evaluate the color balance of a card front.