Preppy Petals?

Here's a quick card I made for Kristina's color challenge. The color palette featured 3 soon-to-retire SU! In Colors--Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, and River Rock--plus Regal Rose and Whisper White. I love River Rock and will definitely miss it when it retires . . . I did have a hard time finding a good balance for combining these colors and went through a few layout ideas before settling on this one.

For my challenge card, I paired a simple image from Verve Visual's Petals & Stems set with a simple layout.

My card features lots of dots--on the patterned paper, in a paper pierced strip, and on the scalloped circle.

The larger flower image is stamped in Purely Pomegranate and the smaller image is nested in the center using Regal rose ink. I added a small pink rhinestone brad to the center, then layered the flower and a Regal Rose mat on a larger scalloped circle.

I used a piece of wide Regal Rose ribbon across the cardfront. When I saw them together, the rose and wasabi green reminded me of one of the traditional "preppy" color combos from the 80's. What do you think?

Materials Used:

Petals & Stems stamp set (Verve Visual); Regal Rose and Purely Pomegranate Classic inks, Regal Rose, Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Wild Wasabi, and Whisper White cardstock, Wild Wasabi Prints Series designer paper, 1 3/8" and scalloped circle punches, wide Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, mat pack and paper piercing tool, white gel pen, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); pink rhinestone brad (Making Memories); 1 1/2" circle punch (EK Success)