Out on a Limb in Pink

I’m back from a delicious dinner with my best friend at Bonefish Grill--yum! And Kristina’s back too with a new color challenge. This challenge includes some of my most favorite SU! colors—Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, and Very Vanilla.

I thought these colors would work nicely with some of the images from Papertrey Ink’s Out on a Limb stamp set, which I haven’t inked up in a while. I stamped the branch in Chocolate Chip Classic ink on a Very Vanilla panel, then stamped the leaves and berries in craft inks for a really vibrant, rich look. I layered the stamped image on a pair of pink panels. The darker pink panel has distressed edges to add a little texture to the card. I placed the panel on the cardfront at an angle—a little different for me, but I like how it looks here.

I used a piece of the new Patterns designer paper in Pink Pirouette to make a panel for the lower portion of the cardfront. I really like the patterns in this collection! There were a few in last year’s Prints Series pack that I just couldn’t get to work for me, so I have lots (and lots!) of those pieces left over. I don’t think that will be a problem with these papers.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the set on a scrap of Pink Pirouette paper and punched it out with a 1 ¾” circle punch. It’s layered on a scalloped circle panel that’s slightly larger, then attached to the cardfront with dimensionals. I am loving these new felt flower colors and since they match the challenge colors, I wanted to come up with a way to fit them in. So, they were a last minute add on to the sentiment panel.

Materials Used:

Out on a Limb stamp set (Papertrey Ink); Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Regal Rose and Certainly Celery Craft inks, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Pink Pirouette Patterns designer paper, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, 1 ¾” circle punch, Flower Fusion Too felt flowers, silver brad, distressing tool, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); scalloped circle die (Nestabilities)