Color Throwdown #549

I absolutely love the color scheme for this week's Color Throwdown.

I created a couple of cards using this color scheme and then I created another two using orange, blue, and green. I will take all four cards to school to put in my collection for teachers to use when they need a card for a co-worker or friend. I also create smaller kid cards for teachers to give to students as encouragement. 

Card One using the CTD 549 color scheme:

For this one, the background is done on watercolor paper that is inked with a combination of Carved Pumpkin and Abandoned Coral Distress Ink on a Tim Holtz stencil I picked up at Michael's. I spritzed the background with water to soften the edges. The stamped images are from the Delicate Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. The blue flower is inked and watercolored using Chipped Sapphire Distress ink and the leaves are watercolored with a gray Zig Marker. Once dry the flower and leaves were coated with the Wink of Stella glitter pen. The sentiment is from the same Simon Says Stamp set and covered with Glossy Accents. The card is finished with a scattering of sequins from my stash.

Card Two using the CTD 549 color scheme:

This one started with an older Hero Arts background stamp called Leaf and Floral Background stamped in Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink onto Neenah 80lb white cardstock. The floral image and leaves are from the Delicate Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. The flower is watercolored on watercolor card stock using Distress Ink in Carved Pumpkin and Abandoned Coral. The leaves were watercolored using a gray Zig Real Color Brush Marker. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts stamp set (CL 272). Because of the busy background, I used a circle of vellum to diffuse a little of the background and make the flower stand out more. The images were covered with Wink of Stella glitter pen & the center of the flower is filled with Glossy Accents. The card is finished with orange and clear gemstones from my stash.  

The additional two cards I made don't follow the color scheme exactly, but I had a couple of patterned paper card bases that need to be finished, so I stayed with the orange and blue and created these last two cards. 

The stamped images are the same as the other two cards and are colored using the same colors. The leaves were colored with a mix of Pine Needles, Lucky Clover, Shabby Shutters, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. Both sentiments are from older Hero Arts Clear Stamps and each card is finished with sequins and pearls from my stash.