Blogger Challenge: Week 185/Friends with Flair

This week’s blogger challenge theme is a color challenge using brown, green and yellow. With such earthy colors in the mix, I was inspired to create a nature-themed card using images from Unity Stamp Co.

My card is based on this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. The sketch’s large round panel was the perfect setting for the owl and branch image from the What a Hoot kit. In keeping with the earth-toned color scheme, I used a kraft panel as a backdrop for the owl and branch. The branch is stamped directly on the panel in brown ink and the owl is stamped on a piece of patterned paper from Basic Grey’s Origins line. The paper’s grid pattern was a quick way to add detail to the image without having to color it. It’s hard to see in the photo, but I added a drop of Glossy Accents to the owl’s eyes for some texture and dimension before putting the owl on the branch with a dimensional dot.

I love the fun sentiments that come along with the What a Hoot kit, but I didn’t have enough room on my image panel to squeeze one of them in. So, I took a look through my Unity collection and came across the “guess whooooo?” sentiment from April’s Stampin’ Store Kit. It worked perfectly with the image and fit nicely underneath the branch.

I used a combination of green and yellow patterned papers from Echo Park’s Little Boy Collection kit for the panels underneath the image. I machine stitched around the larger panel to give it a somewhat defined border. A pair of fun trims in green (twill) and yellow (velvet) run along the seam between the two papers.

For more ideas using this color combination, you can check out what the rest of the challenge players have created. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right. And, for more Unity inspiration (and a chance to win some stamps, too!), check out the full list of Friends with Flair players on the Unity blog.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Unity Stamp Co. What a Hoot and April 2010 Stampin’ Store kits, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, Spellbinders circle dies, Basic Grey Origins 6x6 paper pad, Ranger Glossy Accents, Zva Creative dimensional dots, Echo Park Little Boy Collection Kit, Cosmo Cricket yellow velvet scalloped trim, Alexx Kesh green herringbone twill

other: Early Espresso and Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); sewing machine