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Tutti Frutti Meets Petal Palette

I was planning to "just" post a bunch of cute Fruit Basket cards today but then I saw a today's Color Challenge, CC679, and Teneale William's adorable card and sketch from March 18th and decided to make one more card first:

  

First off all I even though I've made over a dozen Petal Palette cards I've yet to cut into many of the beautiful Petal Passions DSP.  Since Teneale had used it so beautifully I decided to use her her sketch with the same dsp that she used but use the color challenge colors and one of the cards in the Tutti Frutti Cards and Envelopes Sale-A-Bration item that I already planned to feature today.  Turns out I've been thinking the card is So Saffron but technically the SAB catalog refers to it as Daffodil Delight.  Who knew? Though I think that it photographs slightly paler than real life it still looks more like So Saffron to me.

I used a blender pen with So Saffron, Marina Blue, Pear Pizzazz and Crumb Cake ink pads.  I wanted to add Crumb Cake to the background so that it helped to tie the pattern into the envelope trim. The colored pattern paper is layered on to an ever so slightly larger piece of Basic Black card stock. The dots in the little dotted dsp are colored with a So Saffron marker.

Here is the color challenge graphic from SCS - you can click on it to go to the challenge.

Here is the original group I planned to post:

These cards play so well with the Tutti Frutti 6"x6"DSP.

I just love the apple and pear paper. I used it for my Hard Apple Cider card too.

I confess I had this layout determined long before I finally decided what to put in the circle.  Don't think about it too hard - I don't know why you would really put cut open papaya in a basket???

The citrus dsp seemed to be calling out to be used on the Lemon-Lime Twist card and envelope so I pulled out my Lemon Zest set to finish it off. The Black and White stripe that I used between the citrus and green is also in the Tutti Frutti DSP pack.

I scored and "stitched" the square with the Basic Black marker. By stamping the watermelon directly to the card stock with Garden Green rind and punching them out with Lemon Lime Twist rind I was able to get two toned rinds.

This Pool Party birthday card was the first card I used.  In all of these sets I tried to bring the color trimming the envelope into the card design. 

If Life Gives You Lemons...

... make scallops!

I did the first of these two cards a while back, inspired by a "Delightfully Wild on the Pacific" color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. This challenge was actually back in July but I got busy doing the Dare to Get Dirty challenges and never got it posted.

• The colors are Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Pacific Point - plus B/W.  I haven't been using Pacific Point much but it has certainly come out to play a lot more since doing this color challenge. It is a little bright for me but here it gets toned down when stamped with white craft Brushstrokes.
• I also used Pacific Point Reinker (plus water in a ziploc bag) to dye the Whisper White Classic Weave ribbon.
• The lemons are stamped tone on tone with Daffodil Delight.
• I love scallops and am thrilled that Stampin' Up! has a scallop die again in the Seasonal Layers Thinlets BUT if you don't have a die you can always make one with circles!

 

• This card shows that you can never go wrong adding black and white. The not quite polka-dot pattern is from the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP.
• The vertical strip and skinny horizontal border are done with Basic Black Pick a Pattern Washi.
• I used tone on tone Lemon Lime Twist for the leaves. Daffodil Delight for both lemons.

 

• Isn't this gal from You've Got Style fun? I had to add this card today since it features the same paper and washi as the previous card.
• I did this card for a Dare to Get Dirty Challenge that required "eyes".
• A little color from Powder Pink and Melon Mambo help to bring this B/W card to life!